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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-09-20
Russian Sayings.

An untried friend is like an un-
cracked nut.
He who fears a sparrow will never
SOW millet.
When you dio even your tomb
shall be comfortable.
Better to beg than steal, but bet
ter to work than beg.
He who is on horseback no longer
knows his own father.
A mothers love will draw up from
the depths of the sea.
The absent-minded man looks for
the horse he rides on.
When the ass bears too light a
load he wants to lie down.
Man carries his superiority inside,
rn,mals theirs outside.
The nobleman Is always In the
ii-ht when the peasant sues.
Where there are no Ash even a
crazy fish calls himself fish,
II the ttunder - not loud the peas
ant forgets to cross himself.
When the scabbards are broken we
can no longer hide our sabres.
One whip Is enough for good
-Arsa sor had ana nos = thnusana,
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Fish For Manure,

The following order from the rec
ords of the town of Ipswich. Mass,
May IL, 1914, illustrates. in a CONT
cal way, tn; custom OF using fish for
manure in those early days:
1T is ordered that all doggs, for
the space of three weeks after the
publishing hereof, snail have one
legg tyed up. and If such dogg shall
break loose and be found doing any
harm, lne owner of the dogg shall
pay damage. II man refuse TO tye
up his dogg's leggs, and hce bee
found scrapeing up fish in corne-
field, the owner thereof shall pay
twelve pence damages beside what
ever damage the dogg doth. But if
any fish their house lofts and receive
damage by doggs, the owners of those
house lofts shall bear the damage
themselves. Forest and Stream.
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at heavy cost that If the city was to
be freed from yellow fever the mos
quito must go; and in the space of a
few months. so vigorous was the
campaign, the now famous stegomia
or yellow fever mosquito was nearly
exterminated, and a price is now set
on its head. l am informed that
scientists who went to study the in
sect were obliged to leave because
they could find no material.
This result was brought about by
covering their breeding places with
kerosene and by the thorough fumi-
cation of houses.
Is it too much to hope that in the
small town and the farming commu-
nifty this pest may be somewhat
abated? In France during the past
winter a jury of scientific men award
ed a prize of 10000 francs to the
author of a memoir which outlined
method for the use of ''residum
OIL in the destruction of the eggs
and larvae of the fly. Two litres of
oil to every square metre of surface
of pit or manure pile was found to
make protective covering which
killed the larvae and prevented the
entrance of flies and the Matching of
eggs.
Visit in summer any suburb that
is frequented by picnic parties. At
the rear will be found piles of tin
cans, papers and fragments of rotting
food. Here feed swarms of flies that
have found their breeding ground
further on where the horses were
tiee, and these unclean insects are
ready to descend on the food laid out
by each party of picnickers 1t is by
no means impossible that an un-
noticed fly speck on the cake may be
responsible for a sporadic" case of
typhoid fever or intestinal tuber-
culosis.
And this insect, born in a dung
hill and feeding ON what is foul and
diseased, is a daily household guest.
as witness its very name, 1.-THE COM
mon house fly"
l have sought in vain for any
proof of good to man that can be
credited to this insect. When l was
child l used to hear it said that
flies were our friends because they
were scavengers-that they con-
sumed what would otherwise be a
source of danger to us. For the same
reason, great should be the debt of
| the New Orlenas marketman to the
buzzard. that street cleaner who
works for his board. But we have
found better ways of cleaning our
markets, streets and houses, and can
well dispense with the services of un-
clean beasts and insects, who may
leave behind them far worse things
than they carry away.
The housewife who gives frenzied
chase to the intruder is not putting
in her work at the most promising
end of the line. The fly, like the
mosquito, is only to be destroyed b.
allowing it no breeding place.-Th'
Delineator
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-09-20
A SCHOOLGIRL PITCHER.
Pennsylvania Girl Who Plays Ball
With the Best of the Boys.

Miss Carrie Meyer, the seventeen
year-old daughter of Victor Meyer.
of Macungie, is living refutation OF
the charge that when a woman
throws a ball or missile the one
point of safety for any human being
is directly in line with what she aims
at
From her earliest childhood Miss
Meyer, who is now winning fame
twirling the spheroid across the
home plate. had deep love for base
ball. When other girls were jump
ing the rope and trundling the hoop
Miss Meyer was playing baseball and
handball with the boys in the neigh
borhood, and every juvenile captain
of the diamond contested fiercely for
the honor of having her on his team,
for even at that tender age she could
Zine them out" at rate that made
every youthful batter sore in the
shoulder blades tanning the empty
and inconsistent atmosphere, and 1t
is confidently predicted that il she
keeps on pitching ball she will We.
make Rube Waddell sit up and take
notice.
While Miss Meyer has been fond
of all kinds of athletic sports "since
childhood's busy hour" it was not
until she was a student at the Kutz-
town Normal School, few years ago.
that her great ability as a pitcher
came into observation.
She there played upon the regular
school nine and helped win many a
victory. While she prefers pitching.
as being most scientific and afford
ing a greater opportunity for display
of skill. she is able to fill worthily
any position on the diamond.
Her style of pitching is a puzzling
proposition. In a recent game in
Bethlehem she struck out fiye men.
Apparently, she pitches slow ball,
but 1t so very elusive that not one in
three is able to find it when it
reaches the plate.-Allentown (Pa.)
COrrespOndence Washin pton Post
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Work For Rich Young Mon.

For the rich young man who wishes
TO make name for himself in
public affairs the way is wide open.
He need not become socialist, or
go to live in a slum, or indulge in
any other social eccentricity. All he
needs to do is look about him and
take up the task of practical politics
at hand-take it up decently and
straightforwardly and without ex-
cuses or apologies or putting on of
heroic airs--just offering himself To
do 1t because 1t is there TO be done
and on his merits as man and his
ability to do it.
For such rich young men there is
abundant work. and the rewards OF
satisfaction in work well done and
all the public honor their merits de-
serve are certain. Chicago Inter-
>aean.
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vACATIONAL.

From breakfast bell to supper bell
From supper bell to nine o'clock,
This is the part of Mrs Pell--
10 rock and talk, and talk and rock.
The other boarders gad about,
In primrose paths that please them best,
But Mrs. Pell, who's rather stout,
She came up here. she says, TO rest.
She doesn't boat, she doesn't climb.
She never drives, she never walks.
From rising bell to bunking time
She talks and rocks, and rocks and talks
The other boarde-s drift away
She talks them east, she talks them west
She talks and talks the ivelong day.
She came up here, she says, TO rest.
Holding the best versndah chair,
She circles daily with the sun
She's traveled--has been everywhere
Seen cverything--snows everyone
She talks the new NOOK up the sky,
She talks the song bird TO his nest.
She never stops. You wonder why.
She came up here, she says, TO re It.
The house1y buzzes on the glass.
The brooket chatters in the dell
The bumblebee drones in the grass
SO drones and chatters Mrs Pei.
When she will stop. II stop at all,
The dear Lord knows who know eth best.
She means to stay clear through to fall
She came up here. she says, to rest.
-B. L. T.. II Puck.
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The Governments Timber Mine.

When the new battleships Tennes-
see and Washington - now in the
shipyards of the Cramps and the New
York Shipbuilding Company in Cam
den - are launched they will be
equipped with complement of ships
boats unequalled by those of any bat
tleship on earth.
The reason for this exceptional
equipment lies in the material used
on the boats-white oak, which has
been lying at the bottom of the Della
ware for more than forty years, now
one of the rarest and most valuable
of timbers.
In 1865, in keeping with the needs
of the Civil War the Government
bought an immense quantity of white
oak--500,00 cubic feet--to be used
in ship and boat construction. The
contract had been made when the
end of the war was not yet in sight.
Hence the great quantity was pur-
chased.
This lumber was shipped to the
old navy yard located at the foot of
Federal street. When the war closed
James Speed, one of the ship inspect
ors, to whom the care of the lumber
had been intrusted, buried all of it in
the Delaware, awaiting the time when
it could be used. acting on a we'll
known principle among ship and lum-
ber men that timber stored at the
bottom of stream keeps better than
anywhere else. The water forms a
cushion, which keeps out the air and
prevents decay The timber is worth
$500, ,O00.-Philadelphia North Amer
ican.
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What Made It Valuable.

An excited individual ran up to a
porter at railway station and asked :
Have you seen parcel left on
this seat?" The porter replied that
he had not. "Oh, what shall l do?"
exclaimed the excited passenger; sit
contains three poems have written. "
Cant you write them again?" asked
the unsympathetic porter. Yes. I
can do that, but" hesitatingly. there
were two sandwiches in the parcel as
we'll. Christian World.
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England's MaIigned Weather.

We may as well own up to the
truth, that the conventional abuse OF
our climate and our weather has been
greatly overdone. When we are in-
clined to envy countries whose me-
teorological conditions have less OF
the element of glorious uncertainty"
than our own, we are much too ready
to overlook the immense advantage
we possess in our almost absoluU
freedom from violent extremes.<
London World.
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a woMAN,s WAY.

The fire is burning in .le mill,
The terror stricken run
To dash pel-mell across the sill
And perish every one.
A woman leaps before their" path;
They stop, in ordered streams
They file to safety from deaths wrath,
While she sits down and screams!
! guess, from Helen, fair, of Troy,
Unto Joan Of Arc,
T was ever woman's way of joy
10 move in mysteries dark
No doubt, when Mollie Pitcher, bold,
In battles blood was painted,
She fought like Amazons Of old
And went right home and tainted
Baltimore Sun.
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Nutnegs.

The nutmeg, .roperly clothed. is
about the size of peach and is an
edible fruit. When ripe It breaks
open in halves. end our warm friond
dressed IN scarlet undorshirt, peeps
out laughingly. The undershirt soon
turns brown and is called mace
Stewards Bulletin.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-09-20

Yhe world is full OF heroines
Whose brav'ry none can doubt;
In circuscs they face the lions,
AZ homes put thieves to rout.
but when the storm has passed away,
The trouble disappears,
Why is it that they always say:
"She then burst forth in tears"
A sudden panic thrills the school,
The children rush TO death;
The gentle teacher, calm and cool,
Controls them with her breath.
But when the horrid fear is quelcd,
The tumult once more sleeps.
Why is it, by some force impelled,
She sits right down and weeps!
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-09-20

The Geographic Society of Switzer-
land has provided Or. volz instruc-
tor In zoology at the University of
Bern, with the funds for exploring
the interior Of Liberia
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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-09-20

There is work for each of us to do
right around where we live. The
right must always be fought for, the
wrong must be fought against. Show
your colors.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-09-20

The young man Is advised to get
right and stay right rather than to
get rich and stay rich.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-09-20
PERTINENT EPIGRAMS
GOVERNOR FOLK.
from the Address Delivered al Lake.
side, Madison, Wis.

If Adam lived through all these
centuries and received $175 a day
not $175 a year-he would not be as
rich as some of our experts of the
financial class. But the world is get
ting better every day The people
are correcting things as fast as they
can. The people are going well.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1905-1906, 1906-01-20

Vickers was the first candidate to be
initiated into the mysteries of Odd
Fellowship in Richmond. His father,
Thomas NlckerS, who was pioneer
of Richmond, was one of the organ
izers of the lodge and the week fol-
lowing the installation services Ed
win Nickers became a member by
initiation. This was more than a
half century ago and though Mr..
Vickers has been a resident of Gin
cinnati for many years his love for
and his interest in "old White
water' are as keen as when a young
man In his twenties, he participated
in the rites and ceremonies of the
lodge. He made the journey from
Cincinnati especially to greet the
brethren. the new as we'll as the old,
and he was given royal welcome.
More than two hundred members
responded to their names as the roll
was called last night, the attendance
being the largest in the history of
this or any other Odd Fellow lodge
in Richmond for many years
The exhibition drill by the first de-
gree staff was a feature of the even
ing's exercises that brought forth
enthusiastic applause. The team
never appeared to better advantage
and there was scarcely flaw in the
execution of the intricate movements.
Following the program. which was
opened with prayer by the Rev. Mr.
Campbell, pastor of the Fifth Street
NJ +. church. the banquet hall was
thrown open and sumptuous repast
served. A smoker followed.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1905-1906, 1906-01-20
WANT TO BUILD
ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT OF
! THEIR OWN.
Centerville Citizens Met Last Night
And Took First Step Toward
Enterprise.
palladium Special

Centerville, Ind, January 19.-At
meeting of Centerville citizens to-
night it was decided to build an ell
ectric light plant. The matter has
been under discussion for some time
and at tonight's called meeting
about forty citizens turned out. John
c. Harvey was elected chairman of
the meeting and William Cheesman
was elected secretary. Plans were
discussed and it was decided to ap-
point committee to investigate elec-
tric light plants in other cities, their
construction and the management.
The committee will visit different cit
les who own their own plants in or
der to get estimates regarding the
cost of building and maintenance
The committee is composed of John
Clark, Nimrod Parrott, Fl. H. Peelle,
T. G. Dunbar and Harry Anderson.
who will meet tomorrow evening to
complete arrangements for their trip
of investigation.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1905-1906, 1906-01-20
PALLADIUM REPRESENTATIVE
HAS GRAVE OPENED AT
POOR FARM.
BODY FOUND TO Be INTACT
Which It Was Claimed Had Been
Taken-Prosecuto Still Main
tains Grave Was Robbed.

In order to determine the exact
situation in regard to the grave rob-
bing, which is alleged to have oc
Cured at the County Poor Farm, a
number of representatives from the
Palladium, together with a disinter
ested person, went to the cemetery at
the County Infirmary and had one OF
the graves opened. The grave rob
bing was reported to have occurred
late in October or early in Novem-
Der, and for that reason the grave
containing the body Of the last per-
son to die was opened, and it was
found that the body had not been
disturbed.
The Palladium received the infor-
nation that grave robbers had been
at work from an authentic source and
it was verified by Prosecutor Jessup
who stated at that time that he knew
of one grave having been looked into
and the body found to be gone. Since
the first intimation that ghouls had
been at work at the Poor Farm,
Superintendent Napier has been be-
sieged with questions as to what
grave the authorities had found to
be empty when they had investigated
it. Superintendent Napier could not
answer the question as he had said
from the first that he had no knowl-
edge of any grave being investigated.
Prosecutor Jessup when asked last
night as to what grave had been re-
opened, said that he. did not care to
state.
The grave opened in the presence
of the Palladium representatives was
| that in which lies the body of Jerry
Coleman, an aged negro, who was
we'll known in this county. Next to
it were two graves which were also
new looking, and one was somewhat
sunken. It is thought that if any
was broken into by the gHouls, that
was the one.
The person buried in that grave
however died over a month prior to
the lille that it was alleged the
ghouls visited the cemetery and that
body would have been of no use to
them. For this reason, Superintend-
ent Napier's offer to open that grave
as well was rejected
There has been much uneasiness
occasioned bv the report of ohouls
operating in this county and in order
to ascertain as nearly as possible the
exact situation, the Palladium made
! its investigation.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1905-1906, 1906-01-20
THOMAS H. EOMUNDS DEAD
AFTER AN ILLNESS OF SIX
MONTHS.
He Was Seventy Three Years Old
Survived by His Wife and
Nine Children.

Thomas H. Edmunds, 73 years old,
home 211 South Eleventh street, died
at the Reid Memorial Hospital at one
o clock this morning after an illness
extending over twenty five weeks.
Death was due to complication of
diseases.
Mr.. Edmunds was taken sick last
summer while on his way to Indi-
annapolis. He remained bedfast in
Indianapolis for some time but finally
recovered sufficiently to be removed
to his home here. Recently however
he became seriously sick and was ta-
ken to the hospital for treatment.
Mr.. Edmunds was affiliated with
the Episcopal church in which he al
ways took an active part. He came to
the United States from England in
1888. While in this country he
made Richmond his home. He was
formerly in the tannery business but
did not follow it here For time he
conducted the chair factory at Cen
terville but within the past few
years he has not been actively en-
gagged in business. He is survived by
his wife and nine children.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1905-1906, 1906-01-20
TO LOOK AFTER INTERESTS
Of Richmond Commercial Club as
Well to Be Absorbed BY the
Arrangement.

With a view to organize body
which will act in the best interests
of the city in all matters now being
attended to by the Commercial Club
and the Merchants Association, a
meeting Of the Merchants Associa-
tion was held last evening.
For over a year there has been
complaint that the Commercial Club
has not always taken advantage of
offers made it by factories and other
concerns looking for place to To-
cate, and also that all interest in the
Club has seemingly disappeared.
Members of the South Side Improve
ment Association claim that the
Commercial Club has not been work
ing in harmony with them, in their
efforts to better the city and secure
more factories and residents. The
Merchants Association being restrict
ed as to its field, was not in posi-
tion to help matters and for these
reasons, new body is to be organ
lied that will combine the duties of
the Commercial Club with those of
the Merchants Association, and
whose officers will be men whose bus
mess interests will not interfere with
their duties connected with the or
ganization.
1t is the intention to include in the
new association merchants, factory
owners professional men and all citi-
Zens whose best interests are for the
city. The membership lists of the
Commercial Club and Merchants As
sociation have been greatly restrict
ed, but the new organization will not
take especial accounts of a man s
business, if he is working for the
city. In this manner it is thought
that the most good can be done for
Richmond.
A committee was named from the
Merchants Association which will
meet committee from the CONNER
cial Club and arrange for the new
organization. This will be done as
soon as possible so that Richmond
may have an enterprising commercial
body in the field to secure factories
which may be wishing to change their
locations in the spring.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1905-1906, 1906-01-20
IN REGARD TO THE USE OF
BROADWAY FOR FAST
SLEIGHING.
NO ONE DIRECTLY AFFECTED
) Has Yet Refused to Sign It-Looks
AS If Racing Ordinance

A petition, prepared by a number
of local horsemen relating to the
proposed racing ordinance on North
A street, was yesterday presented to
the residents of the North A street
neighbohood between Fifteenth and
Twelfth streets.
The petition expresses willing
ness on the part of the signers to al
low racing on North a street, be-
tween two and three O'Clock in the
afternoon when there is snow on the
ground provided the horsemen sta
ton guards on every street corner
for the purpose of warning all pas
sers by.
The petition was presented to
nearly every property owner and
resident Of the proposed racing dis
trict and there was not single refu-
sal to sign. The ease was laid on the
shelf at the past meeting on account
of the opposition of Councilman
O'Neal.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1905-1906, 1906-01-20

the Light, Heat & Power company,
which is reluctant to sell. The only
course that is now open to the city,
to secure this tract of land, is to
condemn the property on the ground
that it is necessary for the use of the
city. If such an action is taken, the
Light, Heat & Power Company will
fight the city to the bitter end, ac-
cording to John F. Robbins, attorney
for that clmpany. The territory
owned by the city on the west bank
of the river is practically useless as
the municipality has no frontage on
the east bank of the river. The ter
ritorv to the south of the property of
the Light, Heat & Power Company.
is owned by the Starr Piano company
but the city does not desire it as it
has been nearly filed up. In case
the city loses in the prospective law
suit with the Light. Heat g. Power
Company, it will place the municipal
ity IN a very embarrassing position
as the municipal plant is now cramp-
ed for territory.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1905-1906, 1906-01-20
MEEK IS NAMED
TO SUCCEED WINSLoW AS THE
TOWNSHIP ASSESSOR.
Appointment Made Yesterday by
County Auditor Hanes-First
Consulted Atty. General.

Yesterday afternoon County Audi
tor Hanes announced the appoint
ment of Harry Meek, to fill the Office
of township assessor, the vacancy
being made by the death of John NJ
Winslow Mr. Hanes did not make
the appointment until he had con-
suited with the Attorney General and
was Informed that the appointment
made by he auditor would stand. Mr.
Meek will begin work on the assess
ment of personal property March l.
Mr.. Meek has been prominent In
Republican politics and lives in this
township just outside the city. He is
now a member Of the Republican
Central Committee.