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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-09
TURKEYS OUT OF NEST COSTS $3.50.
Defence is that Domestic Birds Wandered
Into Field and Hatched Them.

Secretary Kalbfus, of the State
Game Commission was at Will
Transport recently attending the
hearing of the famous test case
involving capture of wild fowls
for rearing. There is a state law
act of June 4, 1897, which prohib-
its taking of any game birds ex-
cept shooting with gun. Wild
turkeys are held to be game.
A Abraham Sanders, of Cogan
Station, took ten turkeys captive
to rear them. He was arrested
by game warden on charge
that he had violated the law by
taking them from their nest while
but chicks. Alderman Kallen-
bach gave the hearing at Williams
port yesterday.
Secretary KaIbfus had as ex-
perts on the identity of wild tur-
keys John Crum, of Newport,
Perry county, aged y years, and
O. f. Bruner, aged 67 years, of
Petersburg. The former testifi-
ed to having shot 800 wild turkeys
in his day and Mr.. Bruner said
he had killed 265.
Both these men, a few days ago,
at Cove Station, picked from a
flock of domestic turkey chicks
the three alleged wild turkey
chicks that Warden Berrler con-
fscated at Farmer Sanders place.
This they did, the witnessed ex-
planned, by the characteristics of
the wild bird, small head, bulglng
eye, bronze feathers and peculiar
ly alert gait.
The defense offered no evidence
and Sanders was fined $3.50, s.
for each turkey chick taken. He
has appealed the case, and will
not deny the taking, but his con-
tentlon will be that the turkeys
are the Loffsprings of domestic
parents that wandered into the
field and nested.
The case has attracted much
attention among sportsmen.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-09
INDEPENDENCE HALL.
viii Attract Thousands to Pennsylvania S
Exhibit at the jamestown Exposition.

The decision of the Penpsylvan
ia state commission to reproduce
Independence Hall as its state
building at the jamestown Ter
Centennial Exposition, TO be held
by the shore of Hampton Roads,
near Norfolk, next year, has heen
promptly followed by active work
on the construction. The con.
tract was let few days after the
commission decided to utilize In
dependence Hall as model, and
in ali probability Pennsylvania
will be the first state TO have it's
building finished. The hall will
be reproduced Ill every detail ex
actly as it stands to-day on the
north side ot Independence
Square in Philadelphia. The
thousands who know its general
outline from having seen pictures
of 1T will have an opportunity to
see the famous old building at
c,ose range. The square white.
steepled clock tower at the base
of which rests Liberty Bell. the
most famous relic of America s
early days as nation, Will be one
OF the landmarks Of the exposi-
tion. Thus, when the Liberty
Bell goes there next year, it will
have a home in every respect sim
liar to the one it now occupies.
Independence Hall is consider
ed by architects to oe one of the
most perfect specimens of the
colonial style in public buildings.
This will put it IN perfect har.
mony with the standard adopted
by the designers of the eXposi-
ton. AS it Is, despite It's size,
probably one of the most famous
buildings IL tho world, there can
be no doubt that the choice of the
Pennsylvania mmlsslon was the
wisest possible choice. Thous.
ands will be attracted to Pennsyl-
vania's exhibit by reason of its
building and the added attraction
furnished by the presence of the
Liberty Bell, the most venerable
and cherished of Americas his.
torical relics.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-09
WEST DUBLIN.

Some snake stories have been
promised US later. Here is sam
pie Nathan Deshong and John
Mumma killed twenty-seven in
two days.
G. w. Foreman and family, Of
Wells Valley, were the guests of
G. M. Brant's family Sunday.
Brownie Reeder and Drew Lal-
dig attended the picnic at Shade
Gap last Saturday.
S. H. Hockensmlth was some
What crippled last Friday while
plowing for j. E. Lyon. Yellow
jackets stung one of the horses
and the team start with more than
a dou quick movement, throw.
ing Mr.. Hockensmith about and
considerably lnjuring him.
Clarence Hoover, of Licking
Creek township, spent Sunday
with his mother here.
James Edwards, who has been
employed in Johnstown for some
time, is visiting his parents JOS
Edwards and wife.
Daisy Hoover spent a few days
last week with friends at Huston
town.
Emma and Luemma Laidig, of
Hustontown, spent Saturday and
Sunday at j, E. Lyons.
Mrs. jennie Downs and son
Glenn, of Clearheld, and Mrs. S.
Downes, of Pitts burg, are visit.
relatives IN this township.
There was a fair attendance at
the picnic and festival held by the
Fairvlew Sunday school on Satur
day, and fair sum realized for
the parsonage debt.
Among those from a distance
who attended the picnic on Satur
day were, VIM. Bender, of Nc.
Connellsburg; Amos and Lucy
Pelghtel, and Don ami Joanna
Morton-all ofTod township, and
Florida Clevenger, of Washing.
ton, d. Q.
Thomas Huston spent Sunday
at George Taylor's. He taught
Plre Grove school last winter and
has secured a school IN Hunting,
don county for the next term.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-09
A GOOD SCHEME.
Maryland Jail Prisoners to Work Out
Fare.
From Hagerstown Mail.

From Hagerstown Mail.
Steps will be taken within the
next week To enforce the power
conferred by the last Legislator
upon the County Commissioners
to put to work on the county roads
all able bodied prisoners serving
Jail senten ces for petty otfenses.
The county will provide stone
to be broken on it's roads on the
outskirts of the city, and hire a
deputy to keep the men at work
and incidently their taking French
leave.
1t is not thought best to ham.
per the prisoners with ball and
chain, assuch sights might arouse
public sympathy towards the
prisoners, besides interfering to
considerable ex tent with their
work.
A crew of five or six prisoners
will IN all probability be sent out
with one deputy, thus enabling
the deputy to see that all keep the
hammer moving, besides mining
ing the chances for escape.
tits the intention of this act to
relieve the county of the onerous
burden of caring for lot of hab-
ltual drunks and worthless whites
and negroes, whose rerchant for
leisure often lands them as guests
of the Sheriff at the county's ex-
pense.
With the enforcement of this
act the county will In a few years
be amply recompensed for It's ex-
pense for prisoners by having
go0d suburban roads. This
course may also, incidentally, do
missionary work in the way of
creating an inspiration for work
among the habitually tired habi-
tues of the country Jail.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-09
SAYS CHARLIE ROSS LIVES.
Galveston Police Know Man Who
Knows All About Il.

The Police Department at Gal
weston, Texas, has located a man
believed to be Joseph l.. Douglass,
one of the abductors of Charlie
Ross, in July, 1874, This man
has been a resident of Galveston
for many years. 1t has never
been proved shat Douglass was
dead, although it was claimed he
was wounded at the time his com.
rade in the abduction, William
Mlsher, was killed while robbag
a house in Brooklyr.
He has sald that he could tell
something about Charlie Ross in
10 words, but he tears to do so.
He says that Ross is still living.
The police are confident that
he was associated IN the Ross kid
mapping and they believe he will
some day confess.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-09
Mason and Dixon Line.

Secretay of Internal Affairs
Brown has appointed Captain j.
g. Wilson and j. q. Satterlee, of
Cory, a commission to examine
the condition of the monuments
along Mason & Dixon's line be-
tween Pennsylvania, Maryland
and Virginia.
Some ten years ago the monu-
ments were examined and num-
ber of them were found to have
been removed or broken, while
others were so badly SCARED as
to be almost unrecognlzable. New
ones took their places and these
are to be examined to see what
condition they are In, and wheth-
er any have been removed, de-
stroyed or injured. The work
will take about one month.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-09
Wages al q StandstiII.

Statistics collected by the bu
reau of labor of the u. S. Depart
ment of Com merce and Labor to
be published within the next few
days, show that while the cost of
living has advanced in the last
year, there has been no CORE
spending increase in wages.
This is the first time the bureau
has admitted that wages have not
kept pace with the advanced cost
of living.
Furthermore, there is nothing
IN the situation to indicate that
the limit of high prices has been
reached. On the contrary, the
outlook Is that the cost of the nee
essaries of life will go to more ex
cessive lengths.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-09
Shippensburg State Normal School.

The Shippensburg State Nor.
NAL School, by reasons OF the thor
ough and practical lnstruc tion
and training its graduates receive
stands IN the front rank of the
Normal Schools of the country.
A diploma from the Shippens-
burg State Normal School is ac.
cepted everywhere in the state as
evidence of thorough scholarship
and practical skill in teaching.
Every year more applications
come to the Principal for teachers
Than he is aole to fill. The ont.
look for veil qualified teachers
have no difficulty in securing good
positions. One Of the best ways
TO become a good teacher ls to
take a complete course at the
Shippensburg State Normal
School. Write to the principal,
G. M. D. Eckels, shippensburg'
Pa, for a catalogue OF this excel.
lent school.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-09
CLEAR RIDGE.

Easton Stinson and daughters
Myrtle and Lillian, visited the
formers mother, Mrs. Mary
Stnson, Sunday.
Mamie Mort returned home, a
few days ago, after spending a
few weeks with her sister, Mrs.
Susie A. Stouffer.
Mrs. Mary Tenenburg pur-
chased the j. r. Linn property in
Maddensvllle. Consi d erati o N
$3.50.
Mrs. G. w. Mort, of Sixmile
Run, visited her parents, @. b.
Ramsey and wife, on Sunday.
Mrs. Barton Taylor and daugh-
ter Nellie, visited Abrarc Hersh.
ey's on Sunday.
j A. Henry, wife and daugh-
ter visited ISAIAH Madden's on
Sunday.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-09
WELLS YALLEN.

Mrs. V. d, Schenck is visiting
friends in Holhdaysburg.
Mrs, S. p. Wishart is visiting
friends IN Miffiln, Pa.
Mrs. Margaret Lyon, of West
Dublin, is visiting friends here.
Harry Figart, of Altoona, is vls-
iting Prof. Griffith.
Thomas Slpe, of Saxton, is cir
culatlng over the valley, saying
hello to old acqualntances.
Miss FELTON, and Miss Bozley,
of Woodvale, are guests in the
home of Will Foreman and wife.
Sue Orth, of Fort Littleton, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. j. +.
Early,
Edith Haldeman, of Phlladel-
phia, and Bess Conley, of Everett,
are visiting Maude Baumgard-
ner.
The Presbyterian Sunday
school held their annual picnic,
Saturday. Everyone reports a
delightful tune.
Master Frank Baker spent o
part of last week IN Saxton. He
reports big time with the Sax.
ton lads.
Mrs. Jerry Sprowl met with
very painful accident recently by
falling down the cellar stairs.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-09
LUTHERAN PASTOR REMOVED.
President OF Central Penn. Synod would
not Tender Resignation.

Middleburg, Aug.5. The Rev.
D. K. Diehl, pastor of the Luther
an church of this place, and Has
singers congregation, two miles
west of here, was removed from
the pulpit of the latter place this
morning. He had been quietly
asked to resign on three or four
occasions, but he stubbornly re.
fused. Even during the past
week a committee had waited up
on him and asked him 60 resign
ami avoid the unpleasant duty of
dismissing HIM, but he would not,
and today the congregation voted
unanimously to dismiss him.
If the resignation does not fol.
low now the Mlddleburg congre-
cation threatens to follow the ex-
ample of her sister congregation.
Mr.. Dlehl is president of the Cen
tral Pennsylvania Synod of the
Lutheran church which meets
here in September. The congre
CATION agreed if ne would resign
now to take effect after the meet.
ing of Synod they would not take
the proceedings enacted to-day,
! but TO no avail,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-09
KNOBSvILLE.

There were quite lot of people
attended the sale of VIM. Greer
on Saturday. Mr.. Greer intends
starting for California IN a few
days. We are sorry to lose"Dad. "
Emory Glunt attended the
Shade Gap picnic Saturday.
ella and Bessie Wagner, Of
Pittsburg, are visiting their par
ents.
Lola Wilson and Name Snyder
spent Sunday with the formel s
grandfather, Rev. d. W. Kelso.
Alice Mock spenJ Sunday with
her sister May, who is employed
in the home of Henry Anderson.
Ira Fore and wife spent Sun
day with Alice Long.
Mrs. Margaret Hamiland daugh
tor Virgie. OF Hagerstown, are
visiting their friends around here,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-09
ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW
Snapshots at Their Comings aud Goings
Here for Vacation. or Away
for Restiul'0 Outing.
NAMES OF VISITORS AND VISITED

John b. Slpes, of Laidig, spent
Friday IN town on business.
Thomas Sipes, of Saxton, was
"a McConnellsburg visitor Mon
day night
James H. KIRK, Of Hustontown,
spent Saturday and Sunday with
friends at Fairview.
Myrtle Sipes spent Friday and
Saturday the guest of her cousin
Sallie Hoop at Harrisonvllle.
David Malloy and John S. Har-
rls were out at Harrlsonville last
Wednesday fishing for cat fish.
Harry Figart, of Altoona, who
had been visiting friends in Wells
Valley, spent Monday night in
this place.
Levi Morton of Pleasant Ridge,
one of Fulton's progressive teach
ers, was town visitor last Mon
day.
Jacob Comerer and family, of
Mcrcersburg, were guests of the
formers parents, a few days this
week
Mrs. l.. II. While and son Dram
are visiting the formers parents
James Stewart and wife at Green
Hill.
Robert and Scott Alexander of
this place, spent the past week
very pleasantly with relatives at
Chambersburg.
Blanche Morton, of this place,
spent few days IN the family of
her uncle, Hiram Clevenger at
West Dublin, recently.
Mrs. John Hull, of Mansfield,
Ohio, has been spending some
time with Mrs. Sabiua e Mellott
at Gem.
Miss Sadie Fisher, of Ayr town
ship, has been elected teacher Of
! the Winpert school in Warren
township, Franklin county.
Mrs. G. 3. Stevens and mother
Mrs. Hannah Goldsmith, were
called to Everett last Saturday
on account of the serious illness
of the latter's son Harry.
Mrs. j. e. Downes, of Clear
field, Pa, who is visiting friends
IN this county, was profitable
caller at the News office early
Monday morning.
P. M. Snider, wife and daugh-
julia, who had been visiting rela-
tives in Everett, spent Sunday
night in this place, the guests of
Mrs. Snider's sister, Mrs. Hays,
enroute to the home at Waynes-
boro.
Prof. H. E. Gress and family,
of Jumonville, Pa, are visiting
their many friends and relatives
in this county. Harry came in
and advanced his subscription ON
the Fulton County News last Sat
urday morning while in town.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-09
DEATHS BY LIGHTNING.
Facts and Figures Which Should Reas-
sure the Timid.

Timid people who are afraid oil
being killed by lightning should
take refuge in statistics rather
than IN feather beds, says the
Boston Transcript The one vic.
tim of the storm which swept ov-
er Boston recently, was leaning
against an iron bar. Yet even IN
this dangerous environment. his
chances of being killed were so
remot that the experience might
be safely repeated by somebody
else thousands of times. The
number of people who are actual
ly killed by lightning, is hard to
ascertain, because it is so small
that in most cases such deaths go
INTO the table as "other causes" "
or are concealed in some other
fashion. The Boston Board Of
Health, for example, uses the
Bertllhon registry system, and
here deaths caused by lightning
would be hidden under "electri-
cal disturbances, " which includes
also executions by electricity,
third-rail casualties, fatal falls
from electric light poles and live
wires, fatal shocks from dynamo,
etc. The registry department,
which classifies deaths more cor
rectly, does not record a single
instance of person being killed
by lightning III Boston since 1901.
In the whole state there appears
to have been but three persons
killed by electric shocks from the
clouds in the last three years.
These figures ought to be reas-
suring to those who always shud-
der whenever they see flash of
lightning, IN the thought that it
is bearing death IN its wake.
There is something so intangible
about the bolt from the clouds,
that the reasoning faculties of
certain people seem to be sus-
pended during thunder storms.
They shrink from the mysterious
power, even though 1t may be
shown that more people die from
the bite of the common house cat
than from lightning. Such has
been the case in the past.
Another reason for the common
fear of lightning is our unfamil.
iarlty with it. If thunderstorms
happen every day of the year we
should probably lose our fears.
tuberculosis kills more men than
war, and we do not spend millions
for fighting 1T that we do IN pre-
pairing coast defenses and erect
ing great navies. People do not
like TO go to war, because they
may get killed, but they run risks
just as great IN unsanitary con-
11tippS OF nODoo tO VT rbiob fboxy c,t,,o
no thought. The deadly mlcrobe
is always with US, the lightning
seldom. Moreover, It's sudden
action gives dramatic terror to
the occasional blow which it de-
livers, making 1t vastly more i'm
pressive than are the quiet and
more insidious foes of human
life.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-09
FAIRS.
Gambling Has all Been Eliminated. Be
Truly Agricultural.

"The country fairs last year in
thls state showed the greatest
Improvement of any held IN the
last twenty years." said Deputy
Secretary of Agriculture Martin
recently, "aud can say that this
years fairs will eclipse those of
last year. "
THE most marked improve
ment is shown in the encourage
ment given to purely agricultural
exhibits, and the interest seems
TO centre in them. OF course
there were many simple amuse.
ments at the fairs, but games of
chance, all kinds of gam bling,
we're eliminated. And last year
there were more expert judges,
some of them sent out by The de-
partment, and they not only gave
exhibitors the benefit of their
good judgment, but they also
gave short talks explaining the
points OF merits, and the agricul.
tural classes were delighted and
instructed. All of this was an
improvement over the fairs that
were held before. In fact there
more agriculture at the fairs than
ever before.
Gambling has been done away
with. No more do we see the
sweat boards and the roulette
wheels and the hundreds of other
gambling devices against which
no man nlivlng can WIN, and which
were the cause of so much rob.
berry of people who attended the
fairs for pleasure. / think the
worst exhibition of gambling ]
have ever seen-the most shame
less robbery that ever took place,
was IN Dauphin county at the
Middletown fair. Men were held
up and robbed IN broad daylight
right in front of the judges stand
on the race track and nobody
made protest except the victim
and no attention was paid to HIM.
| attended that fair two years ago
and went away sick because of the
fragrant swindling right IN the
open. But even this has been
done away with and last year
there was no gambling at the Md
dletown fair"
Fairs to be held this year are
as follows Changers Picnic,
Williams Grove, August 27-31
Carlisle, September 1928; Mid
dletown, September Al; Perry,
September l7-20; York, October
Ia.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-09
WILL EXPERIMENT.
A Test will be Made TO Learn More OF
Fly In Wheat.


Fly In Wheat.
Mr.. G. b. Hege, of Marion, has
secured tact of land near the
railroad station at that place
where experiments on the work
of the fly upon the wheat will be
made by the United States and
the State agricultural depart.
ments.
The tract of land Is 514 feet
long by S5 wide. A row of wheat
Will be planted every few days,
beginning On August 10th and
running up until October. The
same seed and same fertilizer will
be used on each row. The exper
iment will be continued annually
for ten years.
The object is to see just what
part of the year the fly attacks
the wheat and when it does not,
so as to determine the best time
to SOW, and also 10 ascertain
whether or not the fly attacks
each year or how often it does.
The experiment will be watched
with much interest.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-09

j. X. Johnston is now In the
Eastern cities buying his stock of
fall and winter goods,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-09

The Odd Fellows will hold a pic.
mic on top of the mountain next
Thursday.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1906-11-14

serpent had recovered Il saId:
Divine prophet, 1lsten. am now
going to bite thee.
why. prayf" inquired MohammeL
Because thy race persecutes mine
and tries 10 stamp II OUT III
"But does hot thy race. too, maxi
perpetual war against miner was tb
prophets reJoInder. How canst thou
besides, be 20 ungrateful and so soOi
forget that ! saved thy iifeT
There Is no such thing as gratitude
upon this earth" replied the serpent
"and II were now to spare thee
either thou or another Of thy race
would kill me. BY Allah, shall bite
thee"
eff thou hast sworn by Allah. will
not cause thee to break thy VOW" said
the prophet, holding his hand to the
serpent's mouth. The serpent bit him
but he sucked the wound with his lips
and spat the venom on the ground
And on that very spot there sprana
up a plant which combines within it
self the venom OF the serpent and tbs
compassion of the prophet. Men cal
this plant by the name Of tobacco
COnte AFabe.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1906-11-14

plaoa o. the eaFFIngB were rwo DuIIefs
The expression on the faces OF the
girls was omInous.
"Will you please" said Miss Spencer
''tell us which OF these two bullets
wounded your
Bob looked az the leaden missiles
Their polished surfaces should have
brought the blush OF shame to hla
face, but they did not Indeed he
took no note OF anything, he was
thinking how to wiggle out Of the
scrnpe he had brought upon himself
Finally. with an injured air he asked
permission to take of his coat. which
was granted Removing the coat and
q pair OF gold sleeve links. he rolled
mp his shirt sleeve.
This wound" he said, pointing u
the scar where the missile that had
really struck him on the inner surface
of the arm, was made by the bullet
on the right. This" pointing to the
scar where the original missile had left
his arm, was made by the bullet on
the left"
The girls looked at each other.
"You two young ladies'" he con.
tinued. "as especial friends OF mine.
] thought might like to have a bullet
that had struck a simple soldier OF
the Spanish war. Having a bullet for
each wound. was enabled 10 send one
to each OF you"
Again the girls looked at each other.
Il told you" began Miss Spencer.
And | told YOU" interrupted Miss
Marsh. that there was some"-
THAT You were very unjust"
''Do you mean flashed Miss Marsh
Girls" said the soldier, 81 am really
at fault. should not have made so
much Of so trifilng a matter"
The victory was with the villain
Neither girl had loved him till his
fraudulent vind!catlon, his display OF
modesty. Then both loved him--while
he-he loved them both.
SPENCER TRCWBRIDGE.