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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-12-13
Violated All Precedent.

Were you ever really glad to hang
q MANI"
only once" answered the Sheriff.
Il had prepared him hearty break
fast of steak, eggs, potatoes. waflies
and coffee"
"Yes?"
"And the Internal migrate demand
ed stewed oats instead. Louisville
Courier-Journal.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-12-13
Transformed.

How did your son get along at
college?"
Well" replied Farmer Kornkob,
meditatively, lit made new man OF
him."
Indeed! In what way?"
He's forgotten everything he
ought to know about the farm, and
learned everything he ought not to
know about the city. ."--Milwankee
Sentinel.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-12-13
Base Slander.

your hus5and." said Mrs. High
mus, graciously, ''is decidedly inter-
esting and original, even If he does
sometimes blow his own horn little
too"
1T isn't sol" Indignantly ex-
claimed Mrs. Gaswell. MY husband
always uses his handkerchief!''---
Chicago Tribune.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-12-13
Early Explorations.

Johnny, you have been very quiet
for the last half hour" observed Mrs.
Towne, who had been busy welcom-
ing her brother, who had just ar
rived on a visit. What have you
been doing, dear?"
'Me?" said Johnny, why, I've
been going through Uncle Charles
dress suit case. Detroit Free Press.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-12-13
Nothing to Regret.

Had a good time on the Fourth,
suppose?"
With his one sound hand Johnny
pushed his bandages aside.
you bet / did, he answered.
"But how about your burns?"
Huh! l don't care. 1t was the
very last cannon cracker l had that
blowed me up."-Philadelphia
Ledger.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-12-13
LITERATURE AND LIFE.

I've never seen Jack Iondon's kind
Who fights three battles every day,
And ne'er is in peaceful mind
Unless mixed up in melee;
In fact, I'd think IL strictly proper
To hand such to the nearest copper.
There is no Raffles in life's fold,
And likewise there no Sherlock Holmes;
No one so clever, or so bold,
This stupid footstool ever roamed
In fact, IL you want life, not diction,
Don't hunt for 1t in modern fiction.
Denver Republican.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-12-13
1t Depends.

do you think any man can be In
love and be sane at the same timer"
1T depends on what he is in love
with. If the object of his affection
be beautiful, good cook. able to
make her own clothes and willing to
overlook 1t II he doesn't call her Pet
or Darling in public. don't see why
there should be any reason to doubt
his sanity. Chicago Record-Heraid.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-12-13
Whom the Old Man Feared.

Say" said Mrs. Nuritch. your
fathers got to stop smokin' his pipe
in the parlor. You'll have to speak
to him; he won't mind me-"
''He amt afraid o. me, neither"
replied Nuritch.
Well, something's got to be DONE"
"If wasn't afraid o. soaring the
old man too bad I'd get the butler
after him. philadelphia Press.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-12-13
In the Department Store.

"Oh, my!" exclaimed the excited
woman who had mislaid her hus-
band. I'm looking for a small man
with one eye"
We'll, ma'am," replied the polite
hoorwalker. "if he's a small man,
maybe you'd better use both eyes,
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-12-13
Physical ImnossiI,;litY.

The House Cat t--"You're getting
fat and apoplectic. / can see your
finish"
The Pug Dog (making an effort to
turn his head but giving it up)-
That's more than ! can do, any
now. w."-Chicago Tribune.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-12-13
Didn't Blame the CHURCH.

"Can l induce you to go to
church," asked the earnest evan
gelist
20! not for mine, doc" replied the
hobo.
Perhaps you have some feelings
against the church that may be-"
mo. I amt got no grudge agin It:
dsiphia Press.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-12-13
A Misunderstanding.

What on earth are you doing to
me?" asked the indignant patient
"Kneading your stomach" replied
the great physician.
We'll, let up; l may be needing It
myself one of these days. Chicago
News.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-12-13

The peanut crop In the Unite"
States now amounts to 11.000,000
bushels annually. The total sales
amount to between ss,o0O,oo0 and
$1o,QQ0.000.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-12-13

This man paid s250,000 for his
seat. What do you say to that?"
High for the stock exchange; low
for the Senate. --Courier-JournaI.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-12-13

M. Camille Herrgott. a WE'LL
known French engineer, is said to
have invented peculiar method of
charging cloth with electricity In Or
der to furnish heat to the wearer in
cold weather The idea is carried
out by means of fine electric wires
woven into the cloth, to charge
which a very fine battery is needed.
He calls his invention the electric
thermophile," and claims for it that
it can be used in connection with all
kinds of fabrics, and does not alter
their ordinary appearance or their
usual flexibility.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-12-13

Lord Kelvin, the well-known scien-
tist, has written aletter to the Times,
OF London, concerning discussions be-
fore the British Association for the
Advancement of Science. He pro-
tests against the inference that he
lium may be produced from radium
and the idea of the gradual evolu-
tion of one metal from the other. He
also expresses himself as against the
hypothesis that the heat of the sun
or the earth is due to radium. He
believes it to be mainly due to gravi.
tation.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-12-13
Cupid's Master.

Though Cupid gets the credit
For love affairs we Zee,
There's one matchmaker greater,
And that's cupidity.
Puck
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-12-13

A wire-rope tramway for trans.
porting iron ore has been built near
Fort Montgomery, N. Y, on the Hud-
son River, for the Hudson Iron Com
pany. The tramway is $500 feet
long and delivers the ore at a point
$50 feet below the starting point.
Its capacity is twenty-three tons per
hour The ore buckets are perma-
nently attached to the rope and are
loaded by travelling automatic load.
er or hopper.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-12-13
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P6puIar Soisqoe

The Mexican Central Railway has
used concrete blocks for the roof lin
ing OF tunnels. being cheaper than
cut stone. These blocks weighed
about 1OS pounds each, so that one
man could handle them and place
them in the arch.
Delicate speed-regulatIng appara-
tus is required when q dynamo is
geared direct to windmill. In
new system the windmill pumps
water into a hydraulic accumulator,
and water from this--kept by auto
matte valves at pressure of seventy
five pounds per square inch--drives
the dynamo. A storage battery saves
the surplus power in the usual way.
Macon beacon., 1906-01-13
lNClPIENT CONSUMPTION.
How Food Headed Off the Insidious
Disease.

The happy wife of good old fash.
ioned Mich. farmer says:
In the spring of 1902 | was taken
sick-a general breaking down, US it
were. was excessively nervous, could
not sleep well at night, my food
seemed to do me no good, and | was
SO weak | could scarcely walk across
the room.
"The doctor said my condition was
due to overwork and close confinement
and that he very much feared that
consumption would set in. For several
months took one kind of medicine
after another, but with no good effect
in fact, | seemed to grow worse.
Then determined to quit all medl-
cines, give up coffee and see what
Grape-Nuts food would do for me.
began to eat Grape-Nuts with sugar
and cream and bread and butter three
times day.
"The effect was surprising! began
to gain flesh and strength forthwith
my nerves quieted down and grew nor
mally steady and sound, sweet sleep
came back to me. In six weeks time
discharged the hired girl and COM
menced to do my own housework for
family Of six. This was two years
ago, and | am doing 1t still, and enjoy
it." Name given by Postum Co., Bat
| tie Creek. Mich.
There's a reason. Read the little
! book, The Road te Wollyille. in pkgs
Macon beacon., 1906-01-13
AN ACTORS ADVICE.

Be nice to your dresser. Some day
you may be playing in his support.
The chorus girl of whom we hear so
much as a chorus girl doesn't become
star.
Every actor who makes a hit is a
great actor. Every actor who fails has
a bad part.
There is any amount of art about
Ibsen's plays-but they don't pay ac.
tors board bills
The most difficult thing about get
ting into the spot light is edging the
other fellow out.
The theatrical manager usually Is
looked upon as a brute. The fact re-
mains that he is the fellow who pays
the salaries.
Macon beacon., 1906-01-13
The WITHERSPOON PLAN.
Mississippi Delegates Pledged to This
at Cotton Convention,

Jackson, Miss. Jan S.-The Missis
sippi delegates TO the New Orleans cot
ton convention which will be held this
week viii 70 with instructions to try to
secure the adoption by the convention
Of what is known as the Witherspoon
plan. The Witherspoon plan in brief IS
that a corporation TO be known as the
Southern Cotton Company shall be
formed with a capital of Sll0,0OO,o0o tc
begin business as soon as the capital is
paid in. The shares are placed at SlOo
each and are payable in cash or cotton
at $50 per bale. The corporation is to
purchase SlO0. 600, 900 worth of cotton at
10 cents per pound regardless Of the
market price, and j, is not to be sold
till The price shall have reached II
cents, when it shall be- sold for II cents
no more, no less.
The domieilo Of this gigantic eorpor-
alton is to be New Orleans, but there
are to be branch houses at Jackson,
Meridian, Vicksburg, Natchez, Mobile,
Birmingham, Atlanta and other places
over the South Funds are to be de-
posted in local banks in such sums a.
the citizens may subscribe for stock
and are to be loaned at the highest rate
OF interest obtainable when not in use
Macon beacon., 1906-01-13
Cures Cancer, Blood Poison AND
Scrofnla.

If you have blood poison producin
eruptions, pimples ulcers, swollen glands
bumps and risjngs, burning, itching skin
copper-colored spots or rash on the skin
mucous patches in mouth or throat, fall
ing hair, bone pains. old rheumatism o
foul catdlrh, take Botanic Blood Balm III
b. b.. 1t kills the poison in the blood
soon all sores, eruptions heal, hard swell
ings subsjde, aches and pains stop an,
perfect cure is made Of the worst case
of Blood Poison.
For Careers, tmors, swellings, eatin
sores, ugly ulcers, persistent pimplcs 0
all kinds, take B. B. r. 1t destroys tn
cancer poison in the blood, heals canco
Of Ill kinds, cures the worst humors @
suppurating swellings. Thousands cure,
by j. b. B. after all else fails. B. B. B
composed of pure botanic ingredients. I'm
proves the digestion, makes the blood pur,
and lieh, stops the awful itching and al
sharp, shooting pains. Thoroughly testeC
for thirty years. Druggists, 81 per bottle
with complete directions for home cure
Sample free and prepaid by writing BLOOD
Balm Co, Atlanta, Ga. Describe trouble
and free medical advice also sent in sealed
letter.
Macon beacon., 1906-01-13
LEARNED OF LITTERATEURS.

The manuscript Of swinburnes
"First Book of Ballads" has been sold
for $1,000.
NJ Rostand is said TO have declined
an offer of 100000 for a single maga-
zine publication of his new play,
"Chanriceor" lie believes he can get
a larger amount from the play Fin book
form
Now that the late William sharp
turns out to have been Fiona Mac.
leod,' the description of the latter in
Englands who's Who" is rather
amusing 1t says Macleod, Miss
Fiona, author Then it gives a list Of
her publications. and adds. "Recrea.
ton; Sailing, hill walks, liauriug.
Address, care Chapman & Hull, Lon
don.
Emil Zerkowitz. the noted Hun
garjan author who has been commits
stoned as special envoy by his gov
ernmeut with the purpose Of pstib.
fishing important commercial relations
between that country and this. recent
" arrived in New York. He has a
hoy named George Washington Xerko-
witt, who was born on February -,
1909.
When Henri Rochefort first pub
lished his Lanterne, once a week. his
articles were eagerly read all over Flu.
rope. To-day his ranungs are little
needed even by his followers. One of
his admirers has recently done some
figuring. For nearly half a century
Rochefort has written nearly rvory
day newspaper article These arli-
cles if reprinted in book form would
make a library OF at least 800 volumes.
Opio Read is very superstitlous
While on a reading tour with Ben
King, the poet died suddenly at Bowl.
ing Green on the night he recited .sIf
! Should Die Tonight" " Commenting
ON the incident, Read said; There
was a curious chain of circumstances
that night 1t was the 18th of the
month, it was the 18th town of
our tour l3 sat down to the table with
us at supper, and Is darkies. thinking
that Ben and | were going 10 give a
minstrel show, sat in the front row NJ
the balcony"
Macon beacon., 1906-01-13
BREAKS THE SILENCE.
Beautiful Southern Girl Tells of Life
That Led to Murder.

Chicago, Jan, Virginia Beaure-
gard Troupe, the beautiful Southern
girl, ON trial in Chicago, charged with
the murder of her husband, today broke
the silence she has steadily maintained,
and told in the first detailed statement
she has made since her arrest, the story
of her pathetic, lonely childhood, of her
storm-tossed young womanhood, of her
tragic wifehood.
Not in years has Il trial attracted so
much attention as has that of this girl.
so curiouslS friendlesS and alone, for its
result may bring Chicago face to face
with the problem Vermont has solved
with the hanging of Mary Rogers.
The girl herself is a most interesting
study.
Young, she is pretty with that evanes-
cent comeliness which one sees some.
times in a very young girl.
81 am innocent of murder. ! never
meant to kill my husband" she said.
Macon beacon., 1906-01-13
CURRENCY MEASURE.


Washington, Jan. 0, 9,-Represcntative
Fowler IN. J.), chairman of the house
committee on banking and currency, in-
troduced a bill today providing for the
current deposit Of public moneys with
national banking associations at per
cent per year in amounts not exceeding
SO per cent of the paid up and unim-
paired capital of banks.
The bill also provides that any ma
tional bank may issue an amount of ma
tional bank notes not exceeding so per
cent of its unimpaired capital without
depositing United States bonds as pro-
vided by existing laws. A guaranty
fund is provided for and when this ex-
ceeds $l0000,00O it is to be used in
purchasing gold coin and bullion until
the amount purchased equals the value
of United States notes outstanding,
which are then to be retired.
Macon beacon., 1906-01-13
SOFT YARN SPINNERs
Call Issued for Meeting to Be Held
in Atlanta.

Charlotte, n. c., Jan, S.-Secretary
A, G, Hutchinson, of the Southern Soft
Yarn Spinners' Association has issued
a circular letter calling for meeting
of the association in Atlanta, Ga, on
the 20th OF this month. Several i'm.
portant matters arc to be discussed at
this meeting. An address will be made
by William Whittam, Jr,, of Charlotte,
whose subject will be Immigration. ii
The meeting will be largely attended.
Macon beacon., 1906-01-13
MARRIED EIGHT TIMES.
Geronimo Takes Unto Himself an
Apache Widow.


Lawton, Okla, Jan. Odd Gcroni-
mo, the Apache warrior, who is 76
years OF age, believing life too strenu.
ous without a helpmate, ha, for the
eighth time become a benedict. This
came as startling news to all his tribes.
men, as they were not informed of his
wooing. Two years ago his seventh
wife died. Since that time he has been
converted and become a Christian. His
bride was Mrs. Mary Lotto, an Apache
widow OF 81 years, and the mother of
one son. The wedding took place dur
ing the Christmas holidays, but was not
made public until TODAY.
Macon beacon., 1906-01-13
Eifteen Lives Lost

Haverstraw, N. Y, Jan. "a cave
in shortly before midnight last night
carried away twelve houses and fifteen
persons are missing. The houses were
precipitated over claybank. The de.
bris caught fire and the lives of mum.
Der OF persons were endangered. The
landslide caused the breaking of a wa.
ter main and it was impossible to Sc.
cure water to put out the fire. There
were two landslides the first occurring
In the afternoon, This did not do much
damage, but was followed by the sec,
ond, which carried away the houses.
Macon beacon., 1906-01-13
To Use Automobiles.

Washington, Jan. 9.-Postmaster-
General Cortelyou today approved a
recommendation of Fourth Assistant
McGraw for the use by rural carriers
of automobiles in serving the routes.
The Postmaster-General, however, ex-
pressly reserves the right to require
rural carriers to discontinue the use OF
such vehicles prescribed by the regula-
tions If complaint is made of unsatis-
factory service arising from the use of
automobiles Rural carriers are also
required to maintain a fixed schedule
on their routes.
Macon beacon., 1906-01-13

Mazatlan, Mex, Jan. S.-Accordinu
to lgnacio Fuente, government director
in the town of Ahome, the people of
that town and the surrounding country
are facing starvation. Crops have been
almost entirely destroyed by recent in.
undations and the roads have beed rem
dered impossible. Thousands of cattle
perished in northern Sinaloa as a re-
suit OF the floods. Much of the cane Of
the Aguila plantation, big sugar
property, was destroyed and the loss
will be very heavy. The losses through
Ntnaloq amount to millions Of dollars,
Macon beacon., 1906-01-13
Knew George Washington.

Philadelphia, Jan. S.-Mary McDon-
aid, q negress who claimed to be 1876
years of age, is dead at the home for
aged and infrm colored persons in this
city. According to the woman and her
surviving relatives, she was born Nov.
IA, l770, in settlement known as Frog
town, near Valley Forge, Pa. She
often told of the scenes in and about
the camp of Washington's soldiers at
Valley Forge during the winter Of
lll7-7S. The woman was of robust
physique and was an inveterate smoker
up to short time ago.
Macon beacon., 1906-01-13
DR.. Steger a Suicide,

New York, Jan. 9.-Dr. w. G. Steger,
said to be graduate OF Vanderbilt and
Columbia Universities and of family
prominent in Nashville, Tenn. attempt.
ed to commit suicide here by taking
chlorolorm and morphine. Physicians
say he cannot recover. Dr. Steger
took the poison after leaving note
saying that he had suffered from suicidal
and homcidal mania for years, and
that he could not bear the suffering
longer. He willed his body to the Col.
lege of Physicians and Surgeons, Co
lumbia University,
Macon beacon., 1906-01-13
Bearing down EaaEinr.

causing pain, weight and headache, is
instantly relieved and permanently
cured by its use. Under all circum-
stances it acts in harmony with the
female system. 1t corrects
Macon beacon., 1906-01-13
Dizziness, Fafssfgnss,

Extreme Lassitude, don't-care" " and
"want-to-be-left-alone feeling, excit-
ability, irritability, nervousness, sleep
lessness, fatulency, melancholy or the
" blues and backache. These are
sure indications of Female Weakness,
some 0erangement Of the ornanS For
Macon beacon., 1906-01-13
Kidney Complaints

and Backache Of either 8er the Vegeta.
bic Compound is unequalled.
You can write Mrs. Pinkham about
yourself in strictest confidence.
LYDIA f. PINKHAM MED. CO., Lynn, Mass.
Macon beacon., 1906-01-13
Lydia e Pisskisass's
Negefable G0gs1n0ES1d

Is positive cure for all those painful
ailments Of women 1t will entirely
cure the worst forms of Female Com.
plants. Inflammation and liberation,
Falling and DiSplacements and consc.
quent Spinal Weakness, and is peculi.
arly adapted to the change Of Life.
1t will surely cure.
Macon beacon., 1906-01-13

Taylor's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum
and Mullen is Natures great remedy Cures
Coughs, Colds, Group and Consumption,
and all throat and lung troubles. AT drug
glsts, 25c., soc. and Sl.0O per bottle.
Macon beacon., 1906-01-13

The successful people nowadays are the
relormers," remarked the patriotic citizen.
"Yes," answered Senator Sorghum, Il be-
lieye that reform is actually getting around
to basis where it can be made to pay" =
Washington Star.
Macon beacon., 1906-01-13
SMALL PILL. SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRICE.
When a Man Hides His Head

Bacon-If | ever had to resort to wear
ing q wig, I'd feel as if I'd like to hide
my head.
Egbert-Of course; that's Just what a
wig IS for!-Yo Yonkers Statesman.
Macon beacon., 1906-01-13

lame in the morning, Doan's Kidney
Pills helped me right away, and the
great relief that followed has been
permanent"
Sold by all dealers, 50 cents box.
Fostor-Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y.
Macon beacon., 1906-01-13

Thousands tell OF
cures made by Doan's
Kidney Pills. John c.
Coleman, a prominent
merchant of SWANS.
boro, Ga, says; "Fol
several years my kid.
neys were affected.
and my back achet
day and night. / was
lunguid, nervous and
Macon beacon., 1906-01-13

It IS bad idea to put friendship and
love to the test. 1t is better to believe
that they really cXist-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
Macon beacon., 1906-01-13
fssregggFas'igv.

Suppressed or Painful Periods, Weak.
ness of the Stomach, Indigestion, Bloat.
ing, Nervous prostration, Headache,
General DebiLitY. Also
Macon beacon., 1906-01-13

When a woman wants to love a man she
finds no difficulty in believing he has an
attractive Observation-Disclosures Bul.
letin.
Macon beacon., 1906-01-13

Take LAXATIVE BRoMo Quinine Tablets
Druggists refund money if it fails TO cure
E.W GROvE signature is on each box 2jc
Macon beacon., 1906-01-13

Nobody ever lived so long but that he
could reasonably be expected to live ten
years longer. This is particularly true of
wealthy Cctogenarian uncles.-St. Louis
Glube-DemOcrat.
Macon beacon., 1906-01-13
DOES YOUR BACK ACHE :?
Cure the Kidneys and the Pain Will
Never Return.

Only one sure way to cure an aching
back. Cure the cause, the kidneys.
Macon beacon., 1906-01-13

Ever notice how much harder the
wooden pew of a church is than the
Mooden chair in am onera honse2
Macon beacon., 1906-01-13
Commercialism.

"Do you think this government is
saie%'
"One of the best investments know
Of, answered the sordd politician Its
possibilities for paying dividends haven't t
been scratched as yet. Washington Star,
n. W Aver 81 Son, Philadelphia, the
Observation-Disclosures " adverts
ing agents, have sent out their calendar for
1906 which as usual is a very handsome and
useful office accessory. heeditionis slinited.
While they last copies may be had by send
ing 25 cents to the firm named above