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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-04-25
Reform i'm Tennessee,

"A great wave of reform is agitat-
ing the people of Tennessee" said e.
e. Boyer, of that State.
"The sale of Intoxicating liquors
has been banished in all but a few
towns, and it would not surprise me
to see complete prohibition within
a few years. The reformers have
also been busy trying to eradicate
the gambling evil, and they were sue
cessful in having the legislature pass
bill that strictly forbids any pool
selling or bookmaking on racing
events. 1t was thought that this law
sounded the knell of horse racing in
Tennessee, and so 1t may turn out,
for unless men are allowed to back
their favorites there will be very lit
tie interest paid racing in the fut-
ure. In fact, 1t is not practicable to
maintain the tracks unless betting is
tolerated. ."-~-Washington Herald.
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Barking and Biting.

The once familiar practice of in.
stalling barker" in front of store
to invite the patronage of passers-by
has all but died out The "barker's'
occupations gone. He has been sup.
planted by the newspaper advertise
ment, which addresses a thousand
people to every one upon whose ears
his solicitations fell. and commands
a more attentive hearing. There are
a few "barkers" left, to be sure. just
as there are few people who keep
their surplus money in an old socb
instead of letting 1t draw interest in
a bank. But where the barking is
most in evidence there is generally
very little biting on the part of the
public.-Hamilton (Can) Times.
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Pnzzles For Postal Clerls.

Cleverness is one of the attributes
necessary for every man who is en-
ployed in the postofflce sorting mail,
for he meets with all kinds of freaks
in the shape of letters peculiarly ad-
dressed. Some jokers appear to think
that all the postal clerk has to do is
to solve puzzles.
Recently at the Boston office let
ter was received addressed Wood,
Mass" with line drawn under the
wood" and over the Mass. The
letter went out the same day 1t was
received and reached Mark Under
wood, Andover, Mass, for whom 1t
was intended. and the postal clerk
who solved the riddle did not think
he had one anything brilliant. It
was all in his days work.-Boston
Journal.
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The Greatest Indian Organizer.

Pontiac exempllfied at once the
best and the worst traits of the Amer.
lean Indian. He seems not to have
been SO great a warrior as Osceola.
nor as able general in the field as
Cornstalk, nor so unselhshly a patriot
as Tecumseh. But as an organizer
among a people with whom organiza-
tion is almost impossible, and as a
master OF the treacherous state-craft
of his race. he probably surpassed
them all. AS soon as his death was
known, the French Governor at st.
Louis sent for his body and buried
1t with full martial honors near the
fort. "For a mausoleum," Parkman
finely says, "a great city has arisen
above the forest hero; and the race
whom he hated with such burning
rancor, trample with unceasing foot
steps over his forgotten grave. -
From "The Conspiracy OF Pontiac"
by Lynn Tew Sprague, In the Outing
Magazine.
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THE PATH OF AN INTERVIEWER.
Cosmopolitan Virtues and Gifts OF
Versatility Along Its Course.

Versatility Along Its Course.
The newspapers of Boston are not
the same as those of New York; there
is a greater difference between those
of Chicago and New Orleans; and
what is 'first-page story In Phila-
delphia would be moved farther back
in San Francisco to make room for
another sort of sensation suited to
the peculiar taste of It's readers. But
the subtle distinctions do not perplex
the resourceful newspaper reporter.
He comes from the Atlantic to the
Pacific Coast and in a week his
stuff" is true in tone to the paper
that has engaged him. He goes to
the East from what is called the
unconventional" West, and in
month his work is in no wise to be
distinguished from that of men who
have begun and continued in the
service of New York dailies. For
proof, any important newspaper may
be considered. In five years 1t prob
ably has had scores of reporters, may
have had two or three different city
editors, and perhaps as many man.
aging editors, yet the tone of the
paper from first page to last is un-
changed IN fact, that distinct, in
dividual flavor often persists in spite
of efforts to change 1t. 1t would be
easy to name score of papers in the
country that are identical in dominat-
ing characteristics and tone with
their issues of earlier years, in spite
of the fact that their owners and the
entire staff upon them have changed
more than once.
The true cosmopolitan is the news
paper reporter. 1t is easy enough to
appear content in any quarter of the
globe, and in Rome to live as the
Romans do, but the reporter does
more. He is Norwegian and italian.
proletarian and palace-wise, Repub-
lican and Democrat, several times
each day and the narrow provincial
ism of the metropolis is as much his
as the freedom and the long per-
spective of the mining camp. 1t Is
versatility, more of temperament
than of talent. that distinguishes him.
The citizen of the world, with a nose
for news, a supernatural ingenuity
in obtaining It, a pretty knack
of description, and the ability TO be
always in the mood for work, might
make an average reporter The
good reporters who become editors
have additional faculties. not accu-
mulated, but Indigenous Fran
cisco Argonaut.
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When her turn came she said. ~I've
done a little of everything-"
Such as saving fellow from
drowning.v cried Dick, springing to
his feet. "Allow me. ladies, to In
troduce Sarah Brown. heroine"
"But never believed that you
would have drowned, Dick" said Sa-
rah.
TITS very humiliating, girls. sa-
rah never did make anything OF saw
ing me from a watery grave. Per-
haps when I'm on the Supreme bench
she'll point to me with pride, and
say, I saved the Judge from drown
ing Anyway, I'm going to college,
and the cold water and Sarah Brown
did It,"
"See here, Sarah Brown" said
Mary Davidson, "I've an account to
settle with you. / thought people
were going to miss us girls when we
went away, but wren asked mother
who took my place in the library, she
said, Sarah Brown haven't asked
about anything else that we,- girls
used to do that she hasn't answered,
Sarah Brown
aThat's So" said Margaret. "I
can't see that we've any of us been
been missed"
"I've only done things as they
| came along" said Sarah, half in apol-
ogy. but down In her heart she was
glad.
Just before commencement Judge
| Thurston sent for Mr.. Thatcher and
Mr.. Raymond.
"Pm getting to be an old man." he
said, "and l want to invest my prop
erty In something that will bring re-
turns after I'm gone. l want to in
vest 1t in lives" he went on. IL love
the old academy, and I've decided to
establish fund to send one graduate
of the school to college every four
years. 1t seems to me that l should
like the first one to be a member of
my grandson's class the Judge had
been watching Sarah Brown-"and |
want you to advise with me as to
who shall be sent.
Mr.. Raymond looked at the minis
ter.
The minister said, "There's Sarah
| Brown"
"Yes," said Mr.. Raymond, "I don't
know anybody who would make a
greater effort or do the academy
greater credit"
II am glad you both agree with
me-" said the judge.-Youth's Com
panion.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-04-25
Mining Casualties.

The total deaths by accidents in
mines in the United Kingdom in 1906
were -1133, as against 1859 in the
previous year, being decrease OF
twenty-six. Under the Metalliferous
Mines act the total number of sep
arate fatal accidents during the year
amounted to thirty-four, as against
forty-three in 1905, a decrease of
nine. The deaths caused by these ac-
cidents number thirty-seven, as COM
pared with forty-six in 1905. Under
the Quarries act there were ninety.
two separate fatal accidents during
1906, as against ninety-seven in
1905; these accidents caused ninety
seven deaths, to be compared with
ninety-nine in the previous year.
Engineer.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-04-25

He Is way beyond fifty his hairs turning gray
But still ne laugh in the iollest 49, ~
He hasn't forgotten the fun in jest; ~. tN' ~"
He tells the old stories with hcartest zest
He knows all the he likes lots Of noise
Somehow he has managed to stay with the boys.
Why he get up in the gray Of the dawn,
And be out the road the others have
With his pole and his ine-and he laughs long and deep
AT the who mornings the best time to sleep.
He is out with the boys and Of them peers
the wrinkles and crows feet that tell of his years
He is ready to romp, hunt to ride
He has neve sat silent and moody, and sighed
Over vanishing youth the days Of his past
For he that the days of the boytme can last
just long will that need part
With the wonderful thrill that they give to the heart
He will lie his back in the shade of the trees
And declare that he knows what Is by the bees,
And he mimics the whistles and calls OF the birds
Which he says, il he liked, he could put into words.
He would rather spend hours on the banks of the brook
Where the berries red, than be reading book
He is way beyond fifty and folks think that he ought
Of serious thought
But they wonder at him, and they envy him, too
For he's living to-day all the days they knew
He has lost heart with the chefest Of Joys,
He has kept young heart-he is of the boys
Wilbur d. Nesbit, in the Chicago Evening Post
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-04-25

Skill of an Individual sort is pre-
supposed Just as is skill III horse
manship with a cowboy. Without II
a man is absolutely useless. And
just as cowboy likes to show or or
compete In kind of horsemanslfip
which can have no practical applica-
tion TO his trade, 80 does the river
man do his tricks. A man IN Mari
nette, whose name l have forgotten.
could turn somersault on log;
innumerable others like to lie down
at length while floating with the
current; Jack Boyd could ~up-end" q
railroad tie without falling into the
water; and II is very cold water in
deed that can scare on an occasional
birling match. .-From Jack Boyd:
Master Riverman, By Stewart nd
ward White. In the Outing Magazine.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-04-25
Germany,s Now RaiIway,s Rates

The new German railway passen-
ger rate is 2.6S cents a mile, first
class, with no reduction for round
trip tickets and no free baggage. For
express trains the rates viii be high
er, causing a substantial addition to
the cost OF travel. The object Is TO
keep local passengers ON the long
distance trains. For second class
the rate is 1.72 cents, with an addi-
tional charge for baggage and for ex-
press trains. The density of traflc
averages much greater in Germany
than in the United States. ---Baiti-
more Sun.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-04-25

DR.. Herbert Claiborne, of New
York, suffers from cold hands In WIN
ter. And nothing Will warm his I'M
gers except hot water, a hot fire or
hot potato. He can be seen almost
any frosty morning marching along
at fiye miles an hour with hot po-
tato in each overcoat pocket and his
hands grasping the two big potatoes,
piping hot, wrapped in silk handker-
chiefs. for this purpose. "They Will
keep your hands warm for hours un-
less you happen to sit ON EN- he
says. They are great for football
match or when you go sleighriding. Z"
Philadelphia Record.
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American Progress.

We are going fast upon our way,
we people OF the United States. We
have built higher, deeper. faster than
ever nation built before. Yesterday
we were as pauper amid Industrial
magnates, calling upon the gold Of
England for the opening of our
mines. our lands, our forests; to-day
the banners of our commercial van
guards float above the SHOWS of 81
beria, the jungles of the Amazon the
forests OF the Congo.--Worlds Work
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-04-25
The Alamo.

While the Alamo is situated in the
city OF San Antonio. It is the treas
ured property OF the people OF all
Texas. There Is no Texan who does
not possess It in an interest which
he has a sentimental and patriotic
right to assert. There win be Q gem
eral protest and uprising against any
scheme to commex claliEe any part OF
Galveston News.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-04-25
That Would Be shocking.

Sam Bernard was strolling down
Broadway the other day, and stopped
to watch a derailed trolley. All the
passengers were on one side of the
track, with the exception OF one lady,
who seemed TO be afraid to cross the
rails.
When Mr. Bernard drew near she
asked. In a timid voice: "Wculd l
get shock II put my foot on that
rail?" pointing to the nearest one
"No. madam" answered MT. Bef-
nard politely, @Not unless you put
your other foot on the trolley wire. 4"
---yopngN Magazine.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-04-25
Tl,e uTns.v

EngIand's new arnored cruiser.
the Indomitable. has been launched,
and soon the Infiexible and the Ipvin-
cibie are to be given to the waves.
The Impossible may be expected next.
II there IL anything IN names Eng
land 10 going to clean up the other
nayies OF the world.--St. Louis Re-
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-04-25

Fidelity is the one quality in which
all the world rejoices, and the silent
fidelity of the children of God is win
ming daily victories for His cause.
where knowledge, riches and elo-
quence are lacking.-Edgar w.
Work.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-04-25

Since work gives forgetfulness OF
self, 1t can be, and is, an antidote TO
pain of heart. The very routine and
drudgery of daily work have often
saved life from despair. Adherence
to duty is way to attain some meas
ure of peace. However great the sor-
row, the needs Of living and the du-
ties of living press in, and demand
attention. The very necessity is a
lesson In faith.-Hugh Black.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-04-25

1t is great folly not to part with
your faults, which is possible, but to
try to escape from other peoples
faults, which is impossible. Marcus
Aurelius.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-04-25

A gang OF Red Men. dressed as In
dians and cowboys. held up stage In
the streets OF Cody last week. It
was done to advertise dance 6lyen
by the Red Men. - WyonlnE ~
chapra
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WORDS OF WISDOM.

Remember, people will work the
better because they work from love,
not merely doing their duty and
'obeying in blind way.-Miss
Mulock.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-04-25

Till the mountains are worn out
and the rivers forget to flow, till the
clouds are weary of replenishing
springs and the springs forget to
gush, and the rills to sing. shall their
names be kept fresh with reverent
honor, which are inscribed upon the
book of national remembrance
Henry Ward Beecher.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-04-25

Every year from 500 to 1900 cou-
Piles go to England from the Conti-
nent, mostly from Germany, to be
married. To comply with the con-
ditions of the English law the bride
usually goes over first, stays one
night in a hotel, and gives notice of
the marriage on the following day.
Then the man arrives and the cere-
mony takes place. It is generally by
license, as otherwise both would have
to stay in England for four weeks.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-04-25

The wireless telegraph of the Ger
man army can be transported and set
up by eight or ten men. and two men
operate the station. The apparatus
consists of sixty-foot steel pole In
eight sections, with steel guy ropes,
a complete sending and receiving out
fit, folding tables and chairs, and
bicycle dynamo that can be worked
by one man.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-04-25

Professor Richard iull, of Yale
College. has published new geneal-
ogy of the horse. He has traced the
ancestry OF the animal back 2,000.-
900 years. He says that while the
horse originated in Europe, North
America was the theatre for its de-
velopment.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-04-25

Astronomers are trying to photo
graph the suns corona without an
eclipse, from the Jansen observatory
On the summit of Mont Blanc.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-04-25

There are some monstrous stones
in the temple of Baalbec, Syria; and
the Peruvians had method of trans
porting immense stones, which nova
days would, If known, mean. for
tune to engineers.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-04-25

"A London literary critic asks why
pen laugh more than women.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-04-25

oldest of Names animals is the
porcupine. and Linwood Flint, of
Waterford, has made them the sub
ject of an interesting nature study
He has twenty or more of them.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-04-25

The gentle refrain of the accordion
of Phoebe Stannard, Of Great Bar
rington, Mass. calls her cows home.
no matter how far on the mountain
side they have wandered.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-04-25

It is stated that 231 municipal
acetylene gas plants are now in use
N the United States.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-04-25

A new alloy, called McAdamite
metal, has recently been put on the
market, with the idea that it may
largely take the place of brass in
machine-making. Its base is alum
inium, but the exact composition is
kept secret. 1t resembles aluminium
only in lightness and non-corrosive-
ness. 1t is about one-third the weight
of brass, but about twice the tensile
strength, and its resistance to COM
preston is nearly four times that of
brass. 1t takes a high polish, and
does not tarnish. 1t is sonorous, an
bells are now made of 1t.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-04-25

The "ieafiess acacia" is peculiar
tree that forms forests in Australia.
The tree has no leaves, but respires
through a little stem answering the
purpose OF a leaf.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-04-25

A Washington poultry dealer has
made the discovery that It is a dan
gerous practice to carry eggs intend
ed for Matching on electric cars with
out taking precautions to prevent the
electric current from killing the
germs. Experience has shown that
where the receptacle is allowed to
rest on the floor of the car eighty per
cent. of the eggs are killed" Moral:
Carry the basket on your lap.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-04-25

THE ECLIPSE OF LEGAL LIGHT
A TRAGEDY IN BUSINESS CARDS.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-04-25

There is now a canal connection
between Milan and Pavia, about
twenty-five miles long, through an
ancient channel, which has been in
use for more than 600 years. Thou
sands of canal boats from the Pc
go to Milan every year, pass through
the city's canal system, which is
founded on the old defensive moats
of the Middle Ages, and proceed
northward to the Italian lakes, or
vice versa.
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q 6AZNGy
FSWORTH KNowINGx

A New York man fell 1870 feet and
sustained no worse injuries than to
catch cold.
-'ss1
The oldest royal house In Europe
is that of Mecklenburg. They trace
their descent from Genseric. who
sacked Rome in A. ID. ass.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-04-25

Among the feats performed by the
Egyptians was that of erecting obe-
lisks Weighing 400 tons or over. The
Romans were also eminent engineers.
Near the temple OF Baalbec there
lies a stone ready quarried, which is
seventy feet long and fourteen feet
square. 1t weighs 1895 tons.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-04-25

An expedition headed by Professor
Thomas A. Jaggar, of the Massachu-
setts Institute of Technology, will
soon go to study the geological for
nation of the Aleutian Islands, off
the Alaska coast. The party will
include noted geologists. 1t is ex-
pected that there will be plenty of
work. for the Aleutian Islands from
a geological point are marvels of pos
sibility. The expedition, which is
financed by Boston men, is purely a
private enterprise.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-08-01

Grattan Grange met In regular ses-
zion Thursday evening, July %, with
;.bout A. present The W NJ heing
abSent. Brother l. III. E.kins presided
and called Grange TO order.
A busine, sess ION wa followed by
a short program, but those respondin G
gave good work, which was enjo, co
by all.
The following program is annonnc ed
for next meetinl: Song, Dear Olu
farn;' when will the constitutional
convention be- held, its objects, num-
her ofdelegates and how apportIoned,
John Emmons; recitation, Clayton
Davies; music, Fern Belding; -. G.
Woodman's Memorial" Cora Emmons;
song. Elmer Weller; How shall we
solve the help problem In securing
our hay and harvest" hIessrs. Cooley
and Reaves; paper, Mansell Slayton;
song, Gertrude Youngman; recitation,
FLOYD jerks; debate, Ray Written
and Claude Nash.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-08-01
HE'LL STICK TO HIS PIPE.
Let the Other Fellows Daily with CT
gars and Cigarettes.

One particular objection many Of
the men patrons have To the big pa
latial hotels In the city is that they
can't smoke their fayorite pipes in
the public halls without becoming the
cynosure OF all eyes.
THE other evening"" said a guest
at the ST. Regis, 81 sat down In one
OF the comfortable armchairs In the
hall to enjoy my pipe that's been my
constant friend for the last seven
years. There were several people
sitting near me, most OF whom we're
men, and one or two were smoking
cigars or cigarettes. i didn't see a
pipe in sight anywhere, and that
made me "A little uncertain as to
whether | should be violating an ETH
Quettal rule OF the house.
Il drew out my briar. and, after
| had got 1t going comfortably,
noticed that the guests near me be
gan to melt away by ones and twos,
until presently | was left with a good
share of the hall to myself. Some OF
them did not leave the hall altogether
but moved to seats furthest from me
or course | knew what the cause was
but ! didn't care. In my opinion, the
man who smokes a pipe Is heap
sight better than any dozen men who
| smoke cigars and cigarettes. New
York Times.