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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-10-10
About Noted People.

Senator Chauncey M. Depew, with
Mrs. Depew, returned from Europe.
The Siamese King bought $1,000
600 worth OF diamonds and gold and
silyerware In berlin.
Professor Albert NJ Lythgoe,
Egyptologist. has returned to New
York from Europe, after an absence
or one year.
Conservatives in China have been
shocked TO learn that Duke Con-
fucius.r direct descendant OF the sag .
lOonfuciua Ia the seyenty-sixth genera
tior. has jo'ned the liberal movement
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-10-10
The pield Of sports.

Pennsylvania had an easy victory
at football over North Carolina.
George Bonhag. the American
champion. Is taking short rest.
Contests on land and on the sea
now pale In interest before those IN
the air.
jack johnson outfought Sailor"
Burke in their six round bout at
bridgeport. Conn.
Captain g. II. Ide. Of the Yale
Varsity eight. will not return to coll
iege this fall. having decided to enter
into a business enterprise IN San
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-10-10
Mulberry Juice On Infiamed Sores,

Juice from the old-fashioncd null
berry rubbed over an inhamed sore
will rid 1t of all inflammation and
cure it up in few days said j. L.
Parks, of Carriers Creek, at Hart
mans. my father used to use the
juice of mulberry for sores when
ever any of us children hurt our
selves in any manner He would
gather lot of the berries in season,
squeeze out the juice add a little
alcohol to preserve it, and bottle it
up for future use. 1t is certainly
fine for the purpose used, and ac-
complished hundred cures right in
our family, Nashville Tennessean.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-10-10
NEGRO sTRANaLERs STORY.

Chicago. o.--Richard Walton, a me-
gro, has confessed that he alone MUIR
dered Mrs. Lillian White Grant. by
strangling her as she lay In bed al
her home, Using Police Inspector
Hunt as a dummy Walton illustrated
how he had tied an underyest about
Mrs, Grants neck and choked her
to death.
Afterward he stole her watch and
money and fed. He was arrested
in Springfield. ILL.,, by negro police
man.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-10-10
The Up.To.Date.

II suppose you go to the city at
least once year" said the summer
boarder.
Il used tew" replied the old far
mer, but ! amt been thar fer nigh
onto three years meow. Sense we
got rural free delivery | kin git bun
koed jist as we'll by mail. b'gosh!p
Chicago News.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-10-10
A Pertinent Question,

The lank, long-haired young man
looked dreamily at the charming girl
on whom he was endeavoring to
make favorable impression.
Did you ever long for death?"
he asked in a low and moving tone.
"Whose?" inquired the charming,
but practical, young person.-The
Youths Companion.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-10-10
SLEEP BROKEN BY ITCHING.
Eczema Covered Whole Body For n
Year - No Relief Until Cuticura
Remedies Prove Perfect Success.

For year / have had what they call
eczema. had an itching all over my body.
and when ] would retire for the night IL
would keep me awake half the night, and
the more l would scratch. the more it
would itch. | tried all kinds Of remedies.
but could get no relief l used one cake of
Cuticura Soap, one box of Cuticura and
two walls of Cuticura Resolvent Pills
which cost me dollar and twenty-five
cents in all, and am very glad / tried them,
for | was completely cured. Walter w.
Pagush. 207 n Robey St., Chicago, H.,
Oct. s and l6. 1876 "
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-10-10
A GracefuI withdra,yal

"Do you know who that old gentle
man is. talking TO our hostess? asked
Mrs Blunderer OF the lady sitting
beside her.
THAT. answered the lady coldly.
"is my son.
"Oh!V gasped Mrs. Blunderer In
confusion, "he's good deal older
than you are, is he ?"--Lippin-
colts
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-10-10
Underlying Japanese HumanIties.

It is the claim Of Richard Barry,
eyewitness Of the operations at Port
Arthur and specially qualified to
speak Of tho character and tempeg
OF the Japanese soldier, that one
tenth Of Japan's male population lis
possessed with the itch for connict. {"
1.-The Century.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-10-10


says: II had been
showing symptoms OF
kidney trouble from
the time i was mus
tered out of the ar
my, but in all my life
l never suffered as
in 1897. Headaches,
dizziness and sleep
lessness, first. and
then dropsy. / was
weak and helDless
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-10-10

you lazy tramp said the indus
trious citizen, why are you not
Because, boss yawned Languid
Luke, as he blew a puff Of smoke at
wandering grasshopper, "it is so
much easier to be ton of soil. -
Chicago.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-10-10

! British soldiers are now supplied
with a combination wagon cover,
overcoat, waterproof sheet and tent.
Lawrence Washington, rector of
Purleigh, A. d. 1G33-1643, was the
t, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of George
Washington. That fact is now es-
tabIished beyond question.
White horses are now used in the
German army, the Introduction of
smokeless powder having made them
too conspicuous.
Saxony is put down by the author
tiles as having the largest suicide
rate OF any section of the earth,
while Ireland has the lowest rate.
New Hampshire has a legislature
composed of All members-393 rep
resentatives and twenty-four senators
the largest legislative body in the
world, with a single exception of the
British House of Commons.
Mrs. Homer Coleman, who occu-
pies little cottage at Cleeve, in the
county of Somerset, is generally CON
sidered the Oldest woman in Eng
land She is 107 years of age. Her
mother was centenarian, her grand
mother died at 1O1 and her daughter
is eighty.
ofr .1or ;otc 4,t
nent blush on the cheeks without in
jury to the flesh or skin.
OF the fifty-siS signers of the i'm
mortal Declaration of Independence,
thirty-eight were of English blood,
seven of Irish, five of Scotch, six of
Welsh and one of Swedish. OF the
occupations Of the signers, twenty
eight were lawyers, five were doctors,
FIVE were farmers, four were politi-
clans, ten were merchants, one was
clergyman, one a printer, one
manufacturer and one surveyor.
Out of the fifty-six signers, fifteen
were rich, the rest being in easy cir
cumstances.
One of the historic bells in Swift
zerland is the silver bell in the min
ster of Berne. 1t rang for the SER
vice of God, the festivals of State,
and the execution of the evll-doer."
When the forces of the young French
republic captured Berne in 1898, the
citizens painted it funeral black,
and under this disguise it escaped
from the rapacity of the Gauls.
Trout fishermen in the East have
cause for amazement and envy in the
news that a three-foot, twenty-pound
salmon trout has recently been
caught in Colorado. This does not
appear to be open to the suspicious
that attach to the ordinary fish story,
for the big trout, the largest ever
caught in Colorado, is now being
mounted for exhibition in one of the
Denver railroad Offices, and his di-
menslons seem pretty well estab-
lished.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-10-10
When He stamn,ered

Employer (engaging clerk But
do you always stammer like that?
Applicant - N-n-n-no, sir, only
w-w-hen t-t-talk Souirie.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-10-10

FITS, st. Wtus'Dance Nervous Diseases per-
manently cured by DR.. Klines Great Nerve
Restorer. 50 trial bottle and treatise free.
Or. II. r. Kline, Id, 1881 Arch ST., Phila., Pa.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-10-10

The largest Bible class in Great
Britain Is at All Saints Church. Shelf
neld The average attendance Is
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-10-10

Does any one know where the dead
of night is buried?
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-10-10

-, It is better to break up a quarrel
than to patch 1t up.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-10-10

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrupfor Children
teething, ,softens thegums, reducesinnamma-
tion, allays pain, cures wind collie 25ca bottle
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-10-10

A man would just as lief bo honest
Any "sa money fh that T'ss way ''''''s = maze maze
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-10-10
A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.
How Veteran Was Saved the Anl-
putation OF a Limb.

B. Frank Doremus, veteran, OF
Roosevelt Ave, indianapolis, Ind.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-10-10

The birth rate In Germany is slx
9 thousand higher than In England.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-10-10

White horses are now used in the
German army, the introduction of
smokeless powder having made them
too conspicuous
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-10-10

Saxony is put down by the author
tiles as having the largest suicide
rate Of any section of the earth,
while Ireland has the lowest rate.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-10-10

New Hampshire has a legislature
composed of All members-S93 rep
resentatives and twenty-four senators
the largest legislative body in the
world, with single exception of the
British House of Commons.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-10-10
TNAM FADELESS DYE

er dye. One 10c. package colors all hbers !
= free bookiet-How 70 Dye. Bleach and Mix
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-10-10

Lawrence Washington, rector of
Purleigh, A. d. 1G33-1643, was the
Observation-Disclosures of George
Washington. That fact is now es-
tablished beyond question.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-03-14
THE BEAUMONT OIL FIELD.

win the capital prize in some lot
terry, or putting his money on the
ponies at chances ten to one, than
he ever does of seeing one cent of
his money coming back in the
shape of dividends if invested in
ninety-nine out of hundred of
these fine propositions found in
newspapers and magazines. You
cannot help but admire the audac-
ity of some of the men. They
present many ways such as this:
1.-Two thousand shares of some
gild-edged stock at ten ortwenty
cents per share face value on the
instalment plan, or number of
shares at SO much discount" They
have convincing ways, but when
subjected to investigation, lose
their fine color. This is why 80
many dollars are sunk in Beau
mont enterprises by people who
sent their money and stayed at
home firmly convinced that in a
short time the mail man would
soon, at regular intervals, leave at
their doors dividend checks.
When the news of the find at
Beaumont reached the outside
world, I was in Shreveport, La
I went south on.the first train. II
was jammed, not unlike some
rushes you read of at some new
gold field. My first view of Beau
mont was not very impressive.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-03-14

Paper Read Before the Chautauq,ta Circle.
FULLY realize my inability
to properly describe this SUBJ
ject. Unfortunately my knowl-
edge of proper English is linn
tied, and being no oil expert, is
another great handicap. How
ever, will try and give you my
actual experience and the differ
ent scenes I witnessed in the
Texas oil fields where I worked
over year. Fortunately l was on
the ground early, landing in Beau
mont the second day after the
news of the discovery had reached
the press. Up to this time [ had
been working in the Indian Ter
ritory, Arkansas, Texas and many
other states; and like great many
of my trade, subject to roaming
around with no definite place In
view. had been doing this for
quite period, and as I look back
I can see many fatal errors I had
many times laughed at, great op-
portunities that were presented
and passed on, content to enjoy
life in the many strange features
that strange people, strange faces
and different scenes of the country
that are 80 fascinating to young
person thoroughly in the grasp OF
the "Demon of Travel" Then it
is no great wonder why l should
be in Beaumont, the new Eldoradc
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-03-14

where men of all nations were go
ing Some, like myself, with no
fixed intentions, and a great many
others fighting for chance to be-
come rich.
To give you some idea of how
people were drawn to this point
with it's many alluring chances, I
saw published in one of the local
papers that at a banquet given by
a popular lodge, visiting members
were seated at the board repre-
senting every state IN the country.
As to the truthfulness of this
statement I cannot say. [ simply
give it as it was published at the
time.
Have you ever noticed the eff
fects that some unlocked for event
will produce in community ?
Clever newspaper men are respon-
sible for this. I have no doubt
that many dollars we're contrib
uted in this case, solely on the
strength of newspaper tales. There
is always two sides to every event,
but newspapers publish only the
exciting and most alluring part.
Then the "gold brick" man gets
in his fine work with clever adver-
Using. The dollars roll in and fol
the most part are contributed by
the poor man who can Ill afford
to lose. I wish to say right here
that q man stands more show to
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-03-14
MULDOON TAKES A TURKISH BATH.

waz about doc fer violint reac-
ton, I bate a hasty retrate only to
room into the lair av q toe nail
ingraver.
Yis, an if there is annythin' I
hate worse than annythin' ilse 'tiz
wan av thin kyropydists. Kyrop-
ody dales ixcloosively wild the fate
an as profession is follied be
min whose olefactory nerve waz
frost bitten or kilt in airly youth.
They ginerally git dollar fer a
job that's aisly worth tin, if not
more, an until they wear rubber
glooves an masks, no fate av mine
shall liver Expose their instips to
the vulgar gaze av thin, I'll till
you that. Afther wranglin' on
coorns an boonyuns five or tin
minutes I inferred a large bath
room where an attindant politely
INFORMED me that Turkish baths
wur the latest in chic circles.
Now, I how smoked Turkish
cigarrittes, ate figs, an rid the
Koran, but if liver thot av. Turk
ish baths crossed me mind it waz
in an ooryintal drame I failed to
raymimber. To be strictly up-to-
date I hastily disrobed mesilf an
called fer wather. The words had
just lift me mouth whin a hose
full av stame CONNECTED wild the
small av me back an wild yill av
rage I turned to stop another wan
wild me chist, aich LAWN a wather
blister the size av a regulation
footbawl. "Murther! Fire! Po-
lace" I hollered frantically.
"Shut up ye Stiff" says the at
tindant sousin' me toot awnsawn-
BILE an dodgin' spittoons wild the
coolniss av a man who had lodged
thin befoor.
In the manetime [ tainted an
whin I opened me eyes it waz to
find mesllf on marble slab where
the attindant ivydintly thryed to
kill me as he pounded me body
wild a barrel stave. Retaliation
waz out av the QUESTION fer there
I lay inviloped in wan continuous
wather blister registerin'- all av
eight hundred degrays in the
shade. This waz follied be an ice
wather shower accompanied be
an emersion in a refrigerator as
cold as the North Pole if not cold
or. I niver knew till thin what
atrocious villiany the human body
will stand, fer afther bein' boiled
alive, smashed unrecognizable an
froze stiff, it will, like roober
bawl, bounce back in shape an
it's owner fale like payin' fer the
tratmint. E. E. III.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-03-14

the Irishman can't stale the place
tin minutes afther the papers are
signed there is ayther an immay-
diate riJyside or the taythe an
gore av Isreal migrate wild q
rapidity that is nothin' short av
alarmin'.
AS I stood there contimplatin
the profundity av human nature
sudden inspiration sazed me to
invistygate the place an, if possy-
BILE, ascertain what kind av joint
it ralely waz. Accordingly, laid
out plan av action an ascindin'
the marble facade passed into the
RECEPTION room wild the aisy sawn-
fraw av a man familiar wild dith
in all it's groosome phases. The
only things suggestive av life in
the place waz the click av an oster-
moor cash register an an odor
that moved the furniture livery
time it whit past. Instinktively |
stopped to speculate on whittier l
waz in a fish gloo distillery or had
acydintly knocked the lid off av a
Chinaze stink pot, fer the smill
waz terrifically resharsha. l waz
just on the point av chasln' mesilf
whin a prototype av Moses, prob
ably Aaron himsilf, fer he looked
as ould, yiddishly tould me that
the boss waz out, but I waz at
perfect liberty to INSPECT the istab-
lishmint if 1t PLACED me to do so.
Whin a man recayves hathery
an cart blanch from a stranger it
naturally tickles his vanity, an if
his curiosity don't become what
the Frinch call paked, he is poor
Example fer his sons to copy. Act
In on the gintleman's suggestion
an literally tippin' him wild
dime, I comminced to aimlissly
stroll all over. The first dure I
opened waz a plate glass wan wild
the word "Mannycurin'" chisseled
on it's surface. 'lvydintly shy
ster lawyer widout a froont name,
I sollilyquized, whin tap on the
shoulder brought me back to con-
sciousniss. "May I PLACE trim yer
finger nails fer fifty cints?"
The words came from a nurse
maid who waz, apparently, boogs
an rather than be scratched to
dith be a faymale loonytic, [ de-
cided to humor her. young
lydy," says I, they're not worth
it fer I chewed thin off Yesterday,
but if We are maxim COLLECTION I
can refer ye to a Chinyman who
grows tin pinny vans on his hands
an fate" cav chaze it, ye big
jay" says she, bristlin' like
hidge hawg, "do ye think I'm q
postal card fiend?" Thinkin' she
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-03-14

10 THIN payple who, be
choice or an act av PROXY
dince, hov scalded aich 9TH
or or, perchance, suffered
wild the fluctuations av ipyzooty,
climin' cancer an camel's-hair un-
derwear this traytis is affection
ately didycated.
Moriarty an Cohen. Physical
dillycatissens extryordinaire.
Dales in subterfuges, vermifuges
an the scint-impoorted- that
don't come off. Rejoovynatin' av
dilapydated defishincies, simy-fos-
silized spinsters an upholsterin'
in all it's locomotor an stationary
branches our SPECIALITY. Imply fa-
cha! ixprissions made convix an
hoomp- backs concave while ye
wait. Jobbers an manufacturers
avartificial limbs-coork or prissed
stale-glass eyebawls, midysin
bawls, infants understandable foot
bawls, wild taythin' ring attach
minis, hot wather bottles an
miscellayneous assoortmint av
wigs an false taythe. We are the
layders in Turkish baths, chirop-
ody, Frinch massage, mannycurin'
an mineral wather. All businiss
confidential. Thry us an be con-
WINGED"
The above impressive missage
swings from the rotundy av
Halstid sky scraper, an besides
confusin' the innocint PEDESTRIANS
perspective, it Iaves him under the
deloosion that he has room afoul
av a prohibition saloon. At Taste
such waz me rashyossynatlon as I
slipped feminist it's poortals wan
raycint afternoon last wake. AS
a gineral thing 1 am kipt busy,
most av the time, overthrowin'
anarchic plots in the twinty-eight,
but on this occasion, under the awl--
spices av the city council, a 500
spishus cloo guided me slooth
instink into the hiterojayneous
invirons av a collaborrators do.
main. Yis, an the first thing [
became conscious av waz the glar-
in prock|ymation av Moriarty an
Cohen.
Av coorse, a Joo's vote is as
good as annywan ilse's, an if
tarrier wants to stir the Irish ind
av yiddish fish pot, 'tiz none av
me businiss, but how two av thin
can kape partnership intact long
enuff to put up a sign is beyant
me comprehension intirely.
Usually, whin Izzies an Paddles
marry thimsilves, platonically,
their main intintions are to sys.
tematically rob aich other, an If
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-03-14

lveritable forest. Derricks after
derricks placed as closely together
as possible. Every we'll was q
gusher. Oil men we're frantic;
they could get no tankage. Huge
underground tanks, huge steel
tanks with a capacity varying
from so to 100000 barrels were
hurriedly built and still not
enough could be had. Pipe lines
to Port Arthur and Sabine, several
huge retineries and still the oil
flowed on.
The railroads were the first to
realize the benefit of crude oil, for
fuel experiences showed saving
of sixty to seventy per cent, and
entirely eliminated the smoke and
cinder problem. Soon every rail-
way in Texas and Louisiana were
burning oil, and the manufacture
ers large and small were reaping
the benefit of cheap fuel. Oil for
a long time sold for ten cents per
barrel. Six to seven hundred cars
were shipped from Beaumont dali
ly. Steamers Piled regularly be-
tween Port Arthur, Sabine and
Eastern ports. Ten cents looks to
be a very small figure for this
product, when you have to pay
more than that for gallon of the
refined. No great wonder why
John D should not contribute a
few more millions to the great edu-
cational institutions. The Stand
ard Oil Co. controlled at least a
fourth of the output of Spindle
Top, not under it's own great
name to be sure. Texas lawmak.
ers foster great antipathy towards
all large corporations.
You are all familiar with the
story of Mrs. OLeary's COW kick
ing the lantern over and causing
the great Chicago blaze. This
isn't in it to the ignorance of a
man going to the top of small
setting tank and striking a match
to see how much oil he had. It
was the mostspectacular and costly
blaze I ever saw. The cause of
this fire escaped slightly singed,
but SO rapid was it's spread that
man working on a derrick short
distance away lost his life. In an
increditablo short time huge steel
tanks were a burning, boiling,
bubbling mass. The ''Texas
Flora" a gusher, was shooting
burning oil in the air sixty to
eighty feet, and burned in this
manner for several days until final
ly choking up on it's own accord.
It certainly was a great sight.
Thousands of people came from
great distances to witness this
wonderful spectacle.
When the news of the fire
reached Beaumont I with several
fellow workmen went out to the
field. The sight was 80 fascinat-
ing it was impossible to leave.
We stayed sill night. Upon our
return to town we soon encoun-
tered our manager who was a jew,
and like a great many of his race
very excitable. It was impossible
after that for several days to leave
the Office. Newspapers all over the
country were frantic, all calling
for special reports. People could
hardly get into coffee to file their
business. It's funny just how
ignorant were the outside public
regarding the location of the oil
field. Hundreds and hundreds of
messages addressed to friends and
relatives reading something on
this order were received: care
you safe, wire quick?" This ind1-