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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-06-13
AN OLD EDITOR
Found $1,000 Worth of Food.


The editor of a paper out in Okla.
said: Yes. It is true when got
hold of Grape-Nuts food It was worth
more than $4,000 doctor bill to me,
for 1t made me a well man. have
gained 25 pounds in weight, my
strength has returned tenfold, my
brain power has been given back to
me, and that is an absolute essential,
for l am an editor and have been for
35 years.
MY pen shall always be ready to
speak good word for this powerful
nutritive food. had of course often
read the advertisements regarding
Grape-Nuts, but never thought to ap.
ply the food to my own use, until, in
my extremity and sickness the
thought came TO me that II might ut
my case. The statements In regard
to the food are absolutely correct. as
| have proven in my own case. One
very fortunate thing about the food
is that while II is the most scientific.
ally made and highly nourishing. con-
centrated food have ever known. Il
has so delicious taste that Il wins
and holds friends" There's a Rea.
SON." Read"rhe Road to wellyllle, \
In pkgs.
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Ultimate Fate OF Fish.

Fish never die natural death.
said an old fisherman who has OBJ
served as he fished. "If they did
bodies of dead fish would be float
ing on the surface of the water about
all the while, because such bodies
If unmolested would have to float.
Il mean, of course, fish in nature
never die a natural death, not fish
in captivity. And perhaps it should
not be called natural death that FISH
in captivity die. Their environment
induces mortality that fish in their
native habitat would escape, and
these causes might be probably class
ed as among the accidents that carry
the captive fish off.
"If fish in their native element
were never molested / believe they
would never die. If they had suffi-
cient food, which would be impossi-
BILE If they no longer preyed on one
another, there would be no reason
for their dying. 1t was to prevent
such uninterrupted tenure of life
that all fish were made fiercely pre-
datory, If not remorselessly canni'
balistic, as many kinds are.
"a fish's life is a constantly strenu-
Gus one and one entirely selfish. a
fish lives only to eat and to avoid be
ing eaten. New York Sun.
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Could Twist Coin with Fingers.

Murder wGs the sequel to quar-
rels among workmen in the excava-
tion for the McAdoo tunnel terminal.
Jumbo" Giordano was killed with
a hatchet. Aside from the tragedy
itself, interest centres about the
personality of Jumbo" so called
because he was reputed to be the
strongest Italian in this city. His
hands looked as large as prize
fighters glove. He could take a
penny between his thumb and fore
finger and bend the metal. He was
said to have performed many other
remarkable feats of strength. and
had a reputation of never having
carried weapon, depending upon
his marvellous physical prowess to
get him out of trouble. Jumbo"
had been discharged from the work
on the excavation, and later he
wrote a letter to the superintendent,
causing four men named Maragini,
who are cousins, to be discharged.
Meeting the four, he is said to have
endeavored to throttle one of them.
The hatchet dropped him to the
floor, lifeless.
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Curious chinese Custom.

One OF the most ancient and curl
GUS customs among the Chinese, and
one rarely commemorated in this
country, was observed with great
pOmp and circumstance in China
town Sunday night, when Fong
Hook, leading merchant, who for
years has had the supervision OF
the Chinese discounts in the Anglo
Californian Bank of San Francisco,
entertained his relatives to a remote
degree with a magnificent banquet
In honor OF the first cutting of the
hair of his only son.
The banquet took place at an
Eighth Street restaurant, and there
were $50 guests. A notable feature
was the fact that the wives and
children of the quests sat down at
the same table with the heads OF
families. A most elaborate menu,
comprising birds nest soup, steam
stuffed duck, Foon Yon Ha, sharks
fms, and other rare and costly celes-
tial dishes were served.
The banquet cost the happy father
| $1,S00. During the evening quite
number of prominent members oi
/ the San Francisco clearing house
called at the restaurant to offer theii
felicitations to him. The haircut
ting ceremony, which was observed
with picturesque rites, symbolizei
that Fong Hooks heir is now a fac
tor in the family. The guesti
brought presents for the little sol
worth thousands of dollars.-Sai
Francisco Chronicle.
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Park Payrolls Padded.

A shake-up in the City Park
Board is likely to occur in a few
days as the result of an investigation
ordered by Mayor Mcclellan. The
Mayor received from the Commits
sioners of Accounts the preliminary
report of an investigation of labor
conditions of the park department
in the Borough of the Bronx. The
report shows that on November rs
last and on December 3 following
70 skilled laborers for street paving
work in the parks of that borough
were appointed at wages ranging
from 1884 to $4.96 a day. The
inspectors sent out by the Commis-
sioners of Accounts found that many
of these men did not live at the ad-
dress given on the payrolls Some
of the men they were unable to hnd,
and number of others were found
to be engaged in private business or
private employment, working only
one or two days a month for the
city in order to keep their names
on the payroll.
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COMMERCIAL COLUMN
Weekly Review Of Trade and Latesl
Market ReDorts.

New York Especially .=R. @. Dun
& Co.'s weekly Review of Trade
says:
Adverse weather conditions has
made the season another week late,
both as to distribution of spring mer-
chandise and progress of the crops.
Transactions during the few days OF
seasonable weather thus far indicate
that settled warm weather will bring
out much business, but so much time
has been lost that few merchants an
ticipate a normal volume in the ag-
gregate and large stocks will be car
ried over or sacrificed at bargain
sales. Wholesale trade in fall and
winter goods is brisk, large dupli-
cate purchases because of the. cold
spring having depleted stocks in the
hands of retailers
Manufacturing plants operate at
full capacity in most industries, cot
ton mills making remarkably favor
able returns in view of the weather
and cost of raw materials. Dis
patches from leading cities indicate
hat the business situation is much
more satisfactory at points in the
West than In the East or South, es-
pecially favorable conditions prevail
ing at Seattle and Portland. Few
serious labor struggles are now II
progress and more advances in New
England mill wages will extend thu
benefits to 100000 hands.
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Accuse Each other OF Crime.

Henry Becker and Leon Graham,
both of the same vicious, degenerate
type, now accuse each other of hav-
ing murdered Amelia Staffeldt at
Elmhurst, Long Island, last week.
The police are inclined to believe
that each is equally implicated in
the crime. After running the
gauntlet of a mob which sought to
do him violence, Graham was ar
raigned before Magistrate Connorton
in the Flushing Court on a charge
of having attempted an assault upon
5-year-old Mamie Luck at Corona on
Wednesday afternoon. The police
had great difficulty in getting the
prisoner in and out of the courtroom.
Fully 1000 men had gathered about
the place.
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namnce by Automobiles.


Germany has strict laws relative
to the numbers displayed by automo-
biles in order to identify the ma
chimes in case they injure anybody.
According to a recent consular report
from Madgeburg, the German courts
deal very sternly with the owners OF
machines which hurt anybody on the
road or damage other peoples prop
erty. These offenders have been COM
PEELED repeatedly to provide for the
widows of their victims and also for
the support of orphans until the lat
ter are old enough to support them
selves.
In consequence of the heavy penal
ties attached to such offenses a
strange practice has sprung up in
Germany. The insurance companies
have undertaken not to give the
owner of an automobile compensation
for injuries to himself, but to bear
his pecuniary loss in case he Is
obliged to pay damages to his vic
Tins. Those who take out the proper
policy pay premiums of $15 or $40
annually, and then the insurance
companies agree to assume response
bility up to $4,000, II they are ever
convicted.
One would imagine that a man
would feel SO easy in his mind when
thus insured that he would become
more reckless than ever on the road
but 1t is asserted that serious acct
dents are less numerous in German.
than in France or England.
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Indian Sign Language.

When an Indian paints his cheeks
in scarlet lines and daubs yellow
square on his forehead the world
knows that he is in love.
When he covers his face with zig
gag black lines upon an ochre base
it is his purpose to-ah, I'm almost
ashamed to say ito get just as
skated as he possibly can.
When red circles are-pn each cheek
bone and a rectangular of blue is on
the forehead the young. brave is go
ing out to steal a paleface horse.
When he paints white rings around
his eyes he is running for office, he
is a candidate for medicine man oil
councillor, and the white rings sig
Nifty that he ought to be elected be
cause he has had the wisdom of the
owl.-New Orleans Times-Democrat
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A Moving Lnke.

There are several floating" is
lands in existence we'll known to
scientists, but the only wandering
lake we ever heard of is Lake Nor,
in the Cobb Desert, in Asia, which
phenomenon was recently accounted
for by the fact that the Tarim River,
entering the lake from the west,
brings down during the period of
high water late in summer a great
quantity of silt, which has the effect
of driving the lake, lying on the
level floor of the desert, toward the
southeast. But the summer wind,
drifting the surface sand and darken-
ing the heavens with dust, blows
generally from the northeast. and
1t, too, tends to drive the lake before
it. The combined effect of the urg-
ing of the wind and the river is to
force the lake southward.-Marine
Journal
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what Do They Cure9

The a0ove question is often asked con-
cerninx Or. Pierce's two leading medi-
cines. nGolden Medical Discovery and
rFeSorlte Prescription"
The answer is that "Golden Medical
Discovery is a most potent Alternative or
blood-purIfer, and tonic or invigorator
and acts especially favorably in a cura-
five way upon. all the mucous lining sur
faces. as OF the nasal passages, throat,
bronchial tubes, stomach, bowels and
bladdeFcuring q large per cent. q catar-
nasal passages the mxoat, larynx, bron-
CHA, stomacR>l as catsfrhal dyspepsiab
bowels (as solsrafafgbenl bladder,
uterus or other pelvic organss Even In
the chronic or -nlcaratLYe- stages Of -tbeSe
affections. Ii ls- often SUCCESSFUL In Affect
The rFaYQrlte PrescrlpilQn L advised
for the ClTe OI one class OF easeS-thOaA
uecUIlar. weak nesSeE utiMmRements and
irfegllHf Ties Inc cldent % Molhen only. IL
is a powerful yet gently actlng inyigofat-
ing tonic and nervine. For weak worm
out, over-worked women--no matter what
has caused the breakdown, "Favorite
Prescription twill be found most effective
in building up the strength, regulating
the womanly functions, snbdulng pain
and bringing about healthy, vigorous
condition OF the whole system.
A book OF particulars wraps each bottle
giving the form ul9 OF both medicines and
Quoting what scores Of eminent med.
ical authors, whose works are consulted
by physicians Of all the schools OF practice
as guides In prescribing, say OF each in
gredlent entering into these medicines.
The words. Of praise bestowed on INC nc
several ingredients entering into Doctor
Pierce's medicines BY such writer's should
have more weight than any, AMOUNT Of
non professional testimonials, because
such men are writing for the guidance 0,
hci, N adical hrathr0n and know whereof
they speak.
Both medicines are non-alcoholic, non .l
secret, and contain no harmful haDlt
forming drugs, being composed oi glyceris
extracts Of the roots OF native, American
medicinal forest plants. They are botL
sold by dealers 10 medicine. You cam J,
afford TO accept as q substitnte Tor on1 ~, o Q
these medicines OF known composiuon
any secret nostrum:
Dr. Pierce's Pellets, small, sngar-costed
easy TO take as. candy, regulate ana IN
vigorate stomach, liver and po"e's'
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Bricks Made OF Flour.

. In England much interest has been
shown of late by the army and navy
authorities In a new method of pre-
serving flour by means of compress
sion. With hydraulic pressure APP
paratus the flour is squeezed into
the form of bricks, and experiments
are reported to have shown that the
pressure destroys all forms of larva
life, thus preserving the -four from
the ravages of insects, while 1t is
equally secure from mold. Three
hundred pounds of compressed flour
occupy the same space as 100 pounds
of flour in the ordinary state.
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TAIS AND TRAT.

Surface cars on Manhattan Is
land do daily damage to persons
and property in the average sum
of $2.750.
Electric furnaces at Notodden, Nor
way, are capable OF producing about
1000 tons of Chilli saltpeter annual
ly.
With the aid of steam heat and
electric lights vegetables and flowers
are being grown in Fairbanks, Alas
ka.
The mistral is the trouble of Mar
settles, an east wind that increases
the citys death rate 90 per cent
New York City, with twice the
population of Chicago, has current
expenses nearly four times rs great
James j. Hill is said never to lock
his office desk. and allows none OF
his Immediate employees TO lock his.
Consul II. H. Morgan. of Stutt-
cart. reports that German capitalists
of Wurttembere are Investing large
sums OF money IN lands Ia the dis
trict OF Kilwa, German East Africa,
for the purpose OF raising cotton on
large scale.
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BRAVE woman stops Runaway.

Mrs. Joseph Schanz, wife of a
wealthy Manhattan man, who is
numbered among the patrons of the
La Grange House, Babylon, Long
Island, figured in an exciting run
away accident. Her horse, spirit
ed animal. took fright at a motor
cycle as she was driving through the
village and got beyond her control.
Mrs. Schanz was hurled over on the
whifletree and drawn in that po-
sition along the boulevard for near
ly half a mile, the horses hoofs
barely missing her head time and
again. She managed to retain hold
of one of the lines and drew the
runaway into a telegraph pole. The
trap was badly damaged, but Mrs.
schanz escaped with painful bruises.
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TRIs AND TAAT.

Business of the gondoliers of Ven
ice is being invaded by women, and
the men are organizing unions to
drive them out.
OF million girl babies born, S71-
261 are alive at IL months. OF the
boys, 10000 fewer live through the
first year.
The total area of the British EN-
pire is nearly 11,400,000 square
miles, or rather more than one-fifth
of the earth's surface.
Out OF $4,000 women in Austria
liza qualified TO vote, 174 exercise the
right of franchise.
japan is perhaps the only coun-
trv ia the world where the fashions
In women's dress have not changed
materially in $500 years.
II is reported that the Southern
| Railway is going to consider cigar
| ette smoking as habit that impalrs
the efficiency Of its employees.
| Consul +. w Mahin. OF Noting
ham, reports that II has been prac-
! tically decided to start beet sugar
/ factory near Sleaford. Lincolnshire
England.
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NEW YORK DAY BY DAf.
Some Of the Things Done Daily in the
Metropolis.

A handsome young woman all in
white was among the first of the
cabin passengers who came down
the gangplank of the Cunarder
Caronia when she docked Wednes-
day morning. On the pier the young
woman looked mp and down and
very apparently did not see the per-
son she expected. He should have
been there, because he had written
her a letter that he would be, and
she had never been in America be-
fore and was feeling very lonesome
and much disappointed.
She stood 1t for half an hour and
then she sat down on her trunk on
the pier and had a good long cry.
Naturally a sympathetic person came
up. Then she opened her heart, and
told him all about II.
She was, but is not now, Miss
Elsie B. vaughan-Morris, and she
was awaiting for John Thornwaite
Rigg, an English engineer. They
had been engaged nearly three years
In England. The engineer wanted
to marry her before he came to
America, about year ago, and got
a paying job in Toronto. At this
point In the young woman's story
the engineer himself came running
down the pier. The young woman
jumped up from the trunk and she
and the engineer held each other up
for half minute or SO in the fond
est embrace ever seen on Dock De
partment property. Rigg apologized
for not being at the foot of the gang.
| plank at the physiological moment
He had got wrong information about
the time the ship would dock and
had supposed that he would have tc
wait an hour or more.
Then they went to the Little
Church Around the Corner and were
married.
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First Rural Route Mail Carrier.

Claiming the distinction of being
the first man in the United States
who ever carried rural mail route
%. p. Wright, who resides on the
Jackson pike, in Franklin township
is still employed in the mail service
carrying II. f. ID. No. 3 from the
South Columbus branch station G.
Hale and hearty at the age OF
three score and ten, Mr.. Wright
makes his daily trips and has to his
credit So years in Uncle Sans SER
yice.-Columbus Dispatch.
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THE duel" said Senator Tillman,
at dinner in Washington. lis a
thing | abhor. | believe, though, In
manliness and pluck, and l hope the
time will never come when a CONVEX
sation such as was recently over
heard in a New York club VIII De
typical of American chivalry.
.Bludd threatens to kick me the
next time he sees me in company.
If he should come in here now, what
would you advise me to do?'
Sit down. was the reply.
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A Human Timer.

It is claimed that an Indiana boy
can tell the time of day to almost
the very minute without either watch
or clock.
No doubt they are very careful
of both his health and his morals.
A boy like that might easily go too
fast or else get run down,-Cleye-
land Plain Dealer.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-06-13

Where did you get that scar on
your face?" asked the interested
listener of the Civil War veteran.
"At the battle of Bull Run" an
swered the old soldier.
Bull Run" exclaimed the other.
How could you get wounded in the
face at Bull RUM"
"Well, you see, sir" exclaimed
the veteran apologetically, after !
had run a mile or two, grew care
less and looked back. Woman 8
Home Companion.
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Polishing the Pole.

In the railway station at Wilkes
barre, which has large Slavic popu-
lation, is sign over the bootblack
stand bearing the legend;
"Shine, five cents. Polish, ten
cents.
An Irishman stood in front of It.
the other day apparently plunged In
profound thought. At length he
pulled mis- pipe from his mouth and
spat vigorously
Faith, and they'd be doin' well to
cha-r-rge double for dagoes, too"
was his emphatic comment. Har-
peys Weekly.
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Delighted.

First Girl-Miss Scribbler is aw-
fully pleased at that review of her
novel,
Second Girl---But the writer says
that her novel is wretched stun.
First Girl-Yes; but she is about
As, you know, and the reviewer
speaks of her as This young writ
er. r."--Philadelphia Inquirer.
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times scanty and again very profuse.
MY limbs, feet and ankles bloated
dreadfully, and sometimes my whole
body. My heart palpitated and had
smothering spells. A weeks treat
ment with Doans Kidney Pills helped
me and few boxes cured me. At 6S
am strong and well.
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
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The Slang Phrase, "Nothing Doing
Nothing doing!"

Is that slang? l thought it was
until last night, when l came upon
the words in Dickens "Dombey &
Son."
In Chapter w, old Sol Gills is ex-
planning to his nephew Walter why
the shop must be closed and the
business abandoned.
"You see, Walter" said he, in
truth this business is merely a habit
with me. | am so accustomed to the
habit that l could hardly live II
relinquished it; but there's nothing
doing, nothing doing"
So, you see, the phrase had Its
pathetic fitness half a century ago
and is not slang at all.--Watson'
Weekly Jeffersonian.
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BABY lTCHED TERRIBLY.
Face and Neck Covered With In
famed SlSin-Doctors No Avail
Cured by Cuticura Remedies.

my baby's face and neck were covered
with itching skin similar to eczema. and
she suffered terribly for over year.
took her to number of doctors, and also
to different colleges, to no avail. Then
Cuticura Remedies were recommended to
me by Miss c.. did not use it at first.
as l had tried so many other remedies
Without any favorable results, AT last
tried Cuticura Soap, Cuticura Ointment,
and Cuticura Resolvent Pills, and to my
surprise noticed an improvement. After
using three boxes of the Cuticura Oint-
ment, together with the Soap and Pills, 1
am pleased to say she is altogether a diff
ferent child and the picture of health.
Mrs. A. @. Brestlin, III y. Lincoln St,
Chicago, H., Oct 20 and 30. 1906"
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Romance And Reality.

"Read that romantic story from
France of a marriage broken up by
suspicion that the bride had cloven
hoof?"
mo; but l know some unroman-
tic stories of marriages broken up by
the certainty that the man had
cloven breath. h."-Philadelphia Ledg-
er.
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How She PLAYED II.

"She played bridge so much that
she can go through a game with her
eyes. shut"
YES; I've been her partner when
/ thought she was playing that
way."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-06-13

The cows udder is kept in clean,
healthy and smooth condition by
washing 1t with borax and water, a
tablespoonful of borax to two quarts
Of water. This prevents roughness
and soreness or cracked teats which
make milking time a dread to the cow
and q worry to the milker.
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years ] was run
ming down with
kidney trouble
without knowing
what It was, and
finally got so bad l
was given up. The
urinary passages
were painful, some
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-06-13

Tact is calling a womans red hair
FURNISHED gold and being sure she
hears you.
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When q man does well in business
his wife thinks it's because he gets
such good meals at home, and proba-
bly, she is right.