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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-05-23
A Real Hard Luck story.

He was sitting in the smokeroom
of the 10 p. NJ. Pittsburg Special,
just about to leave the Pennsylvania
Station, and he was making his
mean to all who would listen. Talk
about your hard-luck stories" he
said; i've got the real thing. About
an hour ago | telephoned to the
sleeping car office to see If | could
get berth on this car, and was told
that they were all sold. had to
take this train, though, and | knew
I'd be sleepy and not be able to
sleep, and hungry and not be able
to get any grub, so | said to myself:
IN Just fix that. I'll go into a
hotel, eat a double Welsh rarebit and
smoke two black cigars. Then I'll
be neither sleepy nor hungry All
of which l did. Then | came aboard
the train just now, and the porter
tells me a man gave up a nice lower
berth at the last moment. And me
full of Welsh rarebit and strong to-
bacco smokel l'-Pittsbur Dispatch.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-05-23
shnrp Advance in paper Market.

A Western publisher, who is espe-
cially well-informed in regard to the
paper manufacturing industry, re-
Gently made the following statement:
THE past month has been marked
by one of the sharpest advances in
the paper market that has been
known in recent years, and the article
is very firm at the advance, which
is about twenty-five per cent on print
grades. 1t is claimed the advance is
due to heavy demand End higher price
of pulp, and that it is also warranted
by increased expense in the mills,
owing to shorter running time and
advanced cost of nearly everything
entering into the manufacture. The
claim of heavy demand for paper
seems to be borne out by the facts,
since some mills are actually declin-
ing orders ON the ground that orders
have been entered ahead which will
take all they can make for several
months. Pulp has taken a big rise,
and paper manufacturers who do not
have their own pulp mills are at
times pretty anxious about their pulp
supply, even at the prevailing rates,
which are about double what -they
were only little while ago. Book
papers, too, are much higher, and
taking it all in all, the paper trade is
very firm, and tending strongly to-
ward still further advance.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-05-23
FIT THE GROCER
Wife Made the Suggestion.

A grocer has excellen: opportunity
to know the effects of special foods
on his customers. A Cleveland
grocer has a long list of customers
that have been helped in health by
leaving off coffee and using Postum
Food Coffee.
He says. regarding his own ex-
perisnce: 1.-TWO years ago had been
drinking coffee and must say that l
was almost wrecked in my nerves.
Particularly in the morning l was
SO irritable and upset that could
hardly walt until the coffee was
served, and then had no appetite
for breakfast and did not feel like
attending to my store duties.
"One day my wife suggested that
inasmuch as I was selling so much
Postum there must be some merit In
It and suggested that we try It. I
took home a package and she pre-
pared 1t according to directions. The
result was very happy one My
nervousness gradually disappeared
and to-day lam all right. ] would
advise everyone affected in any way
with nervousness or stomach trou-
blOs, to leave OF coffee and use Pos
tum Food Coffee @There's q Rea-
SON" Read. ~The Road to Well
yille." In pkgs.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-05-23
Pnwns Ronrder,s Shoes.

Mrs. jamie Williams keeps board
ing-house at 23t Grand Street, Jer-
sey City. John Jackson, one of her
boarders, struggled in late the other
morning after the breakfast table
had been cleared.
"I want something to eat" said
Jackson.
Nothing left" said Mrs. Williams.
"If you're hungry, go to the store
and get some pork chops. I'll cook
them for YOU
Jackson went to the store, but in
stead of buying pork chops he bought
back a 30-cent steak and scent
loaf of bread, which he had charged
to Mrs. Williams. She demurred,
but Jackson told her she was too
late with her objections. Mrs. VIII
liams cooked the steak and Jackson
ate it and the bread. Then he went
out for walk. When he returned
Mrs. Williams handed him a pawn
ticket and 10 cents.
whats this for?" asked Jackson.
"Well," said Mrs. Williams, II
pawned your Sunday shoes for so
cents. I paid 80 cents for the steak
and bread you ate, and l kept
cents for my trouble, and the 10
cents is yours to help redeem the
Shoes"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-05-23
The Father of West Point.

To George Washington must be
given the credit of causing the first
steps to be taken toward the founding
of national military academy. In
1894, while serving his second term
as President, Washington succeeded
in having Congress create the grade
of cadet in the army. West Point
was chosen as the best army post at
which cadets could be trained. for the
reason that 1t was then the most inn
portant station of the artillerists and
engineers. The cadets of those days
did not pass entrance examinations,
and the standard of proficiency in
studies did not amount to the tenth
part OF what is exacted nowadays. A
smatterlng of engineering, mathemat-
les and artillery practice was all that
was deemed necessary From II. r.
wing Hancock's "Our HundredYea ear
Old Military Academy" in st. Nicho.
las.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-05-23
nutch Women,s Headdress.

Women often possessed two head
dresses, one for Sundays and the
other for weekdays. In cold or wet
weather a hood was worn stiffened
with paper and having two long rib
rons, provided with golden hooks,
to protect it against the wind.
Above low silk or satin bodice
was worn an elaborately folded ker-
chief of fine lawn or cambric. which
allowed only little of the throat
to be seen, and which was fastened
by a brooch or ribbon.
The bodice itself was usually a
tight-fitting laced one of white or
blue satin. 1t is said that women
of the lower classes frequently only
took the trouble of unlacing this
cuirasslike garment once week.
The tighter the bodice the more ele-
CANT it's wearer was considered, and,
as a great number of petticoats were
de rigueur, a small waist appeared
even less than it actually was.-
Girls Realm.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-05-23
"OnIy A Souse."

Mrs. Auchenheimer of 90 West
One Hundred and Nineteenth Street
thought she heard a burglar trying
to open the 'front.' door at A. M.
With a broom she tapped on the win
dow of 27, next door, where dwell
DR.. Jackes and his son Joseph. Then
she peeked from behind a curtain
and whispered "Burglars
DR.. Jackes and Joseph understood.
Straightway the latter got his revol-
yer and sent lead through the air.
Windows went up and from house to
house there went the word Burg
lars
Half a dozen persons telephoned
to police headquarters and 10 po-
licemen we're soon running on the
double quick. The entire block was
surrounded One of the guardians
of the peace tripped over a PROSTATE
form on the floor of the vestibule and
he dragged it out on the stoop.
"Are you dead?" asked a police
man.
The victim opened his eyes, smil-
ed serenely and replied "Hic-not
yet-dead broke; gi' us a drink. sho
shorty or-hic-yer-hic trouble
hic."
"It amt burglar" said white
clad figure in an upper window, its
only a souse." And the windows all
along the line went down with a
bang.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-05-23
NEW YORK DAY Bi DAl
Some Of the Things Done Daily in the
Metropolis.
New Police Bill.

Commissioner Bingham's new pol
Ice bill mado itself felt Thursday.
Ex-Inspector Adam A. Cross, reduced
TO captain, will retire from the force
on Sunday. He will get a pension.
Cross Is reputed to be worth over
100000, and 1t will not be neces-
sary for him to engage in any busi-
ness. He joined the Department q
poor man on October 6, 1878, was
made roundsman on September 70,
1882, sergeant on January 10,
1887, captain on December. 8, 1890,
and an inspector on October 10,
1897. He was twice dismissed from
the police board--once when he was
captain of the Eldridge-Street Sta
tion, and the other when he conf
manded the Fifth-Street station
but each time he was reinstated by
the courts, and received back pay
for the time he was off. Therefore,
he really had a vacation at the ex-
pense of the city. Cross lives In
fine mansion at 1913 West Seventieth
Street. The house IS owned by Mrs.
Cross, and It was said to have been
given to her as a birthday gift by
her first husband, and that she own
ed 1t six years before she was mar
.ried to Cross. The property is worth
over 100000.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-05-23

II Is astonishing how great change
few years OF married life often make In
the appearance and disposition OF many
women. The freshness, the charm, tho
brillance vanish like the bloom from a
peach which is rudely handled. The
matron is only dim shadow, faint echo
Of the charming maiden There are two
reasons for this change, ignorance and
neglect. Few young women appreciate
the shock to the system through the
change which comes with marriage and
motherhood. Many neglect to deal with
the unpleasant pelvic drains and weak
nesses which too often come with mar
riage and motherhood, not understanding
that this secret drain Is robbing the cheek
of its freshness and the form Of its
fairness.
AS surely as the general health suffers
when there is defsQgement OF the health
Of the delicate womarlx organs, so surely
whe6 these organs are>establshed in
healSh the fqce andt0Fn>Qt ouce witness
TO thefact in fea{~ed comefinasN Nearly
a million women have found health and
happiness In the use Of DR.. -Pierce's Fa-
vorIte Prostitution. 1t makes weak wom-
en- strong and sick women well. Ingredi-
ents on label-contains no alcohol or
harmful habit forming drugs. Made
wholly Of those native, American, medic
ina roots nost highly recommended by
leading medical authorities Of all the sew
eral schools Of practice for the cure Of
woman's peculiar ailments.
For nursing mothers, or for those broken
down in health by too frequent bearing Of
children, also for the expectant mothers,
TO prepare the system for the coming OF
baby and making its advent easy and
almost painless, there is no medicine quite
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can do no harm In any condition OF the
system II is most potent invigorating
tonic and strengthening nervine nicely
adapted to woman's delicate system by a
physician of large experience in the treat
ment OF woman's peculiar ailments.
Dr. Pierce may be consulted by letter
free Of charge Address DIR. r. V. Pierce,
Invallds' Hotel and Surgical Institute,
Buffalo, N. Y.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-05-23
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Tokio's bank clearings last year
we're 100000, 900, an increase of
$500, 100000 over 1905.
Life insurance companies in Japan
are paying 16 per cent. dividends.
In one of them the directors got only
$3,100 fees for their years work
A Lockport IN. Y) thief climbed
to the top of an electric power pole
and tried to remove section of
wire with saw. He is now saying
nothing permanently.
Mark Twain is going to build a
new house of concrete and steel that
cannot be burned down.
Whaling is growing industry in
the South Atlantic. centering around
the Falkland Islands.
Leather from old shoes is now
ground up and mixed with a rubber
solution and made into rubber sub
stitute.
The late Or, James Gale, the
famous blind medical electrician, Is
said once TO have taken fee OF
a50,00 (s250.000). the largest ever
paid for medical electrical atten-
dance.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-05-23
A New Bit or
Spanish War History


You will remember perhaps that
Great Britain is responsible for our
retention of the Philippine Islands.
Had IL not been for a message Queen
Victoria sent to President Mckinley
on Sunday afternoon Germany would
have been bearing that white mans
burden" instead of the United States.
and IL is entirely probable that Great
Britain, whose subjects have more
than $500, 900 900 invested here, will
sooner or later send President Roose-
velt similar message about Cuba.
Lord Pauncefote made two visits
TO the White House during the Nc
kinley administration to deliver per.
sonal messages from Queen Victoria
The first was on the afternoon of the
Sunday following McKinleys procla.
nation calling upon Spain to get out
of Cuba. When that good and wise
woman read his proclamation, she
cabled Lord Pauncefote to tell the
President that the British Govern.
ment would sustain him in every eff.
fort he made to carry out the policy
foreshadowed by his announcement
No message was ever more welcome,
because. Just at that time, there we're
grave doubts whether France, Aus
tria and Germany would. permit us to
interfere in Spanish colonial affairs.
With Great Britain behind us, we
knew that there would be no inter-
ference, and when the people of
Spain heard that news they stoned
the British legation in Madrid. And
the Spaniards declare to this day that
they would have whipped the United
States If England had not interfered
to protect us.
After the war closed the German
Government entered into negotiations
with Spain for the purchase of all her
possessions in the Pacific. The price
was fixed at $23,000,000, and the
contract was practically closed when
the facts became known to the Brit
ish Government. Queen Victoria
sent a second. message to President
Mckinley, and, by a singular coin
cidence, it also came on q Sunday
Lord Pauncefote went to the White
House on Sunday afternoon to de-
liver 1t.
This time he said that he was In
structed by her sovereign majesty to
advise the President that the British
Government would sincerely deplore
any disposition of the Philippine ar
chipelago that removed 1t from the
jurisdiction of the United States.
He told the President about the ne
gotiations between Spain and Ger
many, and explained the reasons why
Great Britain and other European
powers could not permit the Kaiser
to obtain such solid foothold in the
Pacific.
Mr.. Mckinley Immediately cabled
the facts and appropriate instruc-
tions to the American peace COM
missioners at Paris, and that is the
reason the United States paid $780,
100000 for an archipelago in the
Pacific that it did not want. and can
not get rid of. That white man S
burden" was placed on our shoulders
by Great Britain.
Germany purchased the Caroline
Islands and the other remaining
Spanish possessions in the Pacific for
$4,000, 0,000.-Washington Star.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-05-23
Hot-Wenther Refngc.

The Rev. e. w. Webber, a Maine
minister, who was located for a
while In Georgia town as pastor
OF 4 Universalist Church. occasional
ly relates this story:
He was talking with William Dod-
son, ex-president of the Georgia SEN
ate.
81 suppose you feel the heat
greatly down here in the summer,
don't your" querled Mr.. Webber of
the Southern man.
well, 1t does get pretty warm
here sometimes, admitted Mr.. Dod-
son, "but every time l feel too warm
| think of the visit once llAde to
Boston, and it sends the cold shivers
all over me. boston Record.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-05-23
Romance Of an Inyention.

The late Joseph H. G,iott was the
son of the man who invented the ma
chine made steel pen. Whilst seeks
ing his fortune at Birmingham the
latter became engaged to a Miss Nit
chell. whose brothers were employed
in making steel pens by hand
elliott realized that machinery
could be devised to do the work, and
he procured a press TO stamp the
blanks. Secretly developing the pro-
ject. he eventually succeeded, with
the result that the steel pen became
an indispensable article of use all
the world over, and he made for
tune.
On the day OF his wedding he made
y gross OF steel pens before he went
to the altar, and these were sold at
one shilling eech.--London Eysnin 9
Standard.
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She Has Eight Husbands.

After ordering goods in his name
from various stores and calling at
his home to see him at $40 in the
morning, Soma Willett, q comely
young woman, gave the final touch
of surprise to Russell s. Tucker of
317 West Forty-seventh Street when
she declared in the West Side Court
that she had a right to do SO. be-
cause she was his wife. Before Mr..
Tucker, himself only 23 years old,
had a chance to blushingly deny the
statement, the young woman calmly
remarked: I'm also married to
Dr. Ward, Frank Denison and five
others" Thereupon Magistrate Ker-
nochan committed her to Blackwells
Island for one months in default of
bond of 500 to keep the peace
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-05-23
Live Stock.

New York. -Beeves-Dressed beer
in fair demand at sac per pound,
with a little light beef selling at Z VI.
Calves-City dressed veals firm at
S1A @11h per pound country dress
ed, 6@10.
Sheep and Lambs-Sheep nominal
ly steady; lambs a trifle easier;
spring lambs steady; prime clipped
lambs, 100; fair State spring lambs,
500 per head; unshorn yearlings,
700 per 100 pounds.
Chicago. -Cattle--Market steady;
common to prime steers, 400 a $50;
COWS, 3.25@5.00; heifers, 5000
$50; bulls, S.4O@4.6O; calves, 2.75
$500; stockers and feeders, 5000
5.25.
Hogs-Market steady; choice to
prime heavy, 6.42M @6.45; medium
to good heavy, 6.4O@6.42h BUTCH
ers' weight. 6,421k a $50; goo1 to
prime mixed, 6.4O@ 6.42h; packing,
6.2O@6.4O; pigs, $40; bulk
of sales, 6.40@6.45.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-05-23
Wholesale Markets.

HO'NoR''- udThpFS
baltimore. - Flour - Steady ann
unchanged; receipts, 5,511 barrels:
exports, los barrels.
Wheat-Firmer; spot. contract
%; spot, 2 red Western. IS: Nav
SO; July, 55% q asked; steamer No
RED, SO& receipts, 4,727 bushels:
southern on grade, 81 y GSS1b.
Corn-Firmer; spot, mixed. 56b
W 90 a No. white. IS: Nav. 56iI
96A July, 56B @57ls; September.
o. Y a 81 q; steamer mixed, 52n
a 52 "a receipts, 59,667 bushels:
southern white corn, 55B @5S1h:
do. yellow, 55@5s. ~
Oats-Dull and lower: No .
white, $50 1a; No. 3 whit.. 470
41% ; No. 2 mixed. 45h @461b; re-
ceipts, 20,S61 bushels
Rye-Firmer; No. Western do
nestle, 76@ IL, choice, S3@S4; re-
ceipts, 1,025 bushels.
b Firm and unchanged;
fancy imitation, 24Q25; do. cream
cry, ~ a 2S; do. ladle, 22023;
store-packed, 1920.
Eggs-Steady; 17@17hc.
Cheese-Active, strong, and un-
changed; large 10; medium, 15A 90
10 Y; small, 4 615h.
New York. - Wheat - Receipts.
$4,000 bushels; exports, 27.770
bushels; sales, 100000 futures.
100000 spot; spot firm; No. 2 red,
81 u elevator; No. 2 red, 91s, f. O.
b. afloat; No. 1 Northern Duluth,
1O1 4 f. o. b. afoat; No. Q hard win
ter, 93& f. o. b. ahoat.
exports, 44,S50 bushels; sales, 5000
bushels; spot market steady; No 2,
~ elevator, and 561a f. o. b..
afloat; No white 59A, and No. Q
yellow, sc Y f. o. b. afoat. o.
Oats-Receipts, 10O.5O0 bushels;
exports, 3,765 bushels; spot easy;
mixed, 26@ 32 pounds, Al: natural
white, 30@33 pounds, AN a 4S1a;
clipped white, SO @40 pounds, 4Sla
@531A.
Poultry-Alive firm; spring chick
ems, 30 fowls, IS; turkeys, II;
dressed steady; turkeys, 100 IA;
fowls, 1904.
Philadelphia.-Wh Wheat strong and
1c. higher; contract grade, May, 81
a 41sc. Corn firm but quiet; May,
l55 a nc. Oats dull and weak;
No. 2 white natural. 4S1a @49.
Butter firm; good demand; extra
Western creamery, official price, &c;
street price, Is; extra nearby prints,
20.
Eggs unchanged. Cheese firm,
fair demand New York full creams,
fancy, 14A do, choice. Ia; do, fair
to good 1914 @13A. Refined
sugars firm but quiet.
Live poultry firm; good demand; ;
fowls, 141a a 151sc.; old roosters,
10@11; spring chickens, 26 80;
ducks, 13@ IA.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-05-23
New Method of Making paper.

A big opportunity for Southern
farmers is offered by the perfection
of a new method of making paper
out of cotton stalks. The practical
effect will be to increase the value
of the cotton crop of the South by
nearly 00,000,000 annually. The
manufacture of paper from fiber of
the cotton stalk is one of the latest
and most interesting inventions of
the new century. For many years
expert inventors have been busily
engaged experimenting with the cot
ton stalk, and recent developments
give assurance that their labors are
to be rewarded with signal success.
Paper manufactured from the cot
ton stalk is of the strongest texture
and softest finish,-Detroit Free
Press.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-05-23
Ynlo soclologists On Tour.

Professor Bailey of Yale and his
class, who visit New York each year
to study social conditions. descended
on the Mills Hotel, on Bleecker
Street, The class arrived earlier in
the day. about $50 strong, and plung-
ed al once into work. Police head
quarters, the nlorgue, Blackwell's Is
land, the Manhattan Insane Asylum,
the workhouse and poorhouse were
visited. In the evening the class had
dwindled to about seventy of the
faithful, who tackled number of
Bowery lodging-houses ana China
town.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-05-23
Tortured by Terrible, Dry Ilruptions
Too Disngured to Leave House
-CuticUra Cured Him.

Ever since the time grew into man.
hood have been suffering from dry erup-
tion which at times appeared very exten.
eively, and at other times, but to limited
degree, on my body. 1 consulted a number
of medical men without result, and last
January l was affected with terrible
eruption on my hands, scalp, and face,
which was so bad that 1 could not even
leave the house, so | finally resorted to the
Cuticura Remedies. So far they represent
an outlay of only few dollars and | am
completely restored to health, while for
merly l had spent dollars upon dollars on
doctors, remedies and ointments without
getting cured. The Cuticura Remedies rep.
resent perfect miracle. Henry E. Kamp-
ing, 633 Eagle Ave, New York, n. Y,
Feb. l6 and Mar. Is, l006"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-05-23

tious. My doctor kept me on strict
diet, but as his medicine was not
helping me. began using Deans
Kidney pills. They helped me at
once, and soon all traces Of sugar dis
appeared. have regained my former
weight and am perfectly well. !"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster Milburn.co., Buffalos N. <.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-05-23
Dog Shakes BOY Like Rat.

Little johnny Mclaughlin, 8
years old. was playing in front of
his home, 420 East Fifty-second
Street, when he was attacked by a
savage dog. Hearing his screams
the boys mother looked out OF the
window and saw the dog with its
teeth sunk into "Johnny's" forehead,
shaking the little fellow like a rat
Half a dozen persons beat the dog
off, and 1. ran away. Dr. Young
of Flower Hospital dressed John
ny's" wounds, and said the boy
would recover.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-05-23

Steward, how long will It be be-
fore we get into the harbor?"
About an hour and half
ma'am."
"Oh, dear, shall die before then"
Very likely. ma'am. But you'll
be all right again when you've been
on shore 10 minutes. Marine Jour
nal.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-05-23

10 he on good terms with human nature
Be Well! Garfield Tea puriiies the blood
eradicates disease, regulates the digestive
organs and brings Good Health! Manufac
tured by Garfield Tea Co., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Sold by druggists.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-05-23

Cocoa importations into the United
States are now averaging more than
a million dollars a month against a
quarter of a million dollars per
month a decade ago. Meantime Inn
pdrtations of both tea and coffee
show a decline.