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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-10
HOW A TEXAN KILLED A BEAR.
Range Rider Shut OF It's Wind With
Lasso, Then Used His Knife.

Jim Gordon. a range rider for w.
w. wilkins, whose big ranch is over
near Howard Wells, in Western
Texas, was much surprised the other
morning to see a large black bear
numbering along ahead of him. 1t
was in a rough locality, and the bear
was evidently out to get its morning
meal of sotol roots.
Gordon stuck his rails into his
horse and took after the bear. The
chase did not last long. Gordon
unloosened his rope, which was coiled
over the pommel of his saddle, and
when he got within throwing distance
of the fleeing bear he deftly circled
the moose over the animals head.
The cow pony sat back upon its
launches and drew the rope taut.
The bear got one of its paws under
| meath the moose and prevented the
rope from choking 1t. Then began a
struggle that lasted for more than an
| hour.
Ordinarily a horse is desperately
afraid of bear, but the cow pony
which Gordon was riding stood the
ordeal fearlessly. 1t maintained its
position while Gordon dismounted
with a view attacking the bear at
close quarters with his knife. He
had no other weapon The bear put
up a hard fight the moment it saw
Gordon on the ground. 1t rushed at
him and struck him a terrific blow
on the shoulder which sent him
spl awling several feet away and out
of reach of the maddened animal
which was confined to a prescribed
circle by the rope.
| Strange to say, the bear made no
attack upon the horse. 1t seemed
TO consider Gordon responsible for
the whole trouble Gordon deter
mined to kill the animal before he
left the spot. He made several inef'
fectual efforts to dash in on the bear
and give it a blow with his knife
but each time he was struck by the
animals paw. Finally he got holt
of the rope and by a sudden pull
managed to tighten the rope so tina
the bears wind was temporarily shu
of.
Taking advantage of the momen
Gordon rushed in and cut the Jugula
vein of the animal with his knife. HI
loaded the bear upon his horse an'
brought it to the ranch house. Kan
sas City Star.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-10

in the air, as he ran his macsrno on
pneumatlc-tired wheels on turf.
where the resistance was greater
still It does not explain his COM
parativeiy low speed when once he
was in the air, however. and this can
only be explained by the great re-
sistance of his machine and the In
efficiency of the propeller.
One of the chief points wherein
the Wrights claim to have made
marked Improvement lies in the de-
sign of their propellers. Instead of
propellers giving forty to fifty per
cent. efficiency, they estimate that the
new screws which they have designed
give fully seventy per cent efficiency.
There is one important point
wherein the brothers do not agree
with Langley, viz, regarding a plane
travelling at a very high rate OF speed
carrying a greater load with the ex-
pendlture of less power than when
travelling at a lower rate of speed.
That 1t will carry a greater load they
admit. but that less horsepower will
be required to drive It is contrary to
the law of atmospheric resistance,
which is that the resistance increases
as the square of the velocity. AS
result of this, they find that the
weight carried per horsepower ex-
pended varies inversely as the speed.
At thirty-eight miles an hour, they
were able to sustain sixty-two pounds
per horsepower. Consequently, at
twenty miles an hour. they could
sustain about 1876. or at seventy-five,
only about thirty. With their new
motor. the Wright brothers are con-
fident of driving their large aero.
plane. with one man aboard, for a
continuous distance of 500 miles at
an average speed of not less than
fifty miles an hour. Their past sue
cesses would seem to give promise
that they will accomplish the feat,
il not at the first trial, at least in
the near future.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-10
WORDS OF WISDOM.

There's no chance for relatives
ever to be intimate, for you have no
use for your poor ones and your rich
ones have no use for you.
When a woman is trying to make
her husband take her on short trip
to Europe she says they are planning
to retire and live abroad.
There's something about an argu-
ment that makes a man get all tan
gled up even on the thing he knows
better than the other fellow.
It must be a joy to be so rich you
aren't ashamed to confess you can't
afford something.
If a man has to be supported by
his wife and sisters he'll insist on CIV
ing them advice about making money,
It isn't the wages of the cooks that
count in the country, but the railroad
fares to bring new ones every day or
two.
Mere force of habit makes a girl
scream when she is in the dark with
a man even II he doesn't do anything,
The worst about having a good
reputation is the way you sometimes
try to live up to it when you don't
want to.
When widows get married again
they ought to cut out the references
they give the second husband from
the first.
When the crops are bad the farm
ers blame it on providence, but when
they are good they think it's because
they're 30 smart.-From Reflections
of a Bachelor" in the New York
Press.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-10
Put Your Money in a Bank.

Speaking of the banks reminds us
that there are yet some people in
this country who have little money
on hand and consider it safer in the
bureau drawer, in old stockings, or
under the bed-clothes than 1t would
be In a bank. In this idea of the
safe-keeping of money they are d.
rectly opposed to the ideas in prac-
tice by the business world. The men
who have most risk with money
that is, those who have most money
to risk-always deposit 1t in Nank
for safe-keeping. II the most sue
cessful business men adopt this as
the safest plan, surely a man with
only a small amount of money can
safely afford to follow such example.
Don't keep your money at home. It's
not safe there. and 1t makes it more
risky for your own personal safety.
A burglar who is mean enough to rob
you of your money is mean enough
to kill you, II it's necessary to get 1t.
If you deposit It subject to check
you don't have to even go to the
bank for IL, but you take your check
book and write a check for any
amount not exceeding the amount or
your deposit. and any business man
will accept 1t same as cash. Bank
ing is the business way, the sensible
way, and the safest way OF keeping
money.-Marshville Home.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-10

II will choose for Miss Langley"
I said. stepping forward. "She re-
jects your proposals with scorn. |
saw her leave her fathers house, I
followed her here and have heard
every word that has been said.
think my explanation is likely to be
received with more credence than
yours, and that she has nothing to
fear--though,' meaningly, that will
not be the case with you IL one scan
dalous word passes your lips"
The poor girl was clinging to me.
sobbing with JOY and relief, and put
ting my arm through her, while Bur-
ton was still struck dumb with sur
prise. | led her away. She reached
the shelter of her fathers house un-
| seen, and l had little fear that any
one would hear of how nearly her life
had been wrecked, unless she chose
to tell Harold herself.
But the end of the story is per-
haps the strangest part. The next
morning news was brought that Jer-
ONE Burton had been found dead in
his tent, and when l went to see him
l shuddered at the look of fear and
horror that death had stamped on
his face.
It was the look, too. of man taxi
en- by surprise.
There we're various rumors afioat
as to the cause of his sudden end,
some putting 1t down to suicide, 9th.
ers to native treachery, though nc
trace of violence could be found, but
l had my own theory, which 1 KEEP
to myself. l knew how mans power
over the unseen forces of nature Il
resented by those who must obey It
l knew, too, that occasionally the ser
want in that strange world may be
come the master, especially when thu
power gained has been put to an evi
use. And, remembering the expires
sion on the dead face, drew my owl
conclusions.-Man Chronicle.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-10
Real Life In New Zealand.

A condensed Clark Russefl novel in
real life is reported in the latsst New
Zealand papers. The Pacific trading
steamer Taviuni has arrived In Auck-
land with two members OF the crew
of the Lord Templeton, a ship that
was voyaging from Newcastle 70
Honolulu. They were Englsshmen
and the rest OF the crew were foreign-
ers. Fights and ouarrels among the
latter were so frequent and violent
that the Englishmen found life on
board intolerable. So ono night In
mid Pacific they seized small boat
and quietly left. They visited vari-
Gus islands and were kindly treated
by the natives. After many ad<on-
lures they reached Papeete. the prin-
cipal French trading centre in ne
Pacinc. Thsre they wero picked M
by the rayiuyi and brought 70 An<ks|
lapd. Iondph Chronicle.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-10
skkllE!EyEEiEEEREzlIE llE!EyEEiEEEREzlIEsl

She-"My dear, why did that man
come up to you the other night so
mysteriously and touch you as he
did?" He-"I suppose because he
thought he needed the money
Baltimore American.
There's a statesman" said an ad-
miring citizen, who is incapable of
deceivlng the public" Well" an
swered Senator Sorghum, that de-
pends more or less on how smart the
public Washington Star.
To telephone or telegraph
Is always futile labor;
Ii you'd spread news Just notify
Your wife to teleneighbor.
Puck.
Towne-"Yes, Galley is vestry-
man of our church" Browne
Really? He doesn't behave as If he
belonged to any church." Towne--
That's SO; he behaves as If the
church belongs to him" - Philadel-
phia Press.
Poor Miss Sere! she spent fifty
cents yesterday for a dry old scien-
tifc book called Best Methods of
Filtration. THE idea! What did
she want with that?" "She thought
it was Filtration. "-Philadelphia
Press.
American Tourist (susplciously)-
Say, guide, haven't we seen this
room before?" Guide -"Oh, no.
monsieur" Tourist - well, see
here. We want to see everything,
but we don't want to see anything
twice. Punch.
''Do you enjoy delivering speeches
to your constitueuts?" "Oh, yes."
answered the statesman; 'only 1t
hurts me to have some of them say
that speeches are the only kind of
goods l can be relied upon to deliv-
er. r."-Washington Star.
Patience-'In Bohemia courtships
are abnormally long In that coun-
try engagements frequently last
from fifteen to twenty years" Pa
trice-"A love story in print over
there must look like a Carnegie IL
brary. ."-Yonkers Statesman.
Teacher-"What is the meaning of
'aperture?'" Glass (in chorus) -
"An opening" Teacher-'Tommy
Smith, give a sentence containing the
word aperture Tommy-"All the
big stores have had their fall aper-
lures. Baltimore American.
They've cornered our food and our fuel
Till the householder loudly complains,
And now, what's especially cruel,
They're trying to corner the brains!
Washington Star.
The Rev. Mr.. Coldwater (vehe-
mently) NO, sir; this country will
never be fit to live in until II has
more churches than dram shops"
Alderman O'Donegal--"Well. who's
hinderin' ye from buildin more
churches? ?"-New York Weekly.
you are anaemic," says the ply
sician. after much humping and
prodding, You should practice deep
breathing" Deep breathing9" re-
torts the patient. why, doctor,
that's just what l do all the time. +
work in subcellar, sixty feet below
the street level. Judge.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-10
O.

Hundreds of people have cured
themselves OF impediments OF speech.
One OF last years mayors, as a young
man, used to find 1t almost impos-
sible to pronounce words beginning
with a 70" Every day for months
he used TO walk across st. James
Park practising this sentence aloud,
"A quantity OF quicksilver quietly
quartered in Quagmire," until he
conquered the impeachment. To-day
he is one OF the most fluent speakers
in England. .-Tit-Blts.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-25
HOW TO WIN BATTLES.
Men Who Hit What They Shoe. at Ar

Men Who Hit What They Shoot at Are
tho Determining Factor In War.
Other things being equal, good shoot
ing is the determining factor in war.
Poorly drilled and hastily organized
bodies of men can give good account
of themselves if they know how to
shoot and hit what they shoot at.
In our war for independence, says
Army and Navy Life. the colonists
We're woodsmen. They carried and
used their arms to supply their homes
with food and to protect them from
the savage. AS marksmen they vast
ly outclassed the British, and that more
than anything else gave Washington
the final victory.
Again, In our great civil war mark
the effect Of general knowledge of
firearms. In the south were sporting
people. They Were fond of riding and
hunting. Shooting at target and at
game entered into their sports and
pastimes. The north was commercial.
Its men knew little or nothing of
firearms save the llintlocks Of their
grandfathers, objects of curiosity in
their shops or homes. except in the far
west, where the life of 1T7G was still
being lived. The result was that in
the east the southern troops were gen
orally victorious for II couple of years
until the northern troops learned to
Shoot. What lsttlc success the north
had was in the west, where they were
little better than u standor.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-25
CONFUSED IDENTITY.

Odd Things Said by Folks Wher
Taken by Surprise.
People taken by surprise sometimes
say what they do not mean. A cal
full Of people were entertained recent
ly by conversation which neither OF
the participants found comic. Young
People tells the story:
A train was waiting in dim sta.
ton at the end Of dull afternoon
Lights were not yet lighted, and 1t was
decidedly dusky within the car.
An excited and nearsighted woman
hurried in, hurried down the aisle
peering at the passengers as she went
and at last as she dropped into a seat
beside another woman exclaimed, with
a sigh Of relief:
"Oh, it's you'll"
Certainly not" snapped the startled
stranger, turning, whereupon the mis-
taken traveller hastily apologized:
II beg your pardon, but it's so darE
in here I was quite sure you We're"
Another woman In similar circum.
stances became even more confused
She was waiting for her sister in q
railsvay station when d gentleman
looking for his wife and misled by q
general resemblance in figure and
clothing, stepped up behind her and
laying his hand on her shoulder, ex,
claimed:
"Thank goodness, Emma, it's you'll"
The name lie used happened to be
really hers, which made the sudden
familiarity even more startling She
jumped nervously.
You're mistaken, sir" she gasped
"I'm Emma, but she isn't me!''
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-25
Another Financial Scandal.
(Efom tho New YORK worldl

Wall street has discovered great
and growing scandal. 1t appears
that certain Southern and Western
banks have withdrawn their depos-
its from the Wall street banks and
are keeping their money at home.
They refuse to send their reserves
here for stock gambling purposes,
and even ID per cent and 20 per
cent call money rates do not tempt
them. Without other peoples mon
ey Wall street will have to stop
gambling in stocks or gamble with.
its own money.
Some Of these Western banks
have accumulated reserve as high
as 81 per cent. What lack of
consideration when Wall street re-
serves are short! Not only that,
but these presumptous provincial
banks are refusing stock-exchange
loans in order to discount legitimate
commercial paper. They actually
loan their funds and credits to
ordinary business men in their own
neighborhoods, to pork packers,
millers, furniture makers, cotton
pressers and common storekeepers.
in preference to wall street.
If the rest of the people of the
United States show equal termity
with these Western and Southern
bankers, what will become of "f-
nance?' Brokers will be left to
gamble with each other. Promoters
will have only each other to swindle
Syndicates will be left to manlpu-
late their own fotations.
Such scandal as this needs i'm
mediate attention. Secretary Cortel-
you should lose no time in demand
ing that the National Banking law
be amended to compel these recall
citrant bankers to deposit all their
real money in Wall street and issue
clearinghouse certificates for the
use Of their customers.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-25
Air Ships Common as Autos.

Baddeck, Cape Breton, Dec. 13-
Lieut.. Thomas &. Selfridge, U. S. A.,
who made an ascension here yester-
day in Prof. Alexander Graham Bells
new tetrahedal kite Cygnet, is of the
opinion that in time airships will ex
cite no more interest than automo-
biles do today. He says that the first
experiment with Prof. Bells creation
was a success.
The lieutenant declared he had
complete control of the ship durin g
every moment ofits flight. and spoke
with enthusiasm of it's dirigible
qualities and the ease with which it
was manipulated. His experimental
ascent is believed to furnished data
that will be Of great value for future
trials of the aeroplane.
"By taking into consideration the
pull on the flying line the victory of
the wind and the angle of fight, we
now know" said Lieut.. Selfridge,
"the power that will be required Of
a motor to keep the airship in flight
without the aid Of any outside
agency. It's quite practicable to
construct motor suited to the con-
ditions Of aerial navigation and cap
able of furnishing the necessary
power, and it will be only matter
of time when the Cygnet, or on i'm
proved machine of her type soaring
on high in absolute control, will oc-
casion no more comment to watchers
from below than an automobile does
today threading its course through a
business thoroughfare."
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-25
ACCIDENT FAKIRs.
Men Who Are Able to swndIe the In.
surance Companies.


Accident insurance companies are
very suspicious of all accidents involv.
ing injury to the knee, for it is on his
knee that the accident fakir mainly
relies.
The speaker. Il surgeon, frowned and
went on:
There aresmen who make living
out of fake accidents. They travel
from city to city; they insure in every
company that issues accident policies;
then, with Il fake injury, they proceed
to collect dues.
An accident fakir-for so we. call
these men-has usually a knee that he
can slip out at will. He purposely
stumbles over an open trap or some
hard sharp obstacle. puts his knee out
deity. raises n big holler so us to Sc.
cure lot of witnesses and then hob.
bles home.
He doesn't notify his insurance
companies till the next day. BY then
his knee is so,swollen that an accurate
examination of it is impossible. We
cannot tell whether it is one of those
fake. self Slipping knees or not. So
we pay the nan his money, and he
seeks new pastures.
"There was one man-he is in Jail
now-who in nine years collected over
$1,000 in accident policies with the
help of knee that he could slip out
rs easily as slip my hand out of my
glove."-New Orleans Times Democrat,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-25
Old Aae Is seIfsh.

A lady residing in quiet village In
Suffolk used to take an interest in
very aged couple who were spinning
out the last thread of life In DARBY
and Joan" fashion, seated on either
side of their fireplace. She often paid
them visit to cheer them up. The old
man had been ailing, and ut last day
came when the visitor found only one
chair occupied. Darby was not in his
usual place.
"Where is your husband"
We'll, mum, he be gone at last"
ooh, Pm so sorry! That is very sad
for you," said the lady, seeking to find
words of consolation.
'Yes, mum, it be sad" replied the
old woman, ''but, then, you see, he
were fearfully in the way Of the oyen."
-Pearson's Weekly.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-25
HER GOLDEN BALL.
An Incident of Revolutionary Times on
Iona Island

Long Island.
Probably no game of ball by pro-
fessional or college team was ever
watched with such inner interest,
but with such outward Indifference. as
one described in Gertrude Vanderbilts
Social History of Flatbush." 1t hap.
pened In Revolutionary times, when
the British soldiers We're stationed on
Long Island. The inhabitants had
hidden their valuables in all possible
places. One lady concealed some gold
coins in Il ball shaped pincushion of
the kind worn by the Dutch housewife,
suspended at her side.
She was sitting sewing one day when
a party of British soldiers entered the
room. A young officer. spying what
to him was a novelty. cut with his
sword the ribbon by which the cushion
was hung and began a game of ball.
Soon the rest of the company Joined
the sport. Boisterousiy from hand to
hand the ball was batted to and fro
1t was roughly snatched and tossed
and sometimes it fell into the ashes of
the fireplace and barely escaped con
fagration. Now and again soldier
would catch 1t on the tip of his sword
and send 1t spinning on with a rent
in its side.
Every moment threatened to reveal
the precious contents. To show the
least anxiety was to betray the secret
and the owner was forced to sit un
moved, apparently intent on her work
and to see her fortune flying through
the air at the mercy of the enemy. AT
last the cushion. torn and battered. but
still guarding its treasure. was return
ed to its mistress. and the intruders
tired of their play, left the house.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-25
censorious Sisters.

81 didn't think you'd get SO angry
because said l thought you ought
to wear gray suede shoes with your
gray dress instead of white ones. |
didn't mean to offend you" her friend
very sweetly apologized.
"Never mind" she returned softly.
ut was all right, but it made me an
cry for two reasons-first. because |
had to wear the white shoes because /
didn't have any others that were pre-
sentable, and, second. because when l
left my family of sisters, who made
every possible sort of comment ON my
clothes. declared would never stand
1t from anybody else. said to myself
that whenever friend got so friendly
that she thought she could treat me
like sister I'd shake her."-New York
Press.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-25
Profess;en., gsiouette.

An eminent physician had valuable
COW, which became sick and seemed
likely to die. He asked an Irish serv-
ant who lived with him if he knew
anybody who followed COW doctoring.
The doctors groom said, There's Jem-
my Lafferty, who can cure any COW in
the world" We'll, then" replied the
doctor, "go for Iafferty.' The COW
doctor accordingly came and treated
the brute for four or five days, and
on the lapse of due time he waited on
DR.. Lewis and pronounced her cured.
The doctor, greatly delighted, put his
hand on his pocketbook. well, Laf-
ferty, what do owe you:" owe
me" replied Jenny, drawing himself
up with dignity. Nothing, sir We
doctors niver take money of one an
other
My first impulse" said the doctor
while telling the story, was to throw
his fee after him, but OH second
thought the whole affair seemed so
ridiculous that l bowed him my ac-
acknowledgements with as much gravity
rs l could assume" London Tele-
graph.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-25
Loaded Ivory.

An ivory dealer uttered cry of
rage.
Done again" he said. Done out Of
S5ow
And he laid aside one Of the tusks
from the great heap that lie had been
examining.
ut is ballasted with lead," lie said.
"That is common Kongo trick. The
native when lie gets good big tusk
Of eighty pounds or so melts up ten or
fifteen pounds of lead and pours it
down into the tusk's hollow. He fills
1t, SO to speak, as a dentist fills a
tooth.
I'VE dealers know the dodge, and
every tusk is gone over carefully for
a lead filling. My new trader, though,
is rather careless, and this is the sec
ond filed tusk that has been worked
off on him i'll the last quarter"
The dealers frown vanished, and he
smiled.
"Of course the trader and not will
have to stand the loss" he said.-AIin-
neapclis Journal.