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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-07-25
Anthrax Germs Destroyed.

A discovery which, it is claimed,
will secure for wooden workers i'm
munity from anthrax, the deadly dis
ease to which they are now liable,
has been made by Harry Hay, tech
nical chemist and professor of dye
ing of Dewsbury.
Mr.. Hay was experimenting in
processes for the destruction of col
oring matter in wooden rags, and
found that the cotton or other vege-
table fibre was destroyed by immers-
ing the rags in an electrolitic solu-
ton and passing a current of cleo
tricity through them. He further
discovered that this treatment also
had the effect of sterilizing the rags
and Of killing anthrax germs. The
discovery was submitted to various
eminent authorities, who have so far
reported in favor of Mr.. Hays con-
clusions.
BY the new process foreign wools
can be rendered innocuous at the
port of importation at slight expense
and without injury to the WOOL
London Daily Mail.
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California Olive Oil.

The sale of olive oil constitutes
one of the largest items of revenue
to California Although olives have
been grown there for more than half
a century, the quantity of fruit sold
outside of the State before 1900 was
insignificant.
Forming themselves into an asso-
citation a number of the large grow
ers have taken steps since then to
compete with Italy and France in
selling their product, and have sue
ceeded to such an extent that they
manufacture q large proportion of
the 250,000 gallons of olive oil at
present produced in this country.
One ton of olives usually yields
thirty to thirty-five gallons of oil.
For the Eastern trade the Califor-
mia association has established an ex-
tensive bottling plant in New Eng
land to which the oil is actually
shipped by the carload in tanks, like
so much petroleum. One of the large
olive orchards alone contains no less
than 10000 trees. which will give
an idea Of the magnitude OF oil"
growing. --Moody's Magazine.
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1T BLEW SHOES.
Eut Only One of Each Variety
Freighted the Air.

Fenton II. Pierce, shoe drummer
for a Chicago house, recently re-
turned from an interrupted Southern
trip. When he arrived in this city
he was incumbered with nothing but
the clothes on his back--and story.
His suit case and sample trunks were
whirled into the upper air with the
other contents of Heaslip's Hotel
when the tornado struck MacGrew's
Ferry in its disastrous course through
Southwest Arkansas a few weeks
ago.
The personal property distributed
over a wide area was enriched by
Mr.. Pierce's sample shoes, and in the
days following the storm the entire
colored population was busy probing
for bluchers, patent feathers and con-
gress CATERS in the piles of debris,
sitting vici kid oxfords and Turkish
slippers from the drifted sand, and
picking moosehide moccasins, arctics
and Mackinaw leggins like fruit from
the higher branches of trees.
One shoe of a pair, right or left.
fvlfils the purposes of sample in
shoe drummer's trunk. Thus it was
that the harvest of shoes Industrious
ly gathered by the colored folk was
entirely made up of odd ones.
The local printer, whose press and
type has escaped the general fight of
things, saw an opportunity to profit
by the general disadvantage. He
began the publication of twice a
week sheet of shoes exchange adver-
tisements. In the eager way the odd
shoe finders paid for space in its col
umns his resourcefulness was re-
warded. Advertisements like the fol-
lowing describe the situation in and
about MacGrew's Ferry:
Homer Peabody has left fur
trimmed lady's Juliet size 8. VIII ex-
change for right tan oxford size H."
Or: Aunt Gloriana Turner will ex-
change setting of turkey eggs and a
possum hide for left lady's blucher
clze or over"
Although the advertisements we're
inserted in the twice a week sheet
at low figure, the printer made
quite little bit,of money, while at
the same time performing public
service.-Chicago Record-Herald
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that he found two of the young dead
in hole.) We kept them in the
corn crib as we had kept those of the
year before. think the old fox came
nightly and prowled around the
buildings. One of my hens had
hidden her nest In some berry bushes
between the corn crib and wagon
house. One morning found her
limping around the barnyard minus
her tail. Every tail-feather was
pulled out and scattered in bee
line from her nest to the yard. Her
eggs we're cold and she seemed to
have lost all interest in them.
looked again next day and several of
the eggs had disappeared. took
them all away and at night took a
fresh egg, and after putting a little
strychnine inside l placed 1t in the
nest. That, too, disappeared, but it
was several days before knew that
my experiment had been successful.
Then my boy found the female fox
dead in the edge Of woods, less than
hundred yards away.
"A few days after this event my
boy and l were witnesses of a most
remarkable fox play. My youngster
was starting out to get the cows late
one afternoon when / saw what l
thought at first was a shepherd dog
among them, and the cattle seemed
to be taking turns at charging him.
They were perhaps $50 or 500 yards
away. AS l looked, the dog made
an unusually nimble leap to avoid
being gored, and / grew suspicious.
| called the youngster back and told
him to go cautiously along the ridge
and take a look at them without be-
ing seen. In a few minutes he re-
turned excited and out of breath. 1t
was fox, as suspected. took out
my gun and we hurried along the
ridge to witness the sport and incl
dentslly to have little fun ourselves
at reynard's expense. We crept up
within fifty or sixty yards of them.
The fox behaved = exactly like a
strange dog among the herd. When
one of the cows would charge him he
would run little way and side step,
then another would lower her head
and take after him. The fox appar-
emily enjoyed the excitement, but
there were seven cows in the herd
and they kept him busy lodging
them. His conduct was extremely
aggravating. He would sometimes
stand till one almost caught him,
| then he would run and turn and nro-
woke another to the chase. tried
several minutes to get bead on him,
but the cows pressed him close.
Finally they separated far enough
for me to take aim without endan-
gering my Jerseys. l must have fired
too soon, for he turned and gave us
what l thought was a very reproach-
full look before he disappeared in the
nelghboring hard-hack."
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Conveniences.

IA place for everything and
everything in its place might be
paraphrased into "a bag for every
thing and everything in a bag for
the family declare | use those con-
venient receptacles for every imagin-
able article" said the house mis-
tress, laughingly. But, certainly"
she continued, they are wonder
fully convenient, and few women
realize their possibilities as an aid
to comfortable living
In the first place, they are the
best possible preservators of valu-
able clothing. Every dinner or ball
gown should be kept in glazed
paper muslin bag. which is a perfect
protection against moisture and air,
as well as dust. These are made
large enough to allow the skirt to
hang straight. and are then hung
on hook with q waistband.
TO. make a mothproof bag for
coats or cloaks. line the paper mus
lin with overlapping newspapers on
the inside; If the material is light
in color, the newspapers should be
covered with another sheet of paper
muslin.
"No moths will penetrate news
paper, but to take extra precaution
few moth balls may also be thrown
into the bag. To keep housemaids
necessities bags are invaluable; one
for window and the other for floor
rags. A felt broom bag should be
given to a maid to brush up her
parquet floor with, as it takes up
the dust as well as the refuse. and
is better in that respect than hair
.brooms. 1t is made of felt, to go
over a common broom, and can be
pinned together at the top around
the handle.
wooden floors brushed up with
a broom rag look much brighter
than when swept with hair broom.
It goes without saying that each
member of the family should have
his or her own clothes bag for soiled
garments; 1t saves work and keeps
rooms tidy My greatest comfort in
the way of bags, however, is my
own especial set, as | have about a
dozen, all labeled, and consequently
/ always know where to find what
] want. In short, cannot say too
much for the comfort and convent
ence of plenty of bags, and every
housekeeper should study their pos
sibilities." - Indianapolis Sunday
Star.
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Mysterious Fire In Tree.

New York had a mysterious fire
the other day, which attracted the
attention of a multitude of people,
and for short time blocked travel
and traffic on Broadway. . An old
linden tree near the Rector Street
side of Trinity Churchyard began to
emit volumes of smoke, and in a
minute more a tongue of flame shot
up out of the hollow trunk and ig-
nited the scant folige and old twigs.
What started the tree to blaze up
is matter of guess-work, but no
doubt It was caused by spontaneous
combustion. The old tree, or what
is left of the original trunk, is only
IL feet high, and long ago all else
but the trunk and what remains OF
the old roots under the ground have
disappeared
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-07-25
A Selfish Man.

He regarded his children as nui-
sances.
He did all his courting before
marriage.
He never talked over his affairs
with his wife.
He doled out money to his wife
ac II to a beggar.
He looked down on his wife as an
inferior being
He never dreamed that there were
two sides to marriage.
He had one set of manners for
home and another for society.
He never dreamed that his wife
needed praise and compliments.
He never made concessions to his
wife's Judgment. even in unimpor-
tant matters.
He thought the marriage VOW had
made him his wife's master, instead
OF her partner.
He thought he had a right to
smoke and chew tobacco and drink
liquor and be as boorish and brutal
TO HIS family as he chose regardless
OF the effect on them. Surely such
man needs regenerating to be fit
10 live with anybody.--word and
Work.
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Petroleum in Italy.

Even the Italians, it is said, are
not generally aware that important
petroleum deposits have been dis
covered in their country, in the
Apennines near Piacenza. The dis
covery was made about 1898, and
four years ago second syndicate of
French capitalists was formed to de-
yelop the field. About ninety-five
wells are now in operation, but
seventy of them are already nearly
exhausted, and new ones are being
bored. The production In 1905
reached 100000 pounds, and it isl
thought that for 1906 It will be about
22,000,000 pounds. The wells reach
maximum depth OF 1900 feet, but
engineers say that by deepening.
those, which have nearly ceased flow
ing may be made to yield again. An
interesting feature In the working OF
these wells is the use OF central
motor, which, by means of cables,
pumps all the wells.
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coUNTRY NEwsrAPER woRK.
Why 1t is the Representative Jour
nalism of America.

A pleasant feature of country
newspaper work which is unknown to
city men, says the Journalist, is the
favorable recognition one receives
from his friends and acquaintances,
and the readers of his paper In gen.
eral, when he does aparticularly clev-
er piece of work, such as a news
scoop, a readable report of public
function, or a bright article of any
kind. In the country the people, as
a rule, know pretty we'll who writes
the stuff for the paper, and soon be-
come acquainted with mans style.
This causes the editor or reporter to
be constantly on his mettle, ever
striving after the best results in his
writings and endeavoring to be i'm
partial and accurate. Accuracy is
absolutely necessary in a country
newspaper. In metropolis accuracy
is not prime requisite, especially in
these later degenerate days, even II
all the editors are supposed to insist
upon it-which they don't. To be
accurate one must spend time and be
painstaking. The disciples of the
new journalism never have the time
to be accurate. No matter IL names
are misspelled and facts distorted
and faxed. They must get the story,
get 1t quick, and II it is not spicy
enough make II so.
II the city reporter was to be
called to account the next day by his
fellow citizens for what he had writ
ten he would find time to be accurate
thereafter. The country reporter is
constantly meeting and coming in
contact with, for the most part, the
people he writes about. This is a
standing injunction for him to re-
strain his pen when he finds it get
ting on dangerous ground, or make
when he is tempted to slur over the
facts. In fact, the country reporter
writes not only for his weekly salary,
but for his own standing in the COM
munity as well. If he is to be
thought we'll of, II he is to be kindly
received in society, and If he expects
advancement, he must prove himself
worthy of trust and confidence. He
must not let his pen and imagination
run riot for the sake of a story or a
sensation.
1t has been said that the country
press is the representative journalism
of America, and when one knows the
inner doings of metropolitan journal
ism he is inclined to this view.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-07-25
MEAT OR CEREALS
A Question Of Interest to All Careful
Persons.

Arguments on food are interest
ing. Many persons adopt vegetar-
ian diet on the ground that they do
not like 10 feel that life has been
taken 10 feed them, nor do they
fancy the thought OF eating dead
imeat.
On the other hand, too great con-
'sumption OF partly cooked, starchy
oats and wheat or white bread,
pastry, etc, produces serious bowel
troubles, because the bowel digestive
organs, (where starch is digested), !,
are oyertaxed and the food ferments,
producing gas, and microbes gener-
ate In the decayed food. frequently
bringing on peritonitis and appendi-
citis.
Starcby food is absolutely essen
tial 10 the human body. It's best
form is shown in the food Grape
Nuts" where the starch is changed
into a form of sugar during the pro-
cess OF its manufacture. In this
way. the required food is presented
10 the system in pre-digested form
and is Immediately made into blood
and tissue. without taxing the diges-
tive organs.
A. remarkable result in nourish-
ment is obtained; the person using
Grape-Nuts gains quickly In physical
and mental strength. Why in men
talY Because the food contains dell
icate particles OF Phosphate OF Pot
ash obtained from the grains, and
this unites with the albumen OF all
food and the combination is what
nature uses to rebuild worn out cells
n the brain. This is a scientific fact
that can be easily proven by ten
days' use Of Grape-Nuts. "There'f
Z Reason" Read sThe Road to
WellyiIle." in pkgs.
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r. A. Busse, Chicago's new mayor,
had been complimented by report
er on the direct, terse quality OF a
statement he had given out.
Il am a believer In brevity," said
Mr.. Busse. smiling The fewer
words you say thing in, the strong
er and more striking is that things
effect.
Once knew man who hated
the Swiss.
Why, Jake said to him one
day, you astound me. You hate
the Swiss, yet here you are mar
ried to Swiss wife,
Yes said Jake. that's the rea-
SON. '"--Washington Star.
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Statistics compiled for the Geolog
ical Survey by Edward w. Parker
coal mining expert of the survey
show a remarkable increase in the
total production of coal in the United
States during 1906 over the pre-.
ceding year.
The production in 1906 was 414,-
039,5S1 short tons of 1000 pounds
valued at S512,61O,744 In 1906
the output amounted to 392, 2,919,341
tons, valued at $476,756,963 The
; increase in quantity was per cent,
and in value per cent.
West Virginia supplanted Illinois
as the State second to Pennsylvania
In coal production. attributed chiefly
to the almost complete suspension
of mining in Illinois during sll OF
April and a part OF May. when the
miners and operators were in con
fiict over the wage scale Washing,
ton Post
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The Lightning Rod.

The lightning rod was invented
by Benjamin Franklin in 1852, to
arrest the electricity of the thun-
der. When the information of the
discovery reached Rabbi Saul Katie
nellenbogen, of wilma, he said that
the theory was not hew. because it
was already known in Talmudic
times, and he showed passage in
the Tosefta (third century, where it
says that ION Sabbath it is permit
ted to place an iron near the hem
merry to safeguard the fowls from
thunder and lightning strikes" The
Talmud vouches that there is moth
ing superstitious about this belief"
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AWFUL EFFECT OF ECZEMA
Covered With Yellow Sores---Grew
Worse---Parents Discouraged
Cuticura Drove Sores Away.

Our little girl, one year and half old,
was taken with eczema or that was what
the doctor said it was. We took her to
three doctors, but by this time she was
nothing but a yellow, greenish sore. One
morning we discovered little yellow pim-
pie on one of her eyes. Doctor No. 3 said
that we had better take her to some eye
specialist, since it was an ulcer. So we
went to Oswego to doctor No. 4, and he
said the eyesight was gone. We were near
ly discouraged, but l thought we would try
the Cuticura Treatment, so | purchased a
set of Cuticura Remedies, which cost me
81, and in three days our daughter, who
had been sick about eight months, showed
great improvement, and in one week all
sores had disappeared OF course it could
not restore the eyesight, but if we had used
Outicurf in time, we are confident it would
have saved the eye. Mrs. Frank Abbott,
r. y. d. No. o, Fulton, Oswego Co., N. Y,
August II, 1906"
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The Drain Upon Italy.

During 1906, 417.57S emigran,s
left Italy and 1S2,1s0 former emf.
grants returned. In 1905 the ebb
was S50,331 and the inflow 1872 ,SS9.
SO that the emigration for 1906 was
greater than that for 1905 by about
$1,000. The greater number went
to the United States, the Italian rec
ords showing 2s7,09O persons so de-
parting A total OF l14,S1S went to
Argentina, 1913 TO Brazil. 1897 to
Central America. HAS to points east
OF suex and 277 to other countries.
The United States also contributed
the largest number OF returning for
tnne-seekers. the total for 1906 being
bf.445. from Argentina 24.602. from
Brazil 1861 and from Central
America b7l.-~From Consular RE-
port.
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Rescue Chamber In Mines.

The rescue chamber" is safety
provision OF some Of the large Aus
trian mines 1t is strongly timber
ed retreat, and its single entrance
has q door that can be made tight
against air and water by means Of
rubber fittings. II has three cyIin-
ders Of oxygen, sufficient 10 enable
80 men to breathe three days. In
halation gear is at hand for par
ties leaving the chamber for re-
connaissance or signaling, and can
ned food, medicine and first-aid ap-
pliances are also kept In the place.
The standard room will accommo-
date ~ men for reasonable time
for rescue.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-07-25

There is a beauty and attractive
ness in health which is far greater
than mere regularity Of feature.
A sickly, irritable, and complaining
woman always carries a cloud of
depression with her; she is not only
unhappy herself but is damper to
all Joy and happiness when with her
family and friends.
II is the bright, healthy, vivacious
woman who always charms and carries
sunshine wherever she goes.
II woman finds that her energies
are tagging and that everything tires
her; If her feminine system fails 10
perform its allotted duties, there is
nervousness. sleeplessness, faintness,
backache, headache, bearing down
pains. and Irregularities, causing
constant misery and melancholia,
she should remember that Lydia e.
Plnkham's Vegetable COMPOUND
made from native roots and herbs will
dispel all these troubles. BY correct
ing the cause of the trouble IL cures
where other treatment may have
failed.
Miss Elizabeth Wynn, of No. POS
sth Avenue, New York City, writes
Dear Mrs. Pinkham;-
"For months l suffered with dreadful
headaches, pain In the back and severe
hemorrhages was weak and out Of sorts
all the time. Lydia. (. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound helped me when all other medi-
cine had failed. 1t seemed to be just what
needed and quickly restored my health. -
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Conpensations.

Are you happier now that you
own your own homer asked the So
licitous friend.
"Of course" answered Mr.. Meek
ton, there is proud satisfaction In
having my own place. But OCCASION
ally can't help longing for the. time
when my wife kicked 70 the landlord
for repairs instead OF coming TO me. =
Washington Star. -e---
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Genius.

But in the fullness of time there
appeared the super-leopard.
81 can change my spots" quoth
he, with supreme faith in himself.
His relatives and friends were
Mortified.
Hush" they whispered. "The
world will think you are dotty."
Being a genius is by no means the
easy thing some imagine it.--New
York World.
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experience with many kidney medi-
cines, l am in q position to know
whereof l speak and am pleased to
add my endorsement and to recon-
mend their use.
Sold by all dealers SO cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co, Pur"'o. Ny.
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The milk pans are quickly cleaned
and rid of all greasy feel" when
washed in borax and water in the fol-
lowing proportions-one tablespoon
full of borax to quart Of water.
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Convict 777--What are you going
TO do with that poem you wrote
Bill?
Convict s99--I'm going 20 sub
NIT Il to the prison editor. I'm hop
ing he'll throw me out, ally 6lop'
er's Half-Holiday.
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The fish population OF the Nile 10
said to present greater variety than
that OF any other body OF water, An
expedition sent from the British Mu-
scum not long ago secured 5000
specimens.
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Rank, Knights of
Pythias, Third Bat
talon. Second Reg
i'm e Mt, Mis- souri,
Brigade, says: 81
am pleased to en-
dorse the use of
Doan's Kidne ey
Pills, a medicine OF
; great merit. Hav.
ing had nargOnal
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Mrs. Plnkham's Invitation to Women.

Women suffering from any form
of female weakness are invited to
promptly communicate with Mrs.
Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass. From the
symptoms given, the trouble may be
located and the quickest and surest
way of recovery advised. Out of her
vast volume of experience in treating
female ills Mrs. Pinkham probably
has the very knowledge that will
help your case Her advice is free
and always helpful.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-07-25

We meet some people with pleasure
and part from them with genuine
satisfaction.
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Miss Hulda Kughler, of No, u.s.
West 18th Street, New York City.
writes
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A FRANK STATEMENT.
From a Prominent Fraternal Man OF
--.---s'------------~-sssgea~
Rolla, Missouri.

Justice of the Peace A. NJ. Light,
of Rolla, Mo-, Major, Uniformed