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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-12-24

Johnny Cake, No Egg.-Two cups
fine Indian meal, one-half cup -four,
one-half cup of baking powder, one
and one-half cups milk, one-half tea
spoon salt, or one and one-half cups
sour milk and one teaspoon soda.
Raisin Pie. - One cup raisins cut
fine, one cup sour milk, one cup su.
gar, two eggs, juice of one lemon, one
teaspoon salt, one-half teaspoon
cloves, two teaspoons cinnamon lit
tie nutmeg. Bake between two rich
crusts.
Brittle Icing.--A teaspoonful Of
vinegar beaten into boiled frosting
when the favoring is being added
will keep it from being brittle and
breaking when the cake is cut. II
will be as moist and nice in a week
as the day it was made
Lemonade Cake. - One and one
quarter cups of brown sugar, one
half cup butter, one large egg or two
small ones, one-half cup lemonade.
one teaspoon soda, one teaspoon
grated lemon peel, one cup -four.
Sprinkle with granulated sugar to
form a crust.
Ginger Cookies.-One cup granu-
lated sugar, one cup lard, cream alto
gether; then add two eggs, two cups
molasses, one cup sour milk, one
heaping teaspoon salt, two heaping
teaspoons ginger, four teaspoons soda.
Mix not too. stiff and roll about one
half inch thick; bake carefully in hot
oven.
Lemon Pie.--One cup sugar, one
tablespoon fou- stirred well togsther.
Pour over one and one-half cups boil
ing water, stirring constantly until
Jumps disappear Add butter size OF
walnut, grated rind and Juice of one
large lemon or two small ones; three
eggs well beaten To be made with
two crusts.
Nut Cake.--Cream two tablespoons
of butter with one cup sugar and add
the yolks of three eggs; add one-hdlf
cup milk and one and. three-quarter
cups OF -four with two teaspoons bak-
ing powder sifted in It; add one tea
spoon lemon extract, one-quarter tea-
spoon salt, one cup English walnntss
cut fine. finally the beaten whites az
the eggs Bake In slow oven. lee
with white icing and place one-haif
nuts on top.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-12-24

Miss Eleanor Curtis ("Marguerite
Blanc") in her clever little sketch of
"The Graceful Art" declares for the
theory that the foundation of the
modern ballet is Greek art The first
masters of modern dancing argued
that what is satisfyingly beautiful in
marble must be doubly so in flesh and
blood and set to music; so they stud
led old vases and statues, choosing
one pose from a statue, linking 1t to
the next with gestures and steps from
a frieze; another pose, more frieze;
the idea is that of goldsmith MAX
ing a chain of alternate links and a
gem. Dainty as lacework of filagree,
these entire chats (crossing the feet
in the air on a leap), or the fight
known as "jstay" (turns and atti-
tude). This was the origin of the
sort of classic dancing that has van
ished with Genee for period. "At
the end of the phrase the dancer
alights in pose from a classic draw
ing which must be meant to strike the
mind of her audience as the gem in
the chain does the eye" Some of
these mesdemoiselles of the ballet
have been cultivated and brainy
enough to have written magazine ar
ticles on the art and history of the
ballet and some have made text books
for beginners of their profession.
Fanny Ellsler's journal shows that
she has had very cool, keen head
and a perfectly balanced judgment
of character which she exercised
without mercy on the great person
ages of Boston who crowded about
her. Speaking of Taglioni whom
Justin Mccarthy pronounced the
greatest of dancers" Mrs. Julia
Ward Howe, who is certainly a judge
on that point, testifies to the intellec-
tuality of her art. Mrs. Howe long
ago suggested that the "best stage
dancing gives us the classic in q
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into a loud laugh He choked and
coughed She giggled. They stood
for a moment, helpless with laughter
and even after they had sobered suf-
flciently to walk together again, he
replied to her inward commissions
with deep chuckles of the throat.
He was proud of her. Ordinarily.
the lady in these affairs does nothing
but giggle and again giggle, giggling
insipid admiration of the camel who
sets heavy footed wit capering for
ner amusement. Here was a girl
who smiled and answered back. He
thought upon 1t deeply, chuckling
over 1t and saying nothing. She IN
derstood that he approved of her re-
tort and she could not help but try
the point of 1t in memory again and
again.
She put her hand in his pocket and
he trapped it, smiling down on her
with new feeling of sympathy. She
answered his look with its fellow
pleased with the compliment of his
laughter.
They went down the walk so. 70
the tigers cage, where a crowd had
gathered to watch the small boys in
the front row who were teasing the
big brute with sticks and nutshelIs
The couple elbowed a way into the
press Of people and were crushed to-
gether in it. He had an excuse for
putting an arm around hem.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-12-24
Corsets Good For Women.

DR.. l.. e. Landrone, whose plan to
Improve the human race by applying
Luther Burbank's plant theories to
the training of children has attracted
much attention, now commends the
modern corsets In an address before
the members of the Women's Literary
Club he declared that the stays were
good for the reason that the torso
muscles have been weakened for CEN
turies through the generous support
of the corset until now the average
female form could not stand without
its help.
The speaker said that the body was
composed of chemical fluids at the
mercy of the emotions. Anger, ha-
tired and sorrow poisons the fluids OF
the body, while love, cheerfulness and
happiness serve as eliminators of the
motive fatigue poisons.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-12-24
Night School Teachers.

DR.. Elizabeth Altman, of Gott-
heimer, is the first woman to be elect
ed teacher in night school in the
German Empire. She entered upon
her duties in Frankfort Fraulein
Altman is well known in Germany
on account of her original investiga-
tions upon sociological subjects. She
has written and leetured extensively
upon the condition of the working
women, especially those employed in
the factories and shops of Germany.
AS she has lived among the women
about whom she lectures and writes
and knows thoroughly their condi-
tion, she is looked upon as the lead
ing authority on the subject and es-
pecially well fitted to act as their
teacher in night school.-New York
Sun.
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Brown is smart, but only in the
lighter and more unusual shades.
Coats revers are very long, often
extending almost to the waist line.
Though several sorts of overskirts
figure, skirts proper are untrimmed.
The ruche will probably be most
conspicuous accessory during this sea-
son.
The American beauty waistcoat
adds smart touch to a black coat
suit,
One fad is the employment of black
chiffon with colored cloth and silk
gowns.
Dog collars come in links of solid
Jet or in links studded with cut jet
beads.
The rage for tassels is unabated,
and they are to be found in gold sill.
yer and silk.
The most fashionable ruching is OF
white crepe, doubled and standing out
about an inch.
One-button gloves are much in IA
vor foS evening wear under these long
lace and net sleeves.
Little belts not more than an inch
wide, studded with jet or jewels, vie
with the Empire girdles.
A bit of bright color is obligatory
on the hat Of taupe or other dull
color, and sometimes 1t is more than
a Bit.
Parrot effects in brilliant colorings
are immensely popular, as well as owl
heads in conjunction with other nov.
elites.
The new evening hoods Of French
design are being copied and modified,
resulting in some picturesque as we'll
as useful headgear.
The sleeves are so tight at the
wrist that a woman does not wish a
glove any longer than two-buttsi
length, for 1t covers the arm an
spoils the At.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-12-24
Refrigerator Basket.

The refrigerator basket made OF
strong light weight rattan is service
able for any household. 1t has two
lids, resembling an old-fashioned
market basket. In one end is a small
compartment for holding ice which
can easily be removed and kept clean.
Between the rattan and metal inside
lining there is layer of asbestos and
felt, while the lids and the bottom are
treated in the same way. Handles of
tough wood are securely riveted to
the sides, and the entire basket is
durable and convenient. A complete
camping outfit of cooking, serving
and eating utensils conveniently
nests, and is carried in a fibre case
twelve inches in diameter and four
teen inches in height, which can be
strapped and locked, ready to check.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-12-24

who demanded the suffrage were de-
picted as hard visaged. They were
described as unsexed, and resembled
dear Maggie Cline inthe act of throw
Ing McClosky down. Just forty years
ago Mrs. Dolly Chandler and 1914 9th
er women sent remonstrance to the
Massachusetts Legislature against
woman suffrage, believing that ''it
would diminish the purity, the dignity
and the moral influence of women,
and bring into the family circle dan
gerous element OF discord, without
securing the additional strength, eff
cheney or wisdom to the Government
or the Nation" In conclusion: 1--WE
ask to be let alone in the condition al
lotted to us by nature, by custom and
by religion. New York Press.
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eye, going over the evidence she had
accumulated in the process OF emo
tionai vivisection which she had been
pract1ving on, him. It amounted to
this: That he would put on his over
coat TO please her. even when he did
not need it that he looked at her
with full eye of admiration; that he
avoided cheap discussion of marri-
age; that she could change him from
the highest of good spirits to the low
est of bad, without word.
This promised something serious.
She slipped her hand into his pocket
for nut again. He did not follow it.
"Yeh're mad" she said.
mo, amt he contradicted sui
lenly.
Yes. yeh are" she repeated, with
great cheerfulness. "An' | wouldn't
be so silly IL was you"
"But yeh're not me-" he retorted.
"Yes, yeh are" she said irrele-
vanity.
"Who is? What?" he frowned.
"What said yeh wasn't" she said
slyly, biting peanut.
That bewildered him.
"Eh?" he queried, puzzling over &c.
would yeh rather be one of
them?" she asked, taking his arm
again, and nodding at the bears.
"a bear?" he smiled. "W'at'd /
| want teh be a bear fer?"
81 dunno" she said. wat did yeh
want teh be bear fer?"
He grinned.
II wasn't, was II" he said, rather
proud of it.
yep" she nodded. "Come on,
now, an give peanuts to the other
bear.
He went jauntily up to Bruin, and
fed peanuts to it in the most daring
manner. He put hand almost with
in reach of its claws, and even VEN
tured to lay a nut fearlessly on the
back of the huge paw that was thrust
through the bars to him. She drew
back on his arm.
Don't, don't" she whispered;
"he'll scratch yeh. Aw, Jim, don't"
"That's all right" he said brave
ly, picking out another nut.
She drew him away.
"Now, yeh mustn't" she said.
"Come on, an sit down here"
He was withdrawn from his fool
hardness with reluctance.
THAT was all right" he said. II
wouldn't let him get me-"
Sit down." she said. "I'm tired" 4"
seating herself on public bench.
He was all anxiety in a moment.
"Here," he said, putting his arm
around her shoulders, "lean back
now,"
She laid her hand on his arm, and
looked up at him with a comfortable
smile.
Don't yeh want to put on yer
coat?" she asked.
mot except yer want me ter" he
said.
She reached out for his other hand
at this whole-souled surrender. And
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QUIET hoUR i
NEARING HOME.

a little longer-'tis the souls appeal
My heart as Thine, my loving Father, seal;
Long Thou hast borne me o'er life's bols
ferrous sea-
A little longer still my helper be.
The garish day is closed; eve comes apacc;
The more feel dependent on Thy grace;
As nature fails, oh, prove Thvself my stay,
Till earth's vain shadows shall have passed
away.
Let my yet few remaining hours be Thine
Heaven be more real as all things here de
cline;
My strength Thou vast when life's fair
glories shone
My strength remain until the race be run.
Around my steps the dews Of evening fall;
May sweeter sound the raptured heavenly
call;
The ties Of earth unloose as, nearing home,
Faith tTiumphing, l wait the welcome
"Come!'
So let II be; a little longer. pray,
Hold Thou my footsteps in life's narrow
way.
The eyes grow dim, strength fails, twill
not be long
When mine the glorious scene, the rest,
the song.
C. b., in the Christian Herald.
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Poet and Creditor.

A Paris contemporary tells this
story about Joseph Merry, the French
poet: A creditor called one morning
to ask payment of an account. He
interviewed the poet in bed and ex-
pressed sorrow at having to trouble
him, but would he settle the account.
With pleasure" replied Merry. "Have
the goodness to open the first drawer
OF that cabinet" II have, sir" re-
piled the creditor. "but there is moth
Ing there" Indeed, well try the
next. There is nothing in it. Z"
That is strange. Try the third. +"
There is nothing there, either. /"
Look on the mantle shelf" But it
is the same as the drawers" at is
incredible. Have you looked on the
table?" yes" "And in the secre-
taire?" yes, and there is nothing y
In my clothes?" "Yes, have turned
out all the pockets. "Ah, we'll" re-
piled Merry, with the greatest COM
posure, "if there is no money in the
drawers or on the mantel or on the
table or in the secretaire or in NV
pockets. how in the name OF all that's
wonderful can give you anyth;nee"
London Globe.
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The DIscipline of Life.

Stress, strain, struggle-what a
persistent triumviratei On every
side they strike us. The story of
most lives re-echoes them. Their
reign is undisputed, untiring, univer-
sal. Extensively, intensively they
rule. Expect theml Shrinking from
them does not eliminate their pres
ence. Life requires them--and all
of life. To meet them is our part
to conquer, our privilege. To COM
plain, to groan, to yield is childish.
Why despair? Why forespend?
They hurt-of course. But do not
hate them. Assert the stuff that vic
tor souls are made of. You are maxi
ing character. They help you in the
making. Discipline is what counts.
Never fight that. It is what every
life needs. They furnish it. Don't
permit them to torment you. That
is foolish and enervating.
Endured Strength OF character
real strength-will result. BY them
your soul is proved-and polished.
You cannot escape the finishing pro-
cess. Don't try! 1t is the will of
God. 1t Is your Fathers purpose.
He knows the whole process of soul
refining. His way is good. Be
the stress and strain and struggle.
1t may be most npleasant-but it is
best.
Try to understand. Cooperate!
Sweetness, richness, beauty will be
your souls sure recompense. Re-
sign yourself! A real child of Christ
must. A true child of God will. Such
adjustment reveals you to yourself,
explains the core meaning of life;
puts before your fellows the attain
able ideal. Be unafraidl God loves
moral heroes. So does man. Grow!
Develop! Ripen! Mellow, Live
the intensive life!
God is watching. Your crown is
being set with God-cut gems. Mean
time you are learning the true inter-
probation of life's only meaning. You
are building the one enduring thing
-character-Gods hand is helping
you. Behold it in life's stress and
strain and struggle! Get hold of the
Father-hand. Grip hard-and hold
on.
Know this: He will carry you
through.-Seth Russell Downie. in
the Westminster.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-12-24

fluent form with the illumination of
life and personality" Il cannot re-
call in the dances which l saw in the
Taglioni season anything which ap-
peared to us sensual or even sem
suous, rather the very ecstasy and
embodiment of grace" This is what
she says she said to Theodore Parker,
and it is as good as that threadbare
story of what Margaret Fuller said
to Emerson and what Emerson re-.
piled and good deal more authentic.
Loie Fuller has just published her
Memoirs" in Paris, and Anatole
France has written a preface for
them as eXquisitely as if written for
the works of Racine.-Boston Tran.
script.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-12-24
Loss in Labor Power.

Probably no reader has the least
idea what is the total amount of I'm
prisonment to which Offenders in this
country are sentenced every year.
The figures are remarkable. In round
numbers $50 people receive sentences
OF 1900 years penal servitude, and
10000 people receive sentences of
l6,60O years imprisonment. That is
a. total OF 20,800 years. What a
big loss this is to this countryl Not
only have all these people to be fed
clothed, housed, guarded, but they
are practically idle--or, at least. their
work is of little value. The great
majority of them are in the prime Of
working life, age from twenty to
sixty,--London Answers.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-12-24
Pear-sliaped balloon.

Pear-shaped balloons are the fash.
ION in Belgium. The point is mp
ward, the base of the balloon Is sphen
icai. Il is claimed that balloons Of
this shape pierce the air vertically
with far greater speed than the ordi.
nary spherical balloon. Consequently
chey are stcadier. Also tho upper
pointed end preyents the accumula.
tion OF moisture or snow on the sur
face. which frequently weighs bal
loon down md destroys its power "a
rise. HA. a u.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-12-24

they sat there, hand in hand, his arm
about her neck, his free hand lovingly
lingering her ear, looking unutterable
tenderness at close range into each
others faces. A number of the pass
ers-by turned to stare at them, but
they did not mind it. She had tacitly
accepted him as her STEADY" and he
knew 1t. The world might go hang.
New York Commercial Advertiser.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-12-24
Rlessinrs of INreednm

say that we have chance anG right
to look for the fulfilment of prophecy,
such as our fathers never had; the
Improvement of the future will come
directly and vlsibly in the lines which
Jesus suggests. 1t will be in happy
homes, it win be in life not bent by
hateful toll, 1t will be as pure love
binds heart to heart, it will be as as
ptring man listens to Gods voice, and
In glad society, in easy intercourse,
in music and other fine art, in letters
and other mutual advance, man en-
joys Gods matchless gifts. It Will be
as happy world grows happier and
happier, as free world tastes the
real blessings of freedom Edward
Everett Hale.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-12-24
Table and Lnmn Mats.

For a serviceable and inexpensive
table mat make braid of three
strands of colored crepe paper and
sew braids together in either round
or oval shape until desired size A
pretty lamp mat may be made by
using two strands of white and one Of
pink paper, and finishing with a mar.
row pleated rufle of the pink.-Bos.
ton Post,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-12-24
Umbrellas Last Longer if oiled.

To prolong the life of your UNI
brella open it and place drop of oil
umbrella several times to insure the
oil penetrating to where it is most
needed. Wipe off and superhous oil
and in case some gets on the cover
remove with gasoline. Repeat this
process in the course of few weeks
and note how much less you spend
for umbrellas. In the matter of the
children's umbrellas, one lasts as long
as three when treated in this way
Pittsburg Dispatch.
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Professional shoppers Helpful.

Who are the professional shoppers.
who are they that SO excel the aver
age woman in her favorite pastime? =?
Until lately there were in New York
City alone 5000 of these gifted buy
ers, but suddenly a relentless edict
was passed, and the number was re-
duced at one fell crash to mere 500.
And the surviving 500 are doing busi-
ness to this day. toiling at it steadily
from morn till dewy eve; comparing,
pricing. choosing, buying and for
warding to their customers the goods
that they demand. The surplus $500
were eliminated because they were
not regular. That Is to say, they fol-
lowed the fascinating business of
shopping only as an avocation, used
1t as side-line to increase their in
comes by buying things for casual
customers In their of hours.
The tirst professional shopper in
New York is woman who began in
1884, and Is still at the head OF an
increasing business that has far out
rown her most ambitious dreams.
there are many amateurs or semi
Amateurs in the field, but the Dul-
cnasing agent mentioned is one Of the
best known and OF longest experience.
She WAS at the head OF the dressmall-
Ing department when falling health
forced her 10 give up that employ
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-12-24

A new centrepiece of rock crystal
Is in the form of three baskets or
vases. The centre basket is taller
than the other two. which are of equal
height and. attached to the middle
vase by a chain of delicate glass links.
This decoration is prettiest used on
long table, and care should be TAX
en- to supply only graceful and dainty
flowers.-New York Evening Post
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-12-24
Uondsome Dutch silver.

For table use the large fiat Dutch
spoons and even forks are very popu-
lar this year, and happy is the hostess
who possesses a few handsome pieces
of Dutch silver. These spoons are
used almost entirely for decoration.
and should be placed around the edge
of the centrepiece, not more than
three being generally used. - y
York Evening Post.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-12-24

The way in which a man bears
temptation is what decides his char
acter; yet how secret is the system
of temptation! Who knows what is
going on? What the real ordeal has
been? What it's issue was? So with
respect to the trial of griefs and sor-
rows, the world is again a system of
secrecy.
There is something particularly
penetrating, and which strikes home,
in those disappointments which are
SOecl1lly not extraordinary, and make
, snow. What comes naturally, and
as a part of our situation, has a
probing force grander strokes have
not; there is a solemnity and stateli-
ness in these, but the blow which is
nearest to common life gets the
stronger hold. After all, the self
made trial is poor disciplinarian
weapon; there is a subtle, mastery,
irritant, and provoking point in the
genuine natural crossness of events,
which the artificial thing cannot man
age; we can no more make our trials
than we can make our feelings. In
this way moderate deprivations are
in some cases more difficult to bear
than harder ones. And so 1t is often
the case that what we must do as
simply right, and which would not
strike even ourselves, and still less
anybody else, is Just the hardest
thing to do. A work of supereroga-
tion would be much easier. Scottish
American.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-12-24
AIRING the Room

Every room that is occupied should
be thoroughly aired each day. It
should be remembered that a large
volume of air rushing through the
house will remove the impure air
more effectually in ten minutes than
an hours airing with windows partly
opened and doors closed. - Good
Housekeeping.