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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-01-23

Amusing epitaphs are common
enough, but 1t is not often that a
tombstone inscription is meant to
carry business advertisement. A
West Virginia man tells of a singular
one which may be seen in cemetery
of Wheeling. 1t was the idea of O
widow of man named Perkins. O
partner in commercial house known
as Perkins & Parker" Soon after
the decease Of her spouse. Mrs. Per-
kins married Mr.. Parker. her late
husbands business associate.
The inscription reads
Sacred to the memory OF James
Perkins, for thirty years senior part
ner of the firm of Perkins & Parker,
now Parker & Company. Harper
Weekly.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-01-23
Money in Good Management.

BY having good pasture as many
months In the year as possible, one
VIII be able to carry his dairy cows
through the twelvemonth at small
cost, and they will supply fertilizer to
improve the plowed part of the farm.
Supposing that one-half or one-third
OF the farm was used for cultivated
crops with such management, 1t
would be possible to make that one
half or one-third yield as much net
profit as all the farm under the sys-
tenn OF farming that is all too common
now, and the direct profit from the
pasture or dairy would remain as so
much extra profit. That good man
agement would materially aid in the
paramount problem of fewer acres
and more bales, bushels or tons per
acre, with more net profit got more
certainly.-Progressive Farmer.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-01-23
Rats.

My experience quite agrees with
the remedy of H. c. B., which you
published recently. For readers who
have not complete files this seems
worth repeating. 1t is a radical and
absolutely clean cure. as follows: In
dwelling the rat holes will be found
In the cellar against the foundation
wall, and be sure to find all the holes
and pour into and around each one a
good supply of pine tar. not coal tar.
In forty-eight hours there will not
be single rat In the house. and they
can be kept out by replenishing the
tar when it becomes hard. A two
quart can of tar will keep the house
clear for twelvemonth. The writer,
many years since, drove out and kept
out of his house great body of rats
for all the years he lived in that house
after he learned how.-A. ]. p, In
the Country Gentleman.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-01-23
To Measure an Acre.

To measure an acre, tie ring at
each end of rope, the distance being
sixty-six feet between them; tie a
piece of colored cloth exactly in the
middle of this. One acre of ground
will be four times the length and
two and a half times the width, or
the equal of sixteen rods one way and
ten rods the other, making the full
acre 100 square rods. Keep the rope
dry so 1t will not stretch. A rod is
sixteen and a half lineal feet. An
acre is 4S40 square yards, or $500
square feet--American Cultivator.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-01-23
A Conservative Speech.

There were some doubts in the
community as to Homer Floyd's fit-
ness for position on the school
board, owing to certain lapses in his
early education, but his first speech
In his official capacity silenced the
tongues of all critics.
He listened to several recitations
with grave and interested air, and
at the end of the last one he rose to
address the school. "by request"
Some things are in my province
as member of the school board, and
some are not" he said, with a genial
smile.
TITS within my province to say that
never heard scholars answer up
more promptly tina you children of
District No. Q.
"As to whether your answers were
or were not correct. 1t is not my place
to say. Your teacher knows, and in
her hands leave the matter. -
Youths Companion.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-01-23
Pure Food For Animals.

George b. McCabe. solicitor of the
Department of Agriculture, remarks
that the national pure food law is for
the benefit of beasts as well as hu-
man beings. The following example
Is cited: Suppose a farmer living In
Indiana, near Chicago. should haul
his hay into the Illinois metropolis
for marketing. Suppose, also, that
This farmer claims his hay to be tim
othy. II he sells 1t under this claim
and the purchaser discovers that the
hay contains red top the farmer IS La
Bile to prosecution under the pure
food law. Quite proper. Likewise.
presumably. the faithful horse who
at the dinner hour finds shoe pegs
rived, when the menu calls for oats.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-01-23
DEATH FOLLOWED SKATING.

Huntingdon Especially Miss Au-
gusta Herncane. an attractive young
lady of Petersburg, went skating by
moonlight with her sister. Mrs. Clar-
ence Rishel, at Alexandria. Upon
their return Miss Herncane threw her.
self upon lounge and went to sleep.
When her sister endeayored to awak-
en- her a few hours later, she was
unable to do so, and she died a short
time after.
Coroner Schum thinks the girl
died from oedema of the glottis or
acute pneumonia, caused by wearing
very light clothing over her bosom
while exposed to the cold weather on
the river.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-01-23
Longed For JAN.

Altoona Especially. - When Bert
Johnson. of McKeesport. was SEN
fenced to twenty days in jail by Mag
istrate Irwin for railroad tresspass-
ing, he said:
Cant you make It thirty, Judge
The weather is cold, times are hard
and can't get work. SO I would
rather be in jail where would have
warm place to sleep and three
meals day"
Law only permits twenty days.
replied Irwin.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-01-23
Distant Fields.

The toiler in the city had been CIV.
en- an advance in salary. ''Now." he
said, jubilantly. II can begin saving
to buy a farm" Out in Washington
the agriculturist looked at the check
received for his seasons wheat. "Ar-
other such crop or two and can
move into the city" he mussd. -
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-01-23
Free Nighr school Opened.

South Bethlehem Especially. - A
free night school has been inaugu-
rated at Lehigh University. with Prof.
Hughes In charge. The common
school branches will be taught to
boys who are compelled to work dur
Ing the day, notably the members OF
the apprentices school at the Bethle-
hem Steel Works and others.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-01-23
Food For Poultry.

An experienced poultryman says
three parts of ground sunfiower seed
and one part cracked corn is a fine
mixture for fattening poultry. Where
only a small quantity is grown the
best results are obtained by throw
ing the heads to the poultry and let
them have the exercise of picking out
the seeds.-Farmers Home Journal.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-01-23
Grow Forage and Feed 1t.

One of the greatest helps, then, to
the farmer in cheapening the cost of
his crop is the production of forage
of high feeding value and the feeding
it to cattle, thus adding the cattle to
his sources of income, and from their
manure spread broadcast on his land
increasing the humus content and
furnishing a valuable plant food
Progressive Farmer.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-01-23
Kick the Barn Door.

one writer advises his readers not
to kick the COW when they get mad,
but to go and kick the barn door. A
farmer may be considered insane who
would kick the barn door, but there
is about as much sense and a great
deal more benefit to the COW in so
doing than to give the COW a sound
thrashing for something she cannot
reason out.-Florida Agriculturist.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-01-23
Tot Kills Baby SIster.

Oil City (SpeciaD While playing
with a revolver secured during the
temporary absence of their mother,
the 5-year-oid son of w. o. Klein.
Walnut Bend. near here, accidently
shot and instantly killed his 3-year-
old sister.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-01-23
sbE ct 1;TfIZe

will have quite as good a ground Of
complaint under the law as the m
suspecting housewife upon whom the
unscrupulous peddler foists nutmegs
made OF Eastwood. In this war on
the sale of fraudulent foods let no
guilty man escape. pe.-Rochester Demo-
crat and Chronicle.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-01-23
Tho Alternative.

The milk dealer. fined for selling a
watered article, protested.
Why" he exclaimed. Indignantly,
III ! didn't water the milk half OF
my customers wouldn't get any,
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-06-11
HIS BRIDE STOLEN
BY TAINEERS
Couple Stopped Overnight
in Lonely Cabin While
on Honeymoon.

GREENVILLE, s. c.. June Nv. f.
Buns, of Macon county, n. C, a bride
groom Of two months. arrived in Green
vile in state of nervous collapse. and
related TO the police the details Of a
narrowing experience in Painter NOM
tain while. during the course Of his
honeymoon, he was stopping with his
wife for the night at a cabin in a region
where the mOonshiners have long been
supreme.
The room was forcibly entered by half
dozen masked men. some Of whom
overpowered him, while the others. af-
ter going through his clothing. forced
Mrs. Buns 20 dress an I accompany them
from the room.
Buns. after the dis appearance of his
wife. was biindfolded and led into the
woods. where he was ordered 10 leave,
AFTER being warned that il would be
best 10 keep still tongue regarding
the incident. In spite OF this warning
the frantic husband hung about the
netghborhOOd for three days, in the hope
or learning something regarding the
whereabouts of his wife.
During this period he subsisted chiefly
on wild fruits in the woods. fearing
20 make known his presence at any
habitatiOn. He was however. finally
discovered by the mounIaineers, who
told MIN that his wife would be allowed
10 meet him at Lady Creek branch at
shutdown Of that day.
Buns waited at the appointed rem
devious all night, but his wife did not
appear. Al day break next morning, con-
Vlneed OF the tuJlllty of any further eff
fort on his part. he made his way in the
direction Of Greenville in search OF
help.
promptly a posse was organized and
left this afternoon for the mountains
to rescue the young woman. Buns
went with them In the capacity of
guide.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-06-11
TITLE DISCLOSED
BY A CABLEGRAM
Under Assumed Name Russian
Baron AstoundS Farmers Until
Suddenly Called Home.

GALES FERRY, Conn, June IL
Andree Won Nuttback. son of a Russian
philanthropist. has been discovered in
the person of a man who came here last
fall and-l~>ssd a farmhouse just beyond
SIC college crews quarters. His dis
covery came through a cabIegram.
which summoned him home 10 St Pc
tersburg because of the sudden death
OF his mother, who left him a large
fortune.
The baron Immediately took a train TO
New York, and will sail for Russia. He
admitted his Identity, although he had
kept IL a secret from every one except
q circle of close friends he has made
while here. including Mrs. Latham
Brown. the village postmistress.
Fon Nuttback spent considerable sums
while here, purchasing eQuipages, using
them for a few weeks, and then pre-
senting them TO astonished farmers. He
said his father sent him 70 this country
secretly, fearing for his safety because
OF the disturbed state Of Russian politi-
cal affairs.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-06-11
PAINFUL ULCER
On Foot for a Year. Healed by
Two Sets Of Cuticura

had an ulcer on my foot for q year
or more and it was very painful as It
was a running sore. l had a doctor,
but his treatment did not heal It. About
eight months ago commenced 20 use
Cutioura Soap, CuticUra Ointment,
and CUticUrE Pills. used two sets sad
Il is now all healed up. Ms. E. T. Ryder,
West Brewster, Mass, April %, 1907"
Complete External and Insernsi Trsstaent for
Every Humor OF Infants, Children, and Adults
CONSISTS OF CuuCuTA S1aD Clac) % Cleanse the SKIN
GutlcurA Ointment lbOc) 10 Heal the skin. and
Stlcurs Resolvent (60c toT 10 the form OF Chocolsts
Sod tdrouEnOut the world. Potter Drug a Chem.
Corp sole FFopz. Boston. Mas
s&-Aaileo Free Cutieura BOOK on skin Disesses-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-06-11
AMERICAN HONOR
ACCEPTED BY KING

airy membership In the American Cross
of Honor. This information has been
received by Thomas il. Herndon, presi-
dent OF the order. In a letter from the
minister OF the royal household Of Italy.
The letter Of acceptance states that
Victor Emmanuel lis pleased TO accept
the honor conferred upoA him By the
order OF the American Cross of Honor.
and that he appreciates the objects OF
the order. whose endeavors for uni
versaI philanthropy, brotherly love,
fraternaI feeling. and humanity make a
meritorioUs adjunct to modern civiliza-
ton, toward which the federal govern
ment. as we'll as those Of the separate
States. so much contributes
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-06-11
Four Thousand Houses Have
Been Tagged and Work
Is Progressing.

Tag Day is about the sole topic Of
conversation in stores and business
offices this morning. So many people
are busy preparing for Saturday. and
so much work IS being done that bust
ness men, society women and school
children alike are now almost entirely
engrossed in the subject At the
Chamber Of Commerce there is practi-
cally nothing else doing.
II was said at the temporary head
quarters IN the rooms of the Chamber
of Commerce this morning that Of 1900
store tags printed only so are now left.
If one inquiries where they are, the
answer IS made Go look IN the store
windows" More are being printed.
1000 House Tags Used.
Arthur Moses said this morning that
400 house tags had already been used
by the 15O women covering the resi-
dences ana apartment houses Of the city
and that whole rows of houses are now
Tagged for the Children Of Washing
ton" -Four thousand additional tags
have been ordered printed and can be
obtained at the rooms of the chamber
today or at the headquarters in the old
Metropolitan Bank building tomorrow
and Saturday. Strange as II may seem,
DR.. Curtis. OF the Fairgrounds AssOcia-
zion, wants 1000 more women TO volun-
teer their service IN tagging the houses
Of the city. The $50 now working have
their hands full Application for any of
these positions may be made 20 M
Moses, at HOS F street, or at the office
of the association in the Ouray build
ing.
Tickets for the excursion Monday
night on The jamestown we're placed
on sale today at ". 2. Moses & Sons.
E. F. DrOop & Sons. T. Arthur
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-06-11
OLD OAK
TO CLUB GROUNDS

MONTCIAIR n. J.. June 1L-After
an oak tree, sixty feet tan. that had
long stood on The grounds OF the
Croker Wheeler factory, in Ampere.
has been transplauted the Ampere
Club Will eat dinner under its spread
ing branches. Invitations TO the din
ner have been sent 10 a number OF the
clubs friends.
The tree is the largest OF several
which have 10 be moved 10 make way
for a new railroad spur on the grounds
Of the CrOcker-WheeleF Company. on
Thursday the tree VIII be hOisted out
OF the ground with an electric crane
OF twenty tons capacity. and carried
200 feet 70 its new position near the
postoffice Of the plant.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-06-11
HEIRESS ELOPES
WITH RANCHWAN

SAN FRANCISCO. June u.-Jennie
Stanford Lathrop, who. besides her own
large fortune. received S1,000 900 by the
will OF her aunt. Mrs. Leland Stan
ford, has eIoped with and married Wal
ter Watson, a ranch manager of the
Napa valley.
Watson is little known, while his
runaway bride has moved in the best
society OF California Her father.
Charles G. LathrOp. was not consulted
as 10 his daughters nuptials and he.
as well as many of her arfstocratic
connections IN San Francisco. is furi-
Gus. Where the runaway couple are
spending their honeymoon has not as
vet become known.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-06-11
PURSUED OUTLAW
KILLS TWO MEN

WILBURTON, Okla. June II. - Two
citizens were killed. the country IS
aroused, and pickets are posted for a
circle Of six miles about the town as
the result OF the temperance Of A II.
Johnson. a negro, who last September
shot and killed Oliver Swan, deputy
city marshal.
johnson was seen in wOnian's clothing
yesterday. recognized. the alarm was
given. and posse formed 10 capture
him He fed, and, mistaking a party
OF fishermen Tor pursuers, opened IRE.
Those killed We're Walter Roberts and
Robert Mounds. Johnson is still al
large.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-06-11
GAS MAN NOW A BARON.

WATERBURY,. Conn. June u.-Fritz
Nicholas Korpf, inspector OF gas meters
and equipment in New Britain. has CIV
en- up the job and gone to Russia Pol
and, where an uncle died recently, max
ing him a baron, in succession. and
heir TO 100000 acres.
Advised TO hire legal talent, ne said
81 was below the dignity OF a baron.
The uncle's widow viii get One-seventh
OF the estate, and KOrpf more than
seven-eighths Of the remainder. He was
q graduate of Treiberg University, Ger
many.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-06-11
CAMP TO CHANGE NAME.

The Fourth Immune Camp, United
Spanish War Veterans. last night de-
cided TO change its name to the Col
James s. Petit Camp. III honor OF the
commander Of the Fifth Immune Regi-
ment, who won the praise Of President
Mckinley. The camps are discussing
the feasibility of holding picnic for
all of the camps this summer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-06-11
Ninth Year That Farmers
Viii Enjoy Unusual
Prosperity.
YIELDS VALUED
AT EIGHT BILLION
Wheat, Corn, Oats, and Cotton of
Southland All in Unusually
Good Condition.

indications at the present time are
for great crops. For eight years the
American farmer has enjoyed unprece-
dented prosperity. and now the ninth
promising harvest is practically as
sured. Never in the history Of the
United States have there been nine such
years, years of big yields and high
prices"
This is the story that Chief Statis-
tician Clark. Of the Department of Agrt-
culture, gives.
The Department of Agriculture fig-
ures that the crops or 1908 will be worth
nearly Ss,OO0O0O,OOO. And there will be
money enough to move them from the
farm TO the markets, and TO tidewater,
and over the ocean, where the surplus
will bring back a flow OF golden dollars
10 the United States. Prosperity can
not be so very far away.
Gain in Condition.
Spring wheat on the first Of the eur
rent month was doing so we'll that the
crop. reporters gave-it a standing of 50
Del. cent as compared with SS-7 June /.
n year ago, and as compared with 80. =
the average for the last nine years
Acreage increased G31,OOO acres. so that
today there are l7.710,00O acres Of farm
lands so4gn 10 Wheat-wheat fast ripen-
ing-to the prosperity Of the miller, the
farmer, the carrier. TO employment or
many idle cars and large increases in
railroad earnings.
The winter wheat crop is safe and the
condition, St per cent, as compared with
IA a year ago.
oats has a condition of 92.9 per cent,
as against SIS per cent a year ago. And
So jr runs down through the range or
crops with more barley and more rye IN
II is a little too soon to estimate the
condition of corn, but year AFTER year
the great stalks grow and the ears ma
ture and Tlpen, the corn yield is safe
eight years out of ten. or even nine out
of ten, the sun attending 10 the matur-
ing Of the crop OF the great mlddle
Western section
Cotton Above Average.
Down South, cotton is working along
nicely. A matter of S2.CSl, 900 acres of
Southern soil are being used for the
production of cotton. The condition May
> Of this year was 79.7 per cent. as COM
pared u 70.5 per cent a year ago.
And so from the plantations and
farms from the meadows and the pas
lures of the country comes the story
of things growing, and growing fast.
tory time. the seeding and cultivation,
and in due time win come the gather
ing OF the harvests.
There isn't much doubt about the
haryests-Jhey Will be great, big, and
profitable.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-06-11
WASPS STING BOYS
ON HUNT FOR FROGS

WATERBURY,. Conn. June Thames
z. watson, aged twelve years, Of New
ark, y. J.: Joseph F. Trainer, thirteen,
of The Bronx, and Willie Munson, four
teen, of Oakville, were all so seriously
stung by wasps while out shooting frogs
at a pond in North Oakville that their
parents have been sent for.
The boys had stripped nearly naked.
When the Wasps attacked Watson the
others ran TO his aid and We're them
selves stuug from head 10 foot The
eyes Of Watson and Munson have closed
tightly.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-06-11
THEIR SIN REVEALED,
BOTH TAKE POISON

ESSEX, Mass, June I-Unable 70
bear the shame that followed their ar
rest FOR a statutory ofense, George
Alden Gorton and Mrs. Edith A. Bowe
ended their lives with strychnine.
Mrs Bowe was thirty-fve years old
and GOTtcn hfty-nine- The offense for
which they were arrested occurred
while the woman's husband. who IS
sixty-nine. was out OF town.
After the couple were released on bail
GOrton bought the double dose Of poison
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-06-11

Smith. ard at the Chamber OF Com
merce. Tomorrow they can also be
had at the Fifteenth street hcadquar-
tiers. A large number have already been
sold. but these pubisc places have been
selected ia order that all wishing tickets
can readily find them.
Tag Respectable Dogs
A novel feature of the tagging viii be
that Of dog tags. II is planned to tag
every respectable dog in town Only
po0r, stray pets which the dog-catcher
has overlooked are expected to go with
out the label of the day.
The baseball game between the Cham
Der OF Commerce and the Board OF
Trade 10 be played for the benefit Of
the Fairgrounds Ass ociation on Satur-
day afternoon, June q, was the subject
Of consideration at large meeting held
in the rooms OF the Chamber OF Com
merCe last night. Tile two teams were
picked out, but the lineup is yet 20 be
determined This VIII depend on how
games 10 be played next week; one
by the Board of TrEde Wednesday az
ternOOn at o. clock and the other Tues
day afternoon, Both are 70 be at Amer
lean League Park
Personnel Of the Teams.
The personnel OF the teams is as fol-
lows: Board OF Trade, f. J. McQuade,
DR.. +. r. Gibson. John II Nolan, G.
l. Harding, Ed. H MARROW, g. D.
Church, otto DeMoH, a. Leftwich Sin
clair, Thad. Sargent ). Lewis Smith,
W. A. H. Church. Charles Langley,
William r. Bowen, I'D T. Bates
Charles Fl. Roesch. J. s. Sutherland
and Charles T. Claggett.
Chamber of Commerce-Bert T. Amos.
AdOlph Guide. George G. Shaffer. D. J.
Callahan. Arthur Marks. Arthur Plau-,
Phil KING. o. +. Metzerott. Albert
Schulteis. Ralph w Lee, Ed Walsh
Thomas l. Hume. DR.. Harry kaufman,
Tingue Hume, Arthur @. Newmyer, Al
len ID. Albert IT., j. NJ. Stoddard. and
Benjamin Woodruff.
The managers OF the two teams are
Phil King for the Chamber. and Or.
+. Z. Gibson, for the Board Of Trade.
The Chamber of Commerce will wear
blue shirts and the Board Of Trade
white. Otherwise, there VIII be no dir-
ference in the uniforms.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-06-11
MISS A. S. PECK
TO CLIMB PEAK

NEW YORK. June 51.-AIiss Annie s.
Peck, the mountain climber who has
scaled the Matterhorn. PopocatepetI.
and the JuEgfrau, will leave New York
June "A 10 make her nth attempt TO
reach the peak Of Huascaran. a Peru
vian mountain, which she declares IS
the highest on the American continent.
Miss Peck goes today 10 Washington
to get instruments with which to prove
that Huascaran towers 5000 feet above
the sea.