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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-08-20
The Lion of the Future.

A Coney Island lion choked to
death on bone. Next we shall be
hearing OF lion eating with his
knife.-puffalo Express.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-08-20
Horses in Demand.

Western shippers are beginning to
turn TO the New York market again
as an outlet for their horses.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-08-20
A woman's Chance of Marrying

Qf She Wants the MANI
xxro,,arfo Arm Nhanoac In I nm
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raIkinn With the Dead.

The idea of the possibility OF spirit
communication is of itself in nowise
opposed to reasonable belief, but Is a
matter to be decided by rigid exami-
nation alone. And yet In every age
belief has swayed from pole to pole,
according to the prevalent habit OF
thought. Three hundred years ago this
belief was solemnly upheld by the
chief Justice of England at a time
when denial was considered evidence
of demoniac possession. Fifty years
ago. when Darwin and Huxley imagin-
ed that they had pushed back the Dor
ders of the unknowable to the farthest
point attainable, the still, small voice
of Wallace appeared, crying in a will
derness of SCOTS and jeers. Today,
even within the last five years, the
pendulum has swung distinctly back
toward the original point again. AND
all the while science maintains her un-
alterable laws, and 1t Is the minds OF
the scientists which alone are vaclilat-
ing-Charles Johnston in Harpers.
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A Lost Compliment.

An eminent singer Of foreign birth
whose appetite is such that it almost
rivals the fame of his voice dined at
table where all the women were rea-
sonably mature, with the exception OF
the nineteen-year-old daughter OF MS
host. who sat at the great mans lelt'
The artist paid avid attention to his
plate until the latter stages Of the re-
past. when the dishes began to come
slowly enough for him to engage ID
conversation with the young person. 10
whom In the Latin manner he pald d
Latin compliment, assuring her IN her
priyate ear that to him she seemed
like a flower among vegetables"
"Then can scarcely hope to occupy
first place in your thoughts at dinner
she responded demurely.
And the eminent singer could not
think of an answer-Harper's Weekly
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-03-28
SHOOTING WITH M0RTARS.
Hitting the Target Is Simply Matter
of Mathematics.

How do we hit with the mOrtars!
An observer near the shore who sees
the target communicates the horizontal
and vertical angle at which to lay the
mortar and the instant Of time at
which to fire, and the gun does the
rest. If you were standing at the cen
ter of a large clock dial laid fiat on the
ground and wanted to hit with base
ball a man walking around on the out
side. YOU would notice how long 1t took
the man to get from | to II and again
from II to III. Then you would de-
eide whether if the ball were thrown
over a point halfway between iii and
Y Just as he arrived opposite I'LL the
man and the ball would reach the
same spot at the same time, 1t being
understood, of course, that he main
tanned uniform speed and direction and
that the ball was thrown with proper
force. Instruments give us the range
and observations, and mechanical de-
vices give us the range differences, in
creasing or decreasing by certain short
Intervals of time, too short for a ship
Of any size to escape by attempting to
change direction or speed. Our OBJ
servers circle has 10000 divisions
CAPTAIN Howell in Scientific American
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A ROTHSCHILD STORY.
The Reward That Came to a Student
With a Heart.

The Reward hat Came 10 ON"SS">
With a Heart.
Old Rothschild stories are popular
now in Europe. "Some are true" says
an English writer, 'some are only
clever. and many are simply inven-
tlons. But all are read with interest.
Here is one from the Bystander, Lon
don:
"At a luncheon given by Empress
Eugene at the Tuileries the head OF
the Paris house of Rothschild was
seated opposite a great painter. hoth-
schild was not blessed with good looks
and had, moreover, an expression OF
distress and resignation combined. Inc
painter could not take his eyes off him,
and this worried Rothschild not lit
tie. After the meal he asked the paint
er why he had taken so great an inter-
est in him, and to his great amaze
ment the painter informed him that he
had studied him as a model for a beg
gar in picture he was then evolving.
Rothschild's face frightened, and he
said, 4 will sit for YOU And he did
One day when he was posing pupil
Of the painters was so touched by the
expression of woe on the face of the
model that he slipped five franc piece
into the poor mans hand and van
ished before an explanation was posi-
bic. The next day the young man re-
ceived f40O as interest on his well In
vested ) francs"
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OFFICE DR0WSINESS.
Il May Be tho Beginning Of Serious
Mental Trouble.

IL May be Ino DGSli''HS ~
Mental Trouble.
"Some men are quite martyrs to or
fce drowsiness," said a physician to
natiel,t who was complaining OF that
feeling. ANY monotonOus sound near
them. the hum of traffic outside or
even the scratching Of a clerks pen Is
sufficient to induce feeling OF sleepl-
ness which it is almost Impossible 10
resist. The worst Of it is that this
symptom seldom is regarded as any
thing serious, though l have known
It TO be the beginning of critical mental
trouble. Far more often, however, IL
IS merely the effect of constitutional
ecccntricity, though in either case a
few simple remedies might be tried
with advantage.
For example, | always advise the
old indigestion cure-a glass or not
water-when the feeling comes on. 10
keen the eyes tightly closed for two
or three minutes and then battle them
In very warm water often gives RELIEF
at once. And another good idea Is to
lower the head for few seconds TO a
level with the knees Above all, one
should never give in to the feeling OF
drowsiness by taking a short nap III
the hope Of waking up brighter after
II. At the same time the condition OF
the office might be looked to. Inc
slightest defect in ventilation VIII
often cause one man to be affected by
Office drowslness even If other persons
in the same room feel nothing OF II
whatever."-New York Press.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-03-28
A KING HARNESSED A HORSE
Meanwhile Its Owner Sat by, Watching
the Monarch Work.

the Monarch Work.
Much Travelled people Will TESTIFY
that the most stupid people in the
whole world are found In Mecklenburg,
Germany. Natives Of that district are
soid to be even more dense than the
inhabitants of the county Of Wiltshire,
England, and that is saying a good
deal The inhabitants Of both OF these
nloces will admit the impeachment,
but they do not call 1t stupidity. Iney
have another name for 1t. They have
exalted 1t into a virtue and call 1t
"imperturbability." In the United
States IL a country yokel didn't know
the way TO a town fifteen miles away
no would be accounted fool. But In
Mecklenburg the peasant one meets
on the highways doesn't know, mas
never been there and never wants 70
90 That Is imperturbabillty.
1t is a mistake, however. to tninK
that the country dullard never
"scores." as the king Of Wurttemperg
has discovered. Recently that royal
individual went to shoot with the
Grand Duke Adolphus of Mecklenburg.
Accompanied by the grand dukes cid
ost son. they drove in luxurious mo-
tor car to the famous deer PARK at
Neustrelitz. On the way they came
unon q country tilt cart drawn at
spail's pace along the narrow road by
n white horse. Perched on the seat
we're peasant and his good VIE.
The chauffeur blew his horn, ana
much TO the royal party's surprise tne
horse began TO prance briskly.
AS the peasant made no attempt 10
pull the horse and cart out OF the roao
tbe chauffeur repeated the "honK,
bonk" The horse reared and jumped
about but, strange to say, the peasant
and his wife sat stolidly on the seat
without any signs of excitement FL
nally the horse Topped over on It's
side and lay quite still.
Immediately out jumped the King
the grand duke and the son OF tne
GRAND duke and came running up 10
the fallen horse. The grand duke maze
a dive at the horses head, his SOD
grabbed the bride. and the king mar
rowly escaped serious injury in unfas
tening the traces while the horses hinc
legs were working like fails. All THIS
while the peasant and his good wife
sat calmly on their seat and watchec
the royal trio perspire at their SELF I'm
posed task. Finally after a great dea
of pulling and coaxing the white horse
scrambled to its feet and patiently SUD
, mitted to being reharnessed by tn
, three pairs of hands which probabl!
never before had done such humble
work. When everything was in orde
again, the grand duke handed the peas
. mt a piece Of money.
. There, there, my good man. II
q said. ITS all right this time anyhow
= Now you can tell your cronies that tn
, grand duke and his son picked up you
horse and the king Of Wurttember
helped them."-Kansas City Star.
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A MODERN SOUP STONE.
And Word About the Treatment OF
the Ills of Old Age.

And a Word About the Treatment OF
the Ills of Old Age.
The Medical Times Of New YORK /
holds out to mankind new beacon OF !
hone in the form of an article by Or.
Samuel G. Tracy promising cure
through electricity for the ills of old
age. 1t is the arteries, Dr. Tracy
noints out. that first show the symp-
toms of senility. When their walls lose
elasticity a man is growing old. The
cause of the hardening of the arteries
is an impure condition of the blood,
and it is here that Dr. Tracy suggests
that the electric battery shall get in its
benefcent work. A treatment which
DR.. Tracy proposes through use OF
hvfrex coil-whatever that may be-
"bombards the patient with millions
of oscillations per second" There IS
an elaborate statement Of how the
thing is to be done, winding up Wild
this significant remark: This treat
ment must be seconded by strlct alten-
ton to diet and hygiene"
This last suggestion throws world
of light upon the whole matter and at
the same time reminds us OF a story
which was current in we'll ordered
nurseries about forty-flve years ago. 1t
was story Of a vagabond who beg
ged the privilege Of making soup over
the kitchen fire Of a cottage from a
smooth stone which he carried in his
pocket. First he begged Of the kind
cottage wife the use Of her fire; then he
borrowed kettle; then he asked for
some water, for any old bone that hap
pened to be lying about, for some vege-
tables, for a pinch of salt and for what
not essential to the making Of a rich
soup. When the decoction was done
and eaten the soup stone was carefully
dried and returned to the pocket Of this
artist in beggary to serve some future
occasions. DR.. Tracys electric scheme
is. we suspect, much like this soup
stone, since given "strict attention tc
diet and hygiene" the rest is always
easy. In truth, if there be anything
the matter with a man which "stric
attention to diet and hygiene" will no
cure his family may just as well Drusf
up their black clothes.-Argonaut'
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WAKING Up the Dead Sea.

"If electric light and trolley cars,
American labor saving machines ana
French luxuries excite no comment ID
Damascus" says Dr. Paul Hitler IN
Berlin paper, "why should there not
be life on the shores Of the Dead scar
That there will be / have no doubt
Formerly the experts who came 10
this part of the Holy Land were men
learned in the Bible and sacred his
tory. To them an old inscription or an
ancient manuscript was great dis
covery. They still go to the Holy
Land, these students and dreamers,
but another class Of experts are also
there now. They are looking for min
eral deposits on the banks OF the DEAD
sea. They are searching for material
things. The indications are that they
will find enough to bring about q
change, and the Dead sea district may
possibly soon become very much alive"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-03-28
Kinn Snoh.

Richard Nordhausen in "Kunstwart'
enlarges On the power of new mon
arch whom he calls king Snob."
"Snob," he says, using the English
word despite the German emperor's re-
quest to omit the use of foreign words,
makes our fashions not only in our
theaters and our bookstores, but even
DEGREES at the art exhibitions which
pictures shall be a la vogue, for, un-
seen, he occupies place on the jury.
Snob indicates also which Of the COM
posers are great Snob creates all the
art fashions which have their origin
in the large cities. We should not be
deceived. OF the imposing artistic
community which makes the laws for
the great cities Of Germany seven
eighths regard art with the eyes Of the
know nothing They crowd to the
front the men with big heads and legs
like matches and hinder the progress
of those whose talent is not supported
by clan and bell. This power destroys
culture" The writer makes power
full plea against the rule OF king
Snob" and "snobismus."
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THE ARTlCHOKE CLASS.
Where Clara Barton Spelled on Her
First Day In School.


First Day In School.
On the morning of her first day In
"regular school" Clara Barton was
taken on the strong shoulders OF ner
eldest brother, Stephen, mile through
the deep drifts to the schoohouse. IL
was the winter term, and the pupils,
as was usual at that time, included not
only the large boys and girls, but in
reality the young men and young wom-
en- of the neighborhood. Little Clara,
then about five, was the baby of the
school.
She confesses In her book, "The Sto-
nv of MY Childhood" that she recalls
no introduction to the teacher, but was
set down among the many pupils In
the by no means spacious room, with
her spelling book and the traditional
SLATE from which no one could sep
arate her
81 was seated on one of the low
benches and sat very STILL" Miss Bar
ton remembers. "At length the maJes
tlc schoolmaster seated himself and
taking a primer, called the class OF
little ones to him.
"He pointed the letters to each.
named them all and was asked to spell
some little words, dog cat etc.
whercupon hesitatingy Informed MIN
that 4 did not spell there
"'Where do you spellY he asked.
az spell in "artlchoke,"' that being
the leading word in the three syllabl'
column In my speller"
The schoolmaster good naturedl.
conformed to the little girls sugges
ton. and she was put into the "artl
choke" class to bear her part FOR III
winter and read and spell for IN
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Gaping THE WIGS.
Official Visit of London's Lord Mayor
to the Law Courts.

to the Law Courts.
A curious survival of medieval GUS
tom IS witnessed in London ON every
lord MAYORS day. This is an official
visit of the lord mayor to the law
courts In old times the sovereign
himself awaited at Westminster the
coming of the lord mayor in a chariot
Of state with sword bearer, mace hold
or. chaplain and gorgeOusly liyeried
coocbmen and fOOtmen. The forms
have been changed, and the visit Is
now paid to the high court, but the
shirt of the act remains, for the lord
mayor opens his term in the Mansion
House with a ceremonial involving rec
IGNITION of the supreme authority OF
the crown.
The instrument used for expressing
this traditional idea Is an old fash
toned cooked hat. When the lord may
or in his splendid robes Of Office en-
ters the high court with his retinue IN
costume he solemnly lifts his cooked
hat three times from his head and So
lutes the lord chief justice and the
justices.
The Judges always wear robes ana
wigs when in court. For lord mayors
day they have also a fat black cap,
which can be slipped over the top OF
the wig. The lord chief justice and MS
associates return the lord mayors sa'
lutte gravely, but do not take Off their
black caps. If they were to DO this
they would place the crown on leve
Of equality with the municipality
The lord mayor, with his retinue
then visits the judges in other courts
to invite them to the Guildhall ban
ouet. When the rustling noise Of th'
procession is heard each judge fumDie'
in a drawer, pulls out a little square
Of black cloth and crowns his WIZ
with It. The lord mayor takes OH Ill
three cornered hat three times, and TN
Justice on the bench bows, but remains
coyered.-New York Tribune.
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London and Paris.

There is evidence to show that LON
don WAS a considerable town before
the Roman invasion. Its Celtic name
was Lyndin Qake fort. Tacitus, in the
first century, calls it Londinium ana
describes it as a fourlshing place. Inc
earliest notice Of Paris is in Caesars
Commentaries" Caesar called it Lutte
tia and described it as a collection OF
mud huts. Lutetia began in the fourth
century TO be known as Parisia, or
Paris. and In the sixth century was Sc
lected by Clovis as the seat of govern
mont OF the two cities London IS UNI
doubtedly the more ancient, though
how much older it is impossible to say.
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The Diqnified Course.

An army examiner once had can
didate before him who apparently was
unable to answer the simplest ques-
ton. At last the examiner lost his
temper and, with sarcastic emphasis
quite lost on the youth before him,
said:
Suppose. sir, that you were a cap
tain in command of company or IN
fantry; that in your rear was an I'M
passable abyss; that on either side OF
YOU lowered perpendicular rocks OF I'M
traversable height; that before you
stood the enemy, a hundred men TO
each one Of yours. What, sir, WOULD
YOU do in this emergency
"Sir," said the aspirant to military
honors. 81 should resign."-Pearson
Weekly.
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Similar Result.

There are certain delicate shades OF
expression of which Frenchman 49,
as a rule, past master One member
Of that fluent nation, stranded In New
York. was setting forth his troubles
to a lawyer
Il understand from what you say
that YOU are convinced your friend
Lecomte has stolen your purse" said
the lawyer -.
"No no. monsieur! Not so fast!'
cried his client. Il only say that II
Lecomte had not assisted me to hunt
for II | should have found it again."
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-03-28
CURES FOR LOVE.
ssues and Writers With Widely ph-
fering Prescriptions.

fering PRESCRIPTIONS
Absence is one of the means of curing
love. Two thousand years ago OVld
advised his readers who wished 10
cure themselves Of an unlucky attach
ment to flee the capital, to travel, hunt
or till the soil. :,
Love" said Colerldge, lis a local
anguish. l am fifty miles away anu
not half so miserable"
But other men have found that aD-
sence increases love. La Rochefoucaulu
probably hit upon the truth when he
said that absence destroys weak pas
sions. but increases strong ones, as the
wind extinguishes candle, but BLOWS
m a fire" If the love is all fancy ana
has LITTLE strength 1t may be cured by
personal contact with the object. But
the safer plan perhaps is to keep out
of the way; hence travel is a good e1-
Incident. Business perhaps Is better
one. Ovid said, IF you desire 10 emo
YOUR love employ yourself and you VIII
conuuer. for love fees business.
Still another eXpedient is renection
upon the unhappiness of married hle.
4 man IN search of this view can mo
If everywhere. Addison said tha'
"beautv soon grows familiar TO the
lover. fades in his eye and pals upon
tha sense" and Hazlitt that, Though
familiarity may not breed contempt, II
takes the edge off admiration
Goethe said, with most marriage II
does not take long for things to assume
a very piteous look" But none OF these
men married happily. Goldsmith said
"NIany of the English marry Ill oruei
to have one happy month III thell
lives" and Colley Cibber on no"
many torments lie in the small circle
of a wedding ring"
But undoubtedly the best way to ge
rid of one love is to have another
"Au love may be expelled by love al
poisons are by other polsons, say
DRYDEN. Heine says: THE most e1ec
five antidote to woman is woman. II
such case the medicine is often mor'
noxious than the malady, but 1t Is a
any rate a change, and IN a disconso
late love affair a change in the lnamo
rata is unQuestionably the best pollcy'
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IlIiteracy In France.

The world is so accustomed 70 re-
gard France as being in the vanguard
of culture that 1t comes as shock 10
learn that there is higher percentage
Of illiteracy there than in several other
countries of Europe. This is the more
striking because France has had COM
pulsory education for about a quarter
of century The most recently pup
lished statistics show that Of 24OOO con-
scripts summoned in the Seine contln-
gent in October, the section which In
cludes Paris, CT could neither read nor
write, 90 could read only and 1881
could scarcely be said to know how 10
read and write. At the present time
the percentage of illiterates in France
is forty per 1000 men and sixty per
1000 women. In this respect France
compares unfavorably with Germany,
which has only four illiterates per l,OOo
of the population, and with Sweden
Denmark and Holland, where the Hit
crates number from eight to forty-nVe
per 1OOO.-London Chronicle.
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James A. Garfield.
BY j. n. E ID G Z X ON'

~vO the poor boy looking for an In
spring example the career OF
lanes A. Garfield furnishes an
n ideal and an incentive. From
the towpath to the presidency is long
ascent. He had no outward helps
in making that climb, but rose only
through the strength Of his own CHAR
acter Not only did he rise himself, but
he formulated a gospel of success ana
gave it to the world. He was not with
out the qualities that appeal 10 the III
tellect. but he was supreme IN the
qualities that appeal to the heart. Oen-
erous and warm hearted, yet cool ana
nnimnassioned. strong without harsh
ness. self reliant without boorlshnesS'
righteous without phariseelsm, reH-
gious without priggishness, witty Win
out wounding others, possessing goou
fellowship without letting himself down
70 things ignOble or unworthy, Garneiu
was great in his goodness. Nhlle pos
sessing much will power, he was not
rigid and by some was consldereu
weak. He did not overawe others ana
force his way by sheer ability, but
rather drew men to him and won his
points by persuasive arts. His nature
while rugged, was not rough, but was
melloved by a great kindliness. In his
presence men felt him to be greater
than the things he did or said. There
was In his very atmosphere that lnde-
Enable something which inspires con-
fdence and esteem. Without being daz-
cling or supereminent in any line ne
did all things well. An inspiring teach
or and minister, q brave and resource
ful soldier, a winning and eloquent
speaker, broad minded and efficient
legislator. he was far above mediocrity
in every field. Had he remained a sol
der to the end Of the war he might
have been one Of our greatest generals
had his life been spared he might have
been one Of our most illustrious presl
dents. Concerning these things we cal
only speculate. But 1t was his great
ness as a man that was felt by the
world rather than his especial accom-
plishments in any field Of endeavor.
Here is one saying of Gafhelds tina
Is typical Of the man:
poverty is uncomfortable, as l cal
testify, but nine times out Of ten tn
best thing that can happen to youni
man is to be tossed overheard ant
compelled to sink or swim for himself
In all my acquaintance l never knew
man to drown who was worth the say
ing"