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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-12-17
Two Fog stories.

Justice Harlan told story to
Judge Taft of how he went out to
play golf in fog. He thought he
would drive the ball and send II off
at hazard" He came to the cad
die and asked him to find the ball,
looking within radius of 800 yards.
The caddie's eyes stuck out.
Il done found dat ball. Judge. It
am In de hole sure 'nough. ~ Jest
wiggled in like"
II was certainly remarkable lhat a
drive through the fog should place a
ball where the most earnest effort of
two to twenty strokes may fail In
broad daylight.
Judge Taft responded with Ash
Ing story, also about fog. He went
out one day in wagon TO fish and
the fog came down thick He drew
up where he thought the stream
ought to be. cast his line, felt a pull
and hauled in fine trout-another
bite and another. until the wagon
was filled. Tho fog lifted and the
wagon was 800 yards from the riverl
There was silence which might be
felt when Judge Taft concluded. and
Justice Harlan told no more fog stos
s1es. National Magazine.
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A Child of Belial.
p---Q
BY LOTTIE BROWN.

young man for the first time. she
said:
my little girl, don't make love to
John Madison. He Is too good a man,
and 1t would grieve me when l come
for you to see shadow in those hon.
est eyes, and to know that my
naughty daughter had placed It there.
For where this mans heart fixes it.
self, there 1t will stay forever"
So Vashti never tried at all to cap
tivate him. That is, she did not
wear her French dresses, or do her
hair fashionably, or quote poetry, or
put on any pretty airs, but was her
own laughing, rollicking self, and
treated John as she would have treat
cd brother.
And yet on that bright morning
she came out, and heard enough with
her own ears, and saw enough with
her own eyes, to assure her that, In
spite of all her naturalness, John
Madison was in love with her.
What could she do about IT?
She wouldn't hurt him for the
world, for he was the best, the very
best fellow she had ever known; and
she liked him, and thought him hand
some-very handsome-and---we
she must say something, SO she sat
down at the foot Of one of the trees.
and began:
II don't wonder Uncle Levi thinks
me awful! l suppose am. l have
got a furious temper. Nobody ever
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-12-17
Homc-Made Fireless Cooker.

My fireless cooker is made from a
common box in which canned toma-
toes were packed. The box is twenty
inches long, twelve inches deep and
fourteen inches wide The bottom
and sides were lined with Boston
Posts and ground cork was put on
the bottom to make a layer two
inches deep. Two ten-pound tin lard
pals were set in and around each
one was placed q pasteboard cylinder
a little larger and higher than the
pals. The box was then filled up
with the cork, which was packed
down firmly. Meat is boiled ten
minutes in ten-pound maple sugar
pail. 1t is then covered tightly and
set into the larger pail, which is filled
with boiling water and then covered.
A feather cushion is put over 1t, and
over all is thrown an old wool
blanket. II is a crude affair, but II
works as we'll as the expensive manu-.
factured ones. Food placed in 1t IN
the morning is "piping" hot for our
o'clock dinner. The tin pals had
in the house, SO my cooker did not
cost me q cent.-Boston Post.
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N&5 FRALS IN
MAAA AAFASHgoMEA!
GNSNs2s

The lapel is seen on everything.
Flannel waists are to be much
worn.
Ottoman silk is favorite in mil
linery.
There will be an unusual demand
for satin.
Skirts are narrow and trains posi-
lively skinny.
School girls will wear immense
fiat hats of plush.
The rage for things Oriental is
quite as virulent as ever.
The modern muff consists of star
ing eyes and wagging tails.
1t is a noticeable feature of tho
girdles that they all fasten at the
side.
Little neck pieces, composed of fur
bands and ruffies, are the thing just
now
1t is fancy just now to line coats
with brocade in the shade of the
skin.
Single buttons at prices current in
jewelry departments are not at all
unusual.
Sets of boa, muff and fur toque
to match are to be the latest thing
for winter.
Very long, full wraps for evening
and afternoon are made of old-fash,
ioned brooade.
A wreath OF tiny pink ponpon roses
Is charming head-dress for a young
girl to wear at school dance.
All of the favorite forms of hair
ornaments come in Jet filets, combs,
barrettes and ornaments OF all kinds.
Among the new trimmings there
are hand-riveted metal effects, copied
in work and pattern from Egyptian
wells.
Even debutantes will display a
train. and matrons will think nothing
OF carrying one three or four yards
long.
The best petticoat to wear with
Directoire gowns is the one made OF
wool or silk Jersey that clings tight
as ones skin. and blossoms around
the foot into silk rufies aud flounces.
Nuns are square. OF bad form, and
much larger than those OF last year,
when there was return CT favor to
the smaller types. They are adorned
with heads and tails, frequently in
groups OF three.
In all the gowns and in all dresses
for morning wear. or simple after
noon wear, dark colors are those most
In vogue, but there are certain bright
tsals OF old rose and saffron that ara
exceedingly fashlonapio.
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ouiclker at TwentY.hve.

When a man asks a sixteen-year-
old girl to go to party with him she
will look doubtful and say she doesn't
know whether she wants to go or
not. Sometimes she will look down
at his feet while she hesitates, and
he will imagine that she is wondering
II he uses those big feet to step on
his partners toes in the dances.
After she has deliberated long enough
to make him feel that she is a
princess and he an impudent beggar
to ask such a favor at her royal
hands, she accepts In such a half
hearted way that he feels ashamed
of himself that he imposed upon her
by asking. But a girl of twenty-five
will accept the invitation quicker
Atchison Globe.
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Folk Dances For Children.

The work was done quietly and un-
obstrusively; sometimes the newspa-
pers noticed that there was a move
ment on foot to teach dancing in the
public schools, but outside of those
directly interested in the progress of
this movement, few people under
stood what IL meant or the extent to
which 1t had been carried out until
there appeared at Van Cortlandt
Park, on the Afternoon OF September
IL, one of the prettiest sights ever
seen against background of sloping
greensward, quiet lake and shady
trees. Four or five hundred children,
representing nearly every nation in
cosmopolitan New York City, were
dancing upon the grass-as their
grandfathers and grandmothers
danced at home upon the village
green--the folk dance of Germany,
Scotland. Ireland, Spain, Russia,
Italy, Poland, Bohemia, Sweden and
Hungary, and dancing them with a
spirit, precision and verve that
showed the most complete compre-
hension and whole hearted enjoy
ment on the part of the dancers. So
far as was possible, each one of the
national dances was given by the
children of that nationality, and the
little ones wore over their simple
white dresses some distinguishing
feature of the national costume. And
how these children did dancel The
leader of the orchestra was thorough
ly in sympathy with them and helped
them all he could, for he stood clear
of his men and devoted his baton to
the guidance OF the little dancers, as
group followed group in quick sue
cession. The spectators too shared
in the fun, nodding delighted heads
and tapping responsive feet to the
familiar rhythms, and rapturous
comments in nearly every language in
Europe mingled with the frequent
applause. In fact. the spirit of the
whole thing was genuine. 1t was
not in any sense spectacle, but the
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aGoodaThIAQS
GSlS0b Eat
Es'.,sss Z, .HND HcK TO
%sfskp R2ER4KE- THEN

Sour Milk Gems.--Two cups sour
milk. one egg. spoonful sugar, salt
one-half teaspoon, small teaspoon Of
soda, two large cups -four. Bake
fifteen minutes.
Boiled Filet of Beef.---Cut slices
from the tenderloin, wipe the meat,
grease the gridiron, broil over clear
fire, turning every ten counts for
bthree or five minutes. Spread with
Maitre d'Hotel butter.
Illusion NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. white
of egg to stiff froth. stir in yolk, add
slowly one tablespoonful melted but
ter, two teaspoonfuls lemon juice or
vinegar. cook until stiff as scrambled
egg. Use with bread
Cafe Parfait.--One pint of cream,
one cup of sugar. half cup of strong
coffee. Mix, chill and whip. Take
the froth off into a freezer or into a
mould. Pack the mould in ice and
salt and let 1t stand two hours with
out stirring.
Bluebcrry Cake.-Berry cake may
be made very easily by adding cup
OF blueberries, dredged lightly with
-four, to good biscuit dough A
sweet blueberry cake may be made
by adding two tablespoons of sugar
and one egg to the shortened biscuit
dough Always dredge the berries
with -four. Bake the same as bis
cult or breakfast cakes.
Raspberry Charlotte.--Pick over
and mash one quart OF canned rasp-
berries. cook IN heavy sugar syrup
until tender. Pour over one dozen
lady-hngers arranged In standard
glass dish, covered with an inverted
china bowl, allowing II to remain
until cool. Place ON top Of raspber-
ries and syrup, when cool, one-half
pint OF cream. whipped and sweet
ened. Favored with vanilla. Tiis
makes . delicate dessert for hot days.
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P1eat n I.ooselr at Night

At night little girls hair should
never be tightly curled or pleated If
you want 1t to grow thick and long,
but be very loosely done in two
pleats, so that in the morning there
are practically no tangles to be
combed out. What does 1t matter II
they don't look particularly pretty, so
long as children are healthy and
happy? That is the great point; and
1t is far better for o girl to have
straight hair in nursery days than to
have no hair at all, or only very
skinny locks, when she grows to
womanhood--a quite possible result
of over-much crimping and curling.
Do all you can to make 1t grow, and
dont bother about kinks, and you
will earn your chlld's gratitude, not
only while she is in the nursery, but
all her life long.-Home Chat. -
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Entered a Nunnerx.

The Grand Duchess Elizabeth of
Russia, sister of the Czarina and
widow of the Grand Duke Sergius.
who was assassinated in Moscow, en-
tered nunnery in that city. The
Grand Duchess. who is a granddaugh-
ter of the late Queen Victoria, after
her marriage with the Grand Duke
Sergius, resided in Moscow. She be-
came increasingly popular with the
people of Moscow, says the Paris
Journal, as her husbands arbitrary
methods as Governor of the city
reused against him a hate that grew
ever fiercer, and received a warning
not to accompany her husband on the
day when he and his carriage were
blown to pieces.-London Globe.
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Because I-we-all of us, you
know. want on to stay"
"You don't care!"
She sprang up.
II dol do! Don't go, John
stay!"
"For what? To see the woman I
love always before my eyes, or to be
able to turn no way but what | see
something which her presence has
hallowed, or to-"
John, don't go! and don't talk in
that melancholy way! l like YOU;
II
go on"
81 like you"
"Well. l won't stay for that"
well, then, like you very much. :"
"You love--can't you say that?"
"Yes. think so"
A half hour later, Vashti and John
came into the sitting-room, where
/ Uncle Levi was roaring to Aunt Mary
and Vashtis mother something about
nations and tribes, and at the first
lull, vashtL came forward crying;
"John has forgiven me, and IL you
will,' uncle, and will adopt me as
your own child, I'm sure Belial will
give me up"
And john"
"John Will stay at home" said the
young man himself. putting his arm
about her.
And John did stay at home. and
vashti with him as his wife.-satur-
day Night.
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THE BENEFIT OF DOUBT.

There's subtle the thinca that are not known.
The mysteries ee may nc1 understand '-|,f'~'
And we very seldom to let well
We lose our chance by "calng" Fortunes hand
1t isn't that much depends the net result
Or that we really much NJ W ttt f
its simple curiosity that leads N to
In finding Quilts pleasanter to doubt
dream may be tempting @the sparkle in the cup
But not eat cake and keep too. -
And when taste, be ris of wakn
Investigation spoils chance for -
For whether, when the thing, il isn't so
Or just that idea
It's too late when it's with 10 didn't
You dodge the disappointment when you doubt It.
When maiden poses pensive, attitude and ease
With captivating two betrayed;
And antalizng twinkle tempting what please
There is danger in the contradiction made
You strike safer medium the matter
You'd like to know the truth, but do without IL.
You're not "or keeps" and you'd hate TO have her
The incest thing TO do, then to doubt IL.
In little tilt OF talents between a and
Fight shy OF anything that would impel
settled understanding You the game clear through
And the situation well.
There's little question
It's all when we know about it.
The pleasure Of conjecture is Enjoyments vital spark
Ruth Huntoon, n The Reader.
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Christ in the Home.

The sweetest words in the English
language are Jesus, Heaven, mother
and home. One writer has said, "The
star of motherhood dawns in the life
of Eve; the tenderness in the word
Father reveals itself in the promise
to Abraham, and the glory of the
child shines in the prophecy OF
Isaiah"
God created a mother, sanctioned
marriage and established the home.
The home is a divine institution and
its sanctity necessary for the moral
uplift of man. at is at once the bull
wark and the glory of the nation"
Lessen the sanctity of the home
and you sap the foundations OF the
republic If national stability is
considered the prime requisite of
every good government, we shall
have II in proportion as we maintain
the stability of the home. The home
being 30 important in the sight of
God, it is expected that in His plan
of redemption He would touch hu-
manity through this channel and so
Christ came as a babe, born into a
home. Artists are fond of putting a
circle of light about the head of the
Infant Christ, but Henry Ward Beech
His mothers arms holding Him close
to loving heart"
Christ grew up in a home. He
had godly training. The character of
His mother indicates it. One of the
most beautiful sights in this world
is that of a mother with the little
child at her knee receiving religious
instruction. We thank God for
Christian motherhood. Our hearts
go out in pity and sympathy to that
girl wife who Is learning through BIT
ter experience that the way of the
transgressor is hard" and the
thought will rise in the heart, would
to God that every child might have
the training of a Christ-filled home.
Let Christ come into your lives
and homes and your old age will be
happy at the sight of God-fearing
children.
Christ loved the home. His mira
cles for the benefit of the family cir
Gle prove it. His tenderness toward
little children; His own loveliness as
set forth in the cry, "The foxes have
holes and the birds of the air have
nests, but the Son of Man hath not
where to lay His head" His last act
on the cross-"Son, behold thy moth
er"-these and other incidents in His
life reveal heart love for the home.
Let us have more of Christ in the
home; erect the family altar; let the
child hear God thanked for the daily
food, and we are sure there viii be
fewer divorces and less need for
pleading the "unwritten law" and
emotional insanity" in the halls of
justice.-Washingt Star.
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ont of SELF Into God.

1t is only at the moment of the
going out from ourselves that we are
truly made a people to the Lord, al.
though until then we may have been
always consecrated to Him by the
life of His grace; since It is in this
day that the soul losing all proprie-
ty. finds itself disposed to be received
into God II becomes also peculiarly
His in that, having gone out from IT,
self, 1t resists Him no longer; for
every soul resists God Just as much
as 1t remains in itself, and 1t becomes
to Him so much the more supple the
more 1t comes out.-Mme. Guyon.
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A Neat Booklet.

Select pretty piece of white mo-
rocco paper and cut It TO form a
booklet cover. Fill It with wooden
white leaves and fasten at the back
with brown silken cord and tassels.
With the typography needle burn the
edges of the cover and the tiny
woolen leaves, just enough to give
n pretty outline against the white
On the front page outline a brown
spinning wheel in the centre, almost
overshadowed with large cobweb
This can be daintily fashioned and
will be very handsome IL properly
made.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
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THE SUCCESSFUL FARMER OF THE FUTURE.

The day is coming when the small farm he
machinery the knowledge rotations
and the careful but intense cultivation
equipment which will yield handsome of
the future who shall win will
VIII know his fields like the potter clay
mind VIII be skilled the hand of the artisan
ne % vase He viii be able to plan campaign his pas
Win the same precision that Cold
execute 1t with the of
lawyer knows his Code, he will be
strata and as the practitioner drilled
cedure he will know the rotations He
precedent and his evenings shall be
text books and farm journal and the experiences his
solsen In other countries shall be his always
must be student but his knowledge shall
DOORS Personal experience experimentation pats
TO other model FARMS the constant inhibition
these shall make his battery Reporter
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had a worse one, or, did worse things
than / do. unless, of course, it was
some murderer"
John did not look at all shocked, i,
but showed his teeth in one of his
beautiful smiles, and went on COM
posedly pruning.
Il am terribly selfish, too! 1 never
care anything about other people or
their feelings, and really shouldn't
care II all the folks in the world we're
miserable, il was all right. / sup
pose all children of my parent are
so?"
children of Belial? 1 suppose
so" said John.
II am the LATEST person in the
world. Mamma says 30. hate
work. I think / should rather be
hungry than to work and cook. How
can Aunt Mary cook and work so
hard?"
John pushed his hat back, and
looked over toward the house.
Bless your heart, Vashtii my
mother was born sixty years ago, and
women lived differently in those days.
Why, mother could not trust her
work to any girl. She thinks she
must look after everything. But as
for you-you little white, soft, dainty
thing--who would think Of making
you work."
What fool he isl" thought
Vashti, and In desperation she went
slowly toward the house, and thought
she had better go home and stay
there.
4 Uncle Levi had put up his Bible,
and now was coming out to his work,
and at sight of her paused, and looked
gravely at her.
what shall I do, uncle? Am 1
such a wicked creature?" she asked
him.
Very! suppose you might be
worse, however" he replied.
"I'd like to do something to show
you that mean to do right. would
like to read a chapter every night
about these departures, and about
the tribes OF Asher, and Naphthali,
and Zebulon. and all those. Just for
punishment--just to mortlfy the
flesh. as the miniater said last Sum
day"
Uncle Levi groaned audibly.
you'd better try to settle down
and be a woman, vashti," he said.
80
T, 4Gcing awRy?"
II meant great deal to those who
we're saying II over and over In the
little house where John Madison had
been so long the light. He had been
away many times. before. and had
been In college. had been to Havana.
and had been to South America; but
they had elways had the proralse thot
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he would come back again, ana settle
down to comfort them In their old
age.
He was very clever man, and had
been making successful scientific re-
searches for many years. and was
making name for himself, though
he lived quietly among the New Eng
land hills; but now he had started
up all at once, and must 60 to France.
He could not do anything here, he
must go away, and all the earnest en-
treaties of his mother. and the kind
suggestions Of the only father he had
ever known, availed nothing.
II he ever made a name he must go
away, he said--mnst have wider re-
sources. broader fields. more perfect
material, or he would never succeed !;
and all the while, his honest eyes
wore in them deeper meaning, and
the shadow of which vashti's mother
had spoken.
Yes, go he must, and stay until
this simeon had passed in his life;
and he must go where there was
much to do, and where he would be
far away from the sharp, quick eyes
of those who loved him.
But wicked Vashtl knew It all. He
had been very silent, but she was
clever and could read him, and knew
in her sinful heart that she could
keep him.
In the midst Of all her mother
came, and saw Johns face-saw the
shadow and the pain, heard his aged
mothers cry for him to stay, and un-
F, derstood that gloom that had settled
on the dear old home. Then, in
Vashti's words, that limb of Satan
had ITO take It,"
First, John was pictured; then the
poor old mother and Uncle Levi
growing old and lonely, and mourn.
ing for the son that could bless theiI
lives by his presence, were portrayed
In such sadness that Vashti's heart
nearly broke.
Vashti could stand no more, but
cried and wrung her hands, and
wished she was dead, or that there
were no men, or that she had red
hair, green eyes, or a snub nose, oI
was anything disagreeable; and
finally, In desperation, she kissed heI
mother, and rushed away, climbed
the fence and went out under the
pear trees, and cried and cried, unit
she was as hoarse as crow, and hei
eyes and nose were swillen and red
and she was utterly miserable.
what is the matter?"
John said this in the coolest
smoothest voice, and Vashti turned
her distigured visage up to meet his
quiet gaze.
Nothing" she said.
4Then don't cry. little girl! I DOM
want to carry away an unpleasant
memory of you"
Don't carry away any!"
"Then / cannot CO."
Don't go!" she said.
John looked down at her, with 9
strange look in his eyes, and asked
softly:
| "Why should I stay?"
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Light Mufins.-Depend upon the way In which the In
gradients together we'll the recipe ITSELF
housekeepe who for her fluffy breakfast mullins,
which always light the proverbia feather uses
milk making them but decres the odtime of
using It. According to traditional the soda is
mixed with milk before the -four is added. This
method argues the housewife question allows the eer
be before the flour In Her way to
with the milk the -four, salt and and then
dissolved in little hot water BY this means
The last thing before the batter Is
turned into the beaten is folded In This Is her
cupfus of -four cupul of milk half
teaspoonfu of Soda teaspoonfu of half tea
spoonful of salt and
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ing their skin is clear, but the gamut
of browns is precisely suited to them.
This is particularly good just now.
when browns are so fashionable and
the shades are unlimited.
There are charming woods for a
day and for evening tans, cafe au lait,
creams and yellows. If the eyes have
a hazel CLINT girl will do we'll to go
into grays, not the cold steel varie-
ties, but soft doves, pink and blue
grays, some verging into mauve, says
Woman's Life. The exceptions in
this class come from the muddy skin.
In those cases tans and cafe au laits
and grays should be rigidly avoided,
for they will only accentuate all the
'a;olrness of the complexion.