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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-05-07
FooTsoRE.

Balboa was toiling down the west
ern slope.
"Caramba," he muttered, wiping
his brow. This discovering the Pa
cific is tough work. For two cents
I'd wait for one Of these autos to give
me a lift"
However, he pressed on and beat
the leading machine.--Philadelphia
Ledger.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-05-07
HIs RIpIcuLous CLAIM.

$50 you claim to possess the heart
OF boy? BAIL"
But, really. / feel just as young
as | ever did"
Go ON. The fire engines went
past here fiye minutes ago. and you
were so busy reading some OF Emer-
sons essays that you never knew It. I"
Chicago Record-Herald.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-05-07
A Change OF work.

DO not try to do so many things
that 1t Will take most of your time
changing from one to another, but
have enough of a variety SO that you
can keep your interest and enthusi-
asm alive. A change Of work Is both
rest and inspiration.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-05-07

Letters to the Emigrants' Informa-
tion Bureau OF Canada need not be
stamped.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-05-07
The Wen Springs of Life.

The stream is clearest at the spring
and the life that is begun daily al
Calvary is seldom muddied.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-05-07

Language is the vehicle of thought,
but lot Of times 1t travels empty
Puck.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-05-07

He that contemneth small things
shall fall by little and little. e.--Bible.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-05-07

Impartial vigor and example are
the best means OF governing
Chinese.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-05-07

Borrowing is the canker and death
Of every mans estate.-Raleigh.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-04-09

Herbert Storms Of Chewelah, Wash,
In writing the Independent says: Il
am so used to reading the Independent
that I cannot well get along without
it. l haven't quite forgotten Old MI
not yet"
Oh 9AlE-Three pool and one bill
Hard table complete. Part caDn ana
balance this I'LL. Can q. v1t)Q ~ -
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-04-09

B. A. Bergendahl, who has been con-
nected with the Rogers Lumber yard
at Kenmare for the pas three years,
has arrived In this city nd will take
charge of the Meyer Lumber yard. Mr..
Bergendahl y pleasant gentleman to
meet. and = . man who knows how
- spS assaa hssincss. ii
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-04-09
MODERN wooDnEM OF AMERICA
Nleets every 3ad ed lth Thufs1ay

q ooch NeGth
The Royal Neishbors meets ovsry lst and srd
Friday each month.
In the Wheeler hall over the Grow Clothing
%Aa0ono ;WioAdn9 sinloemAHoa - fQfranOfoH
ea.11 q anything Of ipteEest = Nooln0n,
81 {: AaEi1 = sss:!''oo;si, 81 3: :
The Washington times., 1908-07-26
NO PLACE FOR GIRL,
SHE DONS TROUSERS
West Virginia Belle viii Open
Store and Be Called Matthew
Instead of 'sMatfie F"

HUNTINGTON, W Va, July 81
t.AIingo county is no place for a woman
and henceforth I wish 10 be known as
a man."
Dressed frcm head to foot in male at
tire, Miss Matte Curry. noted as one OF
the most beautiful women IN West Viz
ginia. startled her friends here today
By the above announcement Then she
visited q barber shop and had her gOl-
den curls shorn and insisted that the
barber 20 over her face with razor
Miss Curry is a leader OF the younger
social set ar Hamlin. near here. and Is
well known in this city. She rode into
the city shortly before noon astride OF
a spirited black charger
Il intend TO open a general store at
DinEess. Mingo county, in a few days.
she said Il VIII 60 into the settlement
as a man and wish 70 be recognized as
such In the future I wish 20 be known
as Matthew instead OF Matte
The Washington times., 1908-07-26

In the ordinary way Of travel there
Is little along the stretch OF the Annur
Z between Khabarovsk and BlagOvest-
.cbensk to hold the attention o. the vOy-
Rger in this border region OF Russia
b. and China The river 10 imposing
enough-that may admit, writes a
; correspondent Of the London Standard;
shut there is nothing striking, nothing
Z picturesque, IN any Of the many
breaches. The banks are almost feature
.fless.
In the dist4lcc the oblong, squat
built log izba CT a Siberian colonist
professionally cuts the sky line to the
eight. On the left the eye at times
yzrests on the lighter and more fanciful
1SutHnss that indicate Enthusiastically the
Jansen homestead of some adventur-
Gus Manchu peasant farmer. Remote
srand unfriendly the two stand in the
ssVaark background. outposts of the hostile
and conflicting civilizations that meet
on the Amur. A human being is rarely
Eseen on either littoral. and the domi-
nant note at all times is isolation ano
loneliness.
A Lonely Country.
This remote and lonely stretch of the
Aunrr beyond Khabarovsk isl should
perhaps say was-the home Of the last
OF a singular race Of people, the Fish
Skin Tstars," whom their Chinese over
lords designated Yu-pi-ta-tzi. but who
STYLED themselves "GoIde," the "Golde
OF the Great Water" They are tribes
men of a very primitive type, as low III
nnany respects as the lowest Australian
aboriginies. and approach nearer TO the
early river dirt nneE and cave jewellers
than Otsyak, Wotyak, Chukchen OF
Eskimo.
They have no written signs of any
kind and cannot even comprehend the
idea OF writing. They cannot count be-
yond five-they have no notion Of any
sort Of equivalent to God, and know
nothing Of a hereafter. They own nc
property and possess no land They til
no fields, grow no grain and raise nc
produce. They do not even care fol
hunting. They are not meat eaters, but
like the clans OF the PersO-Baluchi Mex
ran subsist almost entirely on FISH. AS
is the case With all primitive peoples
they are extremely shy. and the solitude
and isol alton OF the Amur, with its
abundance OF fish, principally salmon
are sufficient TO account for their pres
ence on it's southern banks.
The river swarms with the salmon
The Washington times., 1908-07-26
GIRLS PHONOGRAPH
OFFENDS CHURCH
Young Woman Condemned by
Priest as Unfit Associate Be
cause She Likes Music.
cause She Likes Mus

BERLIN, July 25.-BecauEe she own
ed a photograph and liked 10 listen TO
this invention of the evil one rather
than visit church, a young girl OF seven
teen, Marie Dorm, OF Kaltern, Tyrol,
was some time ago expelled from the
church and declared by the priest Of
the village an immoral woman unfit
To associate with.
The girl always went TO church regu-
larry on Sundays, but instead OF attend
ing the weekday services she preferred
20 listen 70 the photograph and or
gained a dancing club.
The priest of the village warned her
that the instrument was an invention Of
the devil and complained OF Der 10 the
deacons. VINO expelled 30 from the
church and forbade her % sstJw herself
in the village street after SLndo:-r
Furious al this. the mothe- engaged a
lawyer and is now suing the priest
and deacOns. so the court must now de-
eide whether the possession o. a phOnO-
graph gives a church right tc excom-
munlcate.
The Washington times., 1908-07-26
BANDIT THREATENS
BOSTON OFFICIAL
Escaped Leader of Yeggmen Sends
Black Hand Letter 10
Inspector.
Inspector.

BOSTON, July 25.-"Prepare now for
heaven. for have left for you Eve more
bullets"
That Is tie death threat that came
from Baltimore 20 Inspector Patrick
Hurley in a letter from Chris Zeitin.
the leader OF the band Of bandits who
shot up Woburn last February, killing
one policeman.
The Boston police believe that Zeltin
Is in this vicinity and that he took part
in. or. at least. planned the attack on
the Jamaica Plain saloon Tuesday
night.
Zeltin was an intimate friend of Ed
mund Gutman. coming from the same
town in Russia as the bandit who was
killed IN the battle ir Forest Hills Gem
etery Thursday morning.
1t was IN the hope OF bagging Zeltin
and some Of his cronies. that the police
made a raid In Jamaica Plain today and
arrested fifteen men.
The Washington times., 1908-07-26
Queer Fish Eaters On
The Russian Border

family, end the Code not alone live
upon the flesh, out make all their gar
ments, hats, shoes, and even tent Gov
erinss from the cleaning skin of the
fsh, properly scraped and prepared.
It is from this circumstance that they
derive their designation, Fish Skin
Tatars." They have no relations eth
er with the Manchus on their own
side Of the river, or with the Siberian
hunting tribes on the opposite bank,
and marry entirely among themselves
Where the men are many, a girl takes
two or even three husbands, generally
brothers, from the same kibitka; when
the girls are in a majority a man takes
just as many wives as he can pack
into his tent.
The clans have no laws, none of the
many conventions which as a rule are
found even among savage peoples, and
in oIher respects the Golde seem quite
devoid of that alert intelligence that
is often a characteristic trait of IN
civilized races. They are dull. stupid,
stOIid, and rcsourceless. They have
only one idea In the world, that is
salmon" They catch it, they eat it.,
they think of il, and dream of II. Be
yond this they seem literally but as
the beasts Of the field. They have not
even risen to the mental height OF being
superstitiOUs.
A Strong Race.
The men struck me as fairly tail,
we'll built and well nourished- Their
compilations were dark, inclining to a
c0ppery bronze, and their features
neither Monaghan nor Siberian in
pcharacter. They had more of the
American Indian cast of face, and the
hair, drawn tightly back from the
forehead and twisted into a loose Visp
at the back, added to the resemblance.
Their eyes were smallish and black.
set at an angle, the nose tending 10
fatness, though not fat, and the cheek
bones prominent. >'They wore neither
beard nor mustache, and showed for
the matter of that not the slightest
trace of hair on cheek or chin. They
were dressed in short tunics of sal
mon skin, loose salmon skin pants
wadded cotton shoes with straw plait-
ed soles, and the small Manchurian
! cap. They carried no arms, not even
| a hunting knife.
/ Men and women in features were
alike and both sexes dressed alike.
noticed presently, though, that the
! hem of the fish skin TUNES worn by
! the women was invariably Ornamented
with dyed checked work border, red
blue. and yellow, and the ladies them
| selves were shorter in statue, broader
| in build, and decidedly uglier in APP
) pearance than the men.
The Washington times., 1908-07-26
Colonel Sn1ihers, Mo1v, Please;
BlackEsted by Gun Mems Union
Alexandra Conductor Promoted From Captain After
Calling Bluff of Baxter Shemwe = Lexington
Chief of Police Shook Hands With Offender.

Should a masked and bewhislSered
hIghwayman confront Colonel William
3. Smithers. Of Alexandria, with a
oreechlOadtng disappearing gun in one
hand, and a tweIve-inch cannon in the
other, and command him TO stand and
deliver, would the colonel?
He would not,
More likely that highwayman would
wake un on a little white cot. with half
a dozen doctors holding a consultation
over his skull. the fracture occurring
at the point of contact With Colonel
Snithers' fist For the colonel is a
bad subject for any Woodworking high
Zayman to tackle. He is on the We
Don't Patrcnize'' list Of Highway Rob
bers and Second Story Workers, Local
NO. q.
He returned home yesterday after his
lively experience. Last week a rather
unusual sort Of a highwayman sought
to make Colonel Smithers stop the
southwestern Limited, of which he IS
conductor, at Lexington, n. c, and he
poked two horse pistols in front of the
eoloneFs nose
A Passage at Arms.
''This yer train stops at Lexington, I
Believer he said In most insinuating
tone OF voice.
You're dead wrong" answered the
colonel, as he gazed in displeased way
at the arsenal.
''WeH, 1 say it does, and if it don't
I intend to shoot your brains out said
Shis most aggressive passenger.
Put up those guns, you Ornery. cow
ardlv cuss." roared Colonel Smithers
ehnOf If
you've got the gumption. This tram
does not stop at LeXington-hear that!
And the autocrat OF the railroad world
subsidized into his seat-his BLUFF called.
The train stopped at Lexington. but
only after the colonss had telegraphed
10 the rolice of tina, city to arrest the
man with the clothes full of guns
To gaze upon this man of mammoth
spunk a Times reporter sought him out
at his home in Alexandria. He met a
big man whose cordial nature was big
ger than his physical proportions Col
oneI Snlithers has recently been pro-
NOTED. He used to be Captain Smithers
every conductor, even of a street car
ranks as a captain IN Alexandria-but
ne was no ordinary conductor. so they
call him colonel. He will soon be ele-
waited TO the rank OF general
When the Colonel Gets "Riled."
The colonel came from a place where
they don't know what fear means
Fauquier cour ~, Va. When he gets mad
you'd never mistake MIN for anything
other than a Southerner- Then ht
iapses into n Southern accent that /:
pleasant 10 the car
How did YOU feel. colonel. when that
fellow held those guns up in front o.
your face2'' he was asked.
How did I feel? I felt mighty ex
asperated. Yes, sub. exaspcrated, and
II 1 hadn't been there In that car a.
the official representative Of the South
ern Railroad Company, I'd have done
things 70 that cuss."
The colonel doesn't like u talk abou
his own exploits. but when he gets in
Serested he'll talk.
You see this cuss got on a. Char
IottesviIle. Va. and he seemed all RICH
The Washington times., 1908-07-26
SLAYER INDICATED
BY CORONER'S JURY
Declares Bed-Ridden Invalid Shot
Betrayer TO Protect Home
and Avenge Wife.

CHICAGO. July 25.-''We the jury be-
lieve that said William T. Branitzky
was acting IN protection Of his wife and
home at tho time Of the shooting, and
exonerate him from all blame and re-
commend his release from further GUS
tody"
Thus concluded a corOner's jury at
the inquest over the body Of Lucas Slet-
ten. who was shot and killed by a bed
ridden. invalid husband n the latter &
homo. At 40I Grand Boulevard. Thurs
day night.
II completely INDICATED the man
whose youas wife was harassed and At
tackled. his child beaten, and his home
almost W -ecked BY Slettea.
The Washington times., 1908-07-26
STEAMER MAINE
SINKS SCHOONER
Collision Shakes Up 200 Pas,
sengers and Panic Is
Threatened

NEW BEDFORD. Mass, July 25.-The
steamship Maine. OF the New Bedford
line. which arrived today from New
York, ran down and sank a schooner
in the fog early this morning just west
OF Cornfield Point
The collision occurred when the Maine
was running at half speed. but the i'm
pact was sufficient 20 awaken most OF
her 200 passengers.
They ran about in a panic for some
moments, but were finally quoted by
the officers.
Five men were rescued from the
schooner and brought IN here They
said their vessel was the Charles Wool
sey. The schooner sank almost immedi-
ately- The Maine was not damaged -
any extent
The Washington times., 1908-07-26

at first. I didn't know his name, al
though l learned afterward th2c he was
Mr.. Baxter Shemwell. Of Lexington"
and there was a heavy accent on the
Mr."
Adult Gun of los Caliber.
when I went through the car for the
first time he says. Conductor, does this
train stop at lexington? 1t does not
1 said, and passed on. When came back
he had a gun in his hand, an adult gun,
about los caliber or therabouts. He
poked that in my face, and says, Say,
conductor, are you dead sure this-yel
train don't stop at Lexington for neY
What did you say TO him, colonei?'
asked his eager auditor
what did 1 say. 1 Just told him TO
put down his old gun or I'd take it away
from him. Then 1 walked on through
the car. When I came back he was
waiting for me in the door Of a sec
ton. where the corridor is very narrow
He was standing just inside with both
arms out straight and a big gun at the
end of each.
you stop this train at Lexington or
you're a dead man. he says had no
weapon so 1 brushed by him and called
him a low-down pup. He was too cow
! ardly to mind a little thing Ike that
tried 10 borrow a pistol from some Of
the passengers, just said there was a
fighting passenger down front, but no
body seemed to have one.
Anxiety for Passengers Safety.
when / went back this fellow was
still in the doorway with his revolvers-
1 knew he wasn't nervy enough to use
| EN- by this time. but L didn't want 10
take chances on having lead flying
around that car, or I'd taken them
away from the pup. When mans
conductor Of a big train Ike the South
western, you know, he's responsible for
the passengers safety. / was Just a
wishing 1 had him some place where l
could do business with him.
when he first asked me if the train
would stop at Lexington / had tele-
graphed for instructions, and at Green's
/ bUro 1 got orders nHt 20 stop for the
| passenger. I sent word 10 the chief OF
police Of Lexington, however, to be On
hand to arrest a passenger.
We'll, when the train was slowing W
/ in Lexington that man was still with
his pistols and I followed him out on
the vestibule and OFF the train, he all
I
as II TO scare me. There was the chief
of police. and I could have been knocked
| over with q straw, when, instead OF
taking the fellow into custody he shook
hands with him, and the fellow jumped
/ into a buggy and drove of. What dc
you think of that for fine police work.
Used to Meet Real Bad Men
Did you ever have such experiences
beforec'- the colonel was asked
Lots Of times, only before the hold
I'D men had more nerve. once had tC
almost Kill a black man who had twc
big Derringers and tried TO hold up my
train. Conductors used TO have some
hot times or the Southern a few Years
ago. Now it isn't quite so bad"
| Colonel Smithers was quiet for .
while. He seemed to be Eliminating
Then he looked up.
| But then. it takes a little excitement
Ike that once in q while TO get a littl.
| variety IN life" he said
| II was no baseless rumOr that gUt
| Colonel Suithers on the blacklist of tlt
] highwaymen's union
The Washington times., 1908-07-26
MAKING A DIAGNOSIS.

Physician-From q nasty sxaluina-
ton. ! am OF the opinion that you are
suffering from clergynan's sore throat.
Patient-The r. YOU sayi
Physician tqr,ickly)-But Il is quite
possible 1 am wrong-I viii look again
Bohemian
The Washington times., 1908-07-26
A BARGAIN FEVER.

Fatlent-Doctor, what do you call this
fever of mine?
Doctor Cooking at clinical thermome-
ter)-WeIl. I'd call it a bargain-1O3 re-
duced to 9S.-Exchange.
The Washington times., 1908-07-26
THE NEW HOMEOPATHY.

Miss House Hunter-Tm afraid this
apartment is noisy.
Janitor-Yes, mum, it IS; but at your
time of life yer likely to get def any
minute an not notice it-"-Harper's
Mfekly
The Washington times., 1908-07-26

A Wen Built. Con-
Veuiently Arranged
Kitchen Gu 2 board.
with glass doors and
deep shelves. Regular
ly sold for 1850. Re
duced 10
SI0.75
The Washington times., 1908-07-26
UNDER ANOTHER NAME.

They didn't have peace congresses
when you were young, did they.
grandma ?''
Yes. we did, child. but we called
them quilting parties. "-Exchange.
The Washington times., 1908-07-26
LIES GLORY TIME.

when is a man his own boss, papa?'
Between the age Of twenty-one and
the age at which he marries. Elk
change.
The Washington times., 1908-07-26
AS APPLIED TO BOOKS.

Frost has just had a new book pub
hshed."
rs II skyscraper or bungalow -
what on earth do you mean2'
Fifty stories or one. ''-ENchange
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1908-02-13
RESPECTED HIS WIFE.

The following notice appeared re-
Gently in the columns OF the Virginia
and il is commended to the
ntion of men who when separat-
-; from their wives in the divorce
courts seek TO besmirch the womans
character either to save as much com
munity property as possible for them
selves or to even up old scores. The
The Virginia husband shows that he
is made OF different stuff and still re
CARDS his wife as the mother OF his
child.
The card says:
Since my unfortunate arrest on
serious charge and clear discharge by
a Jury. I desire to state that II my
wife. Mrs. Lucy Perlanda, wisaes q
separation | will not oppose her "a !
cation for divorce Further, ST. go.
retain all money and property in her
possession which belongs to us Joint
II. | Will also help TO support our
son and do everything | can for MIN
| will not say one word against her,
because She is the mother Of oar son.
PETER PERLA\DA.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1908-02-13
90

Representative Leake of New Jer-
sev. who protested that Bryan 5 tamil
,iarity with the Ten Commandments
better filter the pulpit than the Pres
idency. took the politician's view that
notifies has as little to do with moral
ity as with religion The newer and
better sentiment is that the Deca-
.oeue needs to be made a part of the
Constitution Of the United States.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1908-02-13

WHEN YOU WANT LIQUORS
the wholesale liquor dealer. He car
ries complete line of everything and
guarantees any of his brands.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1908-02-13

Ii is predicted that balooning will
be the great sport Of the future. and
lust as soon as the public mind can
be disabused OF the notion that the
pastime is dangerous. Few persons
ever get hurt in balloOning. They
never know what happened to EN-.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1908-02-13

The place to shave is on the face,
or an up-to-date hair cut call at the
Swartz shop, Ormsby block Smitny
is an artist.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1908-02-13

Notwithstanding the request OF the
Navy Department tor tour DIG pattle-
ships, an arbitration treaty has just
been signed at Washington with
France. The olive branch is kept to
the front, the battleships in reserve
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1908-02-13
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN

For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills
and has positively cured thousands OF
women who have been troubled with
displacements. inflammation. ulcera-
ton, tibroid tumors, irregularities.
periodic pains. backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, fatulency, indiges
ton, dizziness OF nervous prostration
Why don't YOU try it:
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
aealth. Address, Lynn, Mass.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1908-02-13

Don't forget that Livingston has
tle finest assortment of liquors for
your Christmas dinner.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1908-02-13

For footwear Of any and all kinds,
from light fine, dressy shoes TO the
shoe or laced boot, call On Joe Smyth.
heaviest and best make Of working
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1908-02-13
This woman says that after
months of suffering Lydia f.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
made her as well as ever.

Ma1lde f. Fo!gie, of Leesburg,Va
writes to Mrs. pinkham:
Il want other suffering women tc
know what Lydia +. Pinkham's Nege
table Compound has done for me. For
months | suffered from feminine ills
SO that | thought l could not live.
wrote YOU. ana after taking Lydia E.
Pinhham's Vegetable Compound, anC
Using the treatment You prescribed ]
felt like Il new woman. | am now
strong. and well as ever. and thank YOU
FOR the good YOU have done me-"