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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-06-25
THIS AND THAT.

Siam has an area OF 5000 square
miles.
American window glass is sent all
over the world.
The Paris Ito London telephone
rate is to be cut in half
The telephone service of Switzer-
land is operated by the government.
The average price of the American
potato last year was 61.7 cents a
bushel.
There are 200 newspapers in
China, while 10 years ago there was
only one recognized as such.
Marriage at an early age is fire.
quent in Mexico. Recently a boy OF
16 and a girl of Ia were married
in the capital.
A method of bluing small steel
goods by dipping is to melt saltpeter
in an irou pot, then immerse the
previously polished and cleaned ar
ticles until sufficiently blued. The
goods should then be removed and
cooled in petroleum and afterward
dried in sawdust.
A remarkable bird found in Mexico
is the bee martin, which has a trick
of ruffiing up the feathers on the
top of the head into the exact SEM
blance of a beautiful flower, and when
a bee comes along to sip honey from
the supposed flower 1t is snapped up
by the bird.
In the village of Blackwell (Som-
ersetshire, England) has been revived
the ancient custom known as we'd
ding toll. This consists of stretching
rope across the road as the bride
and bridegroom are returning from
the church and demanding toll before
they are allowed to pass.
Government experts are investigat-
ing seaweed with the object Of deter
mining its economic value.
The Laplanders are the shortest
people in Europe, the men averaging
4 feet IL inches, the women feet
8 inches.
Down in Texas an enterprising
watermelon grower has invented
machine to seed the melons and now
melon seeds are. selling as low as Is
cents pound Hundreds OF acres
of melons are now grown tn Lips
combe County each year for the spe-
cific purpose OF obtaining seed. the
melon itself not being used.
New England pulp-mill interests.
in conjunction with Western rail-
ways, are taking steps for the eatab-
lishment OF factories In the south
west for the manufacture Of pul0'
for paper from rice straw k
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Keen ON Relieving

G.. Campbell Morgan says: "The
devil is only too glad to take hold of
anything whereby he may unsettle
one" Satan, himself. is trans
formed into an angel of light (Cor.
11:14, and often presents himself
in such way that man or woman
must be filled with the Holy Ghost
to detect him. The Apostle Paul
says 1--WE are not ignorant of his
devices" q Cor. 2:11.)
Jesus says: Watch ye, and pray
lest ye enter into temptation" MARK
14:3S.)
The devil may say; Look at
your failures" The Apostle Paul
says: Forgetting those things
which are behind, press toward the
mark. for the prize of the high call
ing of God, in Christ Jesus" (Phil.
3:13, 14), looking unto Jesus, the
Author and Finisher of our faith"
Heb. 12:2) BY faith ye stand;
the faith OF the Son of God, so now
continue in the faith.
He will perfect that which con-
cerneth you" and me. Keep believ-
ing. The words of a child of God,
who was about to pass out of time
into eternity, were these: MY sins
were many, but they are all covered
by the blood. and there Is plenty of
blood" What more do we need .
f. l.. Wismer, in Gospel Herald.
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FARMERS LOSE HEAVILY.

York Especially Farmers from all
parts of York County have lost thou
sands of dollars by the United But
ter & Eggs Company, which began
business here several weeks ago. The
company claimed to have a cash cap
ital of SIS, 900, and the officers were
E. p. Valentine, president; Anthony
Butler, vice president; j. H. Mangin,
secretary, and l.. G. Eisman, treas
urer.
Numerous creditors began actions
against the company. But there re-
mained only couple of clerks and a.
room full of egg and butter crates.
most of them empty. They had pro-
cured from the farmers hundreds of
crates of butter and eggs on credit,
having offered higher prices than
what was being paid on the market
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English Breakfast.

The English have a knack of serv.
ing breakfast in a tempting manner
The silver toast rack with delicate
slices or hot. crisp toast, the plate OF
hot mullins well buttered, are quite a
meal in themselves. Steaks and chops
are rarely seen on an English break
fast table. Bacon is much used, and
often a dish of cold meat is seen on
the table. The bacon is usually served
in silver breakfast dish which has o
receptacle for boiling water under.
meath, which keeps the meat hot. 1t
is always crisp and beautifully
cooked. There is hardly breakfast
without eggs, but these are boiled at
the table with one of the many de-
vices for boiling eggs over an alcohol
lamp. They are always placed in an
individual egg cup, and the top re-
moved with the spoons Haven
Register
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Among the curious sights some
times witnessed by entomologists are
the professions" formed by the lar
vac of moth inhabiting pine-trees
in some parts of France. They marcA
in single file, and the leader spins
a thread which is added to by its
followers. A procession consisting
of ia of these larvae was seen last
April in the woods near Arcachon.
The professions are formed both at
night, when the creatures make ex-
curslons from their nest to feed on
the young leaves, and in the daytime.
when they descend to the ground to
seek place In the sand where they
may burrow and pass to the pupa
stage. A kind of fly was observed
attacking the procession above men
toned. to lay its eggs in the marching
larvae.
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A Subtle difference.

Mrs. Blank, wife OF a prominent
minister near Boston, had In her em-
ploy recently engaged colored cook
as black as the proverbial ace OF
spades. One day Mrs. Blank said to
her:
Matilda, l wish that you would
have oatmeal quite often for break
fast. My husband Is very fond of 1t.
He is Scotch, and you know that the
Scotch eat great deal of oatmeal"
s"Oh, he's Scotch, is he?" said Ma
tilda. well, now. do you know,
was thinkin' all along dat he wasn't
des like us. s."-Woman's Home Com.
panion.
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Effect of Altitude ON Health.

Although the subject of mountain
sickness has been carefully studied
at different times, and reported upon
by skilled observers, the effects of
prolonged residence in high localities
have not received the same attention
from scientists. 1t is taken for
granted by most writer's that after a
certain length of time healthy man
can adapt himself perfectly to any
degree of latitude. Medical prac-
titioners resident in elevated parts Of
South Africa have, however, lately
cast doubts on the ideas which are
usually held on this subject. OBJ
servations on persons apparently well
acclimatized to an elevation of 600O
feet above the coast level frequently
reveal constant increase in the pulse
rate, while the examination of a num-
Der of johannesburg school children
showed large proportion of cases of
cardiac hypertrophy.-H Hospital.
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ARIsToCRATIo ENGINEERS.
Khedive of Egypt Has a Private RaiS-
way-Iling of Spain's Chef Di-
version.

khedive OF Egypt Has Private Raif
way-iliDg of Spain's Chef Di-
version.
The Khedlve of Egypt has private
railway from his palace at Ras-el-Tin
in Alexandria to his country place
at Montazar, and it constitutes one
of his favorite hobbies. 1t is, of
course, only short line. ten miles,
but 1t is long enough to give him the
constant delight of driving the engine
himself, which he generally does.
He is very keen engineer, as was
shown by the interest he took in the
great Nile dam at Assuan. but he Ia
perennially interested in locomotives.
During his last visit to France he
rode on the cab with the driver OF
the express from Calais to Amiens
and took hand at the levers.
The Marchioness of Tweeddale
drove the first locomotive that
crossed the Forth Bridge. The Mar.
guess of Downshire has private rail.
way at Hillsborough, and keeps a
sort of pet" engine which cost his
lordship 1000 guineas. The train
contains splendid saloon carriage
for his guests, for he himself is gen.
orally on the engine. and a guards
van. in which some of his guests
pyefer to ride. He almost invariably
drives the engine with his own
hands and his ESvorite speed is forty
miles an hour. There is no speed
limit ON private railway line and
no polics traps,
Earl F'itcv ,,liam is another practi.
cal engineer wno delights IN the To-
comotive engine. He leararL the art
of driving wher hs was quits youHG
by going whenever be could with the
drivers of the coal trains on his ~ y
estate.
1t is we'll known that ons a tS/
young King of Spain'S Chief diver
sions before his marriage was ~ iif :,
on the footplate of the royai +:rc.u
with the driver and take lessons su
engine driving. He has become aui;e
expert and fearless, and he has fre-
quently driven his mother and siS-
ters.
Prince Ferdinand OF Bulgaria is
another royal engine driver. He
quite recently drove the express from
Abbeyville to Paris under the super
intendence of the regular driver
From Tit Bits. ,
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Cnnlern Eyc nn,l Index Rrnin

What would you say of gentleman
who, having once looked. into the
face of each of those soldiers that
made up the grand army which Ma
poleon took to Russia and being told
the soldiers name, would know him,
name and face. two years. ten years.
twenty years later? Think of a gen.
tleman who could thus have called
the muster roll of an army OF 100,.
900 men. Such, however, would
seem to be the fell power OF eye and
memory which belongs to Detective
William r. Sheridan, of Mulberry
street, The MAN with the camera
eyes," and low estimate declares
that he has filed away in his brain,
each tagged with the proper name,
the pictures of no fewer than 100, 900
men. Broadway Magazine.
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Visiting.
nv II. Il. MASON.

Visiting has ever been form OF
discomfort.
Your friend-who has new home.
lately replenished library, a unique
garden or something which repre-
sents money enough TO make him
vain In its ssession--cannot resi-
until he has dragged you from a hap
by home to cater to this feeling OF
vanity.
AS for yourself, you put It off az
long as possible. OF course you want
to go. The thought of not having
been able to get to see him has, you
assure him. filled you with perpetual
gloom. But circumstances over
which you have had no control have
forbidden. All this you assert until
the fatal moment arrives when you
realize that no further subterfuge is
possible. And with many protesta-
tions of anticipatory delight you start
off.
Your friend meets you at the sta
tion with his auto. He explains its
workings, It's superiority over all 9TH
ers, as you proceed back. If It breaks
down on the way-as is more than
likely-he smiles brightly. Such a
thing has never happened before. He
knows, of course, what the cause was.
He mentions it carelessly, thereby
implying that 1t was of so little con-
sequence that it was scarcely worth
while to avoid it.
You arrive at his house. Filled
with enthusiasm and reveling In a
new victim, he proceeds forthwith to
drag you over its weary length before
you have had time to change your
shoes.
Fine room this!" he exclaims with
a burst of honest pride. And so on.
BY and by, when he is getting tired.
his wife. like a relay pony, takes up
the lecture where he left off.
So plastic are we that at the time,
by sort of fictitious warmth, you
really seem to be enjoying yourself.
You exclaim in wonder over the
fact that you have been so long in
getting there. And when at last a
week later you reluctantly leave, you
tell him with tears in your eyes that
you have had the time of your life.
1t is only when once more you find
yourself joyfully in your own humble
apartment with its faithful bed,
whose very imperfections have en-
deared themselves to you, that you
cry out in deep gladness, THANK God
it's over, for, after all, there's no
place like home!''-From Puck.
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Want the Laws published.

At recent meeting of the County
Association at La Sale, ILL.,, the SUBJ
ject of requiring the publication OF
the session laws of the State was ably
discussed in an address by President
Terry Simmons, of the Marseilles
Plaindealer. Mr.. Simmons advanced
the passing of resolution looking to
the enactment of a publication of the
laws in manner similar to that by the
State of Wisconsin, to submit that iD-
dorsement to the Illinois Press Asso-
citation for Its approval and favorable
action, then have the combined ener-
gies and power of the press Of the
State directed toward securing the
enactment of publication law and
to continue it in force. The resolu-
ton was adopted.
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EXPLODING BOILER KILLS.

Warren Especially The boiler of
the Keeler Mill blew up, instantly
killing one man and fatally wounding
another, while several were slightly
injured by flying debris. The dead
man was Frederick Markum, stoker.
John Passenger was fatally hurt.
How the accident occurred will
probably never be known. The mill
was running as usual when, with a
deafening roar, heard for miles, the
boiler let go, demolishing the mill
and mahcinery. Markum was blown
to pieces His head was severed from
the trunk and not found until hours
after the accident.
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she jumped from the trap and ,anded
the letter to the stationmaster just az
the train swept in
Then she walked back to the trap
and vas about to drive away when
she heard her name called Turning
she beheld tall. well built young
man laden with suitcases and golf
bags hurrying in her direction. With
gasp she recognized Tom Anderson.
Goodness. you're in hurry" he
said, depositing his cases and climb
ing in beside her.
How did you get here?" Eileen
asked suspiclously. Marian said you
wouldn't get here until 8.
why, she knows there isn't any
train at that time" and he stopped
suddenly and smiled.
"Oh, see." he went on. You
weren't coming to meet me-"
"Of course wasn't" Eileen an
swered hotly, mot after that horrid
letter that Cicely sent"
But you wrote it," Tom said ac-
cusingly.
And Eileen blushed charmingly.
Anyway" said Tom, few min
utes later, II returned. and as long az
we accepted it's all settled"
The interruption here was very i'm.
portant. for the horse almost ran into
tree and Eileen had time fixing
her hair.
You are rude boy" she said Sc.
verely.
But at the same time | am your
fiance."
And she did not contradict him.
From the Buffalo Times.
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STATE ITEMS.

Failing to leave the track in time,
Alvin Geschwindt, aged So years, a
Pennsylvania Railway repairman, on
the Hamburg section, was struck and
instantly killed by the Wilkes-Barre
express at Five Locks. A widow and
four children survive.
During a fit of insanity, Michael
Dobin, married, aged 33, of Pitts
ton, hanged himself with a piece of
hay wire in Exeter Borough.
Because he bought goods from
boys, which were proven to be the
property of the Reading Railway,
Aaron Oslaw, a pawnbroker of Ma
hanoy City, was sentenced to two
months in jail by Judge Mari.
The jury at Wilkes-Barre has found
William Kloss, judge of election of
the Upper Lehigh District, guilty of
wilful fraud in not filing the election
returns from his district with the
Prothonotary.
The First Presbyterian Church, of
Lancaster, has extended a call to
Rev. Lewis Seymour Nudge, of
Princeton, N. j. He will accept Mr..
Nudge was formerly a member of
the faculty at Princeton University,
subsequently preaching in Princeton
and Trenton.
Charles d. Garrett, deputy sheriff
Of Chester County, son of Sheriff
r. Thomas Garrett, died at his home,
near West Chester, aged 81 years.
He was prominent as Republican.
Michael NeiswiHter was struck by
n. ID Att.fr In, at
mel and sustained a fractured leg
and internal injuries that are likely
to prove fatal. One horse OF the team
he was driving was instantly killed.
Annie, the 4-year-old daughter of
Martin Barowski, of Mt. Carmel,
played with matches and set her
clothing afire. She was 80 badly
burned that she died a few hours
later in the State Hospital at Foun-
tain Springs.
Simon P. Snyder, aged 73 years,
former chief of the Allentown Fire
Department, attempted suicide by in
haling illuminating gas in his cigar
store, located in the heart of that
city. Patrons smelled the gas and
rescued the man. He is not ex-
pecIeu 10 recover. fdillnB nealL0
is supposed to have caused the man
to try to take his life.
Dyke Hughes and William Dixon
were convicted of highway robbery
in the Blair County courts, at AL
toona, and both were sentenced to
the Riverside Penitentiary. Hughes
got two years and Dixon six.
John w. Grove, of Altoona, bag
gage-master on the Pittsburg Division
OF the Pennsylvania Railroad, was
burned by the explosion OF lamp
in vapor bath cabinet. Mr.. Grove
was using the bath as a treatment
for rheumatism, Large patches OF
his skin were burned and he is In
critical condition.
Because her mother punished her
for staying out late at night, Mary
Urban, 17-year-old girl. drank car
bolic acid and died at her home in
OLD Forge, Her father lay dying in
another room.
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OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL.

Since service is the highest lot.
And all are in one Body bound, Sc.
IN All the world the place is not
Which may not with this bliss be
crowned.
The little child in trustful piee,
With love and kindness brimming DER
Many a cup of ministry
May for the weary veteran pour.
The lonely glory of throne
May yet this lowly Joy preserve;
Love may make that a stepping-stone,
And raise II reign" into II serve.
This. by the ministries Of prayer,
., Inc loneliest life with blessings crowds,
Can consecrate each petty care,
Make angels ladders out Of clouds
Birds, being glad their Maker bless:
BY simple shining. sun and star;
And we, whose law is love, serve less
BY what we do than what we are.
The Changed Cross.
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Then here's to the man who get back,
When fate has struck US between .he
eyes,
When fondest hope in failure dies,
When black and angry are all our skies,
Rere's to the man who gets back,
Works back
Fights back
BY the power Of his soul
In his own control
Gets back.
Then here's to the man who gets back,
No craven coward to weep and groan,
He trusts to his God and himself alone
No whimpers, no cursings, no feeble
moan,
Here's to the man who gets back.
Works back
Fights back
BY the power Of his soul
In his own control
Gets back.
George Comstock Baker, in the Masonic
Northern New Yorker
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CoIoring CaternIlIars.

Recent experiments have shown
that the yellow and green colors pos
sessed by certain caterpillars are due
to coloring matter derived from the
food. BY impregnating leaves with
artificial colors the experimenters
caused some species of caterpillars to
produce silk of bright orange yellow
and fine rose hues. City
Journal.
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"strange Bird A Turkey Buzzard.!

Harrisburg Especially The strange
bird reported as being captured by
Reading Railway section men near
Lansdale a few days ago, turns out
to be a turkey buzzard. The sample
sent to the Capitol for inspection by
Zoologist Surface is a well-developed
specimen. 1t came to the Capitol by
express, much surprised by its sur
roundings.
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Core of Our Faith.

We, l conceive, are justified in
holding clearly and boldly, as the
very core of our faith, that God loves
eternally and unalterably every crea-
ture He has made; and that our sin,
while 1t draws thick veil over our
eyes and make it impossible to give
us the Joy of communion with Him,
yet never changes Him, never black
ems that sun of love In the heavens
Frances Power Cobbe.
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On Jupiter.

A man of normal earthly size. II
transported to the equator of Jupiter.
would actually feel much lighter than
he does here on earth. because the
swift rotation of the planet would all
most lift him from his feet and throw
him into the heavens. Cassells Sat-
urday journal.
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strength 70 Boar SORROW.

Sorrow, grief, agony are realities.
And no vote of the company that
,hey ought not to exist is going to
tighten their pressure or soothe their
pang. What the good God offers is
strength to bear sorrow. In place
Of happiness, which is gone, very
likely forever, He offers blessedness
He offers the certainty of His in.
finite help and present stay.-Edward
Everett Hale,
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Election Judges Fined.

Wilkes-Barre Especially. - John
Scott, judge of election of the High
land District, and William Kloss.
judge of the Upper Lehigh District.
who were this week found guilty OF
willful neglect in not making their
election returns to the proper off,
cials, were each fined 5000. John
Haverllla, judge of Sandy Run Dis
trict, was fined 500.
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One Guiding Stream.

When the love OF God has taken
possession OF the soul, and the whole
man is consecrated to His service, life
loses its fragmentary character, and
one guiding stream seems to run
through 1t. Then all varying and
apparently disjointed circumstances
and duties find a fixed and appointed
place.--Marie Hare.
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Plows by Night to Avoid Bees.

Forest Anderson, we'll known
farmer, Is doing his plowing by night.
several stands of bees near where his
plow is running being too demonstra-
tive in the daytime. Both Mr.. An
derson and his horses were severely
stung, SO he is taking advantage OF
the moonlight to work undisturbed.
Jasper Correspondence lndianap-
oils News.
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When, in days gone by, one hon
ored in the church died it was GUS
tomary to burn sweet smelling in
cense in the deathroom as q token
that the memory of the deceased was
grateful to God and man. AS early
as the time of Homer it was custom
ary to wash the bodies of the more
illustrious dead with rose water, and
in Egypt the practice also obtained
from an early date.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-06-25

The inquisitive visitor to the stu
dio of the famous but crotchety artist
propounded the query, What do you
mix your colors with?" with
brains. sir" replied the painter. in
dlgnificd tones. "Ah," commented
the visitor. $50 youpaint miniatures. =
s-,Agonaut.
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Men fave q Hard Time.

The women are becoming 30 much
in love with an Atchison married
man. because he takes off his hat
when he meets his wire on the street.
that his wife has become alarmed and
requested him to disco ltinue the prac-
tice --Atchison Globe.
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A Course in journalism.

Harvard students are advocating
the establishment OF a course in news
paper and magazine writing, and will
hold a meeting In Harvard Union soon
to frame petition to President Eliot
and the faculty to establish course
In journalism.