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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-11-26
Horse Kicks For Cigarettes.

He was lovable looking old
beast, the kind of a horse that one
instinctively would like to give a
kindly pat on the back and say
Good old boy" to. When the driy-
er was ready to start out again he
pulled the blanket Off the animals
back and the horse kicked up his
hind legs in pure playfulness, ap-
parently. Maybe it was something
else that prompted the action, for
the driver pulled box of all-tobacco
cigarettes out of his pocket, stuck
one in his mouth, and then gave
one to the horse. who stopped kick
ing at once and began to chew the
tobacco with every evidence Of en-
joyment. Then the driver lighted
his own cigarette. climbed up to his
seat, and drove off, the old white
horse having never a kick in him
leit.-New York Press.
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One Of the
Essentials

of the happy homes of to-day is vast
fund OF information as to the best methods
of promoting health and happiness and
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World as valuable and wholesome family
laxative is the well-known Syrup of Figs
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only, and for sale by all leading druggists.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-11-26
vooDoo SIGN CAUSED SUICIDE.
SupS Test Applied Man Accused Murder Drives Him Death
Red Stain the Weapon Mistaken For Blood is Really Rust

Monticello, Ark. Suspicion of
murder having been confirmed against
him in the eyes of his neighbors by a
voodoo test, Louis Hursh, farmer,
cut his throat and died in the pres
ence of the Coroners jury.
Samuel Haywood was the man
whose murder was under investiga-
tion. He was called to his front door
at night and killed with charge of
buckshot. His wife had but a feet
ing glance at the assassin and could
give no clew to his identity.
Hursh was questioned about the
crime at the inquest, but protested
that he. had no knowledge of 1t. Mem
bers of the family swore that he was
at home when the shot was fired. and
Hursh apparently had been elimin-
ated from the list of suspects when
one of the jurymen. an aged negro,
spoke up.
TRY the voodoo test on him."
urged the negro.
whats that?" inquired the Coro-
ner.
Get Hurshs gun and fire it off
again while he is standing by II he
did the murder the gun will sweat
blood"
The Coroner was disinclined to
take this step, but others urged 1t on
him and he finally consented. Hursh
declared that 1t was matter of in
difference to him whether the test
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-11-26
THIS AND THAT.

The highest suicide rate of any
nation Is that of Denmark.
OF the 100000 families in
France, nearly 100000 are child
less.
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin,
Maine and Missouri. in the order
named. are the greatest producers
of lime.
More than 100000 persons, liy-
ing In 100 cities obtain water for do
nestle and industrial purposes from
the great lakes.
Louisiana has 100000 acres Of
marsh land which. II properly treat
ed, would exhibit great fertility
Montana during 1907 produced
sapphires worth $229.800.
In Australian cities the police are
now empowered to enter private
dwellings In which they suspect
gambling.
The three-year-old son and heir OF
the Gar Nicholas 10 insured for $2,-
800, 900, and Is said to pay tho high
est premium In the world.
Lava found near extinct volcanoes
In California Is so soft that It 10
cut into slabs with common, hand
saws for mantels and other purposes.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-11-26
Foresting Abandoned Farms.

The abandoned farms of New Eng
land have been taken advantage Of
TO considerable extent fer forestry
work. During the past year about
$500 acres have been planted With
trees, and in the course OF few
years these will prove profitable in
vestments. In addition to this. sew
eral of the water companies have
adopted the tree-planting policy as
a means of fostering the water sup
ply. The redemption Of these farms
is very important thing to this
section, for the increasing number
Of abandoned farms has been a mat
ter of serious alarm for a long time,
end this step seems to offer a So
luton to the problem of utilizing
the land which has been lying idle.
In Massachusetts, this area of waste
has been computed as 10 per cent.
Of the total acreage, while in Rhode
Island alone there are no less than
22S OF these abandoned farms
New York Press.
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was applied or not. He told where
his gun would be found, and it was
brought into court.
The Coroner and jury adjourned to
the woods near by, and the gun was
loaded and discharged. Hursh stood
by, apparently careless OF the results.
Following the firing Of the gun the
1urymen crowded around II tc exam
inc it for the sign. A murmur arose
among them, and the suspou le was
more than the prisoner could bear.
He turned to the gun to examine 1t,
and the man who had suggested thu
voodoo test pointed to a red stain
near the muzzle of the weapon. IIursh
became agitated and seemed on the
point OF making a dash for liAerty
when he was seized by deputy.
Without further Investigation the
party filed back into the court room,
where In a few moments the jury
held Hursh responsible for the kill
ing, and Coroner Lewis signed the
commitment.
When the prisoner saw that he was
to be sent to jail ON tho strength of
the voodoo test he took a sharp knife
from his pocket and with one stroke
ended his life.
Subsequently more careful examln-
alton of the red stain on the muzzle
of the gun was made and beyond any
doubt 1t was established to be moth
ing but rust.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-11-26
LATE EVENTS MEAN A MODERN CHINA
Prof. Hirth Calls Chinese Born Parlianne en-
tarans--Predicts Progress.

New York City.-Frledrich Hirth,
Professor of Chinese in Columbia
University, who as lifelong student
of the Chinese people, their language
and literature, is considered one OF
the best authorities living on Chinese
topics, gave 1t as his opinion that the
death of the Empress Dowager and
the Emperor meant the opening Of
an entirely new and better era which
would benefit not only China but the
other nations of the world. He
thought affairs in China would from
now on advance rapidly toward Euro
pean ideals. and though progress will
be less rapid than in Japan, China
would in thirty or even twenty years
be transformed into q nation on an
equal footing with the other great
nations of the world.
Professor Hirth had no belief In
the report that foul play had entered
into the death of the Dowager or the
Emperor. In regard to the general
attitude of the influential parties and
individuals toward the new rule, he
said:
II think the events of the next few
weeks or days will determine the
question of bloodshed or peace. !
think that both Liberals and Conser-
vatives are ready to wait quietly in
order to see what course the Govern
ment will take. Prince Chun is
Liberal, and he has enough followers,
/ think. among the really dangerous
party, the overardent Liberals, who
might be called the Anarchistic party,
to avert any trouble from them.
prince Chun, believe, is an able
man. He has visited Germany on
diplomatic mission. He alone of those
who have come into great power in
China has seen Europe; that single
fact should be enough to show in
what direction his rule will tend"
Speaking in a general way of the
death of Emperor and Dowager he
said:
1T appears to me very beneficial
thing for China. The antagonistic
relations between the two and the
control by the Dowager of the EN-
peror reused great dissatisfaction
among the Liberals, who had rested
their hopes on the Emperor.
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COMMERCIAL COLUMN
Weekly Review oil Trads and Latest
Market ReDortS
gradstreet's says:

BrddstreetB says:
Expansion continues in trade and
Industrial lines, shipments over the
railways are Increasing, idleness is
being diminished. Prices in nw
merous l.nes are higher, collections
are better and sentiment Ia brighter
than 1t has been for 10 months past.
In many sections retailers stocks are
badly broken, owing to conservative
purchases heretofore made, and as
a result requests for immediate ship
ments are quite tho rule On this
account and because of more season.
able weather sorting-up orders in
wholesale and jobblng lines arc OF
larger volume. Spring business is
also developing quite freely, al
though widespread improvement In
this direction Is not looked for until
after the turn of the new year.
Demand for holiday goods is In
creasing. On the whole, the situa-
ton Is becoming more favorable,
though 1t must be recognized that
outdoor operations tend TO contrac-
tion with the coming of winter, that
some recent expansion has been tinged
with a certain degree OF specula-
tion based on anticipations of what
Is to come and that the Improvement
may be slow in reaching the less
important centers."
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"Yet Tsi-An played valuable part.
1t almost seems she saved the nation
in 1898, when by coup d'etat the
young Emperor tried to crowd on
China in twenty days changes which
the nation would have needed as
many years to digest.
Yet, the Empel Jr being highly
appreciated by the party of reform
and progress, her seizure of the reins
of Government and suppression of
new ideas cast a gloom over the spirit
of the empire. And little as we know
the new characters on the Chinese
stage, 1t Is fair to believe that both
extremes-conserva and progress
sive-will hold themselves in check,
and will wait to see where the Gov
ernment is tending. All depends on
events; 1t is impossible to state what
will happen; one can only speak of
probabilities.
But the tendency, whether calm
or violent, will. feel sure, be toward
liberalism. These two deaths have
cleared the course for China. There
is much talk of antagonism toward
Manchu rule, yet that antagonism Is
a thing of recent years; it has been
greatly heightened by the relations
between the Emperor and his aunt,
the Dowager. l believe now that that
antagonism will calm down for the
time, and will. If the new Govern
ment gives satisfaction, die out.
THE talk is of a Constitutional
Government. l think, and have al
ways thought, the Chinese we'll fitted
for it. They have always appeared to
me to be born parliamentarians Ger
tainly they are as well fitted for lib
eral institutions as any Oriental ma
tion-better fitted than the Turks or
Persians, as well fitted, l think, as
the Japanese. But / believe they will
model their Government on the Jap
anese Government, and that the
stages of sheir progress generally will
be peaceful.
"The present Government has
strong liberal party behind it, and the
radicals are too much in the minority
now to do any harm. So many strong
men, both liberal and radical, are
with the Government that l do not
foresee serious outbreak
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-11-26
- m n Buul zlMD Sample treatmen.
EW II rH esHpN RED CROSS Pile and
~. ~. A1rS1 Fistula Cure and
Book sent by mail
VyvTfFgTYy-v1gyETME FIR ZEE.
REA CO.. DEPT q. 4 MINNEAPOLIS, MINI.
Modern Finance.

In condemning that sort of modern
finance that consists in getting some
thing for nothing, the late Bishop
Potter said: II once knew a boy
who would have made a splendid fl
nancier This boy. strolling idly
through the streets-he never had
anything to do-met another.
L WISH he said 4 had a nickel.
Then I'd buy a good scent cigar
and go into the woods and have a
smoke
"T have a Nickel said the other
boy.
Have you?' the first cried eager
ly. Then let's form a corporation
"'All right. How is it done?'
"I'll be the president. You'll be
the stockholder. The nickel will be
the 9capital and we'll invest it in
tobacco
"The thing was agreed to and the
president, taking the stockholders 5
cents, bought a cigar forthwith.
Then he led the way to the woods.
There he sat down on a log, lit up
and began to smoke skillfully.
The stockholder waited for his
turn to come. He waited very pa
tiently. But the cigar diminished.
0ne-third of 1t, two-thirds of it dis
appeared and still the president
showed no signs of safety.
Say!' exclaimed the stockholder
at last, don't get a whack here?'
The president, knocking off the
ashes, shook his head.
T don't see It,, he said.
"'But what shouted the angry
Stockholder, do get for my capi-
tal?'
"'Well, said the president, you
can spit.'"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-11-26
NEW LIFE
Found In Change to Right Food.

After one suffers from acid dyspep-
sla, sour stomach, for months and
then finds the remedy is in getting
the right kind of food, 1t is something
70 speak out about.
A N. Y. lady and her young son
mad such an experience, and sho
wants others to know how to get re.
lief. She writes;
For about fifteen months my lit.
lie boy and myself had suffered with
sour stomach. We were unable to
retain much of anything we ate.
After suffering In this way for SC
iong ! decided to consult specialist
IN stomach diseases. Instead of pre-
scribing drugs, he put us both on
Srape-Nuts, and we began to improve
immediately
1t was the key to a new life. /
,ound we had been eating too much
aeayy food which we could not digest.
~ few weeks after commencing
Srape-Nuts was able to do my
uousework. l wake In the morning
1lln clear head and feel rested and
nave no sour stomach. My boy sleeps
"sil and wakes with laugh.
We have regained our lost weight
suu continue TO eat Grape-Nuts for
MN the morning and evening meals.
ny are well and happy and owe 1t to
N'ape-Nuts." There's o Reasoa."
r Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
,ysk. Mich. Read THE Road to
"ellyilIe," in pkgs.
y Aser read the above letter? a
NV r one appears from time to time.
hay "sy are genuine, true. and full Of
'aman interest.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-11-26

Never Knew Her Husimnd's Name.
In declaring that she never knew
her husbands first name, Mrs. Es-
ther Nieman, Of Monroe Street, Great
ed laughter at the Central Police
Court.
Il have always called him Pop
from the first day married him. and
as he did not object, never worried
myself about his first name" said
Mrs. Nieman, who had her husband
arrested on the charge OF failing to
support her.
The accused husband, by direction
of the magistrate, was induced to tell
his wife his full name.
Certainly, I'm glad to do IT," re-
marked the defendant, "but think
my wife has known right along that
| am Jacob Nieman."
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-11-26
The Origin OF "Hurrah."

The word is pure Slavonian, and
Is commonly heard from the coast of
DaImatia to Behring's Straits, when
any of the population living within
these limits is called on to give proof
of courage and valor The origin OF
the word belongs to the primitive
Idea that every man that dies heroic
ally for his country, goes straight tc
heaven-Hu-ray Ito paradise), and
in the shock and ardor of battle the
combatants utter that cry, as the
Turks do that of "Allahi" each ami
mating himself by the certitude OF
Immediate recompense to forget
earth. and to condemn death.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-11-26
The FleId Of sports.

p T. Powers was elected president
OF the Eastern Baseball League.
Thomas G. Jefferson, one of the
best known owners OF trotting and
saddle horses in Kentucky, died at
his home in Lexington, KY, aged
dfty-seven years,
The ten-mile Marathon run to be-
held In conjunction with the Brooklyn
Postoffice games on Saturday, Janu-
airy l6, Is going to be an interesting
affair. All the old-timers will start.
The feature win be the race of Gil
lespie. who wius a bride II he crosses
the. tame tlrst.
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Hanlct Grimes.

Thomas w. Lawson. at a dinner
In Boston, talked about success.
Success In finance" he said is
due in great measure to prompt ac-
ton. The doubling, hesltating, Ham
let type of man had best keep out
OF finance. He is sure to be swamp
ed. The street has no use for him.
Such man always makes me
think Of my boyhood friend. Grimes.
Grimes was a falterer, a doubter, a
Hamlet OF the worst type.
One night dropped In on him
and found him bent in a brown
study over a white vest.
Hello Grimes, said I. 'Whats
the mattter7'
"This vest said he. It's toe
dirty TO wash, and not dirty enough
to send to the wash. | don't know
what to do about it."
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-11-26
Queer DIR. Gabrini Dead
in His Swiss Chateau.

Geneva. The richest and most &C.
centric man in Switzerland, DR.. Ga
Drlni, Is dead at Lugano, leaving a
fortune of 100000, most OF which
was made In America.
Dr. Gabrint was a man of the sim
plest habits. He would wear the
shabbiest clothes, and many tourists
who visited his beautiful chateau at
Ciani accepted his services as a guide
under the impression that he was
one OF his gardeners. He used to
take their tips with glee.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-11-26
Presidents Promise to an Ohio
Veteran of the Civil War.

Washington. d. C.-General II. c..
Corbin, retired, secured frcm Presi-
dent Roosevelt O. promise to appoint
Gilbert Van zandt, the drummer boy
of the Seventy-ninth Ohio Volunteer
Infantry in the Civil War, to place
in the Government service. General
Corbin brought Van Zandt, whose
home is at Wilmington, Ohio, with
him and told the President that he
entered the military service at ten
years of age as drummer boy in the
Seventy ninth Ohio.
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HOM's This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. J. CHENEY Co., Toledo. 0.
We, the undersigned. have known F. J.
Cheney for the last Is years. and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by his firm.
WALDING. kIHNAN & MARVIN, Whole
sale Druggists. Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken int ternaly. act
ingdirectly upon the blood and mucuous sur
faces of the system. Testimonials sent free
Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-11-26
wholesale Markets.

New York. - Wheat - Receipts,
121, 900 bush. exports. 1S4,446
bush; spot easy; No. red, 1.13h
elevator; No. red, 1.13ss (. o. b.
ahoat; No. Northern Duluth,
1.159s Z. o. b. ahoat; No. hard
winter, 1.131s (. o. b. ahoat.
Corn--Receipts, 1925 BUSH. spot
steady; No. 2, new, 70 II elevator and
II q I, o. b. a1oat, to arrive; No.
2, old, 76 nominal. Option market
quiet and steady, closing Bc. net
higher. December, II II o. 70, closed
71B; May closed 70h.
Receipts, 40,500; spot firm;
mixed, 26 to S2 lbs, SO Il % 54; nat
ural white, &c to 32 lbs, 53@56;
clipped white, "a to AZ lbs, So II @
61.
Poultry--Alive, steady; spring
chickens, 49, fowls, 12; turkeys, 13.
Dressed. unsettled; Western spring
chickens, Is @20; fowls, 1914 @14;
spring turkeys, 16@ 10.
Philadelphia. - Wheat - Steady;
contract grade, November, 1.o40
1.04 nc.
CONFIRM. 1sc. higher; Novem-
Der, 6S@6S1hc.
Oats-1sc higher; No. white,
natural, 55 @ 55 hc.
Butter - Firm; extra Western
creamery, 31c; do, nearby prints,
33.
Eggs-Firm; Pennsylvania and
other nearby firsts, free cases, 33c.,
at mark; do, current receipts, In
returnable cases, 32, at mark; West
ern 1irsts, free cases, 33, at mark
do, current receipts, free cases, 80.
Cheese-Firm; New York full
creams, choice, 13 " @13%c.; do,
fair to good, 121s 013.
Poultry-Alive, steady; fowls, 12
@13c.; old roosters, 900; spring
chickens, 12@ 13; ducks, IL @ IL.
Baltimore. - Flour - Firm, un-
changed; receipts, 5,S15; exports,
15,424.
wheat-Firmer; spot, contract,
LOS 1.05H; spot, No. 2 red West
ern. 1.079 1.07A; November. LOS
q 1.05A; December, 1.06A a
receipts, 34,556; exports, $4,000;
Southern, on grade, 1.O201.O5.
Corn-Firmer; new spot. mixed,
~ ~ ~ a year, Of a V Voi "a Janu-
ary, 66A @66 II; February, Sc II @
66%; steamer mixed, 67@67H; re-
ceipts, 1921; exports. 800 new
Southern white corn, 65@70; new
Southern yellow corn. rs.
Oats-Firmer; No. Q, white, 54 II;
No. g, white, 53@54; No. 2 mixed.
52h @53; receipts, 1.z33; exports,
$50.
Rye-Firmer; No. 2. Western eS-
port, 81 Il @s2; receipts. 71S.
Butter-Frm. unchanged; fancy
imitation, 24@25; fancy creamery,
S1@32; fancy ladle, 20@21; store
packed. 17@18.
Eggs-Firm. unchanged, 81 50.
Cheese Steady, unchanged; new,
large, 1874; new flats, 13%; new
small, IA.
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Stub Ends OF News.

1t was believed in Berlin that
France and Germany are nearer war
than they have been since 1870.
Washington dispatches reported
Frank H. Hitchcock would be Post
master-General in the Taft Cabinet.
Charles B. Murphy asserted that
Tammany Hall did all It could for w.
J. Bryan, despite charges to the con
trary.
II Is now "All aboard for Guate-
mala" from any railway station In
tho United States. All rail commu-
nication with Progressive City is now
open.
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Mr. William r. Vahlberg, Oklahoma
City, Okla, writes:
Zone bottle Of Peruna which have
taken did more toward relieving me OF an
aggravated case of c0tLrr1t Of the stont-
dch than years of treatment with che
best physicians,
II had Otren up hopes Of relief, and
only tried Peruna as a last resort.
II shall continue using il, Ms feel sat
sied il will effect en- entire and per-
fudnent cure.
IL most cheerfully recommend Peruna TO
all who may read this"
Peruna is usually taken as a last resort.
Doctors have been tried and failed Other
remedies have been used. 3antariums
have been visited. Travel has been re-
sorted to.
AT last Peruna is tried. Relief is found.
This history is repeated over and over
again, every day in the year. II n such re-
suits as this this give Peruna its unas-
sailable hold upon the people. We could
say nothing that would add force to such
testimonials as tho above. That people
who have had catarrh and have tried
every other remedy available. find relief in
Peruna, constitutes the best argument that
could be made.
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NO SKIN WAS LEFT on BODY.
Baby was Expected to Die with Ec-
zema-Blood Oozed Ont All Over
Her Rody-Now WeIl-Doctor
Safd fO Irsn CiYtfcurn

six months after birth my little girl
broke out with eczema and had two doc
tors in attendance There was not particle
of skin left on er body. the blood oozed
out lust anywhere, and we had TO wrap her
in silk and carry her on a pillow for ten
weeks. She was the most terrible sight l
ever saw and for six months looked for
her to die. used every known remedy to
alleviate her suffering, for it Was terrible
to witness. DIR. c. gave her up. DR..
b recommended the Cuticurs Remedies.
She will soon be three years old and has
never had sign Of the dread trouble since.
We used about eight cakes of Cuticura
Soap and three boxes of Cuticura Oint.
ment. James !. Smith, Dunii, Va, Oct
Ii and %, 1906"
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What She Said.

go to father" she said,
When / asked her to wed,
For she knew that | knew
That her father was dead,
And she knew that ! knew
What a life he had led;
And she knew that | knew
What she meant when she said:
Go to father!"