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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-07-02
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HOW TO SET :
A BEAR TRAP :
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1t Is not so complicated a task, to
set bear trap successfully. The
guides of New Brunswick may tell
you II Is, or their brothers of the
Rockies may object to carrying a
heavy trap into a country where they
know a good rife will be pretty sure
to get your bear for you. But IL you
still insist on assuming the role of
the trapper, II only to test your wood
craft, then the first thing 10 dc Is to
get good trap. You Will want No.
s for grizzlies; No 5 will do for
black bears. For the West your trap
should weigh not less than twenty
pounds, but for the bears down East
a twelve or ffteen-pound trap will do
If II has good springs.
1t is the usual thing to build a
rough V-shaped pen in windfall, To-
Gated, of course. where bears are US
ing, and place the bait in the small
end of the " This pen should be
constructed of heavy logs and brush
picked up without any ak work, and
should preferably be in depression
of the ground with fairly open trail
leading into it. 1t is good plan to
use standing tree foot in diameter
for the back or inside end of the
pen, and the walls should be jammed
tight against this tree and be belt
high at the tree.
Across the entrance of the pen,
after the bait is in position, place an
old dead branch of tree, one that is
comparatively straight and strong
and not more than two inches in
diameter. Wedge it in firmly be-
tween the logs of the walls. This is
for the bear to step over, and it
should be eight or ten inches above
the ground. About four or five inches
in front of It, on the inside. set your
trap, arranging II so that when fully
covered with earth the Jaws will be
level with the firm ground Be sure
that the trap is set with the open Jaws
extended lengthwise, opening right
and left, so the bear will put his foot
into 1t lengthwise. Otherwise his
foot would almost surely be thrown
out by one of the jaws of the trap
squarely upon the pan. The clog to
which the chain is fastened should be
a short log of sound. heavy hardwood,
about six inches in diameter. and this
should not be fastened down RI the
bear gets away from the set without
smashing 1t up 1t can be used again.
Some trappers place row of sharp
ened sticks in the ground on either
side of the entrance of the pen to
make the bear walk carefully in the
centre and step over the cross sticks
at just the right place
Many persons object to the use of
traps, and with good cause. since
trapping is neither kind nor sports
manlike. Nevertheless, after a man
has made one or two unsuccessful and
expensive trips into the mountains
for bear, he finds no difficulty in
excuslng the use of trap And SO
long as he does not kill deer. noun
tain goats. bighorn sheep or other
game for bait for his bear trap, he
need not entirely sacrifice his claim
to being sportsman. After all,
there is not so very much difference
between bringing a grizzly 20 bay by
means of trap and rounding him up
with big pack of hounds. From
Recreation.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-07-02
SUFFERED TWENTY-FIVE YEARS
With Eczema-Her Limb Peeled and
Foot Was Raw-Thought Amputa-
tion Ncccssary-Belicves Her
Life Saved by Cu(icura

81 have been treated by doctors for
twenty-five years for bad case of eczema
on my leg. They did their best. but
failed to cure it. My doctor had advised
me to have my leg cut off A. this time
my leg was peeled from the knee, my foot
was like piece of raw flesh, and had to
walk on crutches. | bought a set of Cuti-
cura Remedies. After the first two treat
ments the swelling went down. and in two
months my leg was cured and the new skin
came on. The doctor was surprised and
said that he would use Cuticura for his
own patients. / have now been cured over
seven years, and but for the Cuticura Rem
edies might have lost my life Mrs. j. b.
Remand, 277 Mentana St., Montreal. Que,
Feb. 90. 1907"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-07-02
"EAT LESS, DRINK LESS CHEER UP" HOT WEATHER ADVICE
Or H. w. Wiley,
hoI ne Gloomy FrIends Should Be shunned

Washington, ID. C.-Dr. Harvey
W. Wiley, food expert of the Govern
ment has a few simple rules for eat
ing and drinking during the heated
term. Here are his commandments
Eat one-fourth less In summer than
in winter.
Eat meat in moderation. Select
the lighter meats.
Danish all alcoholic beverages.
Eat most largely of cooked fruits
and vegetables.
Drink nothing below sixty degrees
in temperature, and drink sparingly.
Be careful to seek the society of
cheerful friends.
Practice moderation in open air ex-
ercise.
Don't fret; don't worry.
Thousands of people are made
sick in summer because they do not
know how or what to eat" observed
DR.. Wiley. But the same criticism
applies to the winter season as we'll
Few people follow definite rules.
Moderate eating, moderate drinking.
moderate exercise in the open air and
cheerful friends will keep any good
man alive through the summer.
Eating In summer should be di-
minished by about one-quarter, mas
much as the heat energy is one-quar-
ter less than in winter
Fruits and vegetables are the nor
NAL diet for summer, provided they
are cooked. If eaten raw they
should not be contaminated with
pathogenic bacteria
Few persons who delight in raw
fruits for breakfast have any idea of
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-07-02
Had Toothpick In Intestines.

A toothpick nearly two inches in
length was yesterday removed from
the intestines of Mrs. II. w. Ehres.
mann by the physicians of the North
western General Hospital. She had
been suffering from constant pain in
her stomach for several weeks, and
few days ago was prostrated by the
agony.
She was taken to the hospital, and
the physicians were much perpleXed
TO diagnose her case. They finally
located the pain center in her intes-
tines, and decided to operate upon
her. When the operation was per-
formed 1t was found that the tooth
pick had worked its way through
the walls of her stomach and in turn
perforated the wall of the intestine.
1t was firmly imbedded in the tissues
when the surgeons discovered It. She
does not remember swallowing the
wooden pick.-Philadelphia Record.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-07-02
Good Bnrglnr Alnrm.

AT the top of the stairway in the
Grigson dwelling there was a board
that emitted loud creak whenever
anybody stepped on it. Mr. Grigson
was always intending to have the
thing fixed" but never did It, and by
common consent the members of the
family usually stepped over it, par
ticularly when the head of the family
had gone to bed.
One night, very late, just as Mr..
Grigson was dropping off to sleep.
somebody stepped on that board and
1t gave forth its customary loud pro-
test.
There you go agaln!" he angrily
called out. That's you this time
John! Pretty time of night for you
to be getting to bed!"
John, the eldest son, made no re-
sponse, but instead there was a rush
and a jump down the stairs that
brought the whole household into the
hall just in time to hear the front
door slam. A hurried investigation
disclosed a bag of valuables which
a frightened burlar had left.
The board still sqeaks.-Youth' S
Companion.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-07-02
The Size of the s,a

This refers not to the area of The
oceans only but to their total cubic
content, which is reckoned by Ed
ward A. Martin, of the Geological So
ciety, at thirty times the cubic con-
tent of all the land lying above sea-
level. In other words, If all the land
OF the globe were scraped Off down
TO the level of the sea and thrown
INTO the ocean, 1t would fill only one
thirtieth part of the enormous abyss
which is occupied by the waters. Ac-
cording to Lyell, the mean height OF
the land above sea-leyel is 1000 feet,
whereas the mean depth OF the ocean
Is 10000 feet There are mountain
peaks which rise as high above sea
level as the depressions OF the ocean
sink below it, but the average height
OF the land Is slight compared Sith
the average depth OF the sea.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-07-02

pathogenic bacteria, its appearance
or its taste, IL It has any. So apples
peaches. grapes and even the delect
able grape fruit are to be banished
because they may have been contain.
mated. Stewed prunes are good. II
YOU like them and the contamination
has been cooked out of them.
THE festive highball and the more
plebian 'scuttle of suds" are to be
put aside. Alcohol when oxidized is
nothing but heat, and these summer
days are hot enough. Shonld more
alcohol be used than is oyidized the
user gets poisoned. 1t is hard tc
tell during the heated season when
the alcohol imbibed is going to stor
oxidizing. so the safest plan is tc
cease imbibing.
Care should be taken against
over-indulgence in very cold drinks
or frozen relishes. On hot days nc
beverages below sixty degrees IN
temperature should he taken. Other.
wise they are apt to produce what
physicians describe as ice-water dys.
pepsia. Soda water and ice cream
are alike bad when taken in large
quantities. Observe the law of mod.
Grafton and eat and drink slowly"
Here DR.. Wiley interrupted his sol.
emn warnings to break into verse:
Full many a man, both young and old,
Has gone to his sarcophagus
BY pouring water. icy cold
Adown his hot esophagus
"Tell your readers to be cheerful;
1t might be worse" DR.. Wiley con.
cluded. as he mopped his brow and
turned on the electric fan.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-07-02
LYDIA E. PINKHAM

No other medicine has been so
successful in relieving the suffering
of women or received so many gem
uine testimonials as has Lydia l..
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
In every community you will find
women who have been restored to
health by Lydia 4. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound. Almost every
one you meet has either been bene-
fitted by it, or has friends who have.
In the Pinkham Laboratory at
Lynn, Mass, any nywomananyda daymay
see the files containing over one mil
lion one hundred thousand letters
from women seeking health, and
here are the letters in which they
openly state over their own sigma
lures that they were cured by Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Lydia L. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound has saved many women
from surgical operations.
Lydia Il. PinkhaIn's Vegetable
Compound is made from roots and
herbs, without drugs, and is whole
some and harmless.
The reason why Lydia L. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound is SO
successful is because it contains in
gradients which act directly upon
the feminine organism, restoring il
to a healthy normal condition.
Women who are suffering from
those distressing ills peculiar to their
sex should not lose sight of these
facts or doubt the ability of Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
to restore their health.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-07-02

Spokane. Wash.-The Republican
party in this State is pledged to local
option and the Democrats are on rec
ord as favoring absolute prohibition.
Knowing that there are voters to
whom neither course is acceptab BILE.
e. e. Hall, of Spokane, who is a
candidate, has come forward with a
novel plan. He would compel every
man and woman who drinks intoxi-
eating liquors to pay a license fee,
exempt saloon men and permit any
one who desires to engage in the traf-
fic, the sole restriction being to sell
only to license holders.
Outlining his plan. Hall said that
while he is willing to stand squarely
upon the Republican State platform
and vote for the passage of a local
option law, If elected. he will intro
duce a measure which provides that
the man who drinks the liquor should
pay the license. He added:
MY plan would be to abolish all
saloon licenses, permitting any man
desiring to do so to sell liquor. If
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-07-02
Pat Was Glad.

A fine, robust soldier, after serv-
ing his country faithfully for some
time, became greatly reduced in
weight, owing to exposure and scanty
rations, until he was so weak he
could hardly stand. Consequently,
he got leave of absence to go home
and recuperate. He arrived at his
home station looking very badly Just
as he stepped off the boat one of his
old friends rushed up to him and
said: We'll, we'll, Pat. am glad
to see you're back from the 'front.'
Pat looked worried aud replied
"Begorra, | knew | was getting thin,
but | never thought you could see
that much. Ladies' Home Journal.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-07-02
COMMERCIAL COLUMN
Weekly Review oil Trade and Latest
Market ReDorts


n. @. Dun g. Co.'S Weekly Review
or Trade says:
Preparations for fall trade are on
a fairly liberal scale, testifying to
confidence in the future, and job
bers receive moderate supplementary
orders for prompt shipment, while
retail sales expand in response to
seasonabie weather. There is some
lrregularity In reports from the lead.
ing industries, foot wear factories re-
ceiving relatively larger orders than
textile mills, while the iron and steel
markets still feel the unsettiing Of
tects of recent reduction in prices.
Building operations increase at many
points, creating a better demand for
lumber and other materials, but there
is still decrease in most comparl-
sons with last years volume Mer-
camille collections are more prompt
and money is abundant, despite the
continued exports of gold.
Waiting conditions prevail in the
iron and steel industry, purchases
being limited to immediate needs.
except In the case of steel bars that
nave been ordered by makers of ag-
ricultural implements to the extent
OF 100000 tons. Numerous Inquiries
promise to result in considerable
business next month. Output of coke
Is rising at the rate of about 5000
tons weekly and prices are main
tanned by an increased demand.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-07-02
The World Of Sport.

There will be no more Yale re.
gattas on Lake Whitney. hereafter
II is understood.
Howe, the crack hurdler of Yale
university, has been elected captain
OF the Eli track team.
Carl Schlechter. OF Vienna, and o.
5. Duras, OF Bohemia. tied In the in.
ternational chess tournament at
Prague.
with Annapolis and Georgetown
out OF the Poughkeepsie regatta this
year, only Ave crews lined up for tho
word'-Cornell, Columbia, Wisconsin.
Pennsylvania and Syracuse.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-07-02
Not Worth While.

] heard Henry Rogers once tel. OF
meeting a whaling captain whom he
had known as lad forty years be-
fore, says writer in the New York
Times. He took his old comrade
about the towns and the countryside,
Identifying old landmarks together.
The captain had been away six
years from home. and was TO sail on
a new voyage the next day I'm 60
ing abroad now, Hen, he remarked.
And won't you. go home first and
tell or wife good-bye?" asked.
BIZ r., no." replied the whal
I'm on, , be gone two years"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-07-02

cts we're emptied by women in the
garb of the trained nurse. From re.
lieving suffering TO infiicting It is an
easy change. The whole idea is ex.
cellent. and the inventor of this new
way of getting money, for charity
ought to be known and immortalized
provided that it does not fore.
shadow tho passing of the indlspensa.
Bile hospital fair or concert or rum.
mage sale. This would be a calamity
too dreadful to tolerate.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-07-02
TAG DAY" THE LATEST SPECIES OF REFINED HIGHWAY ROBBERY

Washington, d. "Tag-day," the
latest species OF refined highway rob-
berry, consists in holding up the en-
tire population of town and de-
manding contribution to the local
hospital in return for "a tag which, IL
worn in plain sight, becomes u safe
guard against further molestation.
Automobiles and other vehicles are
stopped in true Jesse James style.
Even train is reported to have
been held until the passengers pock-
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-07-02
ODDS AND ENDS.

The man who quarrels with his
bread and butter should be made to
eat his words.
Some men walk as II they needed
glasses, and some others walk as II
they had taken too many.
It's hard for a man to live up to
his ideals as 1t is for woman to
look like her photograph.
There isn't much hope for the
young man who feels sorry for him
self every time he looks at his par
ents.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-07-02
Wholesale uart-ts.

New observation-disclosures 10.
600 bushels; exports. 134,O72 bush
els. spot market easy; No. 2 red,
9S, elevator; No. 2 rcd. 9S, (. o. b.
aiioat; No. l Northern Duluth, 1.135s
I. o. b. afloat; No 2 hard winter,
l.O3 u {. o. b. afloat.
Corn-Spot firm; No. 2. II eleya.
tor, and 76 to arrive (. o. b. anoat.
Option market was frmcr on weather
news, closing u to NC. net higher.
July closed, 77as; September, 76@
76 B; closed 76%.
Oats-Receipts $500 bushels
Spot steady; mixed, 26 to 80 pounds,
530 % 55; natural white, &c TO 81
pounds, 57h @60; clipped white, 32
to 40 pounds, 5S1s @65.
Poultry-Alive, steady. Western
spring chickens. 20; fowls, 1917;
turkeys, 12. Dressed, weak; West
ern spring chickens, 20@2S; tur-
keys. 12@17; fowls. 12h @131s.
Cheese-Firm; receipts, 5.3S5
State, full cream. small fancy, 11M;
do. large, liz.
Eggs - Firm; receipts. 1851.
State, Pennsylvania, and nearby fan.
cy selected white, %; do, good to
choice, 1901; brown and mixed
fancy, 20@21; do, good to choice,
17Q19; Western firsts. 160161s;
seconds, 15@15h.
Philadclphia.-Whe - hc. low.
er; contract grade. June. 93h ~
94c.
Corn-Unchanged.
Oats-1ac. higher; No. 2 white,
natural, 5S@5Shc.
Butter-Unchanged Cheese un-
changed. Live poultry unchanged.
Dressed poultry, steady; fresh killed
fowls. 1S@1Shc.; fair to good.
liz @12.
Baltimore. - Flour - Quiet, un-
changed; receipts. 2,60S barrels; ex-
ports, 1921
Wheat - Firm; spot, contract,
90 Il a. 96h "; spot No. 9 red West
ern, 9SA a 9S1a; June, 96A; July,
81; August, 80; steamer No. rcd,
92% @93; receipts, 22,01S bushels;
exports, 136,2S4 bushels; Southern,
on grade, 92@96,
Corn-Dull; spot, mixed, rs; No.
2 white, rs; July, rs; September.
rs; steamer mixed, IL; receipts, TO-
095 bushels; Southern yellow corn,
70.
Oats-Firm; No. 2 white, 5S059;
No. white, 56@5 5S; No. mixed.
Sc; receipts, 5,356 bushels.
Rye-Dull; No. Western exports.
$50 SO; No. 2 Western domestic,
So a SO; exports, S,56S bushels.
Hay-Easier; No. l timothy,
1850 asked; No. l clover mixed.
10.00@10.50.
Butter-Firm, unchanged; fancy
imitation. 20@21; fancy creamery,
rs; fancy ladle, 1909; store pack
ed, 17017h.
Eggs-Steady, unchanged; 17MQ
IS.
Cheese-Firm. unchanged; large,
September, 1914; new. fats, 1lA;
new, small, 12A.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-07-02

Spokane WASH Politician Believes He Has
Solved Problem

man wants to drink he should be
compelled to take out q license tc
do so. and 1t should be n misdemean.
or for any person to sell to n mar
who does not have such a license
Such licenses should be issued by
county and city, a reasonable fec
being about So a year for county
licenses and from 81 to SO year foI
city. This would bring in a larger
revenue than under the present
license system, and would put the
burden where it belongs.
Each license thus issued should
have attached thereto a photograph
of the person taking it out, so there
could be no using OF the license ex-
cept by this man. 1t should also
contain provision that a conviction
for drunkenness at any time would
be punished by revocation of the
license for period of six months or
a year. This appears to me to be the
logical solution of the liquor question
in districts where saloons are not
barred by local option"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-07-02

New York.-Beeves- Receipts, L.
423; no trading; feeling steady.
Dressed beef slow but steady at
1Oh @12s for native sides.
alves-Receipts, 377. Market
slow to 15c. lower for veals; no but
termilks. Common to prime veals
sold at $50 to 1856; culls, 400 TO
500. Dressed calves slow; city dress
ed veals, ~ to IL; country dressed
to 10h.
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts, s.
ESQ: sheep steady; lambs slow. but
15c to Csc. higher Sheep sold at
$50 to 500; lambs, 1926 to 7.5O.
Hogs--Receipts, 2,S42. Feeling
firm; prime New York State hogs
sold at coo to 6.10.
Chicago. -Cattle-Receipt about
10000, Market weak; steers,
6.OO@S.35: cows. 1000 600; heii-
ers, 4.00@700; bulls, 3.50@5.30;
calves, 5.00Q5,50; stockers and
feeders, 3.25 05.40.
Hogs = Receipts about $4,000.
easy. Choice heavy shippers, 5.70N
5.S21k; butchers, 5.70Q5.S2 "
light mixed, 5.50@5.65; choice light,
5.65@5.75; packing, .75@5.72 ";
pigs, 4.00Q5.40.
Sheep--Receipts. 1900; market,
10000. lower; sheep, AIS % 5.25;
lambs. 4.50@6.00; yearlings, 4.S0@
$50.
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Women in the Days News.

Mrs. Howard Gould's father left
her 81.
Four out of five OF all English
women OF position are smokers.
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish is said to be
the best bridge player in New York.
Miss Ellen Stewart. OF Carthage,
aged l04 years. died at Watertown.
N. Y.
Mrs. Katie Hartigan. widow, of
Brooklyn, NJ ". died OF fright at the
sight of bloodstains on her waist,
caused by slight wound In her side
The wound was not dangerous.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-07-02
Washington Orders Destruction OF
Fish Wiers in Porto Rican Streams.

San Juan, Porto Rico.--A local law
which was passed recently, authoriz-
ing the construction of weirs and
dams In inland waters but falling to
specify which streams we're meant
by the term finland waters.' has
caused the erection by fishermen OF
weirs in navigable streams.
This has been reported to Wash
ington, and instructions have been
sent to District Attorney Savage to
destroy the weirs wherever they OBJ
struct navigation
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-07-02
Trial Marriage Failed;
Worried Himself TO Death.

North Dana, Mass.-Elmer NJ
Tbayer. of Hardwick. a wealthy
Grand Army man. died of worry be.
cause OF his inability to find a salts
factory wife through his method
Of trial marriage.
MI. Thayer advertised extensively
and his mail assumed the proportions
OF the correspondence of get-rlch.
quick concern. The plan scandalized
and alienated lifelong friends and
Mr.. Thayer became a gloomy recluse
and woman hater.
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IT'S COLD WORLD FOR GIRL SCHOLARS.
President OF vassar. Tells Graduates the Wisdom
n

Dr. Taylor, President OF Nassi
Of Only n Fou
Poughkeepsie, N. Y.-"The world
is not giving much encouragement to
women to go on in the higher schol-
arship. Even in the old institutions,
after all the talk is over, what do
they do for women in the fields of
scholarship"
This is what the Rev. James Mon
roe Taylor, president of Vassar Col
lege, said to the graduates at the
commencement exercises in the col
lege chapel. DR.. Taylor was defend
ing Vassar's method of limiting the
number of students and of leaving
post graduate work to other colleges
This does not mean that we yield
to any college in the world as to
scholarship" he said. 1T means
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-07-02
The Finishing Rride.

A clergyman, having performed the
marriage ceremony for a couple, un-
dertook to write out the usual certifi-
cate, but, being in doubt as to the
day of the month, he asked, This
is the ninth, is ii not?"
why, parson," said the blushing
bride, you do all my marrying, and
you ought to remember that this is
only the third. d."=Current Literature.
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To Drive Out Malaria and Build Up
the System

Take the Old Standard GRovK's TASTE
LESS CHILL ToNfc. You know what you
are taking. The formula Ia plainly printed
on every bottle, showing 1t Is simply Out
nine and Iron in tastelcss form, aud the
most ehectual forir- For grown people
and children J1c