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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-09-17
FISH HEAD SAVES CATS LIFE,

Darby Especially A cat imprlson-
ed In a sewer here four days was
oddly rescued by Henry Johnson, coll
ored.
=, No one could get down through
me sewer inlet to reach the mewing
cat, and all sorts OF efforts to lure
ner into lowered basket cnly re
suited In her leaping out with fear
as the basket was hoisted,
III get her out in minute sa q
Johnson, He lowered the same bag
Set with q fish head fastened N the
po,.om thereof, and Pussy stayed Il
until rescued.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-09-17
PREFERS DEATH TO SCHOOL.

Lancaster Especially I'd rather
die than go to school,, had been the
Oft repeated declaration of 14-year-
old William Sheetz, a son OF LeandeF
sheetz, hotel keeper of Elizabeth
his threats, not believing him to be
In earnest.
Shortly before z clock A. NJ, the
family heard shot coming from
the boys room and found the lad
dead on the floor. A rifle laying by
ms side and a gaping wound behind
.ne right ear told plainly that the
BOY had made good his threat.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-03
MARRLAGE AND DIVORCE.

According to the second statistical
report of Investigations Of marriage
and divorce, just issued by the census
bureau, there have been 1882, O44
marriages and 945, 1925 divorces in the
twenty years from 1887 to 1906. In
other words, one marriage in twelve
in this country has ended in divorce,
a rate much greater than that in any
other country. In 1867, when the first
investigations were made, divorces
were granted at the rate of 10000 a
year. In 1906 the rate was $4,000 a
year. They are increasing now at
thrice the rate of the population. The
divorce rate per 100000 of the mar
ried population in 1870 was 81. In
1900 it was 200.
One striking feature of the report
is that only Is per cent of the divorces
granted in the twenty years were con-
tested, and in most of these cases the
contest was little more than a legal
~formality. OF the causes, the report
shows that 80 per cent of the DEGREES
were granted on the ground of de-
s%ertion, with adultery, drunkenness
and cruelty following, in the order
named. The only mitigating feature
of the report is the showing that in
less than 40 per cent of the causes
have children been involved. The
average duration of marriages termi-
mated by divorce was ten years. About
3 per cent we're granted after twenty
five years of married life.
An interesting feature of the report
is the showing hat increase in the
number Of divorces is smaller in the
south than in any other section of
the country. This may be due to the
fact, however, that two OF the south
ern states do not recognize divorce
that among one class OF citizens in
the south separation frequently is &C
complished without the formality of
securing the sanction of the law. In
the western states the increase in di-
vorce rate has been very marked, ad-
vancing from SO to 129 per 10000
of the married population in the ten
years from 1880 to 1890.
The report will doubtless have the
effect of %arousing to new activity the
legal and religious organizations that
have been seeking legislation in the
different states with a view to put
ting an end TO the %nda variety
of laws and rules governing the states
share in the disposition of divorce
cases.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-03

South American countries from the
greed of European powers. 1t inter
vened I'm Santo Domingo. in the inter
ests Of peace. and has placed that coun-
try on a sound financial basis. 1t has
with the exception CT Porto Rico, taken
possession of no land south of Key
West and has, in fact, pursued an
anti-imperialist policy. although GER
tain party leaders in this country have
tried to make the public believe other
wise.
The situation in Hayti is peculiar.
Its negro population distrusts and
fears the United States, and it Is the
fixed conviction of the authorities at
Washington that interference by this
country would serve to increase rather
than diminish the disturbed conditions
there. The United States has no in
terest in the internal affairs of the
bloody republic, and will probably keep
hands off, unless American vested in
terests are threatened, or some Euro
pean power attempts to interfere. In
that event, the Monroe doctrine would
force the United States to action. The
governments record of dealing with
the countries to the south is one of
which the whole people may be Justly
proud.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-03
HARRIMAN ANp EcoNoNLr.

Mr.. Edward II. Hartman took oc.
casion at a dinner. where sat a mum
Der Of political economists, to tell
them that they knew little or nothing
about the operation of a great railroad
system. Mr.. Hartman said that
we're not his lips sealed TO the secrets
of his business, he could, like Ham
let's ghostly father, unfold a tale
whose lightest word would harrow up
their souls" but he could not. II the
day ever comes when Mr.. Hartman
can tell exactly what is in his mind he
will be assured of en- audience world
wide. The recital of the Standard
Oils rise to eminence as ]recounted by
Rockefeller and Archbold will seem
dim and insipid compared to the story
that Mr.. Hartman could tell.
No genii nor Jim. slaves to the
lamp, aver toiled to better purpose
than has Mr.. Hartman. The mag
nifcence Of the structure he has
reared is scarcely realized by the peo-
pie who have watched it grow. 1t is
scarcely more than a decade since the
name of Hartman was flashed to the
world in connection with the purchase
Of the bankrupt and decrepit Union
Pacific railroad. Hartman was the
wizard who set about to r~e-establish
and rehabilitate this great thorough
fare for commerce. What he has
,okg1v.l 4. A. ~otIrAoI uyDr1J -, tho
last ten years has excelled the accom-
plishments of any other organizer who
ever strove to weld together discor-
dant and conflicting elements in the
Hartman has brought about both
concord and accord, and has achieved
results the benefit of which is not as
yet appreciated by the public, but
which may be better understood as
they are more enjoyed. His methods
have not always been such as are en-
dorsed by the strict economists, and
yet by his daring he has brought
possible to a more timid and less ven
turous man.
1t Is not alone in the reconstruction
of the Union Pacific that Mr.. Harri-
man has excelled, although that in
itself were enough to give him lasting
fame. He has set UP the mightiest
combination of railroads working for
the good, not only of their owners,
but of the people served by them, the
world has ever known, and when he
tells a gathering of scientists they are
wrong he does not mean it lightly. 1t
yet remains to be. demonstrated that
Mr.. Hartman is right, but if he is
right he has written much that is new
to political economy.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-03
THE ARMY AND THE PANIC.

While steel is recognized generally
as the m accurate barometer of
trade, the standing army is making
something of a record as an index to
the business conditions of the country.
Life in the army does not naturally
appeal to the average American citi-
zen and the official records show that
in prosperous times there is great diff
flculty in securing enlistments to keep
the army up to anything like its
authorized quota. In dull times,
there is always an increase of the ap-
plicants for enlistment.
Early in 1907, the enlistments in
the army had fallen off until there
was more or less serious talk in the
War department about adopting the
conscription policy, in order to keep
even the skeleton formation of the
regular army. In ordinary cirCum-
stances, 1t requires about $4,000 II
listments a cal to keep the army up
to its peace strength. Last year the
applicants for enlistment numbered
less than half that quota and the re-
cruiting officers were compelled to
take some very undesirable material.
When the panic came, applicants for
enlistment grew stronger in number,
and during the yea 44,998 men were
enlisted, or more than double the
usual number. The list of men seek
ing service was so great that the re-
cruiting officers were enabled to make
selections and report that they have
secured an unusually high class of
men for the service. Just when the
officials where considering the advisa-
bility Of closing the recruiting stations.
as the number of men enlisted had
brought the army up to about its nat
ural peace strength, the applicants
dropped away from the recruiting sta
tions. In September and October
practically no applicants applied for en-
listment at the western stations and
there was a big decrease at the east
ern points. The War department Off
Gals accept the conditions as ~convinc-
ing proof that prosperity in industrial
and commercial lines has been re-
stored and that work is so much easier
to obtain in civil life that men are not
seeking army service as a resource.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-03
Personal NOTES.

Taft, in turning down his glass, may rave
been heading off the Fairbanks cocktail
sort Of story.
DIR. d. X. Pearson, the philanthrOpist of
Chicago, whose benefactions were said to
have depleted his fortune and left him
$780, 600 in debt, declares that the story is
all ''bosh." DR.. Pearson says that he has
100000 more to give to educational in
stitutions.
A little while ago somebody started out
to prove that Betsy Ross did not make the
first American flag. Now somebody in
New York says he has a letter written by
John Hancock showing that Paul Revere
never made that celebrated ride. Next we
shall hear that Washington never crossed
the Delaware.
Mrs. Hart o. Berg, who bears the dis
tinction of having been the first woman to
make an aeroplane ascension, is an English
woman who has spent many years in this
country. She is q woman of medium
height, with a square-cut chin, indicating
the nerve that led her to venture aloft with
William Wright I'm an experimental flight
In France.
Montgolfler. credited with the invention
Of the hot air balloon, later to inflated
with gas, in the light of history has to
give place TO Madam Montgolfier. And
here is the story: One day madam put
her petticiat over a little stove to dry. 1t
filled with hot air and soon floated upward
to the ceiling. whence Monsieur Mont
golfer. the lady being wholly helpless in
her dilemma, brought IL down.. This family
episode suggested the hot air inflated bal
loon for which Monsieur Montgolfier, man
Ike. took all the credit.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-03
LURE OF A
German loaded with Metaphors and
Poetic ExnEEeration.
New York Evening Post.

new 1OTK fNenlnB GOsl.
In making allowance for the kaiser's
uttered indiscretions, we must remember
the German language. Ordinary German
prose suffers from a dreadful excess of
metaphor. The mailed fist and the
''loosened saber' are not altogether rhetori-
cal sparks struck out on the hot anvil OF
imperial excitement, but examples of that
poetic exaggeration so easy to a German
1t is a fault most common among the
most learned. Prof. Jones of Yale or
Harvard would probably begin his volume
on THE Geology of Yucatan: BY Yucca
tan, in the present work. l mean the Cen
trail American peninsula known by that
name as well as the adjacent coasts etc.
But Prof. Hammerschlag of Lelpslc must
begin by saying: "The convulsive, continent
splitting efforts of Terra'-or perhaps Gala
Ito pour forth her Imprisoned, vital
forces, brought forth. in the dim Triassic
ages, the torrid land mass which Tolls like
"a sleeping monster between the warm
waters of the Caribbean and the torrid
waves of the Gulf Of Mexico in 81 to %
degrees west longitude" An English
politician speaking in English says: This
country-er-welcomes the -er-friendly
rivalry of a great power like Germany
under its-er-honored sovereign as-cr-
conducive to the interests of both ma
tions,'' etc. But when a German states
n an rises to speak, the genius of his Ian
guage demands that he shall say: Ger
mania wants peace, but it will continue
to stare defiantly into the blood-shot eyes
of ravening naval powers who with eager
claws" etc.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-03
MORE BALKAN TROUBLES.

~
The proposed conference of the
peaceful powers of Europe for the set
Element of the disputes among the
petty nations of the Balkans has been
postponed so long hat some of the
parties to the dispute have been en-
couraged to assume an attitude that
again promises to threaten the peace
of Europe. Austria has defied Tur-
key in demanding greater authority
over the provinces of Bosnia and Her.
zegovina, nominally under Turkish
rule, but practically controlled by Aus
tria, and in this attitude has received
the encouragement of Ferdinand, the
new czar of Bulgaria.
The dispute has reached the point
where Austria threatens to enforce it's
claims in Bosnia and Herzegovina by
force of arms. In hat event Turkey
would doubtless have the aid of Ser
via, which does not like Turkey any
too well, but has an eye open for the
possible annexation of Bosnia. The
issue is of no paramount importance
to either Turkey or Austria, but
enough may come of it to open the
way for the final dismemberment of
the Turkish empire, a contamination
long desired by most of the land-grab-
bling powers of Europe.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-03

THE UNITED STATES AND HAYTL
Secretary of State Root is showing
wise judgment in advising against in
reference by the United States in the
affairs of Hayti, where a revolution
against the government is now meet
ing with some show of success. Most
of the powers are expecting the United
States, in its role of policeman for
South America and the Caribbean
countries, to step in and stop the fight
now in progress, but many conditions
exist which make such action .inadvis-
able at this time,
This government has made a re-
markable record in the role of peace
preserver in countries that may come
under the shadow of the Monroe doc
trine. 1t has refused to accept the
annexation of Panama, although it
has interfered there TO preserve the
peace. 1t has twice established peace
in Cuba, but shows no intention to
take advantage Of it's opportunity to
annex the island. II has twice re-
fused to purchase the Danish West
Indi>S and il has restored the Isle of
Pines to Cuba. 1t has forced peace in
Central America and has protected
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-03

Her waist begins just below her
neck. Her hips have been planed off
with the rest of her body. She
is usually buttoned up the back, and
around her neck she wears a section
of Darbed wire, covered with lace.
She years on her head a blond hay
stack of hair. . . " The pores
of her skin are full of fine white pow
der. This is a woman says Harper's
Weekly, the editor of which should
try to break himself of the habit of
sleeping on his back.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-03
WHAT Ais FATHER.

F.~r. .F..F @iFtH ~
His head bent low, he sits aloof
With sad, averted face,
Nor does he speak, but In roproof,
Nor stirs he from that place:
On a paper spread before him
His eyes with stony stare
Seem fixed as by some fearsome faN
That he sees printed there;
And mother keeps the house so still
And speaks to him so kind,
| ear father dear is ill
Or "batty'' in his mind.
step lightly, brother, as you pass
And sister, cease you prattle,
And Betsey keep the baby still
Don let him ave that rattle:
Go Obliterate that yelping cur,
Go muzzle that blamed parrot,
Go turn those children out of doors
Or lock them In the garrett"
What ails dear father? can you tell
Why we dare not him molest?-'
why don't you know" He's counting
dots
For that plano contest
-BAYOLL NE TRELE
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-03

The secret is slowly coming out. 1t
was charged by The Bee during the
campaign hat the democratic cry of
home rule for Omaha had to do solely
with the appointment of fire and po-
lice commissioners for the city, and
now our amiable democratic contem-
porary practically admits that this is
true. What, then, is to become of
those earnest advocates of home rule
who voted for the democratic legisla-
tors under the belief that Omaha was
to be permitted to make its own
charter?
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-03
4 Problem for Reformcrs,
PhiIadelnhia Record.

The census inquiries show that a check
to prosperity is follOwcd by a falling off
in the number Of marriages; but the di-
vorce mills are run at greater speed. The
increase in divorces appears to be proper
tionately three times greater than the In
crease Of population. Here is a problem
for the study of refOrmers. II would APP
pear that there is a too ready opening OF
the gateways for both marriage and d.
vorce. The difficulty OF organizing proper
restraints is multiplied forty-siX times by
the division of authority among forty-slx
sovereign states. Here is a matter for the
congress of governors to talk over when
they shall get together at Washington.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-03
oh, for a Tight Lid
Baltimore American.

International marriages have been much
denounced Of late, but nowhere have they
received such a blow as in the disreputable
squabble now going ON between two titled
fortune hunters, with about equally soled
and sordid pasts, for the possession of the
Gould millions, making the unfortunate
children in the case the excuse for lifting
the veil on a picture which should be at
once a revelation and a warning TO the
American yirl sought, not for herself, but
for her money bags,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-03

1--WE, the jury, find the defendant
guilty of arson and that he is 3S years
old" is the finding of the jury in the
case against Ray L%amphere, charged
with the murder of Mrs. Guinness at
La Porte, Ind. Whatever may happen
to Lamphere on the arson charge, an
outraged public will demand that he
be properly punished for being 3S
years old.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-03

Judge Sullivan scorns the one-year
term on the supreme bench, offered
him by Governor Sheldon, his resigna-
ton having been filed. This is to be
regretted, for on the bench Judge Sui
ice to the people, but he probably pre-
fers to serve his party.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-03

The World-Herald snOrts because
Governor Sheldon appointed three re-
publicans and one democrat to the SUI
preme bench, urging that Nebraska
is a democratic state. This is about
as near fair as the World-Herald ever
gets on a matter of this kind. Gov
ernor Sheldon is under no particular
obligation to appoint any democrat to
the supreme bench and Judge Sulli-
vans resignation leaves the way clear
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-03

The old dispute as to who does the
work broke out again before the Ad
clubs dinner, but lot seriously. AS
a matter of fact, each of the contend
ing factions is of great Importance to
the city and neither could stand alone.
1t takes the united force of all to
keep Omaha going, and each should
realize this.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-03

Mr.. Debs polled fewer votes this
year than he received in 1904, al
though his meetings everywhere were
larger and more enthusiastic. Mr..
Debs is not the first political agitator
to learn the difference between noise
and votes.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-03
His Answered PrnYer
Brooklyn Eagle.

DFVVNIN IubV'
John d. Rockefeller's nestegg I'm the
Standard Oil company was $4,000. He has
often told how, when a boy, he announced
his ambition to be worth 100000. The
fates heard his prayer, evidently, and in
their zeal to do the right thing by their
favorite they must have interpreted the
order to mean a hundred thousand times
the nest egg, for that is what they de-
livered-a clean $4OO. 100000. the estimated
amount of Mr.. Rockefeller's fortune at
this date.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-03

for the appointment Of a fourth re-
publican, If the governor so deter
mines. In view OF the fact that dur
ing its forty years of statehood Judge
Sullivan was the only democrat Ne
braska ever elected to the supreme
court, and he for one term only, the
World-Herald's clsmor hat Nebraska
is a democratic state sounds funny.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-03
Boosting Prosperity.
Kansas City Times.

No less than three successful bank rob-
berries have been made in Kansas within
the last week. The safeblowers in that
state seem to he determined to awaken
prosperity, even if it must be done with
nitroglycerin and at the risk Of awaken
ing the town Waterman also.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-03

Anyway, some improvement is being
shown in the lynching business in Ten
nessee. The mobs have agreed to
abandon the matinees n hold only
night performances.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-03

Republicans are making gains in
Texas. There will be enough repub-
lican members of the new legislature
to make up a game of three-handed
pinochle.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-03

The Treasury department reports
there is a $1,000 counterfeit bill in
circulation. Be careful about your
change while doing your Christmas
%shOpping.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-03

Japan INT the United States have
agreed jointly to maintain the peace
OF the Pacific. ANY nation chesty
enough to think it can whip this coun-
try and Japan is at liberty TO start
something on the Pacific.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-03

Il see no reason why good men
should have slanting shoulders" says
President Roosevelt. Is that an argu-
ment in favor of padding?
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-03

One New York court is 5000 cases
behind and in several of them the
work is two or more years from being
up to date. The laws delay is almost
an exact science in New York.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-03
Alliance of FickIe Lovers.
Brooklyn Eagle.

There is an alliance for war and peace
purposes affecting Germany, Austria and
Italy. but with Austria and Italy cordially
hating each other, the doubt by Germany
# the value Of The ~tripartite agreement
is natural.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-03

We have felt all along that some
thing would happen to mar the gem
eral Joy over Mr.. Taft's election. Lon
don Punch has devoted a comic arti-
Gle to him.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-03

The democratic legislators are just
beginning to realize the beautiful pro-
portions OF some of the campaign
promises made by the platform and
from the stump. They are now where
they will be expected to make good.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-03

Chicago Tribune.

chicago tribune.
After duly considering the matter for the
space of several seconds Mr.. Bryan decided
that he would not become a preacher. His
mission in life, he thinks, is to run for
president.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-03

NJ. Bonnet, the Paris lawyer, denies
is seeking a divorce. Bonnet should
know if Nine. Anna wants to become
a merry widow. &c..
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-03

1t is limited that Castro's stay in
Europe may be permanent, II that
is true, Venezuela is entitled to con-
gratulations.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-03
Gus and Japan.V

Baltimore American.
The Pacific treaty need not seriously
worry even the calamity bowler or the
pessimistic. They may rest secure it will
be "Us and Japan" with the emphasis on
the good to be accomplished all around.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-03

Tom Johnson of Cleveland declares
that he is dead broke" but he still
retains two autos. If he isn't broke
now, he has selected the way to be-
come so.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-03

The New York World is predicting
that Bryan will be defeated again in
1912. The World must be planning
to support Mr.. Bryan in 1912, as it
did this year.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-03

Peace has been declared in the city
counci between the two schools of
medicine and the public health may
come in now for a little mature con-
s%ideration.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-03

The German kaiser is foxy enough.
His new ambassador to Washington lie
a golf player, Just as the former one
was an expert at tennis.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-03

Cuban newspapers, in building a
cabinet for President Gomez, have
named nearly all of the popular Ha-
vana cigar brands.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-03

Tom Johnson is an ardent demo-
crat and his business affairs appear to
have gone democratic.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-03

They are still burying the late en-
peror of China. They might try
cremation If they fear they are not
making a perfect job of it.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-03

Most of this Gould-C astellane-De
sagan stuff should be printed on the
financial pages, If at all.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-03

The Chinese emperor is named Pi
Yu. Sounds s~uspiciously like Psi U.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-03

The trouble will come in Cuba when
President-elect Gomez discovers that
he has more patriots than offices.