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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-04-30
A Happy Life.
By ALEXANDER MACLEOD.

I am an old man--as IL that could
interest you in this great city!-and
live alone in q cottage in the Berk-
shires---alone except for a pet part
ridge that I caught some years ago
on the side of Greylock Are some
of your readers solltaires like my
self? And what do they think OF as
better than quiet house. an open fire
and two dozen shelves of books?
If you print this, your readers Will
know that even an old man, "sot in
his ways" can change his course.
Years ago, when I was school teach
er-yes. taught school for forty-two
years. saw an article In the Atlantic
Monthly, called Through the Night
In a Wherry." l don't remember the
article distinctly; | dare say that, like
many articles, the best thing about it
was the title; but It stirred in me
a wish to live in boat-not a big,
cumbrous thing, like that in "The
Pathfinder was It "The Deer
slayer? ?"-but small affair that
could be managed easily. But / have
given that up; rheumatism is a thing
you cant be 100 careful about.
But have hit upon something bet
ter. 1t came to me a good while ago,
when reading "The Strange Adven-
lures of a Phaeton;" but the idea
never worked itself out until a month
or so ago. l shall journey about in
a van like that of the reddleman in
"The Return of the Native" had
the ivan" made in Troy, and
brought it over to my cabin a week
ago. It has stove, like Diggory
Venn's, and 1t is big enough to look
like room inside You wouldn't be-
lieve a wagon could be made so com
Portable; Not even Dickens Mrs. Jar
ley could make you believe It. / have
a rug that an old pupil who became
rich, gave me-a prayer rug he says
1t is-and book shelves, and a small
table, and drawers for -four and sugar
and eggs and coffee and tobacco, etc.
The horses trouble me most-I never
liked the work of tending horses-but
they are necessary, and have two
strong, patient fellows that would
take me up the face of Prospect
Mountain if wanted them to.
1t is my belief that I am renewing
my youth-no. not childishness-and
| am looking forward to spending my
days enroute. Winters l shall work
southwark, and summers 1 shall
spend in the Berkshires and in the
White Mountains. Think of moving
from place to place at will, of cooking
my meals out of doors in fine wealth
er, of sitting by the fire of wet even
ings and listening to the rain on the
roof of the van, of reading good
books-old ones-in new places, of
adding to ones collection of mental
pictures day after day! Can any one
suggest better life for useless old
man, who loves quiet, with a little
change now and then to make him
forget that he is in "the yellow leaf"
New York Saturday Times Review.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-04-30

time being, the distressed girl ran
on ahead for several hundred yards,
to see II the woods were afire on the
road beyond the pond.
To her CONSERVATION she soon dis
covered that the fire had passed the
pond to the southwark, and was rag
ing fiercely in the thick growth
through which the trail led. More
slowly. too, the flames seemed to be
working back and spreading over the
small tract which the pond had for
the time protected. Owing to the
long drought, in fact, the woods and
bushes we're like tinder. everywhere.
Even the little tract where she stood
would soon be burned over.
The situation was one that might
we'll have appalled, stouter hearts than
those usually possessed by girls of
fifteen. Yet through 1t all Kate be-
haved with remarkable coolness, and
never lost much of her self-pcsses-
sion.
Mounting a large rock beside the
trail, she looked hastily about her,
decided that the pond itself was her
last chance OF safety. The water
was now very low, and out a little
distance from the shore was small
muddy islet, on which grew fe~
bunches of bog-bush. II she could
drive Ben across to that little islet.
she felt | city sure the fire would
not reach them.
Running back to the blackboard,
she found a place where the horse
might be driven off the trail into the
pond. But a fresh difficulty now
presented itself. The water and soft
mud between the shore and the islet
proved too deep to get the buck
board across without submerging It,.
For an instant Kate was disheartened.
She unhitched in haste, being minded
at first to leave the blackboard there
and ride the horse across. Yet the
explosion of the powder, when the
fire reached it. might prove fatal
both to the horse and herself on the
islet. This. too, flashed into her
mind and she had wild thoughts of
tumbling the kegs into the water.
But that powder stood to Kate for
all her savings at the bank. More
over, her father needed it. Even in
those moments of peril she was ex-
tremely loath to sacrifice it. On the
bare shore where the water had re-
ceded she hastily scooped hole with
the watering bucket, and one by one
rolled the kegs into it. The fire was
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-04-30
EXPLOSION IN NINE KILLS FOUR

Pittsburg (SpeciaD, - Four men
were killed, three seriously injured
and 100 others had a narrow escape
from death when an explosion oc.
Cured in mine No. /, of the Ellis
worth Galleries Company at Ellis
worth, Washington County.
The dead are foreigners. Their
bodies were mangled and baldy
burned.
1t is supposed the accident re-
suited from an accumulation of gas
in a new entry becoming ignited in
some manner, at present unknown.
Unusual presence of mind Is said
to be responsible for about 100
miners escaping from the mine. AL
though the concussion threw them
to the ground, all retained their COM
posure and after great difficulty
reached the surface.
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red the night before up in the direc-
tion of Wild Brook.
Kate drove on, however. She was
bent on getting the powder to her
father. But by the time she reached
Clear Pond, six miles farther, the
spruce woods on both sides of the
trail were full of smoke; and just
above the pond she perceived fire OFF
in the woods to the west of the road.
Now for the first time serious mis-
givings beset her. Gunpowder is
dangerous freight to carry through
burning woods. All the fire which
she could see was off to the left OF
her route, however, and in hopes that
this was the only forest fire in that
quarter, she determined to go on, and
put old Ben, who was painting a little,
at his best pace again.
The wind was northerly, and the
smoke drove southwark through the
woods. 1t became worse as she APP
preached the ford of otter Brook,
eleven miles below Wild Brook; and
from the top of the hill beyond the
ford she saw fire aSain, and this
time ahead and far round to east
ward. At a distance of mile vast
clouds OF dense smoke were rolling
upward, with here and there red
CLEAN of flame. The roar Of the fire,
too, was distinctly audible now, with
the occasional crash of falling trees.
1t was an alarming spectacle. For
20 Of T.
silent apprehension, marking the
spread of the fire on each hand. Fear
fell on her suddenly.
Convinced now that she had been
oyer-venturesome in coming past the
| fire at Clear Pond, she turned old
Ben ON the narraw trail, recrossed
the now nearly dry brook, and drove
back as fast as possible, her idea
being to return to Days clearing.
She had proceeded but mile or
two, however, when she came where
fire had nearly reached the road in
several places. The whole forest to
westward appeared to be burning.
Whipping Ben into a clumsy gallop,
she drove close by the blazing brush
wood for some distance, hoping every
moment to get past the worst of 1t.
Smoke, heat and sparks drifted across
the road, and soon she came to where
the dry bushes were afire on both
sides.
Terror lest some flying spark might
penetrate to the powder under the
seat goaded her to desperation. She
piled the lash as hard as she could
A spark set the horses flying name
afire, and another ignited the ribbon
and fiower-wreath of her hat; but
tearing the hat on, she threw It away
and drove on.
Fortunately for her, she was now
near Clear Pond. The little sheet
OF water to the west OF the road had
divided the connagration, which
swept past IL on both sides But
where the trail skirted the east shore
OF the pond there was still small
tract of woods on which the fire had
not yet encroached. Here, on the
lee side OF the water. the painting old
horse stopped short. Leaving both
horse and blackboard there for tho
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-04-30
Rice and Flowers.

I'm the neighborhood of Shanghai
an English sailor on his way to the
foreigners burial ground to lay a
wreath on the grave of former com
rade met an intelligent looking ma
tive carrying pot OF rice.
Hello, John!" he hailed, where
are you goin' with that 'ere?"
Il takee put on glave-glave of my
flend, said the Chinaman.
"Ho! Hol' laughed the sailor, "and
when do you expect your friend to
come up and eat it?"
John was silent moment, and
then replied, "All time samee your
fend come up and smellee your fiow-
ers. cleveland Leader.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-04-30

coming close, but she dipped the
horse-blanket in the bond, wrung
it as dry as she could, and spread it
over the kegs. Then using the
bucket again, she hastily covered
blanket and kegs over with damp
sand and mud to depth OF six inches
or more-all this amid binding
smoke, with the fire working nearer
every minute.
Nor did she abandon the buck
board to be burned, but turning it
with great ezertion of her strength,
backed 1t as far out in the pond as
she could, till the water rose over
the seat
The fire was now cracking and
roaring all along the shore. Clam
bering on Ben's back, Kate urged him
into the water, and although he fioun-
dered up to his sides, succeeded in
getting him across to the isIet.
On that little muddy island Kate
Edwards remained, supperless, all
that night, alone with the horse, and
deer and a hedgehog that swan
over from the other side. Toward
midnight the smoke settled so low
over the pond that she was much Cd.
pressed for breath. The spectacle OF
the flaming forests at night was a
terrible one to the girl, sitting there
alone.
At dawn the confiagration had
burned itself out to a considerable
extent, and Ben having lain down in
the bush, Kate herself fell asleep
there.
A shout of "Thomasl Tom! Are
you over there?" walked her sud.
denly.
1t was her father.
At their lumber-camp on Wild
Brook Mr.. Edwards had seen the
smoke OF the fire the afternoon be.
fore, and being apprehensive lest
Tom, on his way up with the pow.
der, had been stopped by 1t, he had
set of very early that morning, and
was picking his way down the still
smoking trail AS he was passing
Clear Pond, Mr.. Edwards caught
sight of Ben out on the island; for
by this time the horse had got UP
and was hungrily cropping the bog.
bushes.
Dread lest the boy had perished
in the fire took sudden possession OF
him. The sight of the blackboard
standing almost submerged in the
water added to the anxiety with
which he shouted his sons name.
To HIS astonishment 1t was Kate,
instead OF Tom, who sprang up to re-
ply. and her first words were. 20
father, is that you? But don't go
near that little pile OF sand therel
All that powder is under it!'
There was so much FIRE still smol-
dering all about that they did not
dare unearth the powder for two
days. But thanks to the care with
which Kate had buried It. all three
hegs were found In good condition,
and later contributed their might to
blast out the Jam" in Wild Brook
From Youths Companion.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-04-30
What Will Women Do When They Rule ?

What will do when they rule?" asked the Berlin
okal Anzeger recently from all the world
Here
They rule already and always have, can't understand
your question. Lady Alma Tadema
"Nonsensical things. Despres,
gedienne.
They will retain their bad qualities rulers
have done, do and always wiL"-Mme. Bernhard
"They will not differ much from the best rulers.
don't believe in the superiority either
They must its desnes together Lady Henry
They will have undsputed aid life of
Il would destroy all but few schools
ton traditions
there new humanity reform can be but superficial Mime
Ellen Key, Scandinavian writer marriage
I'VE would resessy seek Office, but would spend
sending warshps
would strengthen industry
women" "Beva Lockwood twice Womens Rights
President of the United States.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-04-30
Good Manners once, But Bad Now

We hardly appreciate the rapid
transformation of human nature, on
its highest levels, within a single
generation. In this consideration,
the highest levels" are those at
tanned by the great middle class, who
constitute the main audience for the
best literature-at least this Is the
case in America Thackeray in his
lectures on English humorists was
addressing such a class in England;
and his lecture on Steele, contrast
ing the Victorian with the Queen
Anne era, he said, You could no
more suffer in a British drawing
rooms under the reign of Queen VIC
toria, fine gentleman or fine lady
of Queen Anne's time, or hear what
they heard and said, than you would
receive an ancient Briton." The lee
turer had Just before referred TO
Tyburn, and remarked that great
city had grown over the old mea-
dows. Were a man brought to die
there now, the windows would be
closed and the inhabitants keep to
their houses in awful horror. A hun
dred years ago people crowded to
see this last act Of a highwayman's
life and make jokes on it."-Harper'
Magazine.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-04-30
FiIets of Sole in Aspic.

A delicious breakfast dish is fllets
of sole in aspic. First make a rich
sauce of one pound of butter. one
ounce of -four, half a gill of cream.
a teaspoonful of chopped parsley and
a little lemon Juice. Season and mix
with the chopped meat of one lob
ster. Have the filets of sole skinned,
and spread the mixture thickly over
each slice. Roll. tie and cook in the
oven for ten minutes. covering with
creased paper Line a border mould
with jelly and place the filets and
Jelly in LAYERS. Sc on ice to cool.
When ready to serve, place a light
salad in the centre. Country Gen.
tleman.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-04-30
Dedicate College Hall.

Meadville Especially. Cochran
Hall, the handsomest building of AL
legheny College, was dedicated with
the oration by Senator Dolliver, OF
Iowa, 1t is dormitory for men,
was the gift OF Mrs. Sarah Cochran,
Of Dawson, and cost about s65, ,0OO.
The building is 80 by l20 feet, of
red brick. terra Gotta trimmed. two
stories, and twelve foot basement.
Following the dedication a public
reception was held In Cochran Hall.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-04-30
Jail Breaker Cantnred.

Carlisle Especially. - James Nc
Minn Sheaffer, a we'll known Carlisle
man, who escaped from the Cum
berland County jail in January, was
captured by County Detective Bent
ley, in Harrisburg and returned here.
Sheaffer pleaded guilty to Jail break
ing and other charges and was SEN
fenced to a penitentiary term of
three years. When captured Sheaf-
fer was posing as a regular army
soldier in uniform.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-04-30
Housewife Suggestions.

Add half-cup of milk to mush and
1t will brown much nicer when fried.
Whipped cream served on top of a
freshly made squash pie adds much
to its appearance and flavor.
A mixture of olive oil and black
ink will be found useful to paint the
tips of black kid gloves which are
slightly worn.
To remove a rusty screw, first ap-
ply very hot iron to the head for
short time; then Immediately use
the screwdriver.
The carving knife and fork should
not be put into water Hold them
over the dishpan and rub with the
wet dishcloth.
Always save the water in which
rice, macaroni or anything of a like
nature has been boiled. 1t is excel
lent for soups, grayies, etc.
The best polish for engraved silver
is whiting and ammonia. 1t should
be applied with a soft brush. then
rubbed with cheeseoloth or soft cot
ton cloths.
A mail box fastened to the wall
near the kitchen table is a most USE
full article. Meat bills. grocery bills,
etc, that daily come into the house
should be dropped into It at once.
When pay day comes none will be
missing.
A plumbing hint is never to put
rock salt In traps. 1t is true that
salt, by absorbing moisture from
the atmosphere, will keep the traps
fun OF liquid, but the strong salt
solution will attack brass couplings
and trap screws and injurs tba slass
OF porcelain.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-04-30

There is a simple little luncheon
or supper dish which is also a change
from the ordinary: Make some good
sized baklng-powder biscuits, and
smooth the tops over when they go
into the oven; when cool, but fresh.
cut out round piece on top of each
one and take out the crumbs. leaving
a she'll; put a little butter inside.
spreading it around the walls, and
fill each one with creamed salmon,
or other fish, heaping 1t up well in
pyramid form; put an extra spoon
full of cream on top. and a sprig of
parsley.-Harper Bazaar.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-04-30
Must File Expense BINS.

Harrisburg Especially. - Attorney
General Todd gave an opinion that
every candidate for a nomination
at the Spring primaries must file an
expense account and that treasurers
OF committees have nothing whatever
TO do with expenses at primaries.
The opinion was given In answer
TO Secretary of the Commonwealth
McAfee, whose department has ruled
that all candidates must file expense
accounts within fifteen days. AS
there was some doubt In the minds
Of inquIrers the matter was submit
ted to Mr.. Todd.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-04-30
Deep Apple Pie with Cheese.

Bake nice deep apple pie about
three-quarters of an hour before din
ner. Have a small cream cheese
passed through a ricer and a little
salt Press through a pastry tube or
tin funnel on top of the pie in a pat
tern, and serve warm for dessert.
The cheese-and-cream combination
may also be used on two-crust apple
pie.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-04-30
WATCH YoURsELF GO By.

Just stand aside and watch yourself 20 by;
Think Of yourself as "he," instead OF IL"
Note, closely as in other you note
The bag-kneed trousers and the seedy coat.
Pick flaws; find fault forget the is you
And strive TO make your estimate ring
Confront yourself and look you in the eve
Just stand aside and watch yourself go by.
Interpret all your motives just though
You looked on one whose aims you did not know.
Let undsguised contempt through you when
You you shirk 0 commonest of menl
Despise your cowardice: condemn whateer
You note Of faseness in you anywhere.
Defend not defect that shames eye
Just stand aside and watch yourself go by.
And then, with eyes unveiled 10 what you loathe-
10 sins that with sweet charity you'd clothe-
Back to your self-walled tenement you'll go z
With tolerance for all who dwell below.
The faults Of others then will dwarf and shrink,
Loves chain grow stronger by mighty link
When you, with "he," substitute for al"
Have stood aside and watched yourself 20 by.
Strickland w. Gillian, in success Magaz
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-04-30
The Shop Assistant.

Any man or woman who accom-
plishes a saving OF one hour from the
long tedious day OF the shop assist
ant is well worthy of statue being
erected to their memory. Only those
who have spent the best part OF their
lives behind the counter, and spent
whole days at time OF weary, bone
aching standing, can realize the mo-
ment OF Sir Charles Diikes BILL
Outftter.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-04-30
Find suicide,s Body.

Oil City (SpeciaD The body OF
Mrs. Lavina Samms, who jumped in
to the Allegheny River from a bridge
here on March 2S, was found float
ing In the water thirty miles south
of Oil City. The woman committed
suicide the day following the burial
of her husband.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-04-30
Steel Company Owns Mine.

Cleveland Especially Members of
the firm of James w. Ellsworth &
Co., when notified of the explosion
in mine No. /, of the Ellsworth Col
lieries Company, at Ellsworth, Pa,
said the company did not own the
mine, it having recently been sold
to the Lackawanna Steel Company.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-04-30
Jail For Illegal Fishing.

Amber Especially Five foreign
ers were arrested by Chief of Police
Richard Ford, charged with illegal
fishing. They were dredging the
Wisahickon with a closely woven
wire bed-spring for a net and had
caught about forty fish, Including
two perch. They were fined $34
each, in default they were sent to
iafl
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-04-30
Tomato Toast.

Cook down till thick half a can
Of tomatoes, with a pinch of cloves,
half a teaspoonful of salt, dash
of cayenne, half an onion, minced
fine, and teaspoonful of minced
parsley; have ready buttered toast
without crust. and pour this over
without straining. Harper's Bazaar.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-04-30
LAWYER Dies In His Office.

Lancaster (SpeciaD. - John II.
Fry, a well-known member of the
Lancaster bar, was found dead sit
ting on chair in his office this
morning. Death was due to heart
disease.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-04-30

The salt Of the earth has sweet
disposition.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-04-30

american butter Is the name
given IA Syria to oleOmargarine.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-02-13
THE COURIER
BY CHAS. X. BRUCE
Published on Every. Thursday.
Entered at the Post ONCE at Elk Point as mai
matter of the second class


The COURIER is mailed regularly to its sub
seribers until definite order to discontinue is
received and all arrears are paid.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-02-13

1.-The opposition are against instruc-
tons of the state delegation. 1t is
without precedent in the history of
South Dakota. 1t is positive fact
that since the days OF statehood South
Dakota has instructed its delegates TO
every republican national convention
regarding her choice for the presi-
deucy The state was admitted in
Novemb r, 1889. Ia 1892 the repubi-
cans from South Dakota declared for
Harrison, in 1896 for Mckinley. in 1900
again for Mckinley and in 1904 for
r ,osevelt. The talk that is going on in
the stat against an instructed delega-
ton is pre- cisely the same thing that
Is being ADVOCATED by the enemies of
Pre- Sideat Roosevelt-the trusts and
the monopolies-hot are opposing an
instructed delegation for the conven-
ii )n n-Senator Kittredge at Mitchell
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-02-13
AS TO SENATOR KiTTREDGE'S
FAMILY

The coming OF South Dakota's bach
elor senator for an address In Elk Poipt
next Wednesd ~, suggests story that
WAS told of two Vermilliou girls last
vi "a whe Senator Gam BILE was talked OF
more and oentor Kittredge less, pos
sibly, than at present. OF course liz
may not be true, but it is told, ard is
good enough to be told again at the
present time.
The girls were talking over the cur
rent newspaper talk about Senator
Gamble. II don't see as there is any.
hing very bad about all this fuss oyer
Gamble said one OF the eils 10 the
other. What IL Senator Gamble does
have a son who draws good fat salary
in Washing ton while going to school
in Maryland. Hash Senator Kittredge
get a son who did the same thing?n