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The Columbus journal., 1908-08-12

shading his eyes from the gaslight
Il was Just going up TO look for you
again" =
What's up. Dicky?"
Il guess It's the devil" said Dicky
SO gravely that broke into laugh.
Hes right at home II he's come Ia
this town." said.
I'm glad you find 1t 30 funny" said
Dicky In IN injured tone. You VA
scared enough last time"
well. I've kept out Of his claws this
far. and it's no use to worry. What's
he trying to do now!"
That's what I've been trying to 6nd
out all the evening. They're noisy
enough. but they're too thick to lei
one get near where there's anything
going on-that II. II he has . fancy
for keeping . whole skin"
Suppose We 90 down there nov"
I suggested. I'VE might ind out some.
thing"
Diciy stopped short.
Caesars ghost!" he gasped: what
next: Wouldn't you IKE to touch Oh
Tow powder-kegs for amusement!
Won't You nre . pistol into your
mouth to show how easy you can stop
the bullet!
why. you have been down there
and arc all right" argued.
well. there nothing much to hap
pom to me. but where would you be II
they got hold Of you? You're getting
on your cabesa. old fellow" said
Dicky anxi0usly.
II I could sec Mother Bortou
would nx IT," said Confidently.
What! That shedevil!" cried
Dicky. Shed give you up to have
your throat cut In . minute II she
could get . four-bit piece for your
carcass. I guess she could get more
than that on you, too"
Mother Borton's warnings against
Dicky Nahl returned to me with force
The Columbus journal., 1908-08-12
BIG ENGINES Of WAR
HOW 13iNcH guns OF BATTLE
SHIPS ARE HANDLED.
Every Membee Of csoW bi1s Certain
Duties - Perform NAso = AZ
ton - Firing Doae W3tA
Aid q R4noelFIa6eR.

Washlngton.-n . Visitor VeIe TO-
% aboard one Of our modern war
GAips ono OF the first things h would
ask to zee. probably. voald - the big
guns.
Should the visitor roqueot, a ever
Wiling bluejacket Woulo E1atify the
visitors wish.
But the visitor 10 not oooocioos that
- = IN object Of much AD1seDs1t TO
tAs man0.war's men. Theso arc
things to BE- seen that ~ average
civilian never dreams a, md he
amazed chances when theoe SSe point
q oat to him cause Tie nps a the
gunner 10 run up smi)a
Suppose you wish to - one u The
BIG guns You ask Tho nearest gun
nee. He dofRs his cap and AsAs you
politely to excuse him for . moment
while be obtains permiss3OD 70 show
yoa int0 the turret WAere IL big gum
b mounted. This peruhss3oo 10 gets
nom the o6lcer Of the 0ecA.
He returns quickly and ashs you to
follow him. The only entrance 70 this
eurret from the main 0eek u through
. manhole. II you are postly, the
chances are that youa 1oa go the
gan after Ill. for these sesa] manh0les
weren't designed for fat persona
But taking It for grantees that you
are thin. you finally md yourself In
side the armored walls. Y00 turn
about expectantly and are fAee TO face
With the death-dealing implements.
There they stand. silent and grim.
twin engines Of destruction. peaceful
enough in repose, but terrible when
manned by their human masters. :.
The members Of . guns crew are
numbered and each man must not
only know his own duty. but also that
Of the others. Al they may b called
on at any moment for . change OF po-
sition.
For instance. No I, operating the
breech plug Of the gun. h command
ed by the oficer In charge, mo. I and
No. change"
No. 1 must know No. 80 duties, and
No. those Of No. /.
This is done 80 that II while In &C.
ton man Is killed or fatally wound
The Columbus journal., 1908-08-12

WANTED NO MORE SISTERS.
One Girl Had Had Enough Of Censor.
ious Remarks.

Il didn't think you'd get 50 angry
because l said thought You ought &c
wear gray suede shoes with your gray
dress instead of white ones. l didn't
mean to offend you" her friend very
sweetly apologized. Never mind"
she returned softly. 1T was all right,
but 1t made me angry for two rea-
sons. First. because I had to wear
the white shoes because I didn't have
any others that were presentable. and,
secondly, because when l left my
family of sisters, who made every pos
sible sort Of comment on my clothes.
declared would never stand it from
anybody else. l said to myself that
whenever friend got 50 friendly that
she thought she could treat me like
a sister I'd shake her"
The Columbus journal., 1908-08-12
Small Boy Sent on q Three Weeks
Tramp by illinois Humorist.


When 11-year-old William Sanders
arrived In st. Louis the other even.
Ing the soles were worn from his shoes
and his feet were bloody. He had
been on the road three weeks and he
had come all the way from Rockport,
III.
Some mendacious person had told
William that the Browns would pay
the right kind Of boy $1,000 to be
their mascot, and he came over to
apply for the Job. It remained for
the man in charge Of the house of
detention to disillusionize him. But
the point is. William got here. In
our opinion. William has enough grit
and pertinacity to get there at any
thing he undertake.
He has several things to learn, but
one Of these days, with a little judg-
ment, he will select the road he wants
t. f:avel, and then travel it to the
emo. He will make up his mind what
he wants to be. and then be 1t.
The qualities that brought William
The Columbus journal., 1908-08-12
cry CAS7zE AOZJA94

torical "reminiscences, n fairly studded
with castles and burghs Of the most
ancient types. The most interesting
of the historical memories Of this re
gion are the traces Of the ancient
Roman palisaded moat. or fortified
boundary of the empire, which
stretched from the Rhine below Cob
lenz along the summit of the Taurus
to the Maine. and was carried on to
the Danube. On the southern side this
fortified line was backed by several
castles. one of which. the Saalburg,
survives In part, and, after being re-
stored to its original appearance, was
in 1901 converted into a national
museum, one of the most instructive
historical memorials of ancient Roman
life to be found north of the Alps. I'm.
mediately north of the Taurus resort
Of Cronberg is Schloss Friedrichshof
built for Empress Frederick in 1889
1897. the place where she died in
1901.
Some Of the royal estates have been
turned into public institutions, as, for
instance, Oranienburg, which has be.
come a seminary for female teachers,
and Observation-Disclosures. which was
given over to the public as a park and
resort for recreation. Both are In the
vicinity Of Berlin. Oranienburg was
founded In 1861 by the wife of the
Great Elector, who also established an
orphans asylum near by.
But all the emperor's landed posses.
sions outside of the capital, DO they
proud castles or modest villas. shrink
back into the second rank, as far as
historical importance is concerned.
when compared with one small. in.
significant-if not shabby-lookine
cottage situated at half an hours dis.
lance. by rail, from Berlin. I: was
the favorite summer resort Of Fred
erickh William l.. the second king Of
Prussia (1713-1740), who spent a few
months every year at this unattrac.
tive place, together with his family.
including his eldest son Frederick.
whom history afterwards was to adorn
with the glorious cognomen The Great.
The famous Grunewald, a cultivated
forest in the immediate neighborhood
Of Berlin, contains a much-used shoot.
ing lodge. or "Jagdschloss," which was
founded some 400 years ago by Elector
Joachim H., and stands to-day nearly
In the same shape as in 1850. Popular
superstition. which clings to several
Hohenzollern castles-the "White
Lady" Of the Berlin palace enjoys in
ternational reputation-has also caught
hold Of this innocent sporting abode.
Joachim had mistress, Anna Sydow.
the wife Of bell-founder, of fascinat-
ing beauty. popularity called 'the fair
foundress." The relations between
the elector and the scheming, rapa-
cious woman became so scandalous
that Joachim's son. Johann George.
Immediately after the formers death.
had Anna brought to Spandau and
locked up in the fortress. where she
died. after four years Imprisonment,
in 1875.
a n 4
The Columbus journal., 1908-08-12

ed, another of the crew win be able
to take his place.
After the crew are all at their sta
tons and mustered, the magazines and
shell-rOOms are opened.
The order: Stand BY" is given, this
being a preparatory command for go
ing into action. The next order comes
like the crack of a rife: Load"
The instant this command leaves
the lips of the turret officer, the in
terror of the handling. room resembles
the climax of a football game, and to
q novice perhaps would appear like
confusion. But it is far from it. Every
man has a certain thing to do, and he
does 1t. s.
Before you can realize It, 600 pound.
Of powder and ton of steel have
shot upward to the guns, ready to re-
ceive it. The trays containing the
shells and powder come up to the
breech of the gun. An electric ram
mer drives the projectile home, re-
coils. and in the same manner forces
the powder in.
The powder charge for a 13inch gun
Is incased in four linen bags, the last
bag that goes into the gun contain
ing the ignition charge, which IS in
its base.
The main charge, however, consists
Of brown prismatic powder. which has
the appearance Of stick candy, as It
has small holes running through 1t, and
about an inch in length. The black.
or common powder, is used for an ig-
milton charge, because It ignites quick
er than any other.
II firing begins at 5000 yards, the
officer at the range-finder calls out:
Five thousand yards Is the range. Be-
gin firing"
II 1t were possible for a visitor to
be inside the turret when one or both
guns are fired he would be more sur
prised than ever, for the cOncussiOn IS
something fearful. The men use cot
ton in their ears to protect the drum
from injury.
A most beautiful sight is the clear
and distinct fight of 13inch she'll
As the gun is elevated more or less.
he shell describes nearly a half cir
Gle. finally plunging through the tar
get and throwing volume Of water
upward a hundred feet. At last, by
bursting into small pieces 1t dis
appears.
1t is claimed by experts that 8-inch,
1n-inch and 11-inch p1nS aro moro 81
sective, but the 13inch are still mount
ed. The Indiana carried 13-inch guns
and used them with good effect at
Santiago. The Illinois. one OF our COM
faratively new ships, also Is fitted
9th a 13-inch main battery.
The Columbus journal., 1908-08-12
WANTED TO BE A MASCOT.

all the way to St. Louis with his bare
feet on the ground and bloody are
the qualities that carry men furthest
on the road to success a single pur-
pose with everlasting pluck being be-
hind it. These will not, it is true.
carry a man to the pot of gold at
the end of the rainbow; but only a
very little judgment is required to
select one Of the many roads to sub
stantial success. The main thing is
to stay with it.-St Louis Post Dis
patch.
The Columbus journal., 1908-08-12
Manhattan lsland

Manhattan island is bounded on the
north by the Harlem ship canal (be-
fore Its construction by Spuyten
Duyvil creek; on the east by the Har-
lem and the East rivers: on the south
by New York upper bay. and on the
west by the Hudson river. Its area IL
% square miles.
The Columbus journal., 1908-08-12
She Knew II.

MY. DEAR" said the head Of the
house. looking over his morning paper
at his better half. there II . crisis
.oming in China" Il know it," she
noaned. Susan has left only half .
'osen pieces whole out Of our new
Inner set"
The Columbus journal., 1908-08-12
Necessary.

Your daughter always has an an
ever ready" said the visitor.
YES" replied the mother. "She has
has to have. You know she's q wait
ress In a summer resort hotel"-De-
troit Free Press.
The Columbus journal., 1908-08-12
A Literary Paradox.

A Literary Paradox.
That fake correspondent 10 q hu-
man contradiction in terms when he
composes his dispatches"
"How so?"
Because he always does wrong
when he does write"
The Columbus journal., 1908-08-12
Keep . Brave Heart.

He bears misery best who hides Il
most.-Danish Proverh,
The Columbus journal., 1908-08-12
SYNOPSIS.

g Join be 9rsend and distant relative
Henry Wilton, whom he was to assist
and who accompanied Dudley on the
ferry boat trip into the city. The re-
markable resemblance OF the two men
gers on the ferry, They see q man with
snake eyes, which sends a thrill through
Dudley. Wilton pOstpones an explanation
a the strange GRAND Dudley u to per
know Il ID one Of no ordinary meaning.
Wilton leaves Giles in their room. with
Instruction 10 avait his return. Hardly
has he gone than Giles 10 startled by q
the morgue and there finds the dead
body OF his friend, Henry Wilton. And
thus Wilton dies without ever explaining
70 a'ey tes sI york ne o Sss
discOver the secret mission his friend had
entrusted to him, Dudley continues his
Disguise and permits himself 70 be known
Wilton, 10 employed By Knapp to assist
ia q efock brokerage deal Giles Dudley
finds himself cIOeeted in a room with
h Hs EaS .sone she
mysterious boy further than that It is
Tim TerrfIl and Darby Meeker who are
after him. He 10 told that .'Dicky'' Nahl
game Dudley seis his first knowledge Of
Board. Dudley visits the home Of Knapp
and Is stricken by the beauty OF Luella,
his daughter. He learns the note was
forgery. He In provided with four guards.
Brown, Barkhouse, Fitzhugh and Porter.
He learns there 10 to be no trouble about
money AZ All expenses will be paid. the
hire OF the guards being paid BY one
Richmond" The body OF Henry Wilton
Is committed to the vault Dudley re-
spends TO q note and visits Mother Bor-
ton in company with Policeman Corson.
Giles Dudley again visits the Knapp
home
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-02-06
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TRuANT SCHOOL.

Harrisburg Especially. - superin-
tendent of Public Instruction Schaef-
rer was questioned regarding the bill
in Congress to have the Carlisle In
dian School presented to Pennsyl.
yaDia by the federal government.
81 cannot say very much" said
DR.. Schaeffer II understand that
the bill provides the Indians must be
admitted to the school, IL the gift
is made, as we'll as whites. do not
know just why Pennsylvania should
take up such burden as that. We
have only the one small tribe of In
dams up In Warren County and the
State does not need an Indian school.
IF the State can get the school
free of incumbrance or embarrassing
conditions II should take It," con-
tinued DR.. Schaeffer. "A fine indus
trial school could be maintained
there for boys and girls, or both,
and think it would be an excel
lent idea to make one division of this
school, division to which incorri-
gibles could be sent, boys and girls
who have done nothing wrong for
which they could and should be sent
to reformitory, but children who
have got beyond the control of their
parents"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-02-06
SPREADS TERROR.

Doylestown Especially. - Residents
of Neshaminy, in Warrington Town
ship, are terrorized by an incendiary
who few days ago burned one barn
and set fire to another The last to
be burned was that of Joseph Stack
house, near the Cozens Memorial
Chapel, In which there is now fac
tional fight.
Mr.. Stackhouse, who is not work
er in the church. 1t was learned after
the fire, had received warning let
ters. Neighbors were discussing in
the Neshaminy store the first FIRE
and the letter which had been sent
TO Charles Brannen. the owner of the
building, when the alarm came that
the Stackhouse tarn was on fire.
Volunteer firemen from Willow Grove
with buckets and extinguishers, re-
sponded to the alarm and aided in
saving the house.
To add to the terror of the resi-
dents there is the fear that more
fires Will take place. as George A.
Baghurst, who is Interested in the
church fight has received warning
that the creamery in which he re-
sides will be burned. Since the split
In the congregation one faction has
been worshiplng in this building.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-02-06
RUNNING TRAINS BY PHONE.

Danville Especially A large num-
ber OF telegraph operators on the
Reading Railway will be laid of in
the near future when that company
puts into operation a complete sys-
tenn of telephones to be used for train
despatching.
The Reading is taking this step fol-
lowing closely upon the enforcement
of the new federal eight-hour law
for operators. The telephone system
will first be given trial on the Cata-
wissa division. running from West
Milton to East Mahanoy Junction.
Telegraph offices will be closed at
all the stations along the line except
at East Mahanoy Junction, West Mil
ton, Catawissa and Danville The
telephones will be operated on priv
ate branch exchange now being In
stalled at Quakake and the trainmen
themselves will have access to the In
struments.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-02-06
EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 9.
Help and Deliversnce in God. lisa. 2s
1a, 19; Psa. 146. 70. Southern
Educational Work.

The prophet looks forward to a day
when the deaf. the blind the poor
the meek, shall have their chance
He was not thinking of the work OF
Southern education, but II he had
been his words could not have been
more TO the point The work our
church and other churches are doing
for whites and blacks In the South
is the Christly work OF opening the
deaf ears and the blinded eyes to
Christian truth, and of making the
poor and the meek TO rejoice :
Nothing Is surer than that the work
or Southern education Is the Lords
work, so unselflsh Is II. SO compass
sionate, so brotherly. so truly redeem.
ing In its nature. 1t has secured jus.
tice for those who knew nothing but
oppression. 1t has fed hungry minds,
1t has broken the prison bars of ig.
norance. 1t has opened the blinded
eyes of prejudice, 1t has lifted up
into self-respect the bowed-down, land
It has brought material, social and
spiritual salvation to thousands of the
fatherless and widowed Of both races.
Read the literature of this work, and
see II this Is not simple truth.
This theme Is meant to have spe.
cial reference to our work in the
South which is conducted In the
schools and colleges controlled by the
Board Of Education, Freedmens Aid
and Sunday Schools.
This work of the Board concerns it.
self with educational effort among
both races, because the two races in
the South are interdependent, and the
chiefest foe of both is ignorance, with
its resulting prejudice, hatred and
strife. The safety. not to say the
prosperity and happiness. of each race
depends. above everything else, on the
fullyrounded Christian education of
the other.
There Is abundant hope for perma.
nent success in this work. The South
is belated. but not degenerate. Both
races reached by our schools are rich
in promise. Its white people are OF
purest American stock-the stock
from which Lincoln sprung. They are
Protestants and patriots. over one
hundred and forty Thousand men from
the mountains sprang to the defense
OF the Union. Behind its black peo-
pie are from five ten ten generations
OF American-born ancestry. In the
single generation since slavery they
have clearly demonstrated their eager
ness and capacity for education and
the higher life
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-02-06
Waistcont.

The separate waistcoat Is not
alone a fashionable feature OF the
eeason, It is also an eminently prae-
tical one. Few, II any, OF the coats
are really sufficiently warm for actual
cold weather, and this extra garment
allows OF varying the weight as the
day demands. Velvet broadcloth,
brocade, embroidery, all are called
into requisition. Broadcloth La used
both plain and elsborately braided.
velvet both of the plain and the
fancy sorts is we'll liked and, indeed.
almost every material Of a similar
sort is used. and the garment can be
made plain or elaborate as the cos
tune demands one sort or the other.
This model Is peculiarly desirable, as
It allows a choice Of single or double
breasted closing and of the regular
or round collar. A third style also
can be evolved by using the single
breasted model, emitting the collar
and meeting, in place of tapping the
front edges. In the illustration the
single breasted waistcoat is made OF
broadcloth with trimming of SOU
tache applique, while the double
breasted one Is shown to the same
material simply stitched with belding
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-02-06
ITEMS IN BRIEF.

When a water back attached to
the kitchen range in the home of w.
H. Snyder, of Windsor, exploded and
Mrs. Snyder was severely scalded
about the face and body. Her condi-
ton Is serious.
In paying for liquor licenses
Schuylkill County saloon keepers
gave up $4,000 In gold coin, which
thcy had boarded.
The Methodist Church of Ccntralia
has received a check for 5000 from
Andrew Carnegie to aid In paying for
\ new pipe organ.
The family of William Ruch, at
Flicksyille, were overcome by coal
gas from a stove at their home. Mrs.
Ruch arose at 5 o'clock and fell in a
faint to the floor. One child, an in
fant. 2 weeks old, Is In a serious way,
In the northern end of Columbia
County the work of numbering Is be-
ing carried on with a rush never be-
,oie equaled. All conditions are fa-
Forable for getting the logs out of
he woods and three trains are busy
lay and night hauling the logs to
he mills at Jamison City.
The country home of j. II. Snyder,
a Reading jeweler, was robbed OF
sllyerware and provisions during the
night. Four coal offices In one neigh
oorhood were also entered and looted.
The most interesting development
of the recent primary election In
Slatington is the tie vote in the con-
test for councilmanic nomination be-
tween John p. Gordan and r. p.
dutchison. of the Third Ward.
The residents OF sanatoga and
Lower Pottsgroye Township have or
ganized fire company, with the fol-
lowing officers President, s. j.
Kurtz; vice president, p. Harten-
stine; recording secretary, John X.
Bucher; financial secretary, j. M.
Yerger; treasurer. p. Schock.
The theft OF lighted lamp from
the parlor OF Nicholas Blanche's
home, in Conshohocken, was the
strange act OF thief for whom the
police are seeking. The thief, with
out even turning out the light, boldly
walked out Of the house with the
blazing lamp In his hand.
Frank H. Frederick was elected
treasurer OF the Allentown Poultry
Fanciers' Association, to succeed the
late George w. Eckert.
Mrs. Emeline Heiffenstein, mother
OF former Register OF Wills Albert
Helffenstein, and the oldest woman
In Norristown, died at her home
aged SO years.
Eleven OF herd OF twenty-five
dairy cows belonging to w. n. Mccoy
residing at Aiccoy's Fording. four
miles west OF Lev tstown. were killed
on account OF being afflicted with tn.
berculosis. Mr. Mccoy served q
milk route In Lewistown.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-02-06
LOST wIFE's LOVE.

Reading Especially Alleging that
the affections of his wife were alien
ated by w. Morris Delsher, promi-
nent insurance man of this city,
Oscar +. Metcalf, of Baintree, Mass.
instituted suit against the former to
recover $4,000 damages.
The Metcalfs were married in
1901. Up to June. 1896, Mr.. Met
calf, alleges, they lived together hap
pily. At that time Mr.. Deisher Is
said to have become acquainted with
Mrs. Metcalf The latter recently In
stituted suit for divorce;
Mrs. Metcalf was. until lately, en-
ployed by Reading medical COM
pany In which Mr.. Deisher was a
stockholder and officer.