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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-09
Swimming Best For Figure.

Lillian Smith, skilled long-distance
swimmer, has made swimming popu-
lar among women IN London. She is
lnstructing many women Of title in
the Bath Swimming Club, ar ex-
elusive organization. which has
doubled its membership within a
month Miss Smith also has been
instrumental in the organization of
the City of London Ladies' Amateur
Swimming Club, designed for the use
of business women. Miss Smith ad-
vises every woman to swim. She
says 1t is the only exercise which de-
velops the body uniformly, and that
It is the best of all aids to a good
figure. Swimming reduces fat
women" she says, "and puts flesh
on thin women. 1t also is the best
of all exercises for the lungs, and the
woman who swims regularly guar
antees herself good health" Miss
Smith recommends the tight-htting
university costume. She says skirts
look well on land. but are not salts
factory in the water. The tight-fit-
ting university dress on our beaches,
however. would cause more of a SEN
sation than a glimpse of one of the
extreme French directoire bathing
eostumes.-New York Press.
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0-8-a-@ @ &c
a Defeated COnquerOr.

| a wild and solitary spot scarcely ever
visited by anyone. l, however, had
seen 1t several times in my moorland
wanderings, and had always regarded
1t as a dangerous place. 1t was par
TALLY fenced around, but 1 must have
wandered in through one of the gaps.
There was no footpath anywhere near
1t, SO 1 must, in the darkness, have
lost my way
However, here / was, and the ques-
tion confronted me how was I to get
out? tried to discover II it was
possible to climb out, but the sides of
the pit offered no hold of any kind,
so had to abandon that idea.
l next shouted, in the hope that
some solitary wanderer might hear
my cries, but no answering voice was
heard, until, after 1 had shouted my
self hoarse, I was obliged to sink
back in silence and despair. NY
heart sickened as I thought of the
loneliness of the place, and how days,
and even weeks might elapse before
anyone passed that way.
l struck out frantically round the
pit to seek again for some means of
escape, but my search was as fruit
less as before.
Despair took hold of me. I thought
of Ada, of our approaching marriage,
of the preparations which had been
made, and the plans which had been
formed.
How bright the world had seemed
but few moments before, and how
keenly 1 had anticipated its pleas
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-09
Walks Forty.seven Miles.

No sitting down by the roadside to
rest for little thirteen-year-old Mil
dred Belknap.
at is too bad we can't walk three
more miles and make 1t an even fifty"
she declared, after taking what she
calls a stroll from her Dorchester
home to Providence, r. l.
She looks upon her feat as of no
consequence.
"Why, / walk a mile each way to
school; that is four miles day, and
1 call it fun" she says.
"I first started in to walk when 1
was a very young lady. l had to
walk or stay at home, because the
cars always made me sick. Father
and l take long walks every Sunday.
He went to Providence with me. He
is quite a walker, but l can outdo
him.
1--WE tried to walk to Providence
once before and got as far as Attle-
boro, when father got tired out
and we had to turn back. That was
April 10.
walking has always been a treat
to me and l never get tired out. 1t
would be well for many people If
they would only try and do a little
walking. So many people take the
cars when a good, long walk is just
what they need.
Every Sunday father and I start
early in the morning and walk mile
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-09
For the Economical Girl.

1t is good news for the girl who
must economic that 1t no longer con-
sidered necessary to wear white petit
coats under every summer frock.
They are still worn under white or
pale colored lingerie gowns. but with
dark gingham or linen suits colored
petticoats are the style.
A serviceable and easily washed
skirt is of grass linen, with edges of
rufiles and bias bands Of lawn either
self-toned or in a contrasting color.
One girl who expects to travel most
of the summer has made herself petit
coats of cotton crepe in colors to
match both her dark travelling suits
and several of her lighter, dressier
gowns. These take up little room in
bag; do not interfere with the Slim
ness of the silhouette, still con-
sidered necessary whether nature
built you thin or not; and they can
be washed out over night, and be
ready for wear in the morning.-New
York Press.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-09
N@ FRXl55 5]E1
MAAEAsSSroME

Deep blue dots on silk are very
much favored by fashion.
Simplicity is the keynote of the
costumes seen in most fashionable re-
sorts.
Some of the new linen suits are
very dark in shade.
The correct petticoat of the hour
is of pure white lingerie fabric, very
limp and soft.
Mohair is the favorite material for
automobile dust coats.
Buttons are still popular, but are
somewhat more modest in size than
few months ago.
Hats are larger now than they will
be later in the season.
The poke bonnet is less in evidence
than was expected, its chief use be-
ing for automobiling.
Pongee hats, matching pongee cos
tunes, are very smart just now.
When a color is used for lining,
the hat, shoes, belt and gloves all
partake of the same hue.
There is not yet the slightest in
dication toward tight lacing.
Mittens are worn by some of the
fashionable women at watering
places.
Pale blue holds its own as color
that never quite goes out of fashion.
Lace has a wider vogue than ever
before. and is freely used, even on
shoes.
Both gown and hat styles seem
trending toward simpler lines.
The separate linen skirt is very
popular for wear with dainty lingerie
blouses.
Hat styles demand that the hair be
fiat at the front, wide at the sides,
and full at the back.
The polonaise is a growing fash
ion.
New neck chains are made with
pendants OF gold peacocks, the tails
of which are set with various stones.
Walking costumes are a bit severe,
with very little trimming.
Neckties OF white washable mater
ials, with the monogrom done in coll
or in small letters. are seen in the
shops.
The new corset Is inexorable in
its demand for the long attenuated
lines, but Dame Rumor whispers
that the coming one will be all curves.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-09
Divorce a Luxury.

Divorce in England, it seems, is a
luxury not always attainable by the
poor, and Lord Gorelli has lately
been pronouncing upon the injustice
of this. The poor, he says, should
have equal facilities with the rich for
dissolving the marriage tie. He cites
one casc which had come under his
own notice of a man who pinched
and boarded twenty years to get
enough money to escape from a do
nestle relation that was intolerable.
Lord Gorelli suggests that to a lin
tied extent jurisdiction in divorce
and matrimonial cases should be con-
ferred upon county courts, in order
that the poor may have a better
chance to have cases of this nature
heard.-New York Tribune.
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but I, who had seen the whole thing,
knew 1t was no accident, though,
rightly or wrongly, I kept the knowl-
edge to myself. Why should I bla-
zon abroad the fact that Horace Rish-
ton, after gallantly saving my life,
had deliberately destroyed his own?
1t would have been a poor return
for the service he had rendered me:
1t would have done no good to those
who knew him and who revered his
memory; and above all, it would
have been a source of constant pain
and grief to my own little darling
wife.
Every year we pay a visit to his
grave. and as we gaze upon the silent
tomb, we think with gratitude, and
yet with regret, of a rivals love-
Household Words.
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ures! And now it was all over.
must think no more of entering again
the bright region above and sharing
in the joys that awaited me there. l
was doomed to die-to die lonely,
solitary, horrible death, and to lie
in a watery grave. AS I held on to
my feeble support, and thought of all
this, my brain reeled within me, and
l feared that my reason must give
way.
Death instead of marriage! What
a contrast! Just when l ought to be
leading my bride to the altar and
stepping across the portal of married
life, to let go my hold here and fall
into the cold, relentless arms of
death! And what of Ada then?
Surely she would sorrow and grieve
and be disconsolate.
But Horace Rishton! What of
him? Might they not become man
and But. no. the thought was tor
turing, and drove me in fit of frenzy
to shout again with all my might
But 1t was all in vain. for no one
heard.
How the night passed I cannot tell.
neither do l know how the morning
hours dragged on, for 1 was numb
with cold and faint with hunger and
fatigue. / only know that after what
seemed to me to be ages, footsteps
drew near, and a voice called out
from above:
"Are you there, Fred?"
My heart leaped into my mouth,
and for a moment l was unable to
utter a sound. At last / murmured,
in faint voice:
I'm Heavens name, get me out!
I'm dying"
ute?" the voice asked. i've got a
rope here. Keep up till 1 fasten it to
this stake. Can you slip loop round
your body, or shall come down to
you?S
Send the rope down. I'll manage
to pass 1t round" shouted eagerly.
In another minute 1t was dangling
before my eyes, and was soon passed
under my arms! after which / gave
the word to draw up. Slowly as
cended. and at last emerged into the
light and freedom of the upper air.
AS lay upon the ground-for my
legs were useless to mel looked at
my deliverer. and wept for very Joy
at my release.
1t was Horace Rishton who had
saved me, and IL ever my heart went
out to my rival 1t was then.
Il cannot sufficiently thank you,"
! began.
Give me no thanks" he inter-
rupted harshly. "Thank Heaven In
stead. Heaven and hades have been
hghting over you. and heaven has
won. But you little know how oaar
you have been to death"
l looked up in wonderment at him,
for his words were unintelligible TO
me. He took no notice OF my look.
but continued:
II guessed where you were, call u
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-09

, after mile. We walked to every Bos-
ton suburb, and it was partly due to
the fact that We were tired of Mas
sachusetts that we thought we would
try Rhode Island.
II just spring along, never throw
ing the whole weight of my body on
my feet. 1 throw it forward, placing
it on the ball of the foot. 1t is the
greatest exercise in the world and
makes me feel fine. 1t gives one such
an appetite"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-09

scent of flowers used in the trimming.
Thus rose bedecked hat will have
tucked in its folds tiny sachets filled
with rose sachet powder, violet tur-
bans watt Florentine orris, which
more closely resembles the odor of
real violets than any other perfume,
while hat trimmed with field flowers
carries the fragrance of new mown
hay.
Unless this perfuming is delicately
done it becomes heavy and extremely
ordinary. The scent must be faint
and elusive, more of a suggestion
than a defined odor.-New York
Press.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-09
$ 6s 5s'e Pennsylvania


Norristown.-- George A. Johnson,
who was shot and assaulted by four
robbers, died at Charity Hospital.
Death was due to a fractured skull.
The robbers entered the Johnson
residence, and when he refused to
give them the money they demanded
he was shot in the left side and beat
en- over the head with club. john
son, who lived alone, was wealthy,
but he had all his money in bank.
with the exception of about $50,
which the robbers secured. Joseph
Donnegan and William Hoxworth
were arrested on the charge Of being
two of the men who assaulted john
son.
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Sunbonnets.

Glorified sunbonnets are seen at
London millinery shops. The shape
Is exactly that of the old-fashioned
'unbonnet, but the bonnets are fash
toned of softest satin, or of white,
rose, blue, mauve or yellow sarcenet,
covered with lace and threaded with
ribbons to tie at the throat. Some
are trimmed with single rose, lily
or pansy.-New York Tribune.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-09
Noyes Arms on Altar.

There is a pathetic interest at
tached to an altar frontal in st.
Johns Roman Catholic Church, near
Norwich, England. Eighteen months
ago Colonel Noyes died on his honey
moon. The young widow sent her
bridal costume to a convent in
Bloomsbury, where four nuns spent
year embroidering it. The altar
frontal is eight feet long and four
feet deep, and it is designed in three
panels. One of these panels bears
an allegorical likeness of Colonel
Noyes, represented as a mediaeval
knight. The arms and notices of
Colonel Noyes and the widows fam
lily are embroidered over the panels.
New York Press.
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Foundry Raises Mages.

Pottstown. --- The puddlers and
their helpers at the lower mill of
the Glasgow Iron Company were sur
prised by the announcement that
the price of pudding had been ad-
vanced 20 cents per ton. This makes
a price of 81 per ton for pudding,
the old rate having been 1915 per
ton. The announcement of the ad-
vance was all the more the agreeable
coming as a surprise. The price
for pudding iron is within so cents
of the price paid before the panic
set in. For number of years the
prices ruled at $3.50 per ton through
out the Schuylkill Valley, and it was
only last Spring that the price was
cut
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-09
Difference I'm Time.

When it is noon at any given place
1t is similarly noon at all other points
having the same longitudinal merid-
ian, and the sun is In its zenith where
meridian and equator intersect.
For business convenience every fif-
teen degrees of longitude evenly d.
vided from Greenwich has the same
time, being the distance that the
earth travels in one hour. In the
United States we have Eastern, Cen
tral. Mountain and Pacific time. Thus
when 1t is noon at New York It is
IL a. m. at Chicago, Central time;
10 a. m. at Denver, Mountain time.
and a. m. at San Francisco. Pacific
time.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-09
Hung Girl On Hook.

Shamokin. Henninger, a
young girl, in great agony returned
home with a big plat of her hair.
which she told her parents had been
torn from her head The weight OF
her body was too much of a strain
for her hair, by which, she says. she
hung from a meat hook until her
hair pulled loose from her head She
declared that while passing a wagon
containing a hook, an unknown man
grabbed and suspended her from the
hook, after which she escaped.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-09
Fake Surgeons" :"

LanCaster.-At the semi-annuai
meeting here of the State Veterinary
Association, DR.. w Horace Hoskins.
of Philadelphia. spoke at length upon
the campaign that the State Board
of Examiners Is waging against
fake surgeons. He severely critics.
ed correspondence schools for issu-
ing certificates to practice veterinary
surgery. an act .hat is causing the
profession, he said. many law suits
Resolution were adopted approving
the tuberculine test for diagnosing
tuberculosis In cattle.
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Girls Burned.

Lancaster children have
been burned to death in thts county
within the past week. There ware
two fatal accidents Tuesday, the
victims being Stella, 6-year-Ult
daughter Of George Eichelberger, of
Millway, whose clothing caught fire
from stove, and Susan, 9-year-old
daughter of Christian Wiker. of this
city, whose dress ignited at a bon
fire she had started The WIker
child's mother was severely burned
in trying to save her life.
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Neurasthenia.

Neurasthenia, according to DR..
Diomede Garlic. of Naples, an author
ity on that disease, is responsible for
sll manner OF evils. Lying. spiteful-
ness. grumbling. oversensitiveness te
criticism. excessive shyness, lack OF
will power. inability TO concentrate,
tendency to alternating paroxysms
81 exaltation and depression these
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Drought Closes Mill.

Yerk.-The big paper mill OF the
p. ii. Glatfelter Company, at Spring
Grove, has suspended operations, be-
cause OF the drought. Work cannot
be resumed until enough rain falls
to restore the water supply. York
County Is experiencing the most serl-
Gus drought within the memory OF
living persons. Wells and spring
hagn zone dry and supplies OF watel
for r'ous boroughs are becoming
extn' 'ed Late crops have been
ruin N dry weather.
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Murdered In Corn Weld.

John Schnebley, son of a promi-
nent farmer near Chambersburg, was
found murdered in his corn field, his
head being cut open with corn
knife. Deputy sheriffs are hunting
for Jesse Gossford, son of a neigh
boring farmer, who was cutting corn
with young Schnebley, and who dis
appeared after going to the house
and asking for a bottle Of camphor.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-09
Doctors Meeting.

Chambersburg. The annual meet
ing of the Cumberland Valley Medi-
cal Association was held here Or.
Theodose II. Weagley, of Marion,
presided Papers were read as fol-
lows; "Quacks and Quackery," DR..
V. NJ. Richards, Fair2lay. Md. !;
Poem" DR.. Charles F. Palmer,
Chambersburg; The Physician" DR..
r. S. Bishop, Harrisburg; Everyday
Obstetrics" DR.. E. p. Davis, Phila.
delphia.
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Thieves Block Traffic.

Media.-TrafIlc on the Media and
Glen Riddle electric road. an extern
sion of the Delaware County ani
Philadelphia line. was blocked for
a while by thieves, who stole about
300 feet of wire. The wire taken
was from the main feed wire, and tho
thieves made their escape without
leaving any aces of their retreat.
The Wire was cut a short distance
south of the Black Horse between
that place and the overhead bridge
at ElWyu.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-09
Warrants For Showmen.

The first arrests under the new
law for the regulation OF moving
picture theaters have been ordered
by Chief Factory Inspector Delaney
Prosecutions have been entered
against d. w. Hatch, of Altoona, and
John G.. Foley and George Pana-
gotesor, of Johnstown, proprietors of
theaters in which it is alleged the
directions of the Department for the
Safety of Patrons have not been COM
piled with.
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Stricken Blind,

West Chester. William Dutton,
aged 20 years, of this place, was
tricken by total blindness while TAX
ing walk upon the street. and ply
sicians give no hope of a recovery
OF his sight. Dutton was nearly blind
by reason OF cataracts, but was not
believed to be in a serious condition
until his attack which came in the
shape OF a fainting spell. He was
found him upon the street with his
sight gone.
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Alleged Deserter Arrested.

Bethlehem.-Paul Long was ar
rested for illegal car riding. Just
as he was about to be discharged By
a justice of the peace at Catasauqua,
it was discovered that he was a de-
serter from the U. S. Army. He
was rearrested and will be sent back
to Fort Thomson, n. Y.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-09
scbuylkill's New Trolley Road.

POttsviIIe. are 10 be
made for a new trolley line from
Pottsyille through st. Clair. Morea
and Delano to Shenandoah to con-
meet with the Schuylkin traction sys-
TEN. The corps of surveyors have al
ready taken up their headquarters
at St Clair. The new link will con
meet with the system Of the Eastern
Pennsylvania Railways Company.
The new route approximates Is
miles and will complete chain OF
100 miles OF trolley road in Schuyl-
XIII through Carbon County TO Mauch
Chunk.
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Boy Kills Playmate.

Selinsgrove 1t was revealed here
that another life had been sacrificed
l6-year-old Wilson Fisher confessed
that he mistook his playmate, Ira
Bsnner. for a ground hog. He shot
into a moving thicket, killed Ben
ner, in the woods near R.chfcld,
Juniata County. on Monday last.
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state Roads Contract.

Pottsville.-Five miles of new
State road, between Orwigsburg and
Schuylkill Haven, at a cost of S27,-
900, will be started at once, the
Schuylkill County Commissioners
having approved the contract award
ed the {. r. Construction Company.
of. Philadelphia This will be a link
in the proposed State road through
Berks County toward Philadelphia.
The State will pay six-eighths the
cost. while Schuylkill County and
South Mannheim Township will each
pay the other two-eighths.
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Woman Causes Suicide.

Easton. .-Raymond S. Pohl. a
Doylestown barber, committed sui
eide by drowning in the Lehigh River
at Island Park. a summer resort
near this city. Pinned to his coat
George Walbert, of Lehighton, Pa
drove me to take my life" Pohl
came to EastOn and said ne was go
ing fishing. No one here Knows Mrs.
Walbert or what relations existed
between her and Pohl who was 81
years old and unmarried.
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Farmers Freak Fowls.

Gettysburg.-Twof freak fowls, the
property of John Wagaman, a farm
er, are on exhibition at Mont Alto.
Wagaman had two turkeys, which
wandered into South Mountain. and
after rearing brood returned home.
Two of the young birds have feet
like duck, heads like a guinea and
feathers like a turkey. They are
about the size of full-grown chickens.
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Plunges Down StaIrs.

Pottsville.-Pltching headlong down
flight OF stairs at the home of the
Misses Marquardt, at this place, John
Wuensch, 50 years. of St. Clair, fell
to his death. He was on a visit
and was en- route to his room.
Wuensch had prominent family con-
nections all through the anthracite
region,
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Fatal Fall On Birthday.

Lancaster.-While hanging up to-
bacco in the barn of Jay Bachman.
near Strasburg, Benjamin F. Deets.
a farmer, fell from the scaffold on
which he was working to the barn
floor. His skull was crushed and he
died instantly.
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Accused Man Dies.

York.-John Heckert. young man
of this city, who was accused of rob-
bing his uncle's home on the night
the aged man was murdered, died
at the county almshouse. Heckert' s
death was due to double" pneu-
monia. His uncle, David Heckert,
was wealthy bachelor The mys-
terious murder occurred a year ago.
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Engineers Fatal Fall.

Lewisburg.-Harry Hartman. 29
years old, OF Duncannon. died at the
Lewistown Hospital from injuries
sustained in falling from his engine
cab at Lewistown Junction on the
night OF August 25.
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Death Summons Shut.In.

Bethlehem.-Stricken with blind
ness with the approach Of sickness
eight years ago and abed most OF
the time since then, Jackson II. f.
Shoemaker, of Catasauqua, aged 43
years, died Thursday.