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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-08-19

eat in the shade of a bluff on the
Yellowstone River. Jackson and the
scout posted on top of the bank saw
each other at the same instant, aud
the trapper halted just long enough
to make sure that the odds against
him were too big to warrant any
show of resistance. Then he took to
his heels, running, quartering away
from the river.
The Blackfeet, fifteen strong, burst
through the buffalo bushes that
edged the bluff and swept after him,
bowling like wolves.
Jackson knew himself well enough
to be sure that no matter how swift
the Blackfeet. he could make a stern
| chase long one. He had never met
trapper who could outrun him, and
he had entered many foot-race dur
! ing the wild spring and fall gather
ings at the fort. So instead of break
ing into a frantic pace at the outset
he settled down to long, calculated
stride that would eat up distance
without greatly firing him. He knew
that he would have to run with his
head as well as his feet.
The Indians, on the contrary
came on at first at full speed, hoping
to run the trapper down within a few
hundred yards. To frighten him into
breaking his stride, they let cut vol
leys of whoops and discharged mum
ber of arrows as they ran; but nat
urally their aim was poor, and pres
emily they began to save both theil
breath and their weapons. They saw
that they had no timid greenhorn tC
deal with.
The ground was good for running
with only an occasional low, wave
like swell to break its level. TIL,
summer sun had burned the shor
grass so that it was like a wiry ma
underfoot. But racing for ones lif,
Is different from doing 1t for sport
Fear VIII lend one wings for a while
but 1t is a great destroyer of wind ant
judgment.
AT the end of the first hundre,
yards jackson was forced to drop hi
precious pack. Soon after that h
threw away his rifle and his deer
skin jacket.
The prairie ahead of him was a
smooth as floor Jackson couI,
, see no ravine or butte to give him
| moment of refuge. He looked bacl
over his shoulder. The Blackfee
, were strung out in line behind him
some evidently outclassed; but hal
/ dozen were running strongly. an
had speed to spare. 1t was apparen
: that they were confident of thei
I ability to tire him out.
y Now the real race began. Wit
i his hands clenched and head back
. Jackson gradually increased hi
speed. The grass spun under hi
4 feet. and where It was long, parte
y with a sharp tearing sound agains
his ankles. Ahead Of him, suddenly
a prairie-dog popped into his burrow
4 then he saw number Of little tai
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-08-19
Africa's Forest.

In the heart of equatorial Africa Il
vast and dense forest has been found
that would cover solidily the entire
State of California. II furnishes a
wonderful field for research to natur-
alists. So dense is the foliage and so
numerous the creepingvines that they
almost choke the tall monarchs OF
trees. The animal life is varied. The
highest grades of animals exist side
by side with the pygmies, or lowest
grades of men. Sweetest songbirds
are the companions OF elephants and
giraffes, while the tangled wilds are
filled with all sorts of venomous SER
penis and reptiles. II is said that the
largest pythons ever seen by hunters
have been noticed in this territory
Detroit News-Tribune.
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Large sailor hats are abundant.
Shirrings are on their way back.
Lace shoes seem going out OF
style.
China silk waists are too pretty
and serviceable to fall into disuse.
Pansies, wisterias, lilac. clusters
oe rosebuds and laburnum appear on
fiowered crowns.
Russet leather and bronze calfskin
sandals for little tots suggest cool
ness and comfort.
The two piece linen suit has q
great vogue, especially for travelling
and automobiling.
Ribbon runners of mcther-of'
pearl are among the novelties. They
may be had in all sizes.
Hat brims seem to get lower and
lower. Unless they cover almost the
entire head, they are not modish.
The Juror for shoulder scarfs is
still on, and they are worn with in
expressible art by graceful women.
One Of the newest things this sea-
son is the net or gauze princess
tunic, braided or spangled all over.
There is an inclination to desert
the Nine. Recamier coiffure styles
and a continued movement toward
greater simplicity.
Net is not used so much now as
sheer batiste, finest tucked organdie
and thin lawn. combined with fine
Cluny or Irish lace.
For coat and tailored suits white
serge has no rival In WOODEN goods,
for 1t may be worn at any hour. from
breakfast to midnight.
There is a vogue for more or less
plain skirts worn with bodices OF
all-over embroidery, or trimmed with
lace or braid, or both.
The new sleeves are sufficiently full
to take away the stick-like look of
the arms in the very tight ones, that
made them look like jolnted wood
The modified kimono, which is the
old wrapper with Japanese touch
in the sleeve and banded edge around
, the neck and downward, remains a
fayorite for bedroom wear.
The soft Persian coloring and the
colorings seen in the old East Indian
shawls. when produced In their nat.
ural designs. are especially effective
on the neutral ground of the heavier
pongees.
Some OF the outing hats are made
OF the sort of canvas that looks like
mating. They are edged with col
ored straw braid and trimmed with
a band and bow OF ribbon OF the
same color.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-08-19
EQUINE HERO OF PEKIN DEAD.
Putnam. of the Astor Battery, Had
Retired With Honors.

Word comes from the Philippines
of the death of old Putnam, horse
presented to the United States Gov
ernment by Colonel John Jacob Astor
with the other equipment of the
Astor Battery at the time of the
Spanish-American War. Putnam was
about eighteen years old and died at
Fort William Mckinley. AT that
time the horse was on the retired
list, having been the second animal
since old Comanohe of the Seventh
Cavalry to be regularly relieved of
active duty.
The history of Putnam up to the
time he landed in the Philippines
with the Astor Battery is uncertain,
but his career since then is easily
traced. Just before the Boxer trou-
bles in China Putnam was trans
ferred 10 F Battery of the Fifth Field
Artillery and sent along with the
American contingent. On the ar
rival of the allied armies at Pekin
Putnam and another veteran horse
named Corregidor were pulling the
first of the American light field guns.
The battery had just started up
the hill. Corregidor's traces broke
and it was necessary to cut him away
from the gun. The absence of his
mate didn't bother Putnam and he
got the gun up the hill alone and ar
rived there in time for the cannon
he pulled to open the firing.
Putnam found his way back to tho
islands in due time and did his work
as wheeler up to two years ago,
when he got too weak to stand hard
service. A few months ago Colonel
e. T. Brown, of the Fifth Cavalary,
requested that Putnam be put on the
retired list and be turned out on all
state occasions and permitted TO
march behind his old battery. The
recommendation was approved.
From that time Putnam had a
groom, extra bedding and a padded
box stall. The old veterans health
failed rapidly and he died before any
occasion arose for him to march in
state behind his battery.-New York
Sun.
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JlrKsONS RACE FOR THE YELLOWSTONE.
By ROBERT DoRRIMAN.
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trust TO, rne worr or chief" and he
walked away without backward
look.
He had plenty of backward-fying
thoughts, however. Would the
Blackfoot repay good with evil?
How near was the band for which he
had been scouting? Would they be
down on his trail the next day? Wor-
ried by these thoughts Jackson trav-
eled fast all that night, and spent
the next day hidden in a cup-like
hollow on the summit of a small
butte, a position which, defended by
his long rifle, would have cost the
Blackfeet dear to take.
No Indians came in sight, and the
following night Jackson took up the
trail again with new courage He
did not change his mode of trav-
cling, however, until he had put
sixty miles behind him. A few more
days saw him out of the Blackfoot
territory and in a comparatively safe
| country.
When spring was over and the
pelts had begun to grow poor. Jack
son began his long march back to
Fort Union. His pack of prime bea.
yer made him especially anxious to
avoid an encounter with the Black.
feet; but in spite of every precau.
ton, he met band of them just as
he had begun to think the danger
| was past.
Fortunately the Blackfeet were moi
mounted. They were a canoeing
party that had stopped to rest ant
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-08-19

ward the heart of the jam just as the
leading Blackfeet leaped down the
bank. For a few moments they
stood there, talking in low tones;
then Jackson heard the water ripple
and splash as they waded out toward
The jam.
Soon they were joined by others,
and the whole band began to walk
round and over the mass of inter-
laced ttmbers. thrusting down a log
here, and lifting others, and peering
through the interstices. Sick with
dread, jackson crouched up TO his
throat in the water, waiting for the
discovery he felt sure must come.
Suddenly the light that filtered
down from above was cut off. Jack
son was too firmly wedged in to
move anything but his head He
looked up and met the gaze of a
Blackfoot across whose face a look
of savage triumph flashed and whose
parted lips seemed about to utter a
signal whoop. But instead, he
glared silently at Jackson, and a con.
fiicting series of expressions passed
across his painted face. Then. as
noiselessly as he had come, he glided
away.
1t was the Blackfoot Jackson had
captured and set free that spring.
The recognition had been mutual, but
Jackson hardly dared to hope for the
same mercy that he had shown the
warrior. In an agony of apprehen-
] sion he waited and listened.
BY and by he heard voices and
could even distinguish few words.
Some one was saying that the river
must have drunk up the white man
To this the others apparently
agreed. There was a short parley
followed by the sound of bodies NOV
ing through the water. and then 81.
lence, except for the light tapping OF
the current against the jam.
Still Jackson did not dare to move
For an hour he listened fearfully;
but only the natural noises of the
river were to be heard. Unable to
stand the chill of the water any
longer. he worked his way to the
edge OF the jam and looked out. The
bank was deserted. and wadinp
ashore. he climbed the little BLUM
The Blackfeet had disappeared.
Youths Companion.
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whisk out or sight, and his heart
swelled with fear.
A stumble would mean his death
warrant, but he did not dare to make
a detour round the town 1t was
too wide.
He dashed into It, feeling the
ground roughen under his feet, and
swaying unsteadily as he ran over
the little mounds. The sweat of
fright poured down his lean brown
face and at every step his muscles
cringed lest his foot should strike
one of the burrows.
'The town" was q quarter of
mile wide. and Jackson was Jared
and alarmingly fatigued when he
struck smooth ground again. A back
ward look showed him that some of
the Blackfeet were out of the race,
| but that those in the lead were near
/ er to him than before. The leading
Indian halted at that instant, and
| discharged an arrow. which sang
over Jackson's shoulder, but 1t was
almost spent. At least, he was prac-
tically out of range.
He began to fear, however, that he
was losing ground at every stride.
His strength, too was going. There
was a pain like from a knife thrust
under his ribs, and his lungs were
+, hot and scared. The buoyancy of
his body had gone. Every step
Jared him and racked his aching
head. A light, salty foam gathered
on his lips, yet his mouth was burn
ing dry.
There was no refuge on the mer.
cilessly bare prairie, and desperately
he changed his course toward the
| Yellowstone. If he could reach it.
he was resolved to drown himself
rather than fall into the hands of the
Blackfeet. But could he reach it?
His eyes were so glazed and con-
gested that he could not distinguish
the buffalo bushes along the bank
but he knew in which direction the
river lay, and he toiled, sobbing for
breath, his nose clogged with trick.
ling blood.
He was swaying like a drunken
man WueH ne lelJ the StlII DuSHes
about his knees. Beneath him rolled
the brown river, dimpled by the
breeze, and sucking and swirline
round a great Jam of driftwood
wedged between sandbar and the
shore.
Jackson fell headlong down the
sloping bank, his face striking among
, the wet stones. The chill of the watel
: revived him. He scrambled forward
} on his hands and knees into the
river. The jam offered him a las
} haven, and fortunately the water die
not reach above his waist. He wal
: too spent to swim stroke, but stag
) gering and slipping, he managed t.
: wade the gap and crawled under thu
jumbled mass of timber like ;
wounded muskrat.
, STOPPING so that only his head wa
above water, he wormed his way to
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-08-19
Dear BOY.

Little Willie was missed by his
mother one day for some time. and
when he reappeared she asked
Where have you been. my pet?"
playing postman." replied her
pet" II gave letter to all the
houses in our road. Real letters.
too"
Where ON earth did you gel
them?" questioned his mother. In
amusement.
''They were those old ones in your
wardrobe drawer, tied up with rib.
bon," was the innocent reply. Lon.
don Opinion.
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Why He Lost His Friends.

He always woundng their feelings making sarcastic
or funny remarks at their expense.
He cold and his manner, gloomy,
pessimistic.
He did realize that friendship will thrive
meHt alone that there must be service to nourish it,
lie did know the value of thoughtfulness little
things.
He borrowed money from them.
He not loyal to them
He hesitated to sacrifice their reputation FOR his
advantage
He always saying things about them their
absence
He measured them by their ability to advance him.
Success
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Live Stock.

Chicago-Cattle - Market strong
Steers. $3.50 n 7.65; cows, $500
$50; heifers. S3.5O@6; bulls, SO 40
a 4.S5; calves, $3@S; stockers and
feeders, S3.7565.15.
Market strong 10 1jc. high.
er Choice heavy, sS.05 q S.15;
butchers, S790@S.lO; light mixed,
$765 @79O; choice light, S7.S5 a.
sos; packing. s7.40@775, pigs.
$500 7S5; bulk Of sales. $7.65 q
7.95
sheep-Market steady. Sheep,
S4@5; lambs, 1925 q 775; year
lings, s. a $40.
-Cattle-Choice. Sc so
a 6,75; prime, $6.l5 a Gao.
Sheep-Prime wethers. $4.75 a
lambs, S4.50q 725; veal calves
S7.50mS.
Hogs -- Prime heavies. ss.25 a
$50: mediums and heavy Workers
$3.50; light Workers. SS.20@S S.2j;
pigs. SS0S.15; roughs. S6.50@7.25,
Kansas City, Observation-Disclosures
steady. Choice export and dressed
beef steers. s6.50@7 $50; fair tC
good. S4.50@ 6.35; Western steers
5.S5; stockers and feeders
s3.25@5.25; Southern steers, $3.50
a5.l5; Southern cows, $3.50 a
3.S5; native cows. s2.25 4.25; ma
tive heifers. s3.25@ $50; bulls
S2.75@4.
Hogs--Market 5000. higher
Top, S7S5; bulk OF sales, $3.50 %
7.S5; heavy. S7.SO07S5; packer
and butchers. s7.7O@7,S5; light
s6.50@7.S0; pigs, sG.50@74O.
Sheep--Market steady. Lambs
s5.5O@7.25; yearlings. $3.50 a 5.25 .
wethers. s4G5; ewes, s3,5Oq 4.11; ;
stockers and feeders. S2.7b 90.
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Cupid's Dart With Cigars.

The cigar box now comes to the
front as an auxiliary to Cupid. Mrs.
Corinne Raleigh, a Richmond, Va,
widow, in order to support herself
went to work as a packer in a cigar
factory. Il am lonely" she wrote
one day on a slip of paper and in
closed it in a box of cigars. In the
course of time the box reached Nome
Alaska. 1t was purchased by Cyril
]. Worthington, formerly Of Newport
News, and now a wealthy mining
man in Alaska. Worthington is now
on his way to Richmond to make the
widow his bride.-New York Press.
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Can't Bear Arms.

Many people hold that the inabil-
fly of women to bear arms" Is a
conclusive argument against female
suffrage. A certain individual who
has fondness for information asks
If it has been proved that women
cannot defend their country as SOL
diers. He has observed that in fiction
the girl who masquerades as a fight
ing man, however bold she may be in
words, proves to be an arrant little
coward when she feels q sword or
pistol in her hand and sees another
threatening her. But he has read
history as well as fiction, and asserts
that some of the women who, dis
guising their sex, have actually
served for years in the army, have
been distinguished for bravery and
martial qualities.-New YORK. Trio-
une.
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Warns Girls Against Chinese.

Mrs. Radford, eighty-seven years
old, has been superintendent of a
Chinese mission in New Orleans for
twenty-five years. The mission has a
Sunday school and evening classes
for secular study. Mrs. Radford has
had the opportunity to observe many
hundreds of Chinese, and she is rig
idly opposed to their being instructed
in any way by white women or girls
She has no patience with the woman
or girl who seeks to teach the Ori
entails out of desire to "uplift the
heather. New York Press.
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Russla Leather RepeIs Moth.

The peculiar and agreeable odor OF
Russia leather is derived from the
birch bark used in tanning it. This
odor repels moths and other insects
and makes 1t invaluable for book
binding. as a few books bound In
Russia leather in library win pro-
ttct the remainder from insect at
taclr.- philadelphia Inquirer.
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Golden Threads.

10 you intend to have transfor-
nation made. that you preserve all
vonr golden threads SO carefully
mo, I'm not going to have any
thing made" answered the woman
addressed, who had been brushing
her hair and was now removing every
hair from her brush and putting It
into an envelope. "and it's very like
ly these golden threads. as you are
pleased to call them, will before long
be consigned to the flames. But !
was once so foolish as to let about
half OF my hair fall out. After be-
gan course OF treatment with a
scalp specialist / kept the combing1
of each week In separate envelope
and compared them from time to
time to see what effect the treatment
was having. My hair is as thick as
ever now, but still keep up my
watchfulness to be sure it's not fall
ing abnormally without my knowing
Il. 1t takes so long for hair to grow
II you once lose 1t that It's much
wiser not to lose IT," - New York
Tribune.
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THE OLD DOLL

,,.s one ;;tte OF
eyourw wishes truel
NJ Il love with a thousand charms,
And seel she s reaching her hands out to you!
pn The old doll by, asleep let her lie,
nd arms to welcome the new
little one little one, play your part,
Motheriove lavishes treasures untold
Ub;sner fonds words, and close to heart,
Your warm little heart the idol enfod.
rTis with ALTO worship we fall
Before the shrine forgetting the old)
little one, little wherefore that sigh?
Of playing the long day through?
Bu something that looks like
nd lps--why lips quivering too!
Do guess aright?-It 8 coming night
And for the od-you tired Of the new!
Little one, little old loves best; ,,-,,,,
the heart still cngs though the hands loose their mold
Take the old doll back, arms she shall rest,
When wander to the dreamland fold
with ALL o. to sleep
The heart back to the old) -,
Edith M. Thomas, in American Home Monthly
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Girls Graduated as Boys.

Girl students in the University Of
Minnesota are taught in the construc-
ton and general direction of play
grounds for city children. The coed
graduating class in the university this
year had 200 members, and all the
young women we're nettled by a
strange error in their diplomas. The
sheepskin awarded to each young
woman is written in the masculine
gender, and it was not until gradu-
alton day that the error was discov-
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On wedding Invitations.

For large church wedding invi-
tations are usually sent to all whose
names are on the visiting lists of the
two families. Only when these invi-
tations are accompanied by cards for
the reception or wedding breakfast
to follow are acceptances or regrets
necessary.-New York Tribune.
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| ton in outdoor sports has had so.
| bering effect, and when they do talk
! their remarks are almost sensible
enough to be made by man. New
York Times.
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Deyiled Eggs-Boil six eggs

Devied Eggs-Boi six eggs ten minutes, put them in
cold, chop them fne melt tablespoon
full butter tablespoonful -four stir few minutes
add cupuls milk, bay Leaf eight
whole peppers easpoonul SALT cook six minutes
bay and peppers add the seasoned with half
teaspoonfu English mustard onequarter teaspoonu white
pepper and tablespoonful chopped parsley Fill this
in six table Shells sprinkle each tablespoonful
grated bread crumbs little melted butter; bake light
brown in Another sprinkle table
cheese the then the crumbs and
butter bake.-NIrs Gesine Lemcke
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-08-19

The British agricultural colleges
have been testing the growing of po-
tatoes from sprouts with great sue
cess. The yield and quality have
both been increased, and the disease.
resisting powers strengthened.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-08-19

In making a silver dollar the die
is given pressure of 100 tons to the
square inch, while one of 155 tons is
given to the double eagle.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-08-19

An alloy of seventy per cent. OF
cerium and thirty per cent. of iron
has the remarkable property of CIV
ing off shower of sparks when
struck by steel.
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cred. The young men in the uni
versity had great fun over the slip,
but the girls were not bit pleased.
New York Press.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-08-19

A California Judge gave man
eight years In the peoissp,'ers Ter
stealing tight cents.
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Tho prizes now being contested
for by ayiators number thirty-sisht
and are valued at 100000
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-08-19

CASTOR BONNER affirms that the
ability of bees to fly straight to their
hives from a distance as great as two
miles Is not due, as some have be-
lieved, to either sight or smell, but
to a special sense of direction pos
bases his belief in the existence of
this strange sense, which would be
extremely useful to man also, on a
series of experiments with homing
bees. He does not know in what or
gan the sense is located, but he says
that, at any rate, it is not in the an
tennae.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-08-19

Husbands Own Wives Clothes.
A married woman in Louisiana
does not own her own clothes. Judss
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A new dirigible torpedo, patented
by a Swedish inventor and operated
by electricity, is said to have a range
of 5000 yards. It's course can be al
tered, while submerged. from the
point of departure at the will of the
operator.