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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-30

the kettle on the fire boiled and
boiled again unused. Seven o'clock
struck from a neighborlng church,
then 8, and still he did not come to
the anxious, restless girl, who paced
wearily to ana fro.
"Oh, Jim! Jim!" she walled pres
emily. why don't you come homer"
For strange, nervous fear was grip
ping slowly at her heart. If she went
out to look for her husband 1t would
be useless, and. besides, the country
bred girl shrank from venturing out
at dark In the noisy, crowded streets
alone. Suddenly above the sound of
hurrying feet and the rattle of buses
and carts in the distant. broader thor
oughfares, a girls shrill voice rang
out, and a woman's scream of fear
echoed back as II in answer. "Oh,
'e's killed! 'E's killed." and the
watcher in her dark room sprang to
the door. trembling with swift ter
ror. Just across the narrow street,
where a lamp threw its yellow rays
upon the ground, she could see a
gathering crowd, swaying and push
ing round some hidden thing.
"Ah! What is It? What Is it?"
she whispered through pale lips. long
ing to go away and hide from any
sight OF death or injury, but yet in a
horrible fascination chained to the
spot. straining eyes and ears for what
| was to be known. The crowd thick.
ened as a door here and there In the
street opened, and men and women
came forth, asking what had hap
pened. and without waiting for an.
swer rushed toward the crowd, to
join the elbowing. jostling mass OF
humanity, whose only excitement in
gray and sordid life was a chance
row or fight between quarrelsome
neighbors or some accident such as
this. which now claimed their excited
attention.
Then at last as the girl In the open
doorway still stood gazing fearfully
out woman came running breath
lessly straight toward her from the
thick of the crowd.
hIS. Ld"fSHSe' 'itS' LaWIeHce'
she gasped. Your 'usband's been
knocked down. by horse an cart.
Els lying there in the road. an be-
iieye 'e's deadl"
She put out rough but kindly arm
to support the girl, who swayed weak
ly. half fainting. after one agonized
cry.
Now, you just come inside. my
gal; don't you 80 out In the road, .
she went on. coaxingly. for Milly was
making frantic efforts to escape from
her OBTAINING hold. Come inside
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-30
When Jim Came Home.
60 % @ 60 90 9 .

plucked the pink roses from her
cheeks and painted new shadows
about the gray eyes, but that was all.
The thick yellow brown hair was still
bright and shining, and her face was
softly rounded, like a child's, where
dimples play. She stirred the dying
fire together and put on q kettle to
boil. 1t was 6 o'clock.
"Jimll be in soon now, for sure"
she told herself, as a gentler mood
crept at last into her heart and the
brief passion died out. Poor old
dear, he'll be we'll nigh starved
against he gets home tonight"
She hurried and laid the table and
spread out meal. The kettle was
singing when she had washed and
changed her dress and come down
again, and she went presently to the
front window and watched for him to
come along the street.
The postman stopped presently at
her door and left letter for Jim, but
that was all, and she waited still.
while the light faded about her, and
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-30

voice broke and tears were not ia,
away. "oh, my little lass, we're GO
ing home. Think of it! Where Wen
see the green grass everywhere, and
the blue sky, with the birds a sing.
Ing, and the trees will be all red an
gold when we gets back there again
lassie. It'll be like heaven"
"Jim," she whispered softly, "dear
jim, we needn't wait for the country
because / think It's little bit oi
heaven itself we've got here now,'
and with the new, gentle lovellght in
her shining eyes she bent and kissed
him on the lips.-Weekly Welcome.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-30
Well Equipped.

A Methodist bishop was recently \
guest at the home OF a friend who
had two charming daughters. One
morning the bishop. accompanied by
the two young ladies. went out in the
hope OF catching some trout. An old
fisherman. out for the same purpose;
wishing to appear friendly. called
out;
"ketchin' many. pard?"
The bishop. drawing himself up I'd
his full height. replied, Brother, l
am q fisher OF men"
you've got the right kind OF bait,
all right" was the ishermsn's res
joindsr. --spccsss Magazine.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-30
Long Terms.

Carlisle.-Judge Sadler sentenced
James Alexander. who was convicted
the penitentiary, because Alexander
already having served two terms of
over a year in the penitentiary; this
sentence being prescribed by the new
legislative act.
Harrison Stoop, on six forgery,
and two larceny charges, was SEN
fenced to twenty years, minimum i'm
mum.
ing the large local plant that manu-
facture axles and frogs and switches,
with a fire loss of nearly 100000,
was sentenced to ten years mini
mum, and forty years maximum.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-30
Acquitted OF Murder Charge

Carlisle. The Cumberland County
jury, empaneled for a week past in
the trial of Angelo Tornatore, who
was charged with the murder here
on April 13 of his brother-in-law
John P. Pisciotta, a local confec.
tioner, returned a verdict of mo
guilty" Tornatore, together with
Mrs. Annie Pisciotta, We're indicted
for the murder of the latters hus'
band as a result of information
furnished to the Carlisle police au-
thorities on April 13 by James Gar
gulakos, a Greek bootblack, who re-
sided in the Pisciotta house,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-30

Observation-Disclosures the wreck.
ing of the Pennsylvania flyer from
Philadelphia at Conners Crossing,
railroad detectives have now uncov-
cred two different attempts to wreck
the Pennsylvania Short Line passen.
ger train enroute from Pottsville &c
Shenandoah. The wreckers put
bolt on the track, which the wheels
brushed off. A short time after
ward the bolt was again put on the
track near the turntable. This time
train ran over the bolt, flattening
1t, and thereby escaping jumping of
the track.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-30
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Boy Nearly Electrocuted.

Williamsport.-Richard Haynes,
farmers boy, of Lyons Mills, narrow.
ly escaped electrocution The lad,
when searching for missing cows.
climbed a tall pole, on which ran
a wire of the Eaglesmere Light G.
Power Company. The wire frequent.
ly carries 1000 volts. Going clear
to the top Of the pole, the boy
swung leg over the wire and was
almost instantly hurled to the
ground, where he was later found
unconscious by his father. His leg
Is badly burned and he has a frac-
tured skull. His condition is criti.
cal. The leg. where the current en-.
tered, is burned black.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-30
Countcrfciter Confesses.

York.-Daniel and Levi Reibold
both farmers, residing in the south
east section of York County, were
arrested by Constable Stoner, of
York, and a secret service detective
from Washington, on a charge OF
conterfeiting silver coin. The sec
ton in which the men reside has
been flooded with counterfeit nick
els, dimes, quarters and half dollars.
When a search was made of the de-
PENDANTS home a quantity of metal
from which the coins were made
was found, along with some excellent
dies Levi admits the counterfeit
ing, but says that his brother Daniel
Is innocent.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-30
Police sergcant,s Last Ride.

Lancaster. c. Negley, aged
40, a sergeant of police here for seven
years, died in a local hospital from
paralysis. When placed in the city
ambulance prior to his removal to
the hospital, his last words before
dying were: I've helped haul many
one in this wagon; now it's up to
me-"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-30
AGAINST One Session.

Reading.-There is strong opposi.
ton on the part of parents to the
one-session plan in the High Schools,
which was inaugurated at the be-
ginning of the present school term.
and the matter will come up for con.
sideration at the next regular meet.
ing of the Board of Control. Moth.
ers of the pupils are the ones who
are leading the fight against the ses.
sion. They have been doing the
thing quietly and, with the help Of
some of the fathers, have brought up
with such strength the question as
to whether the one-session plan is
the better that the Board of Control
will hardly ignore it.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-30

Lewistown.-The chase for the
lone highwayman who held up the
Pittsburg express in the Lewistown
Narrows, on the morning OF August
81, has been practically abandoned,
II. w. Bearce. superintendent of the
Pinkerton Agency and other detec-
tives have left the scene and the
drag net, into which the robber was
supposed TO drop, has been material
~ widened
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-30
Runaway Boys Injured.

Pottstown.-Three Reading youths
who had run away from home came
near losing their lives when they
tried to alight from moving coal
train as it was entering Pottstown.
They were thrown violently to the
ground and so badly shaken up that
they were removed to the Potts.
town Hospital. The lads gave their
names as Joseph Zeigler, Tony Tillo
and Joe Tillo, all of Reading. The
hospital authorities notified the po.
lice and they communicated with the
Reading authorities.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-30
Convicted by Letters.

Altoona. = When Harry a. Nc
Knight, of Roaring Spring. deserted
his wife and family, he forgot about
the letters he had received from
other women, which he had secreted
under the carpet. His wife found
them and used them in court. as a
result of which he was ordered to
pay her $40 a month.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-30
snid Bride Tried To Elope.

York.-Weary of her husband af-
ter thirteen days OF married life,
Mrs. George Sweitzer was accused OF
snyder, a married man, and was
placed under arrest as she was about
to board a train for Baltimore. Sny-
der will, II caught, be held for lar
ceny, for the baggage OF the couple
contained much of Mr.. Switzers per-
sonal property.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-30

Pottsvllle.-For saying Thank
you, Judge" in loud and sneering
tone of voice in open court, Judge
Arthur L. Shay sent Roger Nc
Gowan, of Pola Alto, to Jail for an
undetermined period. McGowan's 5
brother was a litigant in Civil Court
and Roger commented loudly when
the verdict went against his rela-
tive. After insulting the Court Nc
Gowan tried to apologize. but the
Court refused TO hear him.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-30
5000 To Lancaster Y. w. c. A.

Lancaster. - Israel B. Shreiner
and wife. OF this city, who recently
gave $1,000 each to Urslnus College
and the Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation, this city, have given $1,000
to the Young Women's Christian AS
sociation here. the announcement OF
the gift being made today. The mon
ey will be used in erecting board
ing house and gymnasium,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-30
Killed BY Failing Under Cart.

Reading George c. Grubb, OF
Birdsboro, tripped and fell under the
ceived injuries that caused his death
His horse was hitched TO cart used
for hauling stone to the QuarTies.
The horse started when the whistle
blew to stop work for dinner, and
Grubb was in a hurry 10 get the
horse to the feeding barn. The
wheels crushed his chest.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-30
EOrporation Taxes.

Preparatory 10 starting the ma
chinery for the collection OF the new
Federal tax on corporations the
United States internal revenue serv-
ice IS compiling from the records of
the Auditor Generals Department a
list of the incorporated business in
stitutions of Pennsylvania, The
work is being done under direction
of Internal Revenue Collector Her
shey, of the Ninth District, and the
compilers are A. a. Moore, of Pitts
burg; Robert G.. White, of Philadel-
phia John NJ. Wilson. of Lancaster,
and George w. Reese. of Scranton
BY opening the records to the Fed
eral authorities, Auditor General
Young has saved the Government a
vast amount Of work in getting al
the identity Of the corporations OF
his State.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-30
Train Kills Three Cows.

Hamburg. The three most valu-
able cows of Howard Shallenburger
were struck and instantly killed by
the noon south-bound Philadelphia
& Reading express, at Shallenburg-
er's Crossing, three-fourths of
mile north OF this station. The ami
mails were about to cross the track
In charge of the owners son, to be
driven to a watering place.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-30
Accidental Wound.

Lebanon Shindel Krause,
prominent merchant and past State
and national president OF the Patri-
otic Sons of America, is dying at
his home here, as the result of a
bullet wound in his breast accident
ally received in handling revolver
thought not TO be loaded.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-30

have to settle that with the servant.
Or she might even be willing to take
doggie out herself. Many women are
glad of almost any excuse nowadays
for training down and keeping them
seleves as slim as possible. New
York Press.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-30
Speaker Cox Injured.

Altoona.-While Speaker John F.
Cox, of Homestead, candidate for the
Republican nomination for Governor,
was standing on the sidewalk in
front of the Aldine Hotel a heavy
screen was knocked out of window
of an upper story, striking him on
the head, cutting a severe cash in
his scalp.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-30
Iron Works Resume.
announcement

Lancaster. - The announcement
was made here tfat the Penn Iron
Works, which have been idle since
last November. would resume opera
tlons this week and on double turns
The mills, which employ hundreds
of men, have only been in operation
ten weeks in the past two years.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-30
Falls $50 Feet.

Mahanoy City.-John Jones, a la
borer at Primrose Colllery, had
remarkable escape from death, while
making repairs on a chute. He lost
his balance and tumbled $50 feet,
landing on the ground dazed and
bruised, but otherwise unhurt. He
walked home.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-30

A member OF the French tariff
commission having stated that cot
ton seed oil was Injurious to the
health and destroyed the abdominal
tissues, DR.. Crawford, OF the Bureau
of Animal Industry, made experts
ments which indicated that purified
cottonseed oil Is no more Injurious
than olive Oil or cod liver oil"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-30
Baptjsts Choose Officers.

Shamokin. Tile eighty-ninth an
nuai convention of the Baptist
Church OF the Northumberland Dis
trict ended here with the election OF
the following officers: Moderator.
Roger II. Williams. Williamsport !;
clerk. DR.. J. Judd, Lewisburg; treas
urer, NJ. !. Sprout. Picture Rocks.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-30
Etiquette For the Visitor.

1t is difficult to lay down hard and
fast rules for the stranger who visits
in another's home. Customs differ
not only in different social sets, but
even in various families in the same
circle.
The matter of tipping, for instance,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-30
Increase For 5000 Workers.

Easton.-The Thomas Iron Com
2any announced 10 per cent. in
crease in the wages of its 1000 en-
ployees in the Lehigh Valley.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-30
Find Century ola TurtIe.

Reading. - William and Samuel
Dout, while on a n~hing trip. passed
over a plowed held at Mantle. ami
found q land turtle, which II ~ leo :
l-s years old. some one In 17o1
errved nrures on the turtles shell.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-30
Raise For York Caramel Makers.

York of the York
plant of the American Caramel Com
pany were notified OF ten per cent.
increase in wages.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-30

Salt 10 becoming one OF the most
important minor industries of tina
State OF South Australia. The out
put this year Is estimated at 10000
IONS. Over 1000 tons Is exported
and 10 New Zealand.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-30
Street Gar Manners.
ANNERS Is how you act in a street car
NE Gentlemen called SO because they have good
| manners.

wonder why more gentlemen do not ride in the
- street cars 1t may be that they automobiles
Inc other day a person known a hog was
choKd SO bad that he got real black in the
pened In New York. The who choked was trying
TO teach him to be polite. But much
III every street car hog got choked the right of way.
would be clogged with pork.
IN thls town never a take a
her out OF seat and take the himself So manners
might be worse here than they are.
men get into seats though and stay there, while
old women with baskets swing strap The men do
not pretend to bo reading That way It
was a sign that the ashamed O.
But perhaps the women partly to blame. do
not teach their little boys to other women
Ihey used to forget to thank the
seats. For men did do this once.
When woman brings sturdy lad into a crowded car
she puts him into the only vacant glares
around for another
Lots of times when she are three or four
grabs strap right off. Then in and take the
seats and she looks Just mad but them
much - $3.50 o NNi
Sometimes women spread their over two or three
seats and get real naughty when
But this is not to defend the who crowds women
aside and beats them to No. of the
man VINO stands in the aisles and when a
vacant jams into 1t and leaves still standing
or course, to call him hog a fgnre Of sneech
of speech e
There are some gentlemen who the street cars
and ladies do too but they have painful experi
ences that they wish they might walk.
So this is all know about manners-Anti-
Porker, in Philadelphia Public Ledger
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-30

difference Of the throng. But under
all environments, the youth and the
maid will find path to tread together
with lightsome feet, and eyes only for
each other and their destined future
Washington Herald.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-30
WHAT is YOUR LIFEa

To the preacher Iife's a sermon,
To the joker it's jest;
To the miser life is money,
To the loafer life is rest.
To the LAWYER life's trial,
To the poet life's song;
To the doctor lfe's patient
That needs treatment right along.
To the soldier life's a battle,
To the teacher life's school;
Lies a good thing to the wise ONE
It's failure to the fool.
To the man upon the engine
Life's a long and heavy grade.
It's gamble to the gambler,
To the merchant life's trade.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-30

Wine growers around Lyons as
sert that no vines are immune
against the phylloxera unless they
are grated upon American vines.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-30
Falls 40 Feet.

Bangor. - An Italian employed
with gang OF men at work on the
large concrete bridge for the D. l..
q w. X. x. at the cutoff near Port
iand, fell fully seventy feet from the
bridge at noon, suffering a broken
collar bone, broken arms and frac.
tured hip, besides internal injuries,
lie died on the way to the hospital.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-30

Life's a picture 10 the artist,
To the rascal lfe's fraud;
Life perhaps is but burden
To the man beneath the hod.
Life is lovely to the lover,
To the player life's q play;
Life may be load ol ,vouble
To the man upon the dray.
Life is but long vacation
To the man who loves his work;
Lifes an everlasting effort
To shun duty to the shirk.
To the heaven-blessed romance
Lifes story ever new;
Life is what we try to make 10
Brother, what is life to you?
S. Z. Kiser.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-30

Bread Pudding With Whipped Cream.-Take one cup
fu of bread crumbs and soak it in cupfuls
When quite soft beat 1t smooth, add pinch and
tablespoonful of Separate the yoks
of two beat the yolks thoroughly, them to the
mixture and flavor with half teaspoonul vanilla to
which few drops of bitter almond Butter
tin baking stick rasns butter and fill the pan
Stick rasns in here and there to top put
pudding in larger and bake in the oven
for about twenty minutes. Serve with whipped cream
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-30

II Ia said there are 1000. 900 Egyp-
tians who can neither read ncr write.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-10-21

Washington, Special.-All doubts
as to what action the President would
take with respect to the resignation
OF Charles r. Crane, minister desic-
nate to China. was dispelled by the
receipt of dispatch from President
Taft addressed to his secretary, Mr..
Carpenter directing him to convey to
Mr.. Crane announcement of the fact
that the resignation had been accept
ed.
The telegram was dated Prescott.
Ariz, October 13, and reads as fol-
lows:
Convey to Mr.. Crane following
communication: Il concur in the let
ter under date of October II, which
the Secretary of State has addressed
to you and [ greatly regret that the
circumstances found to exist by him
make 1t necessary for me to accept
your resignation "TAFT.n
Later Mr.. Crane issued this state
ment:
II am greatly relieved by tine Pres
ldent's decision. There has been no
minute since | learned the attitude Of
the Department of State when I have
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-10-21

not contemplated the possibility of
continuance of my official relations
with the deepest repugnance. Never
theless, have felt that my obliga-
ton to the President was to permit
him to decide the issue.
Il accepted the Chinense mission
at his request and solely because of
assurance that l could be and would
be permitted to be of service to the
country in constructive work of the
greatest Importance to it and Of the
greatest interest to me. 1t has been
made perfectly clear that conditions
here were not and are not such as to
make this possible. To demonstrate
this has involved a personal humilia-
ton such as no self-respcctipg man
who is drafted into the public service
should be called on to endure. but
am grateful indeed that 1 have had
the test of official confidence and sup
port here rather than in China and
now rather than at some real crisis
involving the homer of the interest Of
the nation.''
Mr.. Crane left here Wednesday at
5 o'clock for New York