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The San Francisco call., 1910-07-24
SOME SHORT STORIES BY YOUNG JUNIOR WRITER'S

Wondering, Manuel rushed to the
tree and with one blow of the ak hewed
1T down. There under the tree lay
glistening, shiny armor and jeweled
sword beside it, without waiting,
Manuel quickly put on the armor,
grasped the sword and hurried to the
king. The king did not know him, so
he welcomed him joyously, as he
thought Manuel was a splendid knight.
The next day preparations were
made for the fight At the appointed
time the two men rode into battle.
With one blow Manuel threw Lasta
from his saddle. Then began a fight
on foot. The armors clashed with a
great clang, but Manuel never wavered.
Drawing all his strength, he struck
Lasta a powerful stroke on the head
and the Danish warrior fell, mortally
wounded. Then Manuel went up to the
king, took off his helmet and the king
recognized the poor boy.
SO Manuel won the princess hand
and they were married with great GER
emony. When the old king died Man
uel succeeded to the throne and became
the ruler of the country. AlPs well
that ends well.
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One of the merriest games that chill
dren enjoy is the old time "Grunt."
The children stand in a circle; one per-
son in the center of the ring is blind
folded and given long cane; the chill
dren now circle around him, until he
gives the signal for them to stop-the
signal being given by humping
smartly on the floor with the cane; he
now stretches forth his cane and the
person it touches must take hold of it
and, placing it to his lips, give three
distinct "grunts" From these sounds
the blindfolded one must guess his
identity; if he fails in this, the children
resume their circling around him, and
he is given another opportunity of
guessing; if, however, he is successful
in his guess the person whose identity
he has discovered takes his place in
the center of the circle.
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How the Lasta Was Overthrown
GEoRGINA LOUISA scHLuErER,


HERE dwelt, once upon a time, in
far off country mighty warrior.
So strong a champion was he that
ne could pull up tree, roots and all,
with one hand. The king was very
proud OF Lasta, the champion, and Of
lered MS youngest daughters hand in
marriage to any one who could over
throw the warrior, but If they failed
to do so they would be beheaded Many
brave men fought Lasta, but none could
overthrow him.
Dwelling in this same Danish coun-
try lived an old man with three sons,
the two eldest being his favorites the
third being no account to him. When
the eldest son heard of the kings offer
he resolved to try and win the daugh-
ter's hand, so he shined his armor made
himself ready and went to try his luck
But he was defeated in no time and
off went his head. The second son tried
his luck, but succeeded no more than
his brother, so off went his head too.
Then the third and youngest son went
up to the castle and offered to try his
luck. But the king and the warrior
both laughed at him because he had
no armor and told him first to secure
armor before he attempted to fight the
warrior.
The boy went home sorrowful but
the old father refused to keep his boy
any more and sent him out into the
world with some bread and ashcake
Manuel wandered hither and thither
until at last he reached the woods
Passing under one of the trees he was
surprised to see a little old man with
long beard howiing and screeching
with pain. On looking closer Manuel
saw that the old mans beard was
caught in the tree, so he freed him
quickly and shared his lunch with him.
hnry 1n ,.eLa
suddenly stood up and pointed to
tree.A Under the trunk of that tree
you will find what you need" Saying
this, the old man vanished.
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Mistakes of Good Old Mother
Goose

I know that Mother Goose is said
To be most wondrous wise,
And so the strange mistakes I've read
Have caused me some surprise.
The folks she tells about sometimes
Do act the queerest way
If it only helps the rhymes,
They don't care what they say.
But, then, s'pose that Mother Goose
Has got such lots to do,
She really can not stop to think
If everyt thing is true.
There is a rhyme of hers | guess
That everybody knows
In case you don't remember it,
This is how it goes:
Three children sliding on the ice,
Upon a summers day;
1T so fell out they all fell in,
The rest they ran away.
You parents that have children dear,
And exc you that have none,
If you would have them safe abroad,
Pray keep them safe at home.''
Now, it is very plain to me,
With only thinking twice,
That in the summer time, you see,
There never would be ice!
And if it's true they all fell in,
AS Mother Goose doth say,
Then, who was left, I'd like to know,
To go and run away?
And as for children, who can roam
Somewhere way off abroad,
And all the time be safe at home,
Is just foolish fraud!
The tale about the wise, wise man
You've heard it. ] suppose
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The Human Menagerie

Ass-Any one who differs with you
in opinion.
Bear--A man who can make himself
more disagreeable than you can.
Cat-A spiteful woman. With the
prefix old" the title is generally be-
slowed upon mothers law.
cow-A term of opprobrium used be-
tween ladies of certain caste.
Dog-This animal varies considerably
in his nature, according to the adjec-
tive in front of him. Thus, q sad dog"
is a young man going wrong; gay
dog is fellow who is all right while
dirty dog" is a chap we don't talk
about in good society.
Puppy-A young man who thinks he's
a dog, but isn't.
Tommy came out OF room In which
father was tacking down carpet. He
was crying.
why, Tommy, what's the matter?"
asked his mother.
"P-p-p-papa hit his finger with the
h-h hammer" sobbed Tommy.
We'll, you needn't cry at a thing
like that" eomforted his mother. why
didn't you laugh?
Il did" sobbed Tommy disconso-
lately.
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Wen, / will repeat it, If can;
Now this is how IL goes:
There was man in our town,
And he was wondrous wise,
lie jumped into a bramble bush,
And scratched out both his eyes,
And when he saw his eyes were out,
with all his might and main,
lie jumped into another bush,
And scratched them in again"
Now do you think a man could be
SO very, very wise
That when he'd jump into a bush
And scratched out both his eyes,
1t could be possible for him
To hurry up, and then,
BY jumping in another bush,
To scratch them in again?
1T seems to me that he was not
So very, very wise;
| think 1T was foolish thing
To scratch out both his eyes
And when they once were out I'm sure,
Quite out they must have been,
And fifty jumps into a bush
Wouldn't scratch them in
We know that Mother Goose tries
TO tell just what is so;
1t may be that her poor old eyes
Are getting dim, you know.
And if a few mistakes, you see,
VIII tumble from her tongue.
Her memory can't really be
Just like when she was young.
And she is older far, oh more
Than any one can know.
For she was born much long before
The LONGEST LONG ago.
Did you know, Dot, that they can
make shoes out of all kinds of skins?'
Not out of banana skins?'
Sure! They make slippers out of
them"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-06-09
Won Illinois Bride.

Mr.. II. Lee Bolinger, brother
of our townsmap Isaac Bolinger,
was married on the 10Th of May
IN Salem, ILL.,; to Miss Maude
Plew, of Flat Rock, IN the same
state. 4
Mr.. Bollnger is native of Tay
lor township, this county, and
went west about six years ago,
since which time he has been EN-
ployed as fireman on the Chicago
and Eastern Illinois railroad. Mr..
Bolinger had cozily furnished
house IN readiness for his bride,
and the happy couple went to
housekeeping at once, and are
spending their honeymoon and
SAVING their cash IN their own
home. The NEWS JOINS with the
groom's many other Fulton coun-
ty friends in extending congratu-
latlons.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-06-09
DOTT.

Roy Garland and family have
returned home after having spent
some time down on the Eastern
Shore.
Mrs. Riley Garland and son
lett for Hagerstown, Monday, aft
er having spent several weeks
with Mrs. John Ii. Lewis.
Misses Pearl and Lizzie Car
nell, of Amaranth, visited this
place recently.
Miss Daisy Ray, Of Buck Val
ley, visited Miss Ivy Deshong
recently.
Mrs. Irene Karns and children,
OF Cumberland, Md, are visiting
relatives and friends here.
John Carnell and wife spent
Saturday and. Sunday with the
family of Henry Layton.
Tllden Hill and wife spent Sun
day with Charles Hess at Side
ling Hill.
Mrs. Alfred Mellott, of Need
more, visited relatives and friends
at this place a few days ago.
Sunday school at Cedar Grove
every Sunday morning at 9
o'clock. This good work is still
In progress with Mr.. Ira Mellott,
superintendent, and Mr.. Albert
M. Blvens assistant and Miss
Ada Plesslnger organist. 156
scholars on the roll. Come, one;
come, all. Every body welcome.
We wish the public to know that
it was falsely reported that the
Sunday school was broken up.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-06-09
SALUvIA.

The farmers of this vicinity
have been busy taking rest for
a few days on account of the ram.
Grace Ham, a McConnellsburg
normal student, spent Saturday
and Sunday with her parents o.
r Ham and wife.
Edna Ham spent last week
visiting friends and relatives in
Wells Valley.
j. q. Barton, of Akersville,
spent Sunday on this side of the
mountain.
Daisy Strait spent Saturday
and Sunday at her home near Sa
luvia.
Lee Decker spent Sunday aft
ernoon at o. e Hann's.
The chicken pox in this vicinity
Is reported some better at pres.
ent.
f. Decker and Homer Sipe
have been busy getting % Oak
mans barn ready to raise.
Although there was not a very
large crowd at the Presbyterian
children's service, on account of
the ram, 1T was still success.
June 2nd was Mrs. III. M.
Straits birthday. And-well, her
friends aud relatives esremem bered
her, tor she received 95 birthday
cards.
Paul Gordon, of West Newton,
Pa, spent a few days last week
with his uncle and aunt Harvey
Strait and wife. He was accom-
panied by his sister Miss Marie
who expects TO spend some time
with her aunt
A number Of Young folks from
Saluvia attended the festival at
Sloan last Saturday evening.
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Geo. s. Edwards came home
from the University of Pennsyl
vania for his summer vacation.
w. III. Barnett and wife, of Min
ersyille, visited the latter's par
ents, A. G, Edwards and wife,
the last of the week.
S. B. Coy and wife, of Saxton,
spent Sunday with A. d. Berk'
stresser and wife.
Miss Dora Stephens is visiting
relatives at Sixmile Run.
Chas. Deshong spent a few
days with his mother at Pleasant
Ridge.
Mrs. Frank Keith, of Trough
Creek Valley, spent Sunday with
w. r, Foster and wife.
Mrs. J. M. Schenck returned
from Bedford last Wednesday,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-06-09
FOR A SANE FOURTH.
New Laws Not Needed. Enforce Those
Already on Statute Books.


To secure a saner Fourth of
July the enactment of local or 9th
er laws is not necessary. We
have, the laws, but we haven't the
enforcement. The latest State
law is that of 1905, which prohib.
it's the sale or use of all fire works
and fire crackers containing pic.
ric acid or plcrates; explosive
canes using high explosives or
blank cartridges; blank cartridge
pistols, etc., and provides a pen
atty of $50 to $500 fine, or imprls.
onment for thirty days to six
mouths, or both.
This, however, is not the only
law. An act OF 1921, applying to
Philadelphia, but which in 1851
was extended to the whole state,
provides under the penalty OF
fine that no person shall make,
sell, or use squlbs, rockets or 9th
er fireworks, without a special Ii.
cense from the governor, and the
Supreme Court as late as 1885 de
clded that this law was not obso.
lete, but is IN full force. The act
of 1881 forbids the sale IF gun.
powder or any other explosive to
any child under sixteen years OF
age. The act of 1885 prohibits
the manufacture and sale of toy
pistols or cannons. The act of
1901 imposes penalty or fine or
Imprisonment or both for the
manufacture or sale of fire crack
ers containing dynamite, chlorate
of potash, or any other explosive
than ordinary gun-powder.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-06-09
PLANTS AND THEIR PESTS.
Weekly Bulletin on Timely Topics Issued
By the State Department of
Agriculture.
THE RASPBERRY CANE-GIRDLER.

A Pennsylvania berry grower
sent portions of his raspberry
cane to Prof. Ii. A. Surface, State
Zoologist, Harrisburg, and letter,
saying: LAST summer some
thing made ring around the top
of new raspberry cane, causing
the tops to die and fall off. At
the time l supposed it was some
thing feeding on the juice, but
this spring the canes were dead
back foot or so and IN trimming
off the dead part, found a row of
small holes around the stem con.
tanning eggs. | gathered all l
could and burned them. Is this
insect very troublesome or Is 1t
rarely found ? | have never no.
ticed it before"
To this Prof. Surface re Piled:
"The eggs laid IN a row in the
cutting which you sent are those
of the Snowy Tree Cricket, which
are to be found during the win.
ter and spring ~ twlgs of various
kinds, where they were deposit.
ed last fall. The proper treat
ment Is to cut and burn them as
you did.
"The insect cutting the ling
around the top of your raspberry
canes is the raspberry twig grid
ler. Its egg is laid just beyond
the girdled place and it's larva or
grub lives therein. The thing to
do is to gather and burn these
glrdled tips as soon as this can
be done after they are injured.
The insect has not become very
troublesome in this State just for
the one reason that 1t has not be-
come very abundant 1t is liable
to become quite pest. Howev-
er, as it's glrdllng Is done at the
tip of the young cane, this is not
very bad trouble, because it has
plenty of opportunity to branch
out and become bushy, with
about the same result as is obtain
ed by those persons who practice
tipping"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-06-09
Associate Presbyterian and Big Cove Tan
merry Lutheran Church Services
Next Sabbath.

A representative of the Penn.
sylvania Antl-Saloon League will
preach next Sabbath morning in
theAssoclateP Presbyterian church
at 1920, and in the Big Cove Tan
merry Lutheran church in the aft.
ernoon at 2;30. The Anti.Saloon
League is sending out, as speak
ers, ministers of various denomi.
nations, who are strong pulpit
orators as we'll as conservative,
careful men, and who will present
the duties OF Christians as citl.
zens IN the great fight at present
being waged agalsst the legalized
saloon.
The League will have such q
representative In the Associated
Presbyterian and the Big Cove
Tannery Lutheran churches on
next Sabbath at the hours named.
All Christians and all citizens In
the vicinity of these churches
will be well paid for attending
these services.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-06-09
c. VS.. FIRST TRAIN.
Entered Harrisburg January 10, 1880
Had Three Engines.

The Harrisburg Tele gra h
gives the following interesting
article:
''The first train from the Cum.
berland Valley entered Harris
burg on January l6, 1889, in the
presence of hundreds of people,
writes r.. D. to The Telegraph.
The train had three engines,
the first beng named the Nlcho-
las Blddle and was noted for it's
big smokestack. The train ran
at twenty miles an hour and the
opening of traffic over the bridge
was hailed by press and people as
uniting two of the foremost por-
tions of Pennsylvania.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-06-09
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION.
In the N. E. Church at Clear Ridge, We'd
nesday Afternoon and Evening,
June Fifteenth.

The annual convention of the
Sunday school workers of the
Dublin district, will be held in
the Methodist Episcopal church
at Clear Ridge on the afternoon
and evening of Wednesday, June
18th. The following program of
exercises has been arranged by
the com mlttee:
AFTERNOON, 2:30.
1. Devotional servlces-L. w.
McGarvey.
2. How to Make the Sunday
School Attractive to the Boy?
Rev. John M. Diehl and
William Grove.
3. How Can We Get the Mem
bets OF the Church into the
g Sunday School?-Mrs. j. A..
Henry and Rev Reel.
EVENING, 7:30.
l. How to Secure Co operation
Between Home and the Sun
day School?-Ion. Sam u l..
Buckley and Mrs. Lathier.
2. How Shall We Conduct the
Quarterly Review so that 1t
May Be Interesting as Well
as Helpful to the SCHOOL,
Henry Fraker, Rev. Diehl,
Frank G. Bare.
3. A Look into the Future; Its
Needs, and How to Meet
Them.-Rev. Reel.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-06-09
Increase of Wages.

The Pennsylvania Railroad com
pany on Saturday announced an.
other increase in wages to all of
the yardmen employed on the
lines East and West of Plttsburg.
The revised schedule was made
known to the railroad men by the
division superintendent, to be-
come effective June /. The in
creases range from 3 to 10 per
cent, and is over the increase
that became effective on April /.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-06-09

system, and Monday morning
about o'clock, she died.
Mr.. and Mrs. Heinbaugh left
Johns own Monday evening, May
23d, with the body of their daugh
ter, for Mercersburg, Pa, and
arrived there Tuesday morning
at 8 o'clock. They were met at
the train by their friends and rel
atives. Undertaken Kreps took
charge of the body.
The funeral services were held
at IL O'Clock Tuesday morning at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. krepps
and were conducted by Rev.
Harness, pastor of the Lutheran
church, Mercersburg. Inter-
ment was made in the MERGERS.
burg Fairyiew cemetery.
Iona was a consistent member
of the Lutheran Sunday school,
and was confirmed and joined the
church last Easter. She Is sur
vlved by her parents, two sisters
Mrs. Minerva Haslett and Mrs.
Anna Cobaugh, and by three
brothers - Frank, Milha, and
Dawson--alI OF Johnstown. Iona
leaves q wide circle OF friends,
both in YOUNGSTOWN and In Mer.
cersburR.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-06-09

Some of our exchanges are call
ing attention to the fact that
there is severe penalty imposed
upon persons who thoughtlessly,
mallciously or wlllfully dlstigure
buildings, fences, or pavements,
by marking them with pencil,
chalk or paint, or defacing with
knife, stick or other implement.
There is a law whereby a hne o.
not more than one hundred dol
lars or Imprisonment, or both,
can be imposed.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-06-09
Gapes In Chicks.

A prominent Clarion county
farmer wrote to Prof. ii. A.
Surface, State Zoologlst, Pennsyl
vanla, saying: "My neighbours
chicks are all dying with gapes,
and l have 166 which 1 would like
to save. Can you tell me what to,
do for them, and also advise
remedy for lice on little chlcks?"
The reply of Prof. Surface was
as follows:
''Replying to your inquiry con
corning gapes IN chicks, | can say
that this disease is due to little
worms in the windplpe, which
come from the chicks eating
earth-worms. If they are never
allowed on the ground where
there are earth-worms, they will
not get the gapes. For example,
if you can keep them on the barn
floor, or on soil we'll covered with
lime or ashes, they will be free
from this disease; but, of course,
they do much better if allowed to
run out, especially during nice
weather.
"Withln the earth worm the
little cape worm is encysted, just
as the parasitic worm causing the
human disease known as Trichln.
osis IS encysted in the flesh of
pork and develops when eaten by
a person. In the same way does
this little cape worm remain IN
the earth worm until eaten by the
fowl or chick, when 1t develops
into the cape worm, causing the
disease which indicates it's pres.
ence.
ga successful physician has
recommended to me to destroy
the pest by putting the chicks in
to a box and dropping few drops
of carbolic acid on hot bricks,
closing the box, and letting the
chicks breathe the fumes for a
few minutes. Repeat treatment
once or twice. There is, of
course, danger of overriding this
by making the fumes too strong,
if one is not careful.
zone simple remedy which 1
have seen successfully used this
spring is common kerosene or
lamp oil applied by dipping the
tip of feather into it, and insert.
ing it into the windplpe of the
chick. The shank of the feather
should be stripped of It's side
barbs and only the tip remain
to act as soft feather brush.
BY opening the mouth of the
chick and pulling the tongue
slightly, the opening in the wind
pipe is to be seen, and the feather
can be inserted. This apparent.
ly does not cause much pam, and
the operation is soon finished. 1t
appears that one touch of the oil
against the gap worm is enough
to kill 1t, even though it is not re.
moved with the feather at the
time of treatment. / saw a large
mum ber of chicks so treated this
spring and everyone recovered
after treatment. This appears
to me to be more certain, aud ev.
en- more humane, than to attempt
to remove with horse hair loop,
which is commonly used, insert
ed IN the windplpe.
"For lice on little chicks, re-
commend a drop vf grease on the
head and under the wing. Fresh
lard, without salt, is the best. Do
not use much. Only slight drop
or touch Is enough, and put lit
tie under the wings OF the. mother
hem"
Our old tune friend John +.