davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-02-11

After only few days OF exist
once. lllneaa threatens 60 pat the
hcw service department OF the post
oft.ee out Of business
The dntY OF the service depart
menl IL 20 keep watch on the regt
~ The poal0fflco workers and Roy
Hazard. the superintendent IL hay.
inE a hard time dolug II With only
hair ~ hia division on the job Ills
chief assistant. Mrs A. Walker.
n sick IN bed. after three days sery.
lee work
Tits Innovation. the service diyl.
sion. Is modelled after that recently
Instituted Ia the San Francisco Of.
flee
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-02-11

lery and nearly spill her white
gloves appiauding. II Il wasn't
Mr. G. 8. Gould won the needle
and fhread contest. and Negin ID
Pontius the eae affair This egg
stunt was 10 carry ono of the china
ones around the ring in q spoon
about ~ big ~ suit case. without
spilllng on breaking H. A. Mr.
Pontius succeeded after two ~
tempts. and nobody else could At
all. be- drew down the prize.
Bicycle repairing a. y. Hall. III
First
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-08-25
klnq Amonu His Fellows.

A Kentucky capitalist who was ar
rested in Kansas City for having vio-
lated the law of the arid belt, made
this plea to the Judge for release:
Il own forty-seven hundred acres Of
Kentucky land with blue grass foot
high all over it, ninety head Of thor
oughbred Hereford cattle, eighteen
stands of bees, barrel of money and
two pairs Of suspenders. I'm the only
fellow in the world that ever owned
two pairs Of galluses at once"
The Judge was thoughtful, but the
plea didn't go with him.
Every man has ideals in his mind.
One of them, held almost universally,
is to own two pairs of suspenders at
once so that he will not be obliged to
change these valuable supporters con-
tinually from pants to trousers.
Few achieve 1t. however 1t is not
matter of money, for many well-to-do
tsi even rich men are tied to one pair
of suspenders through early habits of
thought and training, inertia, absent
mindednes and the like errors.
When we see man who owns two
sets of suspenders we say to our.
selves: There goes king!"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-08-25
Horse Had His Sympathy.

A chauffeur whose first love is
horses even if he is now welded to
an automobile. made his appearance
on Seventh avenue. New York, on a
scorching afternoon. A string of au-
tomobies stood in the shade of big
hotel. Presently a delivery wagon was
added to the row Of vehicles, but the
shadows were not wide enough to shell
ter it, too, and the horse stood pant.
ing and trembling in the broiling sun.
The driver Of the machine that stood
just behind the delivery wagon alight-
ed and patted the horses sweaty
flank.
You poor old fellow" he said, Its
darned shame. isn't it,"
Then in the absence of the horses
driver he undertook to remedy the
shame himself. His own machine was
run away from its position at the curb,
the horse was backed into the shade,
and the automobile took its place in
the sunshine. 1t is not recorded ia Et
thereafter anyone expressed sympathy
for the automobile.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-08-25
Pleased the Old wldower

II never saw such pleased old wild
over as that Griffon vulture was when
pair of young members of his tribe
were put into his cage the other day."
said keeper in the Central park me-
nagerie.
"The old fellows mate died several
gears ago and he had been leading a
lonesome life since his bereavement.
HIS daily routine was to eat and sit
IN the porch blinking at visitors. The
new pair consisted of male and female.
Their advent caused the old chap to
take on new interest. He sidled up
to the female and seemed to be telling
her not TO mind the other fellow, that
he was the boss of that household.
Wen the younger beau resented this
the old chap gave him a trouncing that
sent him into a corner. Since then
when the three are on the perch you
will find the widower sitting between
the female and her former swethart,
the picture Gs contentment.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-08-25
HARMON MAKES new RECORD
Drops Like a Bird From the
Sky, But is Unhurt.
Difficult Flight From Garden City,
L. l., to Greenwich, Conn, is Made
Without a Hitch - Harmon Lands
Near the Estate of His Father-in-
Law, and His Wife Sees Him Land.

Greenwich, Conn. Especially Like a
bird out of the sky, Clifford X. Harmon,
the millionaire aviator, dropped from his
$4,000 Farman biplane into a field next
to the estate of his fatherin-law, Com
modore L. c. Benedict, landing on his
feet, but leaving wrecked machine on
the field. His wife, who had witnessed
his landing from her fathers porch at
Indian Harbor, hurried in her auto to
the scene by a roundabout road Il mile
in length and was the only one to greet
him. He then was whisked away to In
dian Harbor, and half an hour later was
ready for dinner, receiving the congratu-
lations of the guests.
Mr.. Harmon, telling of his trip, said
at was dark when | reached the island
Just in front of my father-in-law's estate,
and so | went on few hundred feet to
the sandy beach just across the inlet, and
came down in tall grass. That accounts
for the wrecked machine. | landed on
my fest all right, and have not even a
scratch to remind me of my 2S miles
trip. My skids were turned upside down
and the CHASSIS and frame smashed, prob.
ably to the extent of $500 damages
The machine in which Mr.. Harmon
made his trip is a Farman biplane with
a Gnome motor, the same in which Paul
han did his remarkable work.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-08-25
COMMERCIAL
Weekly Review of Trade and
Market Reports.

Bradstreet's says: Increased arrivals
Of fall buyers and measurable increase
in house trade resulting from favorable
weather are features reported at leading
Western and Eastern markets. Heaviest
buying is. however. by convcrters and
manufacturers, and jobbing sales are
mainly of small quantities, for which
buyers see ready sale. Retail trade
shows relatively less expansion, await
ing, apparently, freer movement of
crops to market. though retail business
has been greatly stimulated at Chicago
hy largely attended convention of a
leading fraternal order at that city.
Among the industries, iron and steel
are quiet; the quietest of the year, in
tact, according to leading trade authori-
ties. Estimates of iron ore shipments
on the lakes tend to decrease. Finished
lines of iron and steel are not greatly
changed. Demand for material from
automobile manufacturers is quieter. In
cotton goods there is an increased firm.
ness noted, widespread curtailment and
high raw material price making holders
less inclined to consider any but top
prices.
In the building industry the pause
indicated in early preliminary reports is
confirmed by later advices. The lumber
trade is quiet and some price concessions
are noted.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-08-25
Martyr to Science.

1t has been reported that more than
five thousand members have been en-
rolled in the Kiss Not" club in Gin.
cinnati, and that the club has received
notice from many places where simi.
lar organizations have been founded in
the interest of good health" A teach
er in an Indiana town who wished to
enlist the cooperation of her friends In
the cause sent out a circular letter
and received among others this reply:
Nearly two years ago | was so un-
fortunate as to be kissed by a man
whose lip was not entirely free of
germ fostering hair. experienced no
Ill results up to the present time. and
should like to make further research.
l am perfectly willing to take the risk
in the aid of science should the op-
portunity present itself"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-08-25
.KNOX'S OLD CHURCH
ST. GILES BETTER KEPT THAN
IN DAY OF REFoRMER.
Famous Edinburg Meeting House Now
Swept and Garnlshed, With Mod
ern Stained Glass Windows
and Monuments.

Come" said DR.. Samuel Johnson.
when he and Boswell went to the
great church Of St. Giles, 'let us see
what was once church" AS great
medieval churches go the collegiate
church Of st. Giles never was very
famous architecturally, says the Ad
vance. The present structure dates
from the fourteenth century. Its Ian.
tern tower and the artful arrange
ment OF its interior pillars are the
only features of interest remaining
Here as effectively as anywhere the
reformation created havoc and let
loose the dogs of war. The hammer.
like eloquence of John Knox, who
preached here his 20 sermons a week,
each an hour or two long and terrific
In vehemence, smashed the stained
glass windows, shattered the carved
images of saints, broke in pieces the
priceless fabrics of medieval art, de.
stroyed altars and shrines. In DR..
Johnson's day the scars we're very WIS.,
ible. st. Giles was occupied by four
distinct congregations of worshippers,
the great church being pRrtitioned off
for their convenience. A prejudice eX.
listed even against cleanliness in
churches. "The pew swept and
lined!" cried Mess Johns wife; my
husband would think it downright
popery!" Even Boswell admitted that
the church was shamefully dirty.
Since Johnson's time the higher
aesthetic taste Of nations, the appre'
citation Of medieval art first stimu'
lated by the Waverley novels, have
caused the attempted restoration of
st. Giles. The place is swept and
garnished There are modern stained
glass windows and monuments
abound The memorial of Robert
Louis Stevenson is placed among
those of Montrose- and Argyle. The
war-worn banners of Scottish regi
ments give a touch of color for the
eye and a thrill to memory. Here
Knox shaped history. Here Jennie
Geddes threw her stool.
A medieval church, especially oi
the Gothic type, is not we'll adapted tc
the use of the protestant religion
There is an incongruity in the struc
ture. The great choir separated for
merly by an impenetrable screen; the
many chapels for masses, the ar
rangement of the building for wor
ship by the clergy, exclusively with
out reference to the comfort or con
venience of the people, without the
idea of an auditorium for the preach
ing of sermons. make an awkward
adaptation for modern needs which
will be especially observed in the
cathedrals in England. The Scots
more logical and less conservative
rooted out the screens and turned the
church into meeting house.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-08-25
What He Remembered,

you took vacation last summer"
he queried of the clerk in the music
store.
"Oh, yes"
Went to a farmhouse. probably?"
II did"
Seven dollars a week?"
"Just seven"
Have any moonlight nights out
there?"
II can't remember"
ANY girls around to spoon WITH"
81 have forgotten"
Catch any fish,"
"Well, really now"
milk and vegetables all right?"
Dear, dear me, but my memory is
bad"
do any bathing?"
Say, now"
do you remember any one thing
that happened to you?" demanded the
questioner.
"Oh. yes. Il worked an ear of corn
out of the mattress of my bed
and carried it to the farmer and
asked him what he thought of 1t and
he replied:
"'Gee whizz, but lost that ear over
five years ago, and have been look
ing for it ever since!' '"-Pittsburg Dis
patch.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-08-25
KEEP BABY'S SKIN CLEAR

Few parents realize how many es.
Unable lives have been embittered
and social and business success pre-
vented by serious skin affections
which so often result from the neglect
Of minor eruptions in infancy and
childhood. With but little care and
the use of the proper emollients, baby's
skin and hair may be preserved, puri-
fed and beautifled, minor eruptions
prevented from becoming chronic an6
torturing, disfguring rashes, itchings,
irritations and chafings dispelled.
To this end, nothing is so pure, so
sweet, so speedily effective as the con-
stant use of Cuticura Soap, assisted,
when necessary, by Cuticura Ointment.
Send to Potter Drug &c Chem. Corp,
sole proprietors, Boston, for their free
92.page Cuticura Book. telling all about
the care and treatment of the skin.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-08-25
Live Stock.

-Cattle-Market dull and
weak. Beevcs, $455Ms.25; Texas steers,
SO 3.5O65 6O;. Western $4M6,75; stockers
and feeders, $40625; cows and heifers,
$2.506640; calves, S6.500S.50.
Hogs-Market for packing grades fair
iy active; others slow Light, $4,000
500; mixed S7.s06s.s5; heavy, $500
$40; rough, $75O67.75; good to choice
heavy, $7.75Gs.40; pigs, $S.40@S.05
bulk of sales, S7S06S.20.
Sheep-Market strong. Native, S2.25M
4.25; Western, s2.50M4.l5; ycarlings
S46540; lambs, native, S4.25MG.50
Western. S425mG.5O.
PITTSBURG.- = Cattle supply ligh,
Choice, $7.35@7.6O prime, s7.lO@7 25
Sheep supply fair. Prime wethel
s4.25G4.35; culls and common, $1,000
800; lambs, $4.7O@50O; veal calves
$s.5000.00.
Hogs-Receipts, prime heavies, 5000
s.65; mediums, $685., heavy Workers
S02569.30; light Workers, $3.50; pigs
$0.55M9.60; roughs, S7.00O775.
KANSAS CITY, MO. - Cattle - Re
eeipts, 5000 head, including | 900 South
ern; market steady to l0c. higher.
Dressed beef and export steers, S6506S
fair to good. S4.50M6.35; Western steers
$3S5m5; Southern cows, S2.50@4.l5i
native cows, $4,000; native heifers
S3.65M8.50; bulls, $2.000425; calves
$4M7.s5.
Hogs-Market steady to SC. .owert
bulk Of sales, $s.20@S.55; heavy, $s@
s.35; packers and butchers, $s.25@S.55
Sheep-Market steady. Lambs, $5.5t
66.75; yearlings, S450@5.25j 3 wethers
S3,7564.25; ewes, S3.5004.l0; stocker
and feeders, $2.75@4.75.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-08-25
FEMALE ROBINSON cRuSoE
French Woman Who Lived Alone for
Tw1 Years on the Isle OF
Demons.

The Isle of Demons, off the coast OF
Newfoundland, was the scene of ro-
nance as thrilling and a tragedy as
real as any told in fiction. About the
year 1540 one Marguerite de Roberval.
niece of the French viceroy, fell in
love with a young cavalier and prom
sed him her heart and hand. Her
uncle, the viceroy. considered the
youth unworthy of his niece's proud
position, and, angered by her refusal
to give up her lover, passed a SEN
tence Of exile on both of them. A ves-
sci carried the couple to the isle of
Demons leaving them there with an
old nurse. who had attended the Lady
Marguerite from her childhood, and
who wished to share her exile.
At first the banishment did not
seem so dreadful q thing. The young
mans strength stood between his wife
and suffering, and for two years all
went well. A child was born, and the
parents began to plan for the estab-
lishment of a colony which might
thrive in this island home.
Then came trouble, swift and ter
rible. Disease fell upon the little fam
lily, and the young wife and mother
saw her husband, child and faithful
nurse all sicken and die. With her
own hands she dug their graves and
| buried all that was dear to her, and
the mere question of existence be-
came problem hard indeed for a
| frail woman to solve. BY means of
the gun that had been her husbands
she kept herself provided with food
and with skins for her clothing.
For two years she lived Robinson
Crusoe life, this gently-bred girl. once
a boat filled with Indians came near
the shore, but the painted faces and
fierce aspect of the savages fright.
ened her, SO that she hid instead of
hailing them. She spent weeks OF Ia
Dor in making a crude canoe, but her
hands were unskilled, and when she
launched her craft, it would only tip
over. At last she was rescued by
some fishermen who yentured on the
island, half frightened at first by what
they thought was an evil apparition.
Marguerite was sent to France, but
her uncle discovered her whereabouts
and continued to persecute her. She
finally found refuge in small
French village, where she hid until
the viceroy's death. After that she
came into the world once more and
lived to a good age.-New York Press.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-08-25
Selfish Youth,

Youth is apt to be selfish" said
Mrs. Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman, the
distinguished novelist. at a Matuchen
picnic.
Woman in her youth" she went or,
lis especially apt to be selfish I'll
never forget the story of the young
man from Boston who stood in the
center Of Boston common in a down
pour of torrential rain.
"As nc stood there, soaked to the
skin, a little boy In a macintosh ac-
costed him.
Excuse ne, sir said the boy, but
are you tho gentleman who is waiting
for Miss Endicott?'
Yes the young man answered,
We'll said the boy, she asked me
to tell you she'd be here just as soon
as it clears up"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-08-25
Speaks Many Languages.

Ellis island will soon have q lin
guistic wonder who will be able to
understand pretty nearly all the would.
be citizens who land there. He is
Henry Gellltt Of st. Louis. and he is
coming to the nations gateway as a
representative of the immigration com,
mission of Missouri to direct desirable
aliens thither. Mr.. Gellitt speaks six
languages, German. English. French
Italian, Spanish and Swedish. besides
many dialects of different sections OF
Europe.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-08-25
Faults In American Character.

In an address on botanical educa-
ton in America, Prof. w. F. Ganong
remarks that disregard of particulars
and tendency to easy generalities
are fundamental faults in American
character" and he insists upon the
necessity of laboratory and expert
mental work in all scientific study.
Books ease the Wits" but independ-
ent observation is the source of sound
knowledge in science.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-08-25

Rome tSpecial) Lieutenant Vivaldi,
of the Italian Army, was killed by fall
from his aeroplane. He had made trip
in the early morning hours from the mill
tary aviation field at Centocelle to Ci'
vitavecchia, on the Mediterranean Sea,
3S miles from Rome, and was returning
to Rome when the accident happened. \
few miles outside of Rome, for some un.
explained reason, the machine dashed to
The earth, killing the pilot.
At the time of the accident the aero
plane was maintaining a height of 1000
feet, and the body of Vivaldi was crushed
to an unrecognizabic mass by the fall
Lieutenant Vivaldi had just returned
from Chalons Sur Marine, france, where
he had taken up aviation and learned 20
fly He used a Farman biplane.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-08-25
Land of WlndmIIls.

The great windmill country is Ar.
gentina. Plenty of water from is to
800 feet underground throughout the
vast. level. unbroken plain. as exten.
sive in area as one-third of this the
whole United States. but all like our
prairie lands: and wind blowing
across the even stretches all the year
rclnd. The grazing lands are dotted
with windmills. and Argentina keeps
on importing them. chiefly from Yam.
keeland. at the rate or more than q
thousand q month
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-08-25
TOWNS WIPED OUT
BY FOREST FIRES
Thousands of Refugees Flee in
Panic for Their Lives.
THIRTEEN REPORTED DEAD IN WALLACE.
Situation In Montana and Idaho Be-
comes Worse - Small Towns Are
Destroyed and Half of Wallace Is
in Ashes = Much Suffering Among
Refugees.

Missouri, Mont. Especially .-'NIcrciless-
ly and relentlessly the forest fires in
Western Montana and Idaho are sweep.
ing over vast area, driving hundreds of
fugtives before them, destroying small
settlements and wiping out of existence
millions of dollars worth of property.
The situation is more serious than it
was in the early morning, except as to
Wallace, Idaho, where il is believed that
nearly half of the city will be saved. 1t
is known that the entire east half of the
town above Seventh street has been
burned
West of that a hard fight is being
made, and with an improvement in the
water supply there is more chance that
the flames may be driven back
Scattering reports in the nature Of
rumors sent over remaining wires by tele.
graph operators at different points indi'
cate that about so lives have been lost in
Western Montana, but this is impossible
of vcriication.
Elsewhere in the fire zone the situation
has gone from bad TO worse.
The most serious incident is reported
from the St. Coe country where $50 men
engaged in the forestry service are miss.
ing and it is feared they have been burned
to death. When the fire approached the
camp where there were 300 men two OF
the fighters took a horse, and riding the
animal to death reached another camp
and ordered rescue party, which pcne'
trated the fire at Bird Creek.
Eighteen of the men were found in the
water, where they had gone for safety
and they were unharmed.
OF the remaining $50 no word has been
received.
The Forestry Service has organized a
relief train, well equipped with pack ami.
mails, carrying provisions and hospital
supplies, and will endeavor to get through
tho fire
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-08-25
Mrs. Wiaaln's Idea of London.

During the recent visit of Mrs. Wig
gin, the American author. in London,
an interviewer called on her. With
pencil poised, the interviewer asked:
And what do you think of London,
Mrs Wiggin?"
you remind me-" answered the au.
thor cheerfully. "of the young lady
who sat beside DR.. Gibbon at dinner
She turned to him after the soup.
"'Do, dear DR.. Gibbon,' she said,
tell me about the decline and fall of
the Roman empire"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-08-25
Crack Shot Misses in Plane.

New York Especially Lieut.. Jacob E.
Fickel, crack shot Of the Twenty.ninth
Infantry, seated in an aeroplane 90 feet
up, fired at target at the Sheepshead
Bay aviation meet. He missed. The bull
let went six feet wide of a l0xl0 can.
vas target placed in the centre of the
field. However, Lieutenant Fickel is con.
fldent that good shooting can be done
from aeroplanes, although he comedies
that at the height maintained he would
be an easy mark for sharpshooter be-
low. Glenn II. Curtiss drove the aero
plane
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-08-25
Drexel's Fine Record.

London, Especially The stamp OF
scientific approval was placed upon the
worlds altitude record for an aeroplane
6.752 feet, established by J. Armstrong
Drexel, the American aviator, when the
Kew Observatory, after testing the baro-
graph carried by Mr.. Drexel, issued a
certificate of its accuracy and the cor
rectness of the figures.
The fight was accomplished the even,
ing of August IL. when Mr.. DreXel
ascended from Lanark, Scotland, passed
far above the clouds and after two hours
steady climbing, descended near Goblin
shaw Loeb, IL miles from Lanark. He
suffered severely from cold at the ex-
tremc altitude.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-08-25
enlightenment.

Wont you tell me something
about this report that you preferred
staying home and darning socks to
acting?" said the interviewer.
Certainly" replied Miss Frillington.
What material do you advise for
darning?"
"Oh. that's an easy question. The
latest style Of press agents yarn"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-08-25

ary troubles and dizzy
spells. To insure good
health keep the kid
neys well. Doan's
Kidney Pills remove
all kidney ills.
Mrs. Sophia Hult-
quist, 10 w. 10th St.,
jamestown, N. Y,
says: Doctor said /
could not live six
months. l was bloat-
ed to twice normal
size and friends could
A ~G
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-08-25

A farmer or small trader in any part
of Scotland, with one or two OF his neigh.
bors as guarantee, can establish bank
ing credit for fixed sum. The bank
honors his drafts for any amount within
this limit, and the customer pays interest
only upon the sums actually drawn.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-08-25
DISCOURAGED Lo.

Indians don't scalp people any
more"
mo. An Indian hasn't much sense
Of humor. but he must have seen the
absurdity OF the situation after few
experiences with toupee or e2ro-
net braid"