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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-10
WELL S TANNERY.

Eta May, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
G. II. Collins, died on Thursday of
last week, aged fifteen years. Inter-
ment in No cemetery on Friday. Fu-
neral services conducted by Mr.. Har-
mon. Cause of death, dropsy.
Mrs Bertha Deshong and Leta
Sprowl spent part of last week with
friends near Harrisonville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Sattaux and two
children, OF Hopewell, visited Mrs.
Sattaux's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G.E.
Truax, several days recently.
While Levi johnson was chopping
in the woods recently for Reichley
Brothers, limb fell and struck him
across the back, which caused him
much pain for time.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Barnett, Of
Saxton, are visiting in the home of
the formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
James w. Barnett.
Mrs. j. w. Gibson entertained quite
a number Of her lady friends last
Thursday. All report having spent a
very pleasant day.
Mrs. G w. Swope is visiting her
children in Dawson and at Indian
Creek.
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A "Scrt of Cousin"

The lawyer eyed the woman in the
witness-box in patient despair. Then,
on the authority of a writer in the
Detroit News, he rallied visibly.
"You say. madam" he began, that
the defendant is sort Of relation of
yours. Will you please explain what
you mean by that-just how you are
related to the defendant"
"Well, it's like this" replied the
witness, beaming upon the court. "His
first wife's cousin and my second cous-
ms first wife's aunt married brothers
named Jones, and they were cousins
to my mothers aunt. Then again,
his grandfather on his mothers side
and my grandfather on my mothers
side were second cousins, and his
stepmother married my husbands
stepfather after his father and my
mother died, and his brother Joe and
my husbands brother Harry married
twin sisters. l amt ever figgered out
Just how close related we are, but I've
always looked on him as sort Of
cousin"
quite right" assented the lawyer,
feebly.
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CHURCHES.

PRESBYTERIAN.-R John Diehl
Sabbath school at 9:15. Preachip,l
1880 an alternate Sundays, and 7:aI
every Sunday. Christian Endeavor Al
$3.50. Prayer meeting Wednesday eyel
ming at 100. All are cordially invited
METHODIST EPIscoPAL-Rev. c wi
Bryner, Pastor, Sunday Sch o o H
at $3.50 a. nj. Preaching every othe,
Sunday morning at 10:30 and ever,
Sunday evening at TOO. Epword
League at 500 p. m. Prayer meetipr
Thursday evening at 100. Y
UNITED PREsBYTERIAN-Rev ]. IL
Grove, Pastor. Sunday school at 9:N
a. m. Preaching every Sunday morn.
ing at 1890, and every other SUNDAY
evening at7:00. The alternate Sabbati
evenings are used by the Young PeO.
ple's Christian Union at TOO d. m.
Prayer meeting Wednesday evening
at 700.
EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN-Rev. Cal
vinFassoldPastor. Sunday school 9lS
a. m. Preaching every other SUNDAY
morning at l0:30 and every other Sun
day evening at 100. hristian En-.
deavor at 900 p. m. Prayer meeting
on Wednesday evening at TOO.
REFORMED Rev. Rice, Pas
tor. Sunday school at 9:3O. a. m
Preaching on alternate Sabbaths a,
1000 a. m. and 700 p. m. Christian
Endeavor, at 600 p. m. Prayer meet
ing on wednesday evening at 700.
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SOCIETIES

Odd FELLOWSHIP Connellsburg Lodge
No. 744 meets every Friday evening inI
tne Cleyenger's Hall in McConnells.
burg.
Fort Littleton Lodge No. 484 meets
every Saturday evening in the New Hall
at Fort Littleton.
Wells Valley Lodge No. GOT meets
every Saturday evening in Odd Eel
lows Hall at Wells Tannery.
Harrisonville Lodge No. ITO meets
every Saturday evening in Odd Eel
lows Hall at Harrisonville.
Waterfall Lodge No. 773 meets ev.
cry Saturday evening in Odd Fellows
Hall at New Grenada.
Warfordsburg odge No. COL meets
in Warfordsburg every Saturday
evening.
King Post G. A. p. No. 1856 meets In
McConnellsburg In Clevenger's Hall
the first Saturday in every month at .
p. m.
Washington Camp, No. $50, P. O.
s. OF A. meets every first and third
Saturday evening at their hall at Need.
more.
Tuscarora Council, Royal Arcanum
meets every first and third Monday
evening in Clevenger's Hall, McCon.
nellsburg.
Washington Camp No. 497, p. o. s..
A., of New Grenada, meets every Sat.
urday evening in p. o. s. of A. Hall.
Washington Camp, No. 5b4, P. O.s.
OF A., Hustontown, meets every Satur.
urday evening In p. o. 8. of A. Hall.
John Q. Taylor Post G.. A.. r., No.
$50, meets every Saturday, on or just
preceding full moon In Lashley hall,
at p. M, at Buck Valley.
Woman's Relief Corps, No. 50
meets at same date and place at pm.
Gen. d. B. McKibbin Post dNo. 4Ol
G. A. s., meets the second an fourth
saturdays In each month at Pleasant
Ridge.
Clear Ridge Council, No. $40, Jr. o.
U. A. M, meets In their Hall at Clear
Ridge every Saturday evening.
The Aspasia Rebekah Lodge, /. o.
o. f., OF Harrisonville, meets the lss
and Sd Wednesday of each month, in
the l. o. o. f. Hall at Harrisonville.
Clear Ridge Grange No. 1866, P. Of
Il meets the first and third Friday
nights each month in Jr. o. u. A. M.
Hail..
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complementary coIors.

Recent experiments. the results Of
which have been placed before the
Academy of Sciences in Paris. appears
to demonstrate that the true compile
mentary colors of the spectrum have
not hitherto been recognized. Red
was formerly considered to be the
complement Of green. yellow OF violet,
and blue of orange. But according to
Mr.. Rosenstiel. the complementaries
OF red and orange are neither green
nor blue. but two greenish-blue tints.
and the complement of yellow is blue
and not violet. which is the compile
ment OF green. Mr.. Rosenstiel has ac-
cordingly formed a new "chromatic
circle" for the use of artists, which
he believes is more correct than its
predecessors.
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Pleasure and Sacrifice.

An alert little five-year-old was vis-
iting a city park with her mother for
the first time. She had noticed the
beautiful red and white swan boats.
as they passed through in the morn
ing, and her mother had promised
they should come back after the shop
ping was done and have ride.
Shortly after dinner they stood on
the bridge over the lagoon, watching
the boats below and listening to the
cry of the barker as he tried to in
duce the passing crowds to patronize
his swan boats.
But when her mother started to-
ward the boat landing. little Elsie de-
clared very vigorously that she did
not want to go at all. and as her moth
er urged her, broke forth in tears.
This sudden fear was SO different
from her former eagerness that her
mother could not understand 1t until
she noticed the boatman's call.
He was crying, Come along, come
along-ride clear round the pond
only five cents for ladies and gents
children thrown inl"
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Faithiulness Of Sunbeam Class" "

The sage OF the Scriptures tell us TO
train child in the way he should go
and when he is old he will not depart
therefrom." Certainly the results of
faithful training are apparent in the
most of the members of Sunbeam
Glass, of Asbury Methodist Episcopal
Sunday School. The parents and
teachers of this faithful band of little
girls deserve highest praise for the
tendency implanted IN these little
hearts to work for God and the church,
and other parents, should try to emu
late their example by early teaching
the children to love their Sunday
School, and to make q definite effort
to help the church along.
The latest effort of these children
has been to each raise as much money
as possible to help pay their PASTORS
salary; and, no doubt, many "grown
folks" will sit up and take notice
when they find that the girls raised
$1,000 among themselves with their
JeHCnefS contribution.
Surely these youthful workers de-
serve praise for assisting the church
with such nice sum; and the parents
ought to feel justly proud that they
could help the little ones in such a
good work. We would do an injustice
if we did not mention the work of their
teacher Mrs Mae Bair in directing
the efforts of the little ones. Surely
the Lord has called her, and especial
ly endowed her with gifts for this
phase of christian work. 1t is no
wonder the children all like to go to
Sunday School; becauss they love
their teacher.
The number of cents contributed by
each member is as follows: Opal Sipe,
l2c ; Goldie Sipe, 10c.; Nellie Kline,
l2c.; Myrtle Williams, 12c.; Edythe
Fix, 15c; Nettie Barker, 30c,; Marian
Hessler, 4Sc.; Carrie Mellott, SOC
Aida Mellott, SOC Rachel Sipe, TIC;
Hazel Sipe, 77c Pearle Cutchal, 81 90;
Ethel DeShong, S1.OO; Rachel De-
Shong, Sl,00; Esta DeShong, sl.0O;
Julia Mumma, Sl.O5, Nela Bair, $l.50;
Pauline Ham, $1.5O; total with teach
er's $1,000.
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THE THRICE-A-WEEK WORLD
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! Work OF PraetIeaI Joker.

The Corriere OF Rome. which pub
lshed some time ago copy OF docu-
ment said to have been found In the
library at Bergamo containing an ac-
count of IAN airship voyage across
the English channel In 1751," is re-
ceiving much attention at the hands
OF Investigators. In the Tribune's no
tice OF this alleged achievement. In
which a monk named Grimaldi, Of
Civita vecchia, was the chief actor, It
was stated that there was nothing In
the Italian papers article to indicate
that It was not written in good faith.
NOW" writes an Englishman from
Rome, "the records OF Civita vechia
are being searched in vain for a Gri-
maldi and the papers OF England for
story of the flight. The document
may be In the library but who was
the practical Joker who placed II
thefeY"- New York Tribune.
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BUR Vt CABINS.

Ike Peoples Bank, new en-
terprise of our neighborlng town,
Fannettsburgflas been crgs nized
recently, and at meeting of the
stockholders, Tuesday afternoon,
March l, the following officers
and directors were chosen: Pres
ident, G. Ii. Bartle, Vice Presi-
dent, S A. Walker; Cashier, Ell
mer Walker; other directors are
j. B. Wineman, S. A. Noble, Sam
uel Reese, r. w. McAllen, w. j.
Park, Amos Welker, j. q. Nc
Gowau, j. III. McCurdy, and
Frank Myers. The bank will g
located IN the old hotel property,
now occupied by DR.. r. M. Alex
ander.
DIR. Newt Alexander made q
mum Der of calls In our town last
Sabbath.
Those on sick list are Mrs.
Cora Gallaher, Mrs. Gracey Nau-
gle, Mrs. John Mumma. aud one
Of Mrs. Blame Welch's twin
babies.
Miss Kate Waters spent few
days with Il. M. Cisney's family.
Mrs. Plttenger and little
daughter Katharine are visiting
the formers relatives IN Mary
land.
The p. o. S. of A. order will
hold a banquet here on March
10Th.
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Where Lemons viii Help.

Two or three slices of lemon in
cupful of strong tea will cure a
nervous headache.
A tablespoonful of juice in a
small cupful of black coffee will
relieve a bilious headache.
The juice of half a lemon in a
cupful Of hot water on awakening
IS an excellent liver corrective
and successful substitute for
calomel and other Alternative
drugs.
A lotion OF lemon juice and rose
water will remove tan and whlten
the skin.
Lemon juice with olive oil is far
superior TO vinegar for a salad
dressing-equal parts used for
blending.
Lemon juice and loaf sugar is
good for hoarseness.
Outward application of the
JUICE allays irritation caused by
insect bites.
il when boiling sage or rice a
teaspoonful of lemon juice is ad
ded the kernels will be winter
and delicate flavor impaired.
An old fashioned remedy for
Group Is honey, alum and lemon
juice.
After the juice Is extracted,
the rind dipped in salt cleanses
brass well.
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ORIGIN OF THE ROD.
Used In Driving Oxen, II Came Handy
In Measuring Land.

Oseo IN prlVlng ONen, it came Hanoy
In Measuring Land.
The origin of the rod. pole or perch
has been traced to the. rod, pole or
goad used to urge and direct a team
Of oxen pulling a plough. So II came
about 1t was used as a convenient and
handy. land measure In feudal times
by the lords In allotting plots Of land
for agricultural purposes to the vii
leins and others.
One rod wide and forty long q. e..
one furrow long, deep) built up quar-.
ter Of an acre. The furlong, or four
poles wide and same depth. e., forty
poles, one acre-was convenient
length for furrow before turning the
plough, OF course these lengths
somewhat varied in different parts of
the country where soils and agricul-
ture varied, but gradually the slight
variations grew less and finally the
present accepted statutory acre was
evolved.
Gunter's chain Of feet (ten
square chains to the acre) was invent
ed by the Rev. Edmund Gunter (1581-
1920. He was professor Of astrono-
my at Gresham College, London, and
ingeniohsly adapted 1t to facilitate
decimal calculations in land measure
ments. The use Of the rod In super
fetal measurements of brick work and
lineally in hedges, bitches and fences
followed as a convenient existing
measure.
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Another Girl Sacrificed.

The desperate chances that a
rich American girl takes when
she marrles a foreign nobleman
had been proved a great many
times before Anita Stewart mar
ried Prince Mig uel, of Braganza,
closely related to the royal faml
ly, of the Austro Hungarian EN-
pire. But the wretched position
in which she now finds herself
one year after her marriage, must
excite sympathy for her and in
creased contempt for the noble
fool who calls her wife.
Her mother Is the sister of
Mrs. A. j. Drexel, of Philadel
phla, and London, and the widow
of j. Henry Smith, popularity
known as "Sllent" Smith, whu
died a couple of years ago, leav-
ing a fortune of S50,000,000.
Prince Miguel has just been
judiclally adjudged bankrupt, has
been reduced to the status of a
minor or lunatlc, deprived of all
the privileges of citizenship, while
his wife is debarred from what Is
called society not only IN Vienna,
but in every European capital,
London included.
Nevertheless her fate Is not
likely to deter all other American
helresses from rlsking their for
tunes and their happiness by mar
rylng an I'm mbeclle or rascal with
a title. THE Patriot.
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Male Chatterboxes.

Are not men in the mass more IN
veterate gossips than women?
Shakespeare's citizens do the real gos-
siping in his plays. even though he fol-
lowed tradition In personifying rumor
as a dame-"if my gossip report be
an honest woman of her word" You
will find as much lively and inane
chit-chat in any mans clubhouse as
in any woman's. The hotel and the
atre Hobbies seethe with the gossiping
OF men. No village sewing society or
mite society can equal the incessant
buzz at the grocery store. and when
1t comes to downright. earnest. un-
tagging dissection OF reputation and
pernicious tittle-tattle there Is no
body Of women In the land that can
hold candle to the foolish adult
chatterboxes at any political headquar-
ters.
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GENERAL DIRECTORY.

President Judge--Hon, S. Nc. Swope.
Associate Judges-D. II. Humbert, ]. ,
Hoop.
Prothonotary. &c.-George A. Harris.
District Attorney-E r. Lynch.
TreBsurer-ChariesB Is. Stevens.
Sheriff-Jeff Harris.
Deputy Sherff-A. ID. Holman.
Jury Commissioners-David Rotz, A.
Truax.
Audltors-Wm. Wink, d. II. Myers, @
Rotz.
90. mmissloners-Emanuel Keefer, d
Sharp, Daniel w. Cromer. v
Clerk-B. Frank Henry.
County superintendent @. Lamberson
Attorneys-W. Scott Alexander, j. Me-,
Sipes, Thomas Il. Sloan, +. Men. Johnston
II. Shaffner. JohnP. Sipes. S. w. Kirk. y
Lynch, II. N. Sipes, L. II. While.
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A Last Farewell.

To be at the same time rude and po-
lite Is an achievement OF great diffi-
Guilty. A writer In the Philadelphia
Ledger tells OF French gentleman
who had finished his holiday in Eng
land. and had just paid very large
hotel bill. He was indignant. but his
native courtesy was unimpaired.
"send re proprietaire to me-" he
said to the waiter. and presently the
host entered.
Monsieur was all smiles.
"Ah, let me embrace youl" he cried.
"But why do you want to embrace
me, sirf I don't understand"
"Ah. aire, but look at gee beel!"
"Your bill! Yes. but what OF itf'
"vot Of i'll Wy, It means sat !
s'all nevaire. neyaire sec you again,
saire."
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Climbing Army ladder In England.

Climbing Army Ladder In England.
A return was issued quite recently
showing the average time taken from
the date OF first commission in attain
ing respectively the ranks OF captain
and major of officers in the cavalry.
royal artillery, royal engineers. infan-
try and Indian army. ~
The average time was lowest In the
cavalry, the period being seven years
and five months. Next comes the gar
rison artillery, with eight years. fol-
lowed by the infantry. eight years and
four months; field artillery. eight
years and six months. and the engi-
neers and Indian army. nine years.
The two latter were time promotions.
The average time taken to reach the
rank OF major was Cavalry, IA years
and ten months; field artillery, IT
years and six months; Indian army. 18
years; infantry. IS years and three
months; garrison artillery, 20 years.
The Indian army period was time
promotion. London Evening Stand
ard
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-10
STUBBORN AS MULES

are liver and bowels sometimes;
seem to balk without cause. Then
there's trouble-Loss of Appe-
tite-Indlgestion, Nervousness,
Dependency, Headache. But
such troubles fly beforeDr. Kings
New Life Pills, the worlds best
Stomach and Liver remedy. So
easy. 25c. at Trout's drug store.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-10
HOW GOOD NEWS SPREAD.

81 am 20 years old and travel
most of the time" writes B. F.
Tolson, of Elizabethtown, KY.
Everywhere l go recommend
Electric Bitters, because l owe
my excellent health and vitality
to them. They effect a cure ev.
cry time" They never fail to
tone the stomach, regulate the
kidneys and bowels, stimulate
the liver, lnvlgorate the nerves
and purify the blood. They work
wonders for weak, rundown men
and women; restoring strength,
vlgor and health that's a daily
joy. Try them. Only SOC. Salts
faction Is positively guaranteed
by Trout's drug store.
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BACK TO FIRST PRINCIPLE.
More Time Should Be Spent in Our
Schools On Good Plain English.

SCuuOls Un uOOu RAN EuHllsH.
AT the recent meeting of the
Pennsylvania State School Dlrec
tors Association in Harrisburg,
Lieutenant Governor Robert S.
Murphy, IN a strong, stirring ad.
dress, SAID that one great need of
our public schools is to "give
more instruction IN good, plain
English. In line with the same
idea, the county superintendent
of Blair county, at the directors
convention Of the county, held at
Hollldaysburg, laid stress upon
the Importance OF giving more at
tentlon to the spelling of words,
and made arrangements for hold
ing county spelling bees to arouse
greater interest IN this study.
All this Is getting back to
first principles, and indicates that
our most thoughtful men are real
izing that in our efforts to crowd
into theperlod of a common school
course, a curriculum that covers
various languages, and different
branches of the higher mathemat
les, the arts, sciences, and many
other branches of study, making
the course as extensive as that Cf
colleges, we are undertaking too
much.
All these studies are valuable
and interesting, but a common
school life IS too short to consider
them all. But enthusiasts in spe
clal studies have succeeded IN
folstlng their hobbies upon the
schools, until the course is so
crowded that the com mon studies
are abandoned before they are
well understood, and the conse
quence is that good spelling, good
writing, good language, and a
comprehensive knowledge of com
mon arithmetic, that can be made
available in every day life, are not
attained by the pupils of our day.
The study of Latin and various
sciences is needful to those who
intend to continue their studies
beyond the high school, IN college
or university, but to the bulk of
our boys and girls who will never
get to college, all such time is
wasted, as they can only obtain
smattering Of the elementary
parts, while If the time were de
voted to better culture In the Eng
lish language, photography, pen
manship, and common arithme-
tic, they would be far better mt.
ted for the duties of life and for
the enjoyment of good literature.
1t is high time that our leading
educators are calling halt to the
trend of our common schools, and
are making an effort to lop off
some OF the many novelties intro.
duced In recent years, thus get
ting back to first principles or
fundamentals.
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Clarence Smeltzer, Martins
burg, W. Va, committed suicide
last Saturday afternoon. He
shot himself with a single barrel
shotgun and died IN few minuts
after the shot. Some time ago,
Smel,zer forged a check on the
Valley Hotel, and it is thought
that rsther than go to jail he
killed himself. He belonged TO a
well known family of Martins.
burg and was much respected by
ell who knew him.
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TERMS OF COURT.

The first term of the Courts of Fpl
ton county in the year shall commeps
on the Tuesday following the secori
Monday of January, at 10 o'clock a. N
The second term commences on N,
third Monday of March, at 2 o'clod
p. m,
The third term on the Tuesday ne,
following the second Monday of JUNE
at 10 o'clock q. m.
The fourth term on the first Monds
October, at 2 O'Clock p. m.
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AUTHORS SETTLEMENT.
To Be Legal, Must be Held the Second
Monday, Instead OF the First Menday.

~ DC LSkdi, Wust US ueiu tHe oeSOuu
Monday. Instead OF the First Menday.
From the fact that a few town
ships hold the annual settlement
on the first Monday IN March, it
would seem not to be be general
ly known that such settlements
to be legal, must be held on the
second Monday of March. Where
the term expires on the first of
March, the newly elected officers
are sworn In on the first Monday,
and the audit held on the second
Monday. In the case of school
directors, the new board organ
zes on the first Monday in June,
and the andlt is held on the sec
ond Monday.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-10

The forty second annual ses-
sion OF the Central Pennsylvania
conference of the Methodist Epis
copal church, will open in the
FirstMethodist Episcopal church,
York, Rev. j. Ellis Bell pastor, on
March 16. Bishop Earl Grams
ton, of Washington. will preside.