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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-11-12

Miss Bess Patterson went t,
Philadelphia last Saturday to Wis
it her brother, T. Elliott Patter
son, Esq,
Sunday, November 22nd, the
McC onnellsburg Lutheran church
will entertain the Big Cove Tan
merry congregation from 9:15 tc
3 O'Clock with a fine program in.
GLIDING dinner, horse feed, and
music under the direction of the
leader of the Band. Public in.
vited; come early.
Mr.. Wilbur f. Berkstresser and
Mrs. H H. Bergstresser, of Wa.
terfall, and Mrs. Adam Long, Of
Saltlllo, spent a few hours in Nc
Connellsburg last Friday. Mr..
B~erkstresser says that his home
has been headquarters for a
bunch of Cambria county hunt
ers for some time.
Ben W. Fisher, wife and two
children, accompanied by Mrs.
Fishers father, Mr.. George /.
Flanders---all of Port Treverton,
Pa. autoed to this place last Sat-
urday and were the guests of
Ben's folks until Monday morn
ing. Mr.. Flanders is postmaster
at Port Treverton.
George S. Layton and w. C..
Mckee of Whips Cove drove over
to McConnellsburg in two hours
last Saturday morning in Georges
Ford. When it is considered that
the distance is more than twenty
miles across two big mountains
with roads that are not exactly
macadamized, that is good time.
John M. Schenck and son Char
lie, and the latter's grandson
John Schenck, Jr., John Sunk
ard, and Meade Barnett-a all of
Wells Valley, made a trip to Nc
Connellsburg last Saturday in
Charles Cadillac. Since the ad-
vent of the automobile, Wells
township as well as other distant
parts Of the county, is much
nearer the County Seat than it
used to be.
Walter Fohner, who has been
spending the summer in Van
Vert, o., is back in Winter Ha-
ven, Florida for the winter.
Walter is like a wild goose; when
he feels the chilling winds of
autumn, he migrates to a warm
err climate. He was married on
the 9th of OctoberI and, now
with a charming helpmeet and a
hree-dollar-a-da steady job in a
country where coal bills are nil,
he will doubtless have a pleasant
winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. F. Garland and
little son Jackie, spent a few
hours in town last Saturday.
Mr.. Garland owns part of the ia
cob Wink farm in Belfast town.
ship and is rapidly bringing up
his land to a high state of cult
walton. His land is quick to re-
spond to lime, and Mr.. Garland
is now hauling stone for the sixth
kiln. From a farm that produc-
ed a sledload of white-top for
feed a few years ago, he now has
plenty of feed for five or six head
of horses, and other stock in pro-
portion.
A few years ago it was predict
ed that this decade would see the
end of the horse. 1t was to be
thrown in the discard with the
other relics of a wasteful and in
efficient age. The motor vehicle
was going to crowd old Dobbin
out. To-day there are more
horses in the United States than
ever before and they are better
ones. We have added 400, 600
to the horse population in the
last two years but it is possible
that this number will be reduced
by the European embroglio,
which may take over as many as
we have gained, but we will have
the money.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-11-12
Racket Store News. )

In the last issue OF this paper we told you that we had fodder yarn
coming in, and that we would quote prices next week." butwe did
not getitdone. WeN,we have sold over a ton and have our second
Pocahontas star herald., 1912-07-05
Where a Bath Comes High.

There are some things about trip
through Holland that you recall when
stopping at one of our modern hotels"
says an American recently returned
from a trip abroad. 'In many places
In that interesting country the hotels
are run as they have been for ages
and candles still are the vogue.
Rooms with bath are unknown. In
stead they charge you about 40 cents
in American money for a bath. You
ask for the privilege of using the tub
and they send up a maid who brings
with her towels and soap if you have
none, for you are supposed to carry
both with you. She fills the tub, has
it about the right degree of heat, and
the faucets are locked, SO that if you
want any more water you don't get
it; also there is no chance for your
travelling pal sneaking in and enjoying
a bath without coming through with
another 40 cents.
"You are provided with one candle
day and charged for 1t. The lights
go out early in the night, and If you
happen to get up or want to read you
have to use a candle. This does not
apply to Amsterdam, which is met
ropolitan CITY,"
Pocahontas star herald., 1912-07-05
SOME OLD TIME PREACHERS
In Pioneer Days In Missouri Every D1
vine Carried a Gun With Him
to Church.

Nearly every pioneer preacher III
Missouri was as expert in the use OF
the rifle as any Of the laymen, says
writer In the Globe-Democrat. Sery'
ices were usually held in nelgn'
boris cabin. Notice of meeting
was promptly and generally clrcu'
lated, and the settlers attended, uni'
formly bringing their rifles to guard
against possible surprises or to oo-
tain game on the way to or from the
service.
The practice of carrying firearms
was not abandoned or suspended even
on the Sabbath. An old pioneer states
that on one occasion religious serV-
ices were held in Saline county when
the preacher proclaimed the gospel OF
peace with his hand and his clothing
covered with blood from a deer that
he had killed and butchered on his
way to tho meeting that morning.
The pioneer preachers labored with
out money and without price. They
gained their subsistence as did their
neighbors, by the rife and by their
daily toll in the clearings and the
corn fields.
Rev. Justinian Williams, Methodist,
and Rev. Peyton Nowlin and Rev.
Thomas Kinney, Baptists, were the
first preachers in Saline county. They
preached on Edmonson's Creek, and
In the Big Bottom. "Old Man Now
lin," as he was called, was sedate
gentleman, dry as to manners and ser
mons, but with kind heart and good
Intention.
His colleague, Kinney, however, was
of jovial disposition and very pop
ular. He was without literary at
tainments, but invariably provoked his
congregation to laughter. Nowlin
took him to task upon one occasion
for his levity. Kinney answered:
"Well, I'd rather preach to laughing
devils tnan to sleepy ones, as you do
You make them sleep and I make
them laugh. My congregation will
pass yours on the road to heaven. I
bet you coonskin they will"
Pocahontas star herald., 1912-07-05
HOME A CENTER OF SERVICE
old Time Ideals of Hospitality Should
Be Maintained so Far as
Possible.

The ideal home is not self-centered.
1t is a center of service. So far as
circumstances will permit, the old
time ideals Of hospitality should be
maintained. In wise and uplifting
ways the home should be shared. 1t
is good practice to invite young
people who are away from home. 1t
relieves loneliness, discouragement
and temptation. Remember it is
Not what we give, but what we share.
The gift without the glver is bare.
The home is the bulwark Of civil.
ization, Within the extreme limits OF
wealth and poverty a home may be
goood or bad, irrespective Of social
position or property.
Our homes are what we choose to
make them. 1t is a question Of what
we admit and what we kept out Of
them. Our best selves and the best
we have to give should go into the
home life, and to a large degree de-
termines the character of children.
The home tends to make US better
or worse. Thus the home becomes the
chief factor IN determining the char
acter OF the community and the ma
ton. The trend of our times is away
from the home into the countless
amusements and interes's OF modern
life.
Pocahontas star herald., 1912-07-05
BEASTS ARE GOOD SWIMMERS
Rhlnoeeros, Elephant, Elk, Relndes,
and Most Other Animals Better
Than Man In Water.

Nearly all animals are better swim.
mers than man and take to the wa.
ter naturally, while he has to learn
to propel himself. The rhinoceros
and hippopotamus are wonderful
swimmers and divers, while the In.
dian elephant crosses great rivers
with heavy loads. The elk and rein.
deer are first class swimmers. The
elk keeps his head above water and
crosses directly from bank to bank
to avoid turning. The reindeer ON
the other hand, turns as often as he
likes, keeping his head only a little
above the surface. But of all swim.
mers of all climes the best, though
not the swiftest, is the polar bear.
who passes halt his time in the wa.
ter swimming and diving. His swim.
ming power is nothing short of mi.
raculous If 1t be remembered that
the water in the regions he freuuents
is invariably cold and that cold ia
normally prohibitive to good swim.
ming. There are bears that can swim
from 40 to so kilometers without
great effort.
One of the swiftest swimming ami.
mails is the squirrel. A sportsman on
one occasion, having at hand a. SOUR.
rel born in captivity, which had never
seen water, wanted to see If it could
swim, and took it with HIN in a row.
boat to the center of a LAKE. The
squirrel turned toward the bank, head
and paws above the water, back and
IT, underneath it, and began to swim
so rapidly that it was with the great.
est difficulty that the man recovered
it when 1t neared the shallow water
near the land. 1t is said that even
many non-aquatic birds will swim
like ducks If an attempt be made to
drown them.-Harper's Weekly.
Pocahontas star herald., 1912-07-05
On Safe Ground.

Whenever, on one of his rare holi-
days, Captain Goldby went to the city,
he took some young relative with him
as special treat. On one such occa-
sion he told his seventeen-year-old
grandson, whom he had with him, that
they would "dine at a real RESTRAINT,
and get taste OF fancy cooking"
When they were at last seated in
the great dining room, the grandson
waited impatiently while the captain
read the bill of fare completely through
without emitting a single article,
whether domestic or foreign in title.
At last he sighed, and handed the
card across the table to the boy.
"You choose what you like, sonny"
he said, with sigh. "As for me, I
reckon as I've already eat more herrin'
than any other man livin, might as
well stow away a little more. It's
aPlays agreed with me, so far
Youths Companion.
Pocahontas star herald., 1912-07-05
Telephones In Indian Homes.

1t is a far cry from the old prairie
signal fire Of the red man to the cleo
trio transmitter, but many of the
rough homes Of the Usage Indians
Oklahoma are equipped with tele-
phones, and the owners enjoy their
use immensely.
A telephone agent enlisted the In
crest Of Chief White Eagle in the
TRANCE little box and wires, and soor
he warriors homo was connected
with Central" It was some time be-
ore his fellow tribesmen gave appro-
val to his recourse to the white mans
invention, but finally, perceiving the
ime, travel and trouble saved him
by it's use, they filed solemnly into
the telephone headquarters with or
ders for installation in their own
homes.
Pocahontas star herald., 1912-07-05

4. The State Text Book Commission
shall be governed by the following
policy: II shall hasten the publication
Of text books beginning with books for
the primary grades, as fast as APPROX
ed manuscripts can be secured and pub
licaton facilities are afforded by the
state and the Commission shall make
no contract with any publisher for a
longer period than six years. and no
contract shall be made for any book
which shall interfere with the publlca-
tion of a substitute by the state at any
time.
Sec. 12. That members of the State
Text Book Commission shall receive as
full compensation for their services
the sum of $500 per day. for each and
every day they are actually engaged in
the performance of their duties, and
actual railroad fare TO and from their
places Of residence. The amount of
time each Commissioner shall devote to
the work OF the Commission shall be de-
termned by majority of the Commits
sion, and for the purpose of supplying
the Commission with printing, stationery
and other incidental expenses there is
allowed said Commission contingent
fund amounting to 100000 per year.
See 13 That to cover the per diem,
railroad fare and contingent expenses of
said Commission for u biennial period,
beginning December ~, 1912. and ending
December -. 1914, there is hereby ap-
proprated from the state treasury from
any money not otherwise appropriated
the sum of $10,000.00, or so much there
of as may be necessary, and the chair
man and secretary of the Commission
shall file with the auditor of state
vouchers for the per diem, railroad fare
and contingent expenses. herein pro-
vided for and the auditor is authorized
to draw his warrant on the state treas
urer therefor.
Sec. a. That the text books. the pur-
chase or production or which are pro-
vided for in this Act. shall be distribut-
ed in the following manner: Where
books are purchased or contracted fol
from publishers other than the state.
they may be sold by regular dealers.
whose margin of profit shall be fixed
by the Commission; where the books are
printed by the state they shall be dis
tributed by the county examiners and
county superintendents or public instruc-
tion under such terms and limitations
as may be prescribed by the State Text
Book Commission.
Sec. Is. That all acts and parts Of
acts in conflict with this act are hereby
repealed and this act snail take effect
and be in force from and after the date
of its adoption by the people
Filed i'm the Office of the Secre-
tary of State on the 9th day of
May, 1912.
Each elector may vote for or against
the above Act.
Witness my official signature,
this goth day Of May, 1912
EARLE w. HODGES
Secretary of State
[SeaL1
Pocahontas star herald., 1912-07-05
Great Sea Monster-

While one of the gardeners in
Broomhall gardens was digging a
trench recently, says the London
Globe, he came upon an ancient sand
bed On further excavations being
made for the purpose of securing sand
for gardening purposes, a huge bone
was discovered. The bone is believed
to be one of the vertebrae Of whale
or other great sea monster. II that
be so, the waters of the Firth Of Forth
must have extended at least quarter
of mile farther inland at some very
remote period. The osseous find was
deposited in Lord Elgin's museum at
Broomhal.
Pocahontas star herald., 1912-07-05
FOE AMENDMEyT NO. 10.
AGAINET AMENDMENT no. 13.

Be it Enacted by the People of the
State of Arkansas:
That Sec, 49, Art 5, Constitution of
the State of Arkansas, be amended Sc
as to read as follows:
Article 8. Section 16. Each member
of the General Assembly shall receive
six dollars per day for his services dur
ing the first sixty days of any regular
session OF the General Assembly, and If
any regular session shall be extended,
such member shall serve without further
per diem. Each member of the General
Assembly shall also receive ten cents
per mile for each mile Travelled in going
to and returning from the seat Of gov
ernment, over the most direct and prac-
ticahle route. When convened in extra
ordinary session by the Governor, they
shall receive three dollars Per day for
their services during the first fifteen
days, and If such extraordinary session
they shall receive no further per diem.
THEY shall be entitled to the same mile
ace for any extraordinary session as
herein provided for regular sessions
The terms of all members Of the General
Assembly shall begin on the day of their
election and they shall receive no COM
pensation, perqulsite or allowance what
ever except as herein provided"
Filed in the office of the Sec
rotary of State on the 10th day
of April. 1912
Each electOr may vote for or against
the above amendment
Witness my official sigature
this goth day OF May 1912
EARLE w. HODGES
Secretary of State
Pocahontas star herald., 1912-07-05
MRS. SMITH HAD A SURPLUS
nit Stranger Might Be Right
in Her Claim.

A woman who may be called Mrs.
Smith placed her umbrella against the
counter, at which she was making
some purchases in a department store
the other day, and when she finished
picked it up and started away. At
least that was the way it ran through
her mind.
Pardon me-" said a strange wo-
man, "but you have my umbrella"
ooh, no." said Mrs. Smith, that is
my umbrella"
Pardon me again." insisted the
strange woman, "but it is mine"
81 guess I know my umbrella" said
Mrs. Smith, beginning to show fight.
"If you have lost your umbrella ! am
sorry, but l can't give you mine"
'Did you carry two umbrellas when
you left homer" asked the stranger.
Then Mrs. Smith discovered that
she had an umbrella in each hand and
she rrendered.-Cleveland Press.
Pocahontas star herald., 1912-07-05
FOE AMENDMENT no. Ia.
AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. IA.
Be It Eenacted by the People of the
State of Arkansas:

Be It Eenacted by the People of the
State of Arkansas
Every elective public officer in the
State of Arkansas may be removed from
office by the electors entitled TO vote
for a successor of such incumbent,
through the procedure and in the man
ner herein provided for, which proceed
ure shall be known as the recall and is
in addition to any other method OF re-
moval provided by law.
a. To effect the removal of an cleo
tive state officer, petition signed by
the electors entitled to vote for a sue
cessor to the incumbent sought 70 be
removed equal in number to twelve per
centum of the entire vote cast at the
preceding election for all candidates FOR
the Office which the encumhent sought
to be removed occupies demanding the
election OF a successor 70 the oiIlcer
named In said petition, shall be address,
ed to the state board of election COM
missiOners provided said petition shall
be circulated in not less than five coun-
ties in the state and shall be signed IN
each of such counties by electors equal
in number to not less than one per cen>
tum of the entire vote cast in each or
said counties at said election, as above
estimated Such petition shall contain
a general statement of the grounds upon
which the removal is sought, which
statement is intended solely for the in
formation of the voters and the suiti-
cheney of which shall not be open to re-
view.
b. When such petition shall be filed
with the state election commissioners
they shall submit the same together
with a statement of its sufiiciency, to
the governor. who shall immediately
order and fix a date for the holding of
the election, which shall take place not
less than sixty days and not more than
eighty days from the date of ming the
petitions and certificate with the gov
ernor. IL. by the prayer of the petit
toners II is the governor whose removal
is sought, the petition and certificate
before mentioned shall be filed with the
auditor Of state who shall proceed IN
the form and manner as prescribed fol
the governor -,.. T..
he removed is the governor. secretary OF
state. or attorney general officials now
conprising the state board of election
commissioners either official sought tC
be removed shall be disqualified as o
member of said state Doard Of election
commissioners for the purposes herein
,,rot,ided and such vacancy or vacancies
ON said state board of election commits
sioners shall be filled by other state OF
0cials In the order named following;
l. The auditor of state.
2. The state treasurer
a The commissioner or mines man
ufacturers and agriculture.
A. The superintendent OF public IN
The justicest of the supreme cour
/ I'm the order of their seniority as such
d. The governor shall make or caus
| tn he made publicat ation OF notice Tor th'
! Ioldipg Of such election. and the cleo
! tion commissioners of the various codn
/ tios OF the state shall make arrange
/ n,onts FOR such election, and thf sam
/ shall be conducted, returned and the re
Pocahontas star herald., 1912-07-05
Another Trlumnh of surnnru.

Two visiting surgeons at the Mas
sachusetts General hospital, few
days ago tiled off" the entire right
lung Of a patient at the institution.
Although the operation was an ad-
vanced one, the surgeons said that the
anesthetic was administered accord.
ing to a new method and it was their
belief that the patient would recover.
The difficulty heretofore, when ether
had been given in the normal way.
had been that the patient regained
consciousness before the operation
was concluded. In this instance the
incision was made in the patients
back. The surgeons said that the
method was so new that it was yet
impossible to say whether a tubercu-
lous lung could be taken out in the
same way.
Pocahontas star herald., 1912-07-05
Not Quite Practical.

"She is very liberal in her chari'
ties" said one woman.
"Yes," answered the other; liberal
but not always practical. For In
stance, she wanted to send alarm
clocks to Africa to aid sufferers from
the sleeping sickness"
Pocahontas star herald., 1912-07-05

a. This article is self executing, but
legislation may be enacted to facilltate
its operation but In no way limiting or
the provisions or TINS arti'
Gle or the powers herein reserved.
Filed in the office of the Sec
retary of State on the 9th day
of May, 1912.
Each elector may vote for or against
the above amendment,
Witness my official signature
this Goth day of May 1912
EARLE w HODGES,
[Seall Secretary OF STATE
Pocahontas star herald., 1912-07-05
PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETITION

Constitutional Amendment No. 10,
providing for the issuance of Bonds by
Municipal Corporations for certain purss
poses when authorized by a majority, OF
the qualified electors OF said munlcl-
palities.
Pocahontas star herald., 1912-07-05
xEorosrD NJ INITIATIVE PETITION
ACT no. 4.

AN ACT creating u popular educa-
tional committee creating a text pooSS
commission; prescribing tue manngilI i,,s Ur
its election and its duties, and proylull,uts
for uniform text books for the puplllo
schools OF this state and for furnlsHiu,s
the same TO the school patrons or the
state at actual cost OF production anu
delivery.
Pocahontas star herald., 1912-07-05
sT INITIATIVE PETITION

Constitutional Amendment No. 13,
the amount and per diem and
mileage Of members or the General AS
sembly.
Pocahontas star herald., 1912-07-05
PROPOSED ey INITIATIVE PETITION

Constitutional Amendment No. H. pro-
viding for the recall of all elective pub
lie officers, and prescribing the proce-
dure
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-03-09
WINNERS OF land
TO Be LOCATED SOON

GREGORY, s. D., March 9-Filings
at White River, commencing April 10.
This information was received In
Gregory in a telegram from Judge
Witten. -...
It Is probable that the department
will conduct the filing by the same
methods used in Trip county. On
April Is certain number Of the
.luckies' will be called and the work
continued each day until 1000 names
have been accounted for, and then the
work will again be taken up in the
fall and the remaining list OF 1000
names completed. The government
will notify each successful drawer the
day and time when his number Will
be called.
Locators who expect to do an ex-
tensiye business will maintain omces
Il Gregory and Winner to catch the
homeseekers who come over the
Northwestern road, and ct 1nrdo TOR
those who 90 by. the way Of Milwau
lee, white It will be necessary for Ill
10 have Offices At White River.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-03-09

Fifty years ago today (Marcl 9,
1852 the battle between the Merri-
mac and the Monitor was fought in
Hampton Roads. This battle, which
was not decisive so far as either ves-
sci scoring a victory was concerned,
revolutionj-ed naval warfare and made
every warship of that day obsolete.
The little Monitor, which had been
contemptuously referred to as q
cheese box on a raft" could have
met and defeated any vessel belonging
to the navy Of any European power at
that time She was the forerunner Of
the modern ironclad, and yet she was
a pigmy compared with the Dread.
nougnts of today. The Monitor car
ried two 11-inch guns. They were of
the smooth bore type, and each threw
a solid shot weighing 1S0 pounds.
These shots could be thrown perhaps
Z mile with little accuracy. Compare
this armament with the Michigan,
which has eight 12-inch guns, each