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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-07-30
SOLITARY CONFINEMENT.
Little Talks, on Health and Hygiene by
Samuel G. Dixon, NJ. D., IL. D.,
Commissioner Health.

From the earliest period in
which men have imprisoned their
fellows, solitary confinement has
been considered an extreme pun
ishment. The thought of being
shut off from intercourse with
mankind like "a toad in a stone"
while the world moves on would
appall the stoutest heart.
Those who suppress their emo
tions to too great a degree shut
themselves oil and are shut off
from all sympathy. They con-
denim themselves to solitary con-
fnement.
Man has been referred to as a
sociable animal. Following the
arrival of a state of civilization
which made them safe and pos
sible we have had the enormous
growth Of cities. This herding
together of millions Of the worlds
inhabitants, is an evidence of the
unconquerable social instinct.
Most of the efforts which are
being made to induce emigration
back to the land" include some
plan for social intercourse in the
rural communities. The desire
for the society of mankind is in
eXtinguishable. Cultivating those
qualities which tend to make as
sociation with our fellow crea-
lures agreeable is not alone a
duty but an accomplishment of
the greatest possible individual
benefit.
III may seem some SJfeCcn OF
the imagination to say that the
instruction Of children and grown
ups as well, in unselfshness,
sympathy, modesty, tolerance
and courtesy may serve to keep,
them sound of body and mind.
However, these are qualities
which raise us in the esteem of
our associates and their apprecia-
ton is a factor of no small i'm
portance in maintaining mental
health and efficiency.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-07-30
Sympathy for the Teacher.

One Of our public school teach
ers who has had experience, han
ded us a copy of the Lock Haven
Times which contained a good
description of what a teacher
must expect from those who
thoughtlessly imagine that vaca-
tian time is all pleasure for the
teacher and that teaching is a
soft snap"
There is a popular impression
that this long vacation makes
their job soft one. But many
of them spend the vacation help
ing mother in the kitchen, and
in most cases their summers are
az t to be laborious.
The parents turn over their
children much as they would
check their babies at a day nur-
sery. 1t gets them out of the
way, leaving mother free to go 10
the bridge party. Some parents
can only partly control their own
little hocks. Yet they expect a
teacher to take 40 of these unsub
jugated little wills, reduce them
to an orderly discipline, keep
them sunshiny and working, and
turn them out equipped with the
fundamentals Of daily life.
At home the cross grained hab
its of children are excused on the
ground that they are nervous, or
that they inherited these traits
and are not to blame for them.
When the teacher undertakes to
reduce the youngsters to order,
the children are irritated at un-
familiar restraints. If a $40 a
week teacher does not display
the diplomacy and self-control
expected from a So, 900 executive
the parents petition for their re-
moval.
In large towns the teacher lives
an isolated life. Low salaries
keep her moving from place to
place. Social success is a matter |
of give and take, and as she has
no favors to offer, her engage
ments are apt to be limited to
church socials.
The blooming girl who enters
the school room at 20 frequently |
comes out at 30 with a thin, pale, |
drawn face. The teacher rem
ders an incompatible service.
She is entitled to high honor. 1t
is a pity that parents do not make
more effort to welcome her, and
make her life more socially agree
able"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-07-30
Struck by Lightning.

Last Friday night aweek a val
liable horse belonging to Walker
Mellott in Belfast township was
struck by lightning. The horse
happened to be near a wire fence
during an electrical storm. 1t
is reported, also that Mr.. Mel
LOFTS silo was struck last Satur-
day. Just here it may not be out of
place to say that farmers are not
always careful to ground the
wire properly in building a wire
fence. 1t makes a little trouble
to run a piece of strap-iron or a
piece of wire down and under
the post and connect it with the
wire fence, every few rods; but
not to do it, is to set a trap that
is mighty dangerous for man or
beast.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-07-30
Part Of Highway Report.

Estimates sent to the newspa-
pers by the State Highway De-
partment for road repairs place
the sums necessary to repair
the sample pieces of roads made
several years ago at from 5000 to
over a 81, 900 per mile. The only
piece of road mentioned in this
county is the one in Bethel town
ship, three miles of which now
require $3,539.33 to resurface.
The Commissioners say that, in
view of the lateness of the season
and the vast amount of work to
be done in filling up holes, clean
ing out bitches, culverts and gut
ters, and shaping up and rolling
the highways, the State High
way Department has decided not
to begin resurfacing on State
Highways until the general con-
dition Of the roads has been i'm
proved. A fact not generally
understood is that the automobile
license money is the only fund
available for repairing, mainte-
nance or construction of State
Highways. There is an unex-
pended balance for the mainte-
nance and repair of State-Aid
Highways and the State High
way Department has been work
ing on these roads. The amount
of State-Aid maintenance money
now remaining is about S25, 600.
From time to time additional
authorizations will be made by the
Maintenance Division for repairs
on these roads. On many of
these State-Aid highways the re-
pairs are extensive including re-
surfacing with bituminous ma
and a practical recon-
struction of the road to secure a
better and more lasting high
way.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-07-30
A Riddle.

Here is a riddle which is very
simple, but is understood by but
very few:
If a train starts from Chicago
at the rate of thirty miles an
hour and another train starts
from st. Louis going at the rate of
forty-fve miles an hour and the
entire distance is 800 miles,
which train will be the farther
from Chicago when they meet?
Answer. The train from st.
Louis, of course, as the other
train is between it and Chicago.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-07-30
The Fly Evil.

Flies are one of the most ag-
pests of the farm home
bring the summer months.
|hey are worse in the country
pan in the cities, for little pro-
Hsion is made to keep them un-
fr control except to put screens
h the windows and doors. We
Rve been in farm homes where
bere were no screens. There is
\ reason why the fly evil should
pt be greatly abated in the coun
y as we'll as the town. 1t
hOuld be remembered that flies
feed in stable refuse, kitchen
frOages and in privies. So one
the first things to do is to
laRe some provision to protect
neSe places from them. Stable
'FluSe can be treated with acid
roSphate, placed in a covered
Rceptacle or in a dark place un-
nauIed to the field. Stable
lndowS and doors can be screen
and privy vaults should be
'FllIarly protected. Care should
/ @Ren that no refuse matter
any kind is left standing
Pand' And, of course, the win
PVSanddoors of the houseshould
carefully screened, many con-
Flous disease are disseminated
] Mes, so it is in the interest of
FaIth as well as comfort that
F'lods of fly protection should
! adopted.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-07-30
lhirty.0ne RattleS.

"nat would you do, if you
~ In the woods and a rattle
"Ae ! should march right up to
! and shake thirty-one rattles
n YOUR lace? Well, Henry Min
~ who is working in the lum-
| woods in Oregon" that vast
IeSt lying just north of the
y paO'ain House on Rays Hill,
n 'n' 4 string of thirty-one rattles
l, Ia''S olhce, with the statement
h y ra'tlesnakes were as plenty
\" "1'e as grasshoppers in a
r. nayheld. We turned the
lug ''.lG OF rattles over to George
pition. '' VII ga
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-07-30
AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT.
Dt. Swartzweldsr and Herman hege
Hmt at NOrcerSburg Last
Friday Evening.

An accident which was serious
orough, but which might have
'been much worse, happened to
|Dr. ]. S. Swartzwelder and Her.
|man Hege, both prominent citi-
|Zeus of Mercersburg. The gen.
|tlemen named, in Mr.. Hege's
|Ford touring car, startedto Cham
last Friday evening to
bring to his home from the hos
|hital Mr.. r. A. Skiles, who had
|been in that institution for treat
|hent. While descending the
|Rrade preparatory to taking ceme-
hery hill at the south end of Mer-
Mr.. Hege gave the ma
khine just a little more gas, to
/ Eeta a good start to make the
|erade on high, and suddenly the
machine went bad, switched
kickedly, leaped high into the
bir, turned a complete summer
kault, and tossed the occupants
hany feet upon the hard pike.
That they were not both killed
outright is a miracle; but both
ben were able to arise, and were
tken to their respective homes.
)Ir. Hege's right arm was brok-
tn, his cheek bone crushed, and
be was badly cut about the head.
Dr. Swartzwelder was injured in
fe back, and suffered a number
n bruises more or less painful.
Both gentlemen are getting along
y well as might be expected,
lnd will be all right again as
bOn as Nature has time to re-
Dair the damage.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-07-30
What Pennsylvania Has.

According to the census of
1910, Pennsylvania had 1886 ba-
kers, 5000 clergymen, 10, ,401 bar
tenders, 1851 male school teach
ers, 8, 761 insurance agents, II,
POI commercial travellers, $500
shoemakers, 6,095 female farm
laborers.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-07-30

~ D"e county Commissioners
\, n IN session last week. A
~ c.. 20 them from the Hunting
! tS', SUounty Commissioners advis-
S'a' owing to the heavy Court
Ioa I"'1S !, connected with murder
4 m b. III huntingdon county will
'e ".'. able to bear its share of
lbliu0 0', NO. OF a new bridge at
Wills this year. This will
Inv g great disappointment to
1 and u our citizens in the north
'ad of the County.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-07-30
NUMBER 46
ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW.
Snapshots at Their COmiugs and GOings
Here for Vacation, or Away
for ReStfal Outing.

non. JOnn L. SlpeS spent sew
eral days last week with his son
Virgil in Cumberland county.
Mr.. C. w. Peck and family
spent a few days during the past
week among relatives in Belfast
township.
Miss Murine Marshall return
ed home last Thursday after hav-
ing spent two weeks visiting
friends in Chambersburg.
Sherman, Oliver, and Ross
Bard, and their brother-in-law
Mr.. Spade, all of Belfast town.
ship, spent Saturday in town.
Harry L. Peck, a representa-
tive citizen of the hustling vii
lage of Needmore, spent a few
hours in town on business Mon
day.
George Croft, of Dane, went
to Chambersburg Friday to help
his brother, who is in the gro
cery business, during Old Home
Week.
Ira Barnhart, one of ofThompson
townships hustling young farm
ers, spent a few hours in town
Saturday, and dropped in for a
chat with the editor.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hoopen-
gardner, of Riddlesburg, are vis-
iting the latter's father, Mr.. Ri
ley Peck, south First street, and
sister, Mrs. Clyde OFT and other
relatives in this community.
Our Veteran friend George W.
Gilbert, of Greencastle, called at
the News Office Monday for a
chat with the editor, and to in
cidentally advance his subscrip-
ton. He was making little
trip down in Thompson township.
Justice Of the Peace, S. w. Sal
keld, of SiXmile Run, and Mrs.
Rose Iockard, of Enid, drove to
Hiram, and came to town with
Harvey Clevenger and his sister,
Miss Marjorie, in Harvey's auto
Monday.
Harry Taylor and wife, of
Three Springs; Dyson Fraker and
wife, and Miss Emily Cromer-
all of Fort Littleton, drove down
to McConnellsburg last Sunday
in Harry's automobile and took
dinner with Mr.. and Mrs. j. H.
Covalt, north First street.
Miss Nan Dukehart, who had
been visiting in the home of Drug
gist and Mrs. Leslie w. Seylar,
returned to her home at Rouzer-
vile Monday morning. She was
accompanied to Chambersburg by
Mrs. Seylar who is spending Old
Home Week in Chambersburg the
guest of Mrs. Walter Smith.
Miss Marjorie Clevenger, of
returned to Pittsburgh
Wednesday, to keep house for
two of her brothers, E. S. and j.
l.. Clevenger. Miss Clevenger
was formerly engaged in the
bookkeeping department of the
Westinghouse Company, and re-
Gently came home for a rest.
Mr.. and Mrs. Karl Metz, of
Philadelphia, arrived in McCon-
last Saturday and reg
istered at the Fulton House. Mr.
Metz returned home Tuesday,
and Mrs. Metz is remaining a
few dayS. Mrs. Metz will be
more readily recognized by the
name Annie Prosser, a former
McConnellsburg girl.
Miss Blanche Patterson, Of
Webster Mills, accompanied an
automobile party of Chambers
burg people to Pittsburgh last
Friday, and they were all men,
oers of a house party given by
iii Fletcher, at his summer resi-
lence near thatcity. Shereturned
nome Monday after having had a
most enjoyable outing.
Mr.. Ira l.. Peck, who had been
1t Valparaiso, Ind. during the
,ast three months attending the
zig school at that place came
lome last week on account of i'll
health. He has been elected
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-03-22
NICARAGUA NEEDS THE MONEY
Secretary Knox Urges Prompt consld-
Grafton Of Loan Convention Which
Has Been Buried in Senate.

Washington.-In response to an ap.
peal from the people Of Nicaragua,
Secretary of State Knox on Sunday
cabled President Taft to urge consid-
Grafton Of the Nicaraguan loan con.
yention, which has been buried in the
senate committee on foreign relations
for more than year.
The prompt action of the United
States senate on the Nicaraguan con.
yention is anxiously and prayerfully
hoped for by the government and the
people of Nicaragua" cables Mr..
Knox. s
While was in Nicaragua but this
one request was made or me, and that
by all classes of people-'help us
maintain peace"
The secretary denies that there were
any unpleasant incidents during his
visit to Nicaragua, pronounces his re-
ception by the people and the govern
ment most cordial, and describes the
agitators against whom the govern
ment acted while he was in Managua
as anarchists" and zelayaistas, who,
IL they can get into print are willing
to talk long and fiercely.
Suspense caused by the failure of the
United States senate to act upon the
loan, declares the secretary in his dis
patch, is damaging business and Great
ing unsettled conditions generally
throughout the republic
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-03-22
GOOD IN SCHOOL GARDENS
Aside From Everything Else, They
Bring Teachers and Parents in
Closer Communication.

Where school children have been
given seeds and plants to take home
no way has been found to ascertain re-
suits except to visit the homes. Luck
lily the work provides an excuse and
warrant for this, for there is some
thing at home that belongs to the
school.
Usually teachers and pupils do not
meet under circumstances favorable
to closer and more friendly relations
the reverse is usually the case, and
the parent calls at the school. Now
the teacher calls to inspect the gar
den, an acquaintance results, with a
talk on gardening, simple but neces-
sary directions are given for garden
work, and all concerned feel better.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-03-22
WIDTH OF COUNTRY ROADS
Los Angeles Times Shows How lmper
alive Some System of Uniformity
Has Become.

Some uniform width of country
roads should be established and strict
ly adhered to on each road running
from the city to sea, or to the outer
boundaries of the county. 1t appears
that some roads on our present good
roads system vary from 40 to 100 feet.
The first figure is as much too small
as the latter is too large. 1t is indeed
unfortunate that 70 or 80 feet is not
the official width and the overhanging
portion sold and the proceeds used to
buy land to bring the minimum up to
the standard. Now that we have a
County Board of Forestry they should
be planting our chief highways, but
where shall trees be placed on a road
way varying in width from 40 to 100
feet? If long, graceful curves marked
the transition from the width to an
other the problem would easily be
solved, but logs" never!-Los An
geles Times.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-03-22
CRUISERS BEING
RUSHED TO ORIENT
THREE WARsHIPs OF PACIFIC
FLEET ORDERED TO PROCEED
TO PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
Alleged Plan Of Russia and Japan 10
Partition China Believed to Be
Cause for Order Which VIII
Place Fighting Machines In
Chinese Waters.

washington Believing that an at
tempted partition OF China by Russia
and Japan is imminent, the state de
partment on Saturday ordered the ar
mored cruisers California, South Da
kota and Colorado, the three fastes
ships in the navy, to hurry with all
speed to the Philippines. These cruis
ers, which are now at Hawaii, were
under orders to proceed to the United
States when the critical situation de
yeloped Sunday in the Orient.
1t was also announced that the ar
mored cruiser Maryland. upon which
Secretary Knox has been visiting the
west coast of Central America, has
been ordered to San Diego, Cal. 1t il
anticipated here that as soon as the
Maryland can coal at San Diego she
will be hurried after her sister ships
to the Orient.
Added to the Asiatic feet under
command of Admiral Murdoch, the ar.
mored cruiser squadron will give the
United States the largest naval repre-.
sentation in Chinese waters except
Japan.
1t is understood that the armored
cruiser Pennsylvania, the battleshiI
oregon, now at Bremerton, and the
cruisers ST. Louis and Raleigh will
soon be added to the fleet.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-03-22
The plstoms and III. Pearl.

In the opinion of many experts
pearls are the product of decay. The
free pearls found in the common
pearfbearing mollusk are little tombs
surrounding the bodies of the marine
worms known rs distomes.
In the month of August certain
mollusks are found that have num-
erous small reddish-yellow points in
the spot where pearls usually form.
Then begins the Imprisonment of the
creature. In the first stages the sur
face of the distome is sprinkled with
tiny grains of carbonate of lime.
These granulations grow and take the
form of crystals which end by form
Ing a calcareous deposit around the
creatures body. -...
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-03-22
WOMEN WILL TAKE UP ARMS.
British Suffragette Says Refusal Of
The Ballot Means Actual War
fare Between Sexes. .t.. q

London.--That actual awrIare be.
tween the sexes is not far away was
the remarkable prediction made here
Sunday by Mrs. Despard of the Wo'
mems Freedom league, who, since the
incarceration of Mrs. Emmeline Pank.
hurst, Mrs. Pethick Lawrence, Mrs.
Marshall and Mrs. luke, has assumed
the distinction of being the most
prominent suffragette out of Jail.
Mrs. Despard leads a wing of the
suffragettes that represents the half
way element between the violent mill,
tants and the 'hopefuls."
IF man refuses to recognize wo.
men as his equal in every way, war,
and bloody war at that, must result
from this inequality" declared Mrs,
Despart. Governments have been
warned, followed by long and humble
petitions and men have been be
seeched to yield to the just pleas Of
the women.
Marriage strikes on the part Of
the women may have some effect, but
l predict that the feeling of hatred
which must inevitably follow con
tinued refusal of woman's demands
for her just and equitable rights, viii
result in more direful ending.
hope these warnings which are being
made constantly now will be needed
by the legislators of England, and
other countries as we'll, before it is
too late"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-03-22
t0
nTOWNp15
M HELPS
TAKES DELIGHT IN GARDENS
Mrs. Frances Hodsson Burnett, ons
OF Those Who Seemingly Charm
the Flowers to Grow.

There are few authors who follow
their pet hobby so assiduously as does,
Frances Hodgson Burnett; and her
hobby is gardening. Her present home
at Plantdome, near Manhasset, l. l.,
is marvel Of experimentation in gar
dening.
She seems to have the ability to.
coax the most reluctant flower out of
the ground. When new seedman's
catalogue arrives, other household af-
fairs quite cease-such sordid mat,
ters as sleeping, writing books, eating
and talking shop-till the catalogue.
has been criss-crossed with approving
marks. And table conversation is like
ly to center about the gardens, as
yachtman's centers about storms and
rigging.
But her present garden is nothing
as compared with the rare old gardens
tiful old manor house, Maytham Hall,
In England. She made the most beau
tiful garden in all Kent-a county
noted for gardens.
Back of the mansion stretched old
brick walls, showing traces of ma
sorry dating as far back as 1000 A. D.
Some Of the walls were so old that
great cedars grew atop of them. Some
were tumbled down, gray, with exquis-
lite tracery of lichens. Among these
quite old walls stretched many gar
dens.
The most interesting had once been
an apple orchard. The trees had rot
ted away and the plot become tan
gled, wild back o. the beyond. Here,
decided Mrs. Burnett, she would have
a rose garden in which to write. She
planted roses, not merely in a fen
formal beds, but in masses, climbing
roses and low shrubs, making one
great blaze of color.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-03-22
MAINE FINDS RESTING PLACE.
Resurrected 5attIeship lowed From
Havana Harbor to Gulf of Mexico
and Buried In Ocean.

Havana.--Surround by Gordon
Of watercraft with halfmasted flags
bearing thousands of spectators, who
with heads uncovered, paid tribute to
her memory, the United States battle
ship Maine, her battered decks lit
tered with roses and her ensign whip
ping bravely in the breeze, slowly
dipped into the glittering waters OF
the gulf stream at exactly $3.50 Satur.
day afternoon, half paused, while the
crash of hundred guns doomed out
a farewell, then sank from sight to
the accompaniment of taps" the last
tribute paid to the dead. Her burial
marks the lapse of fourteen years
since her destruction electrified Am
erica and set afoot the clamor that
resulted in the freedom of Cuba.
The sinking of the battleship took
place in the presence of a throng esti
mated at 100000, which found view
points on the city's waterfront on
the roofs of high buildings and aboard
the half hundred vessels of all de
scriptions that went outside the three
mile limit. ......
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-03-22
Waterman Killed bx HoIdup.

Butte, Mont.-James Casey, a
Waterman. was shot and killed early
Sunday when he Interrupted the hold,
up of North Main street saloon
George Mead, with a wound in his
side, and another in his arm, was ar.
rested at hospital and is suspected
of being one of the two robbers.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-03-22
Civic Center Idea Is Old.

The civic center idea is not new. 1t
Is as old as systematized building. The
forum OF a Roman city was fanked
with its courts of justice and buildings
Of administration. The agora of Ath-
ems, as nearly as one may learn, had
Its temple and schools and courts Of
law. But in American cities only the
oldest and the newest have their pub
nc buildings so grouped that each may
pc seen by itself and yet so that all
ut into a consecutive architectural
scheme.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-03-22
Shot From Ambush.

Pittsburg, Kan-Thomas A, Butler.
professor in wood carving at the state
manual training normal school here.
was shot in the mouth and wounded
probably fatally Saturday night soon
after he had alighted from a south,
bound car near his home. About a
block from the car line two men
leaped on him from ambush, flashed
lights in his face and fired, then fled,