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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-06-15
REALTY MEN AIDED BY WAR
Millions Are Being Spent 70, New
York Rentals N Place Of Going
70 Europe.

After balancing fall rental accounts
recently brokers throughout the ultra
fashionable district estimated that
more than SlOOOO.OOO wiz be paid Tor
Manhattan homes during the coming
season BY families that usually make
their abodes in Europe. the New YORK
World states Their aggregate nv.
ing expenses for the year are placed
near S5G.0OOO00. most OF which will
be spent IN New York
More than $500 such families have
rented apartments or private dwell.
ings during the past few months
The have paid an average OF 81. ,OU
yearly rental, some paving as high as
s2N.OO0 Their competition for lux
urious living quarters has forced nor
NAL prices 10 the highest levels on rec
ord and old families that have been
10 the habit OF renting costly mes
by the wear OF Tor the social season.
nave had 10 raw fancy figures
This was illustrated recently when
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-06-15
She Didn't Smile.

The young woman had speht busy
day.
She had browbeaten IA salespeople,
bullyragged fioorwalker. argued vic.
toriously with milliner, laid down the
law to a modiste. nipped in the bud
taxi chauffeur's attempt to overcharge
her. made a street car conductor stop
the car in the middle of block for
her, discharged her maid and engaged
another, and otherwise refused to al
low herself to be imposed upon.
Yet she did not smile that night
when young man begged:
Let me be your protector through
life!"-Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-06-15

know OF her attempt to forestal him
In the getting" OF Hampden. She
saw her chance TO gain his gratitude
by her gift drifting away. Also the
revelation OF her lawyers perfidy was
mighty blow.
"EIampden." she said unsteadily.
you're the coarsest beast | kuow!"
IAN right. But amt that what It's
all fer7 To lay me as a burnt offerin'
at his feet--a sacrifice to win his
mincin' lover Didn't you say you'd
marry him? Amt l heard It right
an left?"
mol" cried Poppy. red with rage
under Sandry's astounded eyes. mol
never didi"
"Yesl" cried Siletz ringingly. you
did You said when Sandry was dy.
ing that you we're his promised wife"
In the hush that followed, intensi-
fed by the dropping brands from the
huge pine which was now but black
ened, pronged shape in the thickening
smoke, there fell upon their ears
sound as incongruous with the strained
moment as could be imagined
II was & shower of notes. high,
sparkling. thrilling. that seemed To
fall like drops OF diamond through the
nurky canopy Tney came up from
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-06-15
CHAPTER xviii.
Fires Within Fire.

EWGo w lAlllU FilCs
So II was a double burden that the
great black horse carried into the
mystery OF the shrouded country
Hatred was like a wall between them
and Poppy's fingers, clinging perforce
to Siletz' shirt, twitched with desire.
How short a distance to the packet in
the bagging blousel
So they rode with smarting eyes
and aching lungs, down into a dim val
ley and up again. between fires under
mighty, towering trunks, tottering to
their fall. They passed the high spine
Of the Hog Back, a majestic crown
against the smoke, and threaded the
ruins Of the forest. At last they saw
great fires ahead and men running
among them.
Where is sandry?" Siletz asked,
unabashed. Of a soldier.
Don't know Haven't seen him for
hours He hurried on and the girl
rode along the line where a hundred
men we're laboring with ak and spade
and blanket The wind had dropped
and they we're working north and
south. trying to bottle up a roaring
cross-cut OF a valley. Scattered
throughout the hills in squads, obey
ing the orders sent down from time
to time b. the ranger and his aids,
who patrolled the ridges with field
glasses, they worked like a great ma
chine. though they saw no farther
than their own trench, their own line
OF back-dre their own stretch of
felled pines.
But work as they would at the base
OF the high, massed peaks. Destiny
was about ready for her grand coup
at the fortunes Of the DiIlingworth,
and she snatched a streamer from
cross-canyon and shot 1t, high across
line and back.hre and trench into the
dry pines on that slope. Also she had
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-06-15
Why Not?

why did you strike this man?"
asked the judge sternly.
HE called me liar, your honor"
replied the accused.
rs that true?" asked the judge, turn
ing to the man with the mussed-up
face.
Sure It's true" said the accuser. Il
called him liar because he is one. and
! can prove IT,"
What have you to say to that?"
asked the Judge of the defendant.
It's got nothing to do with the case.
your honor" was the unexpected re-
ply. Even II am liar guess I've
got a right to be sensitive about 1t,
amt II"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-06-15
Spray Keeps OF enemles.

Many Vi tue uOpltai specles OF a
slugiise mollusk lonchldiumj. found
On tne rocks Delweeu tue marks nave
The Dack studded WIN eyes. and are
al the same ume provided with yer,
efficient spraying apparatus which u
used WIN effect TO repel the attacks
VI that very remarkabie creature the
walking nsb iperlOphthalmusi
Mun DulgIng eyes thus creature for
several nOurs dally leaves It's native
element aud hunts along the strand Tor
insects and 'onchlniums u the Iat
,ei see nlm coming they ward on nls
sIiack D, means oi the acld spray.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-06-15
The Answer.

"Mr. Interlocutor," said the END
man at the Commuterville Amateur
Minstrel show, q want to ask you a
question
Very well, Mr.. Bones. What is your
question:"
why does the railroad company al
ways pick out single men for con-
ductors and brakemen?"
Before ! answer your question. Mr..
Bones" replied the interlocutor. I'D
like to ask you one. How dc you
know that the railroad company al.
ways selects single men for conductors
and brakemen?'
Because no married man would
ever dare to slam a door the way
those fellows do"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-06-15

sent an hour before, a tall, lone spiral
into the dun heavens from the very
heart Of the spared timber behind the
log Back. That spiral had caught the
eye Of Walter Sandry. working with
his waning strength north on the east
slope. For how many hours be did
not know, he had neither eaten nor
slept But still he went with the
spirit that would not quit so long as
another stayed at his post
III the rains would only comet" he
thought as he struggled upward, ITS
nearly time for them. II they would
only bring their first showers now!"
The roar Of the new dre-a solitary
pine that went. up like a huge grace
ful torch-wGs In his ears. its light
before him.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-06-15
"MetaphYslclaness."

Sary Milford appears to have had a
weakness for coming words with un.
necessary female examinations On one
occasion she writes about "a young
cr'oture full of grace and beauty liv.
ing IN London like hermitess and
teaching her little brothers Greek. 4"
and elsewhere she tells of "a most
elegant young woman, negotiatrx OF
the forgeries. Worst OF all ia a pas.
sage in letter to Sir William Elford.
in which she says: u believe. my
dear Sir William. that you will not
need one to come from the grave to
inform you that ! am metaphysician.
ess lis there such worldly"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-06-15
MINK HAS VARIED TALENTS
Web Footed Animal Can Climb Trees
and CO Fishing. Also ls
Valuable Prey

Very talented Is the animal He
can climb trees like squirrel swim
like 6sh dig like a mole ana XIII
chickens ike d weasel IN addition
he is endowed with an unusually nne
FUR which makes hlm valuable prev
for the hunter he IS more or less CON
mon along Woodland streams. and al.
together TOO common IN the neignDor.
hood of the farmers poultry yards.
We call him the mink
Although be can dig as good a bur.
row as any other animal. the mink
sometimes chooses TO steal musk
rats hnme rather than build one Tor
himself. q writer IN the Philadelphia
North American states To avoid fu.
ture trouble with the ousted nuskrst.
the mink Kills and eats him
Usually he prefers To make nis
home along he hanks OF q stream or
Al the tool OF q waterfall Sometimes
when hiS taste Tor poultry becomes
cultiya'ed ma will establish n,mse.I
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-06-15

had come a lone, swift drift OF smoke
was rolling, sent out like current
from some newly fired cross-canyon.
Its low-lying pail formed a bewider-
ing mystery to anyone save native
Of the hills. woman on foot would
never reach camp through its binding
darkness.
Long Siletz sat turned in her saddle
and looked at II. Then a thought Of
Sandry and his standards pierced tho
emotions that dominated her Theis
was but one thing 70 10.
Come up" she said at last, "Ill
have to take you"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-06-15

under the farmer barn to be near ms
food supply lie can track bis prey
like q hound Besides poultry he has
a taste for rats mice FISH and frogs
10 ana MIN M MS usnmg the mnK
has partly webbed leet Ills sharp
claws help him in climbing trees and
sometimes he will attack birds in theg
nests lie is a little more than twelve
inches long has L dark brown lur and
light spot on his throat Before
seolskin hecame popular a single skin
OF the mink was worth from $40 To Sl2.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-06-15
PLEASED THE wooDPEcXER
Bird Takes Kindly to Tin Barricade
Erected Against Its
PecklnDs.

Mrs. John Pozer OF Main street,
Newton, N. j., feared that fine shade
tree on her lawn would be killed by a
wocdpecker that appeared there every
day and pecked away at hole which
he was making larger and larger
Therefore she had her husband tack
a sheet of tin over the hole when the
bird was absent.
Refusing to be discouraged and pre-
tending he does not know the differ.
ence, the woodpecker now goes to
the tree every day and pecks away
Ike a trip hammer on the tin sheet
The neighbors are nearly crazy with
the noise. and there is law against
killing woodpeckers.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-06-15
Preposterous Notion.

"a man with your responsibilities
ought not to spend an afternoon at
the baseball park without making
some arrangements so you can be
communicated with when there is an
important deal on foot"
"And perhaps be interrupted just
when one of our players knocks
three-bagger and ties the gamer" re-
piled the ardent fan. 81 wouldn't
think of taking chance like that"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-06-15
Nothinu TO Lose,

81 suppose you are planning TO go
to Europe, like everybody else. after
the war is over?"
We'll. no. haven't made any such
announcement to my friends"
"Why don't you? 1t won't cost you
any more than 1t will two-thrds of the
other people who say they are going to
Europe after the war is over"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-06-15

Mrs Nelson W. Aldrich, wife OF the
late senator from Rhode Island ana
closely related by marriage to the
Rockeiellers. paid al the rate uf slUU
day more than SSO.OOO year. tor
MRS kingsands furnished home on
the northeast corner OF Fifth avenue
aud Forty sixth street. for the winter
season Mrs Kingsland herself leases
It under longterm contract from VII
nam waldorf Astor similar rental
IS being paid for the Judson Todd
home.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-06-15
Tree owns Itself.

There is a tree in Athens. Ca. which
owns Itself II has deed to eight
leet OF ground on all sides OF its
trunk
The tire formerly was owned by W.
II, Jackson, To prevent its ever be
ing cut down. MIR Jackson executed a
deed making the tree owner OF the
ground around II.
This deed is on tile in Athens Il
is the only one Of It's sort in the
world
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-06-15
CHAPTER xxx.
The slan Of the sIIetz.

iHS Sl9l W AlC SlGhNs
1t was Poppy orway who struck the
gun from Hampden's hand. sending it
flying among the ferns
Wen have no murder here!" she
cried,
Sandy looked at Hampden for one
Heeting second as he laid his gun be-
side him
III you move one MUSCLE" he rasped
harshly, "Ill kill you on the spot"
Then he eased the slight form OF the
Preacher down upon the deep pine
needles.
Just above the heart blood was pour.
ing from the shabby habit Sandry
tore It away, to find a clean small hole
in the white skin, which was fine and
delicate as womans The ball had
gone straight through. tearing a huge
ragged aperture where It emerged in
the back from which the red stream
flowed in a food.
Cloth" cried Sandy. give mo
cloth"
His voice broke the spell that bound
Siletz and she sprang forward. tear
ing her garments, ripping ont OF her
breast some mysterious womanly yes.
ture that was white and soft.
"Oh, my God above the seal" she
was crying with gasping sobs. Lord
OF the heavensl Spare him! Spare
him!" And only Poppy ordway saw
the packet which tumbled UNDECIDED
to the ground With one catlike. grace
ful movement she threw herself for,
ward, snatched 1t up and hid It in her
otvp bpenu,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-06-15
ThrashIna Them Out.

Mrs. Boardman Hartman said at
mothers meeting in Brooklyn:
81 am opposed to parental cruelty
Childhoods spirit should not be
crushed. But ! am opposed to child
spelling, too.
I'm short, believe that, II son
begins to SOW wild oats. his parents
should begin thrashing."
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-06-15
Purity and Crime.

This is a striking piece of sculp.
ture. Let's see what the title is"
"Well?"
ITS called PURITY and is dated
'19O6!'"
That isn't complete"
"No?"
THE full title should be. Purity, Az
She Appears Under Ten Years Accu-
mutation of Soft Coal SCOT. "
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-06-15
Her Reply,

I'VE started housekeeping on fifteen
dollars n week"
IF you we're to try that now. ma,
you and pa would starve to death be-
fore your HONEYMOON was over"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-06-15
Territory unsxnlnred.

In Arabia there is tract OF unex-
plored territory nearly five times the
area OF Great Britain. while nearly
quarter OF Australia awaits the inves
tigation OF civilized man.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-06-15
Women EXECUTIVES IN sweden.

Fifty women take an active part In
the municipal governments OF 5wed
ish cities. Seven OF them are busy IN
Stockholm.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-06-15

A womans idea of wasted energy is
telling a secret about person no one
is interested in.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-06-15

Musical apparatus within the han
die of new fan plays as the fan is
waved.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-06-15
GALL STONES
ELIMINATED

Nine years ago while under treatment
Of my physician, he advised me that il
would be necessary to perform an opera
ton for Gall Stones, or l would never
get well. procured DIR. Kilmer's
Swamp Root and after taking eight bot.
ties was entirely cured. Am glad to say
that ] have never had return Of this
trouble and would gladly recommend
Swamp-Root TO anyone 80 troubled.
Yours truly,
JAS. G.. INGRAM,
Cordele, Georgia.
Sworn TO and subscribed before me this
10th day Of February, 1915.
E. +. TISON, Notary Public,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-06-15
Prove What Sw.mp-Root win Do For Yos

Send ten cents TO DR.. Kilmer & Co,
Binghamton, N. Y, for a sample size bot
nation, telling about the kidneys and blad.
der. When writing, be sure and mention
this paper. Regular fifty-cent and one.
dollar size bottles for sale at all drug
stores.-Adv.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-06-15

A woman will believe anything a
man tells her If he puts it in letter.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-06-15

A French scientist has Invented q
microscope using x.rays.
The Washington herald., 1916-11-27
Three OLD VETS" We'd
At CONFEDERATE Home
Lonely Widows Become Brides of Men
Who Fought Under Lee.

Special Cable 10 he Washington Herald.
Gulfport, Miss. Nov. &.-lR three small
rooms overlooking the Gulf 81 Mexico and
lawn upon which Jefferson Davis strolled
in his last years. three old couples-just
married-have started housekeeping
anew. The youngest bride is 64 years Of
age; the youngest bridegroom is a. The
three couples staged a triple wedding.
Each participant had been married be-
fore
The brides and bridegrooms were in
mates of the Jefferson Davis Beauvoir
Soldiers Home.
Elnathan Tart. superintendent Of the
home. was informed that three lonely
veterans and three lonely widows wanted
10 marry. They blushingly agreed TO a
triple ceremony and II was held on the
wide porch OF the old Davis mansion.
The aggregate number of years lived by
the six participants Is 121.
w. H. Benton, age "a. took as his bride
Mrs Sarah Cronkhite, aged s.. J. V.
Schillinger. age rs. married Mrs. Alice
Weeks. age "a, J. l. Rickitts, age "a. was
welded to Mrs. Rebecca Rivers, age s..
Both Mr.. Benton and his wife have been
married twice before. Mr.. Schillinger was
a one-time widower; Mrs. SchilIinger has
buried two husbands. Mr.. and Mrs Rick
tits have each been married once before.
Mrs. Rickitts' frst husband died at Beau
voir.
The Washington herald., 1916-11-27
ANACOSTIA TO BE HOST
AT HOMECOMING WEEK

Anacostia will advertise its progress
sive community and many recent i'm
provements by celebrating '.Home-com-
ing Week" in Masonic Hall, Fourteenth
and streets, Anacostia, December 5
and 6.
Entertainments will be given under the
auspices of Emmanuel Episcopal Church
for the benefit of Esther Memorial
Church, Congress Heights; st. Teresa's
and Emmanuel churches, Anacostia; {;
Troops 4S and so, Boy Scouts. and the
Boys of the Liberty League.
Music, impersonations. limitations, a
sketch. minstrel show, instrumental duets
and classic singing will feature the en-
tertainment. On the program are such
well-known entertainers as Edwin Cal
low. Allie Fennell, Arthur Pierce,
Charles Stevens, Maud Fellheimer and
George O'Conner. There will be dancing
each night.
William J. Latimer is chairman of the
entertainment committee
The Washington herald., 1916-11-27
Ode to the Ageless Dollar.

Friend Dollar. whom salted when my
life was in its prime.
Your earning power goes on and on, un-
checked by march of time.
Ny strength has waned. my back Is bent,
nay pep" has oozed away.
Yet you keep toiling blithesomely two
dozen hours a day.
Your arteries don't harden, and your eye
sight doesn't fail.
With youth that is eternal you go piling
up the kale!
I worked for you when I was young
when locks entwtned my brow
Since age has made me bald and gray
you're working for me nowI
Your children-they are legion-an are
working for me, too
Though born a few years later, they're
no youthfu!er than you!
You even have Erandchildren-dollars
earned by dollars earned
Yet stirl you are young as when my
youths mad fires burned.
I'm glad worked and got you'll am
gladder still that
Put you where you worked for me as
years went heeting by.
Your brothers that threw away or
boarded in a sock
think with abject shame of them, an
idle, shiftless flock!
Some day I'll have to quit my job; they'll
lay me on the shelf.
Then those who do not know will say:
Poor guy! He needs the pelfr'
But will chuckle in my throat and Choir
tie in my glee,
For shall know you're working stin to
earn my keep for me.
| need not freeze. need not starve be-
cause my Job is gone
In that well-managed savings bank you'n
still be delving on.
And all the family you've raised will
ever. ever be
At work with cheerful loyalty to raise
more coin for mel
.-stickland Gillian. In Lesiie,s.
The Washington herald., 1916-11-27
SEEKING 'HEAVY Ones
HE TOSSES OUT SI53
Woman Who Aids in Quest Of Money
Later Is Arrested.

Special 10 The washington Herald
New York, Nov. 8.-Eckel Goldstein, q
merchant, told In the Passaic Police
Court yesterday how II cost him just
yl5s to change from light to heavy "ones'
when the recent cold wave struck town.
TT was pretty cold" said Goldstein,
s.and / decided Il was time for the
heavy ones When went to the ward
robe for the underwear q piece Of crump-
led paper fell TO the floor. and threw
IL out. A short time later my wife be-
came all excited because she could not
find S15s she had left in the wardrobe
We decided had thrown II out OF the
window"
Mrs Barbara Fisher, who lives in the
neighborhood. aided in the search. The
next day she was arrested for intoxica-
ton and so bill was found In her stock
Ing,
Mrs. Goldstein heard Of the arrest and
learned other things. with the result that
she had Mrs. Fisher arrested and charged
with stealing the s153. When arrested the
woman had another $50 bill In her pos
session. Judge Costello held her in 500
bail.
The Washington herald., 1916-11-27
For Higher Salaries.

A week ago today The Washing
ton Herald inaugurated, through its
news and editorial columns, a cam
paign designed to awaken members
of Congress to the urgent need for
considering at the earliest date pos
sible the necessity for increasing the
salaries of government employees to
meet the new demands of the higher
cost OF living.
Although the dissemination of in
formation concerning the subject has
been in progress only one week, the
campaign has met with marked sue
cess and daily has gained impetus
Scores of letters promising support
have been received, a number of civic
organizations already have joined the
movement and the government en-
ployes themselves have taken steps
to present their plea for higher sal
aries to Congress in a businesslike
way and with the least possible de-
lay.
But perhaps the most encouraging
signs have been those contained in
expressions of the opinions of men,
bers of Congress, notably Represent
atives Nolan, of California, and
Rodenberg, of Illinois. Representa-
tive Nolan has declared, that regard
less of the other fights that may be
made in Congress on behalf of gov
ernment employees, he intends to pro-
cure passage of the Nolan bill provid-
ing for minimum wage of S. a day
for all workers on the government
pay roll. Representative Rodenberg
has stated:
"The action of the United States
Steel Corporation in voluntarily in
creasing the wages of its vast army
of employees 50 1-3 per cent during the
year 1916 in order to enable these en-
ployes to meet the increased cost of
living should have the effect of caus-
ing the present Congress to consider
favorably and without delay, the just
and reasonable demands of govern
ment employees for an increase in
their Compensation.
There has been no readjustment
of Uncle Sans salary scale in fifty
years. That scale is mildewed with
injustice and inequality, and is mon
une2t to penury and parsimony. No
government employe is ever overpaid
and 90 per cent of them are always
underpaid."
, The positions taken by Mr.. Nolan
and Mr.. Rodenberg may be accepted
as guarantee that the fight for
higher salaries will be fathered BY
able champions and courage may be
found in the fact that in this fight