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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-05-17

The inheritance tax starts with
one-half Of l per cent as the basic
tax on all estates of $4,000 or less.
The remainder of the schedule Is ap-
piled to the various excesses in grad
uation as follows:
Inheritance Tax Scale.
On excess of more than $4,000, but
not exceeding S150,000, per cent.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-05-17
Most Of the asst

To her class, Philadelphia teacher
put this question: "How many kinds
of poetry are there?" "Three," replied
one pupil quickly. "What are they"
Lyric, dramatic, and epldemic."-
Puck.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-05-17
Whenever You Need General Tonic
Take Groves

The Old Standard Groves Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally valuable as a Gen.
eral Tonic, because il contains the well
known tonic properties OF QUININE and
IRON 1t acts on the Liver. Drives out
Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Builds
up the Whole System. SO cents
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-05-17
Mine Echoes Voice 16 Times.

There are many salt mines in Tran
sylvania. The ones in Marosujvar pro-
duce, says the National Geographic
Magazine, hundred million pounds of
salt year. In the one at Tordo there
is a gallery known as the Joseph gal
lery, where one may hear his voice
echoed and re-echoed 16 times.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-05-17

The purgative forces within the body
need stimulating In Spring. Wrlght's
Indian Vegetable Pills are Just the thing
to make Natures efforts easy. They are
tonic as well as laxative. ADV.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-05-17
A Severe Proposition.

what are your political sympa-
hies?"
my friend replied Senator Sor-
ghum, "out In the part of the country
where l learned the game, there is no
sympathy In politics"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-05-17

gymnasium, various social clubs, n cof-
fee house, n day nursery, etc. Jane
Addams, head Of the Hull House, was
born at Cedarvllle, Ill.,, in 1860.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-05-17
The Best Sort.

Does this new speaker have to
have someone to set him going2"
"Oh, dear, no; he's self-starter."
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-05-17

and fences. If open plumbing Is not
an American invention, It ought to be.
On any future shield of these United
States the tile bathroom and the tele-
phone instrument ought to share the
glory.-Exchange
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-05-17

Many people imagine that Worms or Tape
worm cannot be gotten rid OF entirely.
Those who have used Dead Shot"-Dr.
Peerys Vermifuge, know that they can. Adv.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-05-17

"llow Is your garden getting along"
"All right. l haven't interfcred with
It yet"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-05-17

Leather waste is an important In.
sredlent of the best grade wallpaper.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-05-17
and Women

ddney aHS az men are made miser.
'swamnS0 Sta P0bl bladder trouble. DR..
|'is 6igbPI,R the great kidney
recommended by thou
hpt So sands %ol the highest for the
3 be pst' at'ahy ny people say It has
Of eve even 'i,e m remedy needed in
sven the most distressing
IN a N soI,,d Sos and N.OO sizes. You
oot by psaInple size bottle of
nng You SIvei obo,i Post, also a PAM
Co., nDGut It. Address DR.,
cents also mention ri this T., no aaS and
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-05-17
Important 10 r1others
Diplomacy.

81 overheard Miss Oldun ask you to
guess her age. Did youy
"Yes, but l didn't tell her what
guessed. Puck.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-05-17

'>''MoRE, NO. 19--tst7.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-12
THE WAR IN PALESTINE.

The movement on foot in South Bend and throughout
the land reclaim Palestine and the Holy City OF
Jerusalem for the Jews awakens interest In the war
in that section.
There many going that this par
ticular struggle which ordinarily would awaken world
wide gets only occasional halfdozen lines in
the papers and escapes the notice Of many people al
together. II is o in dimensions and import
ance. and a crusade in true sense were any Of
medieval campaigns for the redemption OF Holy
SepuIchre from the Inddel
on Nov. I the British army occupied Beersheba. In
medatey afterward they advanced against GAIA That
historic city. reminiscent OF and the Philistnes
has fallen, with several towns the north and
east The road lies open Jerusalem less than forty
miles distant. The Turks the retreat. From
their present Of progress the British should be
complete possession OF the Holy Land before the
winter is over
once wrested from Turkey, that region, so dear TO
most Of the civilized world will hardly handed back
10 the unappreciative Turk. 1t is said that Great
Britain will be disposed it the Hebrews
Of the world. enabling them fulfill dream they
have cherished for thousands OF years-he regainng
OF national home and restoration of their ancient
capital. It would be governed, presumably, as re-
puslic, under the protection Of the allied powers
With this possibility in prospect, the Palestine
Well worth watching.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-12
NOVEMBER II, 1917.
TRENCHING ~ MACHINERY.

The civilian a soldiers main job at the front
j. digging bitches trenching spade unquestion-
ably has been used FAR than the rifle in this
underground war. Most American recruits must
nave agpred rather ruefuy the prospect Of spend
more like sewer-dgging soldering. But boys
seen likely 20 escape such fate.
An article in Field Artillery Journal tells Of the
remarkable effectiveness American witch digging
machines for this sort II work. We have engines
driven by steam gasoline, capable of excavating
quickly and accurately almost any variety Of trench
desired.
The writer tells Of machine, in common use to-
day country for ppelaying, which digs ditch
TWO feet wide and five and deep eating its
way through solid concrete paving faster than any
gang OF wOrkmen, with pipe already stretched aong
the route lay the pipe in the ditch and cover it up
surely that would be useful the front
Another machine is said form trench five and
one-half fee deep two feet the bottom ana
fourteen feet the Another digs ditch two
feet deep; another. ditch three feet
vide and twelve deep another ditch twelve feet
across the top and five and onehalf feet deep. And
,hey this the OF nine feet minute throwing
the excavated earth evenly side to form
s-ctive cover for the men in the trench.
They can be used in almost any kind OF soil except
oozy mud solid rock, and some of them will climb
grades steep thirty per cent.
liberal use OF these machines at the front should
aid enormously the efficiency Of releasing
for lighting large numbers of who otherwise
would be employed mere laborers
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-12
Other Editors Than Ours
BETTER SCHOOLS.
springfield Republican }

When people dissatisfied with any form Of ser
vice they getting. there is fairly sure way to
Improve it. And that is pay it, When you
pay a cheap price you get cheap article When you
are willing to pay for good goods you stand a better
chance OF getting them
OF course money needs TO be spent with dscrmina-
tom II be thrown away in the school business as
well in anything else If a school board does not
know its business good teaching from
it will be useless increase a school appropria-
ton. But any school board will tell you that good
teachers always leaving because they can get more
pay elsewhere If We could keep our promising young
teachers along and advance them as they were able
20 more great improvement could be made in
schools
OF course most feel that they are spending IN
to the limit for their schools would be good
policy TO look ahead in broad way and spend even
beyond that limit But il might possible to make
the voters il in that light. However the people who
complain about education should favor refus-
ing teacher salary advances the moment she begins
20 be competent
The fundamental trouble with education is not the
individual teacher. There a great many bright peo-
pie in the business and they very conscientious
earnest and hard working class in the Also
they far better educated and trained their work
than before. While there are occasional cases
where pull and favoritsm places for inferior
teachers. yet a whole depends on good
teaching ability Insofar schools connect
With life, the trouble is far reaching goes down
10 foundations.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-12
TIE PRESIDENT WAS RIGHT.

Two years ago phase Of Pres't Wilson's policy
so bitterly attacked as his action in Mexico great
many people honestly felt that it futile and
cowardly. Yet do you notice how quietly things
going across the Grande. and how the principles
that Mr. Wilson worked gradually being vindi-
Gated?
II was . bad mess. and any president that had TO
handle such a tangle would make blunders Had some
men been running things, would have involved
in a war costing US tens thousands of by the
time Germany defed Then would have been
worse of than now. with hands.
Pres't Wilson took the position that Mexico should
De allowed to work her salvation, and the
principles by so-ealled consttuuonast party
were correct time would make their force felt
Il seems to be working way.
our erswhile terror. Francisco Villa has very much
subsidized. lie has but fragment OF bandits
following him. and has ceased be important
factor The military chiefs have had to bow to Mr..
who while proud and stubborn possessed
OF typical Spanish faults the strongest man Mex
today. TIe least has high ideals of education and
democratic rights. and he is gradually working them
out
Recent reports show that foreign business men are
coming again that things gradually quietng
down q normal basis The Carranza government
shows a more friendly attitude toward US. The out
look before wilson's ends. Mexico
viii have reached enduring basis than 81 ever
was under Diaz thus showing the essential soundness
o the Wilson policy.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-12

choked our canary & it was jest
lerning TO sing luvly. she sed.
He cant choke me. / sed. * then
I looked hard at his stummick &
hit him on the noas. like Pa toald
me 20 do when | had 10 dee-fend
myself, it worked fine. d, he cried,
too.
What a brutal Httel savage yure
child is. sed Missus Sims. He dee
serves a sound spanking, witch is
sumthing 1 dare say he newer gets,
she sed. must be going. she sed.
= she went & took Stivesant with
her.
Ma was sorry I hit him. but
aint sorry, this is war times &
everybody has got 10 do sumthing
10 show thare spunk, Pa sed. Bob
bic. sed Pa. now that we are in the
jam. have a clout for Unkel Sam.
sed Pa.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-12
LITTLE BOBBIE'S PA.
By William l.. Kirk.

a little fresh guy was oaver TO
our house yesterday, his ma fetched
him & she dident keap him thare
long. His naim was Peter Stivesant
Sims, he calm of a old family, he
sed.
L calm a old family too, I sed.
my grand father was 9S years old
wen ne died, I sed, x then he
wddent have died only he fell off Of
a bridge wen he was cumming ho~..
from the Elks meeting. 1 sed.
My crate grandfather helped Mr..
Washington saiv the nashun, sed
Peter. he used to sweep out the val
ley at Valley Forge. he sed.
My CRATE grandfather wuddent do
no sweeping. / sed he was a Mint
Man, he killed a Injun every minnit,
1 sed.
I doant care, sed Peter. my father
can lick yure father in a stand up
fife.
Ha. Ha, sed Pa. wen I toald him
that. Ia, Ha, the innocens of child
hood. sed Pa. every littel child
thinks his father is the best filter
in the wurld Let the littel fellow
think what he pleeses, Bobbie. sed
Pa. never mind telling him my
record. sed Pa. He is too yUng TO
understand such things.
Littel Stivesant is vary quaint
child. sed Missus Sims, he is vary
old for his yeers. lige a old maid,
sed she. He often maiks me wunder
AT his deep intelleck. she sed. / am
afrade he is lerning too fast at
skool. The teechers say he is ter
ribul brite she toald Ma.
/ guess beeing brite does seem
terribul to sum teechers. sed Ma.
one OF Bobbie's teechers toad him
the other day that CORVALLIS felt
/ awful bad wen he SURRENDERED "a
| General Lee. sed Ma. I think IL is
too bad that all teechers are not
capabbel. sed Ma. Wen I went 10
skool thay was vary careful who
thay hired for teechers.
Little Peter is a hard child 70
understand. sed Missus Sims. He is
quite a dreemer. I think wen he
grows up he will be eether a CRATE
playrite or a policeman. she sed
Look al his dreemy eyes, she sed "a
Ma.
He is such q plump little rascal
sed Ma. that / can hardly see his
ewes.
Indeed. sed Missus Sims. my child
has butiful eyes Thay are a deer
blue. she sed. almost black.
| can give YOU 8 black eve. SEQ
Peter TO me
Yure another. ! sed.
What spirited littel men, set
AIissus sims We must not let then
engage in a fte. my iittel Stivesani
has feendish temper. she sed Hc
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-12
MERCANTILE EFFICIENCY
cleveland Plain-DeaIer.O

American merchants making good progress in
saving man-power The commercial economy board
ha4 just reported the results several months effort
eliminate unnecessary work along with
fewer employees Its recommendations have been adopt
cd IN 169 cities and towns with population O more
than 100000 people.
IN % cities with population of 3.226.0O0 the mer-
chants have reduced their deliveries day per
route; in FIVE cities. with population OF 593 O0O they
have reduced deliveries a day in the central
section and day in the suburbs cities with
La population OF $4,000 they have reduced them all
70 day. and in % cities, with population of
5ESs00O. they have greatly reduced the labor and cost
o. distribution b. making charges for deliveries In
many cities the time limit for the return of goods
has reduced thereby reducing the work OF the
selling and bookkeeping forces, with consequent
economy in the number of employees.
Cooperative delivery has made little Roadway as yet
except in of the smaller cities. When the de-
partment OF big cities together
plan. there will be big saving in this
J ordinary such efforts would with re-
sstance because ordinarily there a surplus OF man
power and woman-power wanting work. Now a
situation precisely the opposite. sveTy Of
economizing energy time is hailed sat
isfaction. ~he displaced employees easily md jobs
good better -he merchants expenses through
added efficiency. And-n theory. least-they pass
the saving their customers in lower prices than
they would otherwise De obliged 70 charge That
pensates the 1ubc for loss OF the old special
lver<~nrss
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-12
The POINT OF CONTACT.

Since our expediuonary forces suffered their first
casualties the front there speculation
to their location the direction of any
future drive they will make. Secy Baker asked
the other day whether it would be proper reveal
the specific occupied by troops and their
precise point of contact with the Germans.
The Germans will know the point of contact when
we hit them" the reply.
And we can afford to let it go at that So far we
haven't hit them. A handful of Americans, placed in
exposed part of frs-lne trench merely for train
ing purposes. caught and overwhelmed by su-
perior numbers They gave good account of them
selves but it wasn't real fighting When the lighting
does start it will be at their own time and place on
their own terms And the Germans will know when
IL starts
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-12
TIE stars issfH@ b~i as=ss~supsr
HOROSCOPE
MONDAY. NOV. 4. ts1.

This should be rather favorabls
day. since Neptune and Jupiter ruls
strongly for good
Il should be fortunate for clergy
men and they should hnd that sue
cess attends philanthropic appeals
Warning is given. however. thas
exposure OF misuse OF funds raised
by relief work viii have a bad e.-
feet upon the public
II is fairly favorable day fo-
journeys by sea and a promisine
sign IS seen for commercial enter
prises that are soon 10 be launch
ed
owing 20 the sway ministers
should be more than usually elo-
quent today
The death OF a famous army Of
hcer Of the United states army ID
prognosticated.
Military glory for a man who has
held "a legislative office has been
foretold
Under this sway prescience OF
psychic power is likely 20 be keen
er than during other condgura
tons
AstroIOsers still see little sign O.
heavy losses Of our men in tho
great war
Mines come under "a government.
OF planets that is exceeding dis
quieting, for strikes and riots ia
which lives are lost have been
again prognosticated.
Weather that is unusually change
able is foreshadowed for the win
ter and high winds will bo very
| prevalent.
Trouble with the teeth viii like
" be more than commonly appar-
| ent, as the stars indicate NEURALGIA.
/ assesses and other maladies.
The planets are read az gfvinsz
hint of a growth OF arrogance
among the newly made military
men that may lead 20 serious re-
suits.
/ Persons whose birthdate il y
should be careful OF conduct with
/ the opposite sex. Business affairs
should be satisfactory.
Children born on this day will -
fond OF pleasure and company. bur
/ will probably succeed IN business a.
well as social affairs
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-12
ROTTED POTATOES AGAIN.

one Of the reasons why potatoes have cheapened
50 much the plentiful crop promised has been re-
veaIed in q brief news item from Chicago
More than i've hundred carloads OF po-
tatoes. most OF them frozen. rotted and unfit
FOR consumption. were discovered in Chicago
freight yards today according to police re-
ports. The destination cards had been removed
and detectives . far have en- unable 20
terTnine the consignees"
This looks like crooked work. the very least Il
IS criminal careessness To permit food spoil such
quantities az a time when the vital interests the
nation demand the conservation OF every
stun is little less than II seems tncompre-
hensible many potatoes should get lost,
where world. and DE rebound until they are
ruined II they were deliberately allowed spoil as
part speculative campaign boost the price the
remaining crop. guilty persons should DC found and
punished. lt was mere carelessness the negligent
persons should be punished There has been mucn
thing
'rhe onense IS aggravated by the fact. that while
these potatoes rotting the were held idle
instead OF being for other purposes Conservation
less thsn conservation of
fsSs.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-12
ONCE OVERS
LETTING THE KIDS GROW.

tCOpyrlght, 1910
What are you doing TO keep your
young people i'm the home?
Are you driving them 10 thoughts
of getting out and away from par
entail control by your arbitrary dis
cipHne?
DO you realize that the children
are growing up and developing each
an individuality?
What are you doing 20 cultivate
that particular bent which is differ
eut in each child
Just because you could never
memorize anything accurately your
self you think. you are sure that il
would be impossible for Ted TO do
so. and so you are going TO keep
telling him SO till he loses faith in
himself, are you?
You never had patience enough 10
De a good teacher yourself, so you
are trying 10 prevent Jane from tax
ing a normal course.
You just never could speak in
public. so YOU are sure sonny is not
cut cut for a lawyer who could Try
cases.
DO not fool yourself. old man with
the crouch.
You are a croaker all right, out
YOU understand nothing which has
not come within the range OF your
experience. and that experience
seems 10 be limited.
Give the young folk enough free
dom TO grow Inspirations OF their
own and try TO carry them out or
they all viii leave YOU high and dry
som . dav
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-12

Mothers of sons Mothers of Sons,
DO you hear the
The terrible guns that believing death
With every breath?
oh, why you sending your precious
sending the hell OF
To the duties bore them for
The duty doing what in their sight
Seems just right
The duty OF helping the fainting souls
To find new courage gain their goals
the duty cutting before fun
The harvest of tares. by tyranny
wedding its tangle of roots all out
- again may a stalk Of il sprout.
Though may fall and hearts sorrow.
We helping the a fairer
a longest, here but span
endless the life OF the spirit Of
And the growth Of soul through deeds of worth
Is purpose of life earth.
Better die young fOs a a creed
a satisfied slave of greed
counted the cost told them
price pay for their value know.
But through the ocean of blood there
whoever follows his highest thought
Shall Gods harbor of peace be brought
Mothers sons Mothers Of Sons.
Friends Enemies. Allies Huns
God viii take of your precious ones.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-12
THE MELTING POT
"Come Take Pot Luck With Us"
THE ELEPHANT.


he elephants a beauty, and
o
a hundred has
Though equipped him with considerable
lie o believing all lie
elephants a quadruped of altitude heft,
i therell
lie
should tickle foolshly his funny hide;
his wrath his indignation,
lie the well
elephant an friendly
wide west,
In such a yawnng cavity, generously spaced,
hardly think slightest
still the elephant a whimsical delight
helping patrons peanuts
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-12
The american anthem
Attractions and inspirations of stauay ball in the capitol at
Washngon-What its figures recall and what they teach
BY GARRETTP. SERVlSS

WASHINGTON. Nov. 11.-One of
the sights of Washington best calcu-
lated to appeal to the patriotic, if
not so much to the artistic, sense
OF all Americans is Statuary hall in
the capital 1 have watched large
parties Of tourists being bundled
through this remarkable place by a
guide and, although he told them
in rapid. sing song, many interest
ing things, / felt that they were
missing the real benefit of such a
visit.
1t is a place for meditation, not
for hasty sightseeing. and the
echoes worth listening 70 in il are
those thar come from the lips of
the marble effigies Of great Ameri-
cans Of the past, not those that
can be produced by standing in a
corner and whispering against the
wall.
Yet l am sure that a great many
visitors carry away from this his
toric hall no impression so strong
as that produced by its curious
acoustic Qualities, like Alpine tour
lists who. having penetrated in the
valley of Lauterbrunnen TO the
feet OF the marvellous Jungfrau.
surrounded by her piercing
guardians i'm their glittering armor
of eternal ice. have nothing more
wonderful 10 tell of the adventure
than that the sound Of horn blown
under those mighty walls awakens
a dozen successive echoes, their
minds not being large enough 20
grasp the -ignificance Of the mighty
walls themselves
Nobody, on entering Statuary hall
for the first time, can help being
little startled by the crowded circle
Of statutes in the round chamber,
rather duskily lighted by a circular
hole in the dome, like the Roman
pantheon. Some OF them look gi-
gantic at first view and seem ad-
vnncing upon you from among the
columns. with uplifted arms and
threatening brows.
They tower on their high pedes-
tails, exhibiting all the crudities and
incongruities of 18th and 18th cen
fury clothes carved In classic white
marble They furnish an everlsst-
ing encOmium upon the Greeks and
Romans for not having worn trous-
ers. In that way they are an Oh
ject- lesson ard study in the
aesthetics of dress. Yet. OF course
history and pOrtraieure demsn% real
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-12

Wisconsn's governor may appoint L. S. senator to
succeed Hustng and the whole nation will be interest
ed in seeing whether he picks out mate or a check
mate 10 La Toilette. It's responsibility for gov
ernor who wants the job for himself. later on