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The Wrangell sentinel., 1917-02-22
A SOUND SLEEP.
Story of . courier's Experiences In the
 Crimean War.

Speeding along together in a mo- torcar, two officers, a Frenchman and a Russian, recently fell into cony ersation concerning the Cri- mean war in the fifties, in which the grandfa thers of both had been en- gagged.
 My grandfather was in Sebasto- pol" said the Russian, ''but only for short time. He was sent north to Moscow with dispatches for the czar. Such journey as he had There were no railroads, and he drove and rode all he way, night and day, at full speed, for the dis patches were urgent. He slept rid ing and he slept driving. He be- came so exhausted he could sleep anywhere. Once he awoke and re- covered himself just as he was fall ing out of the sledge and found the driver asleep, too. and the horses going ahead at full speed, so that he would never have been missed and would have soon frozen to death in the road. At last, after a terrible journey, he reached Moscow and the palace and was taken at once to the ear. He saluted, handed him the dispatches and immediately lurched back against the wall and fell asleep standing.
 Presently the ear turned to him to ask him a question and saw that he was asleep. It was mon- strous offense, but Nicholas was not angry. He spoke kindly to my grandfather first; then loudly and sharply. He touched him. He shook him, my grandfather did not wake. The czar reflected a moment, then he leaned close and shouted at his ear, Your honor, the horses are readyv
 My grandfather walked and sprang upright in an instant. It was the one call he would have heard-that he had been hearing for eight days. He was abashed and alarmed when he realized that he had indeed slept in the imperial presence, an unheard of affront to majesty, but the czar only laughed and bade him go home and rest. He thanked him and started to go, but he moved so stumblingly, for his eyes were already beginning to close, that he walked into a door frame. An escort was sent to see him to his lodgings and put him to bed. Once there he slept the clock round, walked long enough to break fast, and slept it round again. 'Nev- CT again till l. fall into the sleep from which you do not wake at all, he used to say, shall I know what it is to sleep as soundly as you can.' "-Exchange.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1917-02-22
A Useful Woman.

'Blennerhassett," said Mrs. Blig- gins as he was about to start down. town, "can you let me have little money to run the house with to- day?"
 'You can have just 50 cents,'' he growled, flinging the coin at her and slamming the door behind him as he went out.
 "By the way, Bliggins," said a friend who dropped into his place of business an hour or two later, twill you go my security on a note for S5OO?"
 "Shortleigh," replied Bliggins, "it is an infexible rule in my family that I must never do anything of that kind without consulting my wife."-Chicago Tribune.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1917-02-22
A Death Feignina Plant.

That certain insects, birds, man. mals and reptiles habituallv pre- tend to be dead when danger threat ems them is well known fact, but it is generally believed that this stratagem is resorted to only by animals. In South America, how ever, there is a plant-a species of mimosa which resorts to death feigning, evidently for the purpose of preventing the grass eating ami mals from eating it. In its natural state this plant has vivid green hue, but directly it is touched by a human finger or by any living ami, nal it collapses into tangle ot apparently dead and withered stems
The Wrangell sentinel., 1917-02-22
Patchwork.

The idea that patchwork had it's origin in America is not founded on fact. A thousand years before the Christian era a queen of Egypt went down the Nile to her last rest ing place under a wonderful canopy of skins that were dyed and pieced together in a mosaic pattern. Years before this work had reached per lection and acquired definite place among the arts. Then, too, patch work quilts were made in England in the eighteenth century, as wit ness the lines written by Cowper to Mrs. King upon receipt of "a kind present of a patchwork quilt of her own making"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1917-02-22
HOW FISH JUMP A FAM.
They Will Mount . Hundred Foot Lad.
 der by Eight Inch Leaps.

Do you know that fish actually lamp 100 foot dams in their migra- tions each spring to the headwaters of the rivers in which they spawn?
 Of course this 100 foot jump is not made all in one leap, but in a number of short leaps of eight inches each. This feat is made pos sible by what is called fish ladder.
 This ladder must be placed in all river dams in which fish such as sal mon swim up to the river heads to spawn. Fish will not spawn any where except in the still headwa- ters, and it is necessary that they arrive there with the least exertion. The government makes 1t obliga- tory that at least one fish ladder be built into every dam across such rivers.
 Fish ladders, while they may be built of wood, stone or concrete, &C., cording to the material of which the dam is constructed, are all alike in principle and consist of trough which begins at water level on the low side of the dam and then e1- tends upward in several zigzag steps to a point below the water level on the upside of the stream. Water enters at the top end and flows down and out at the bottom. Its flow, however, is not free like that in sluice, but is retarded by means of crosspieces at regular intervals in the trough.
 The water in the ladder is con- tinually flowing down and out at the bottom, forming running stream up which the fish may swim with a choice of passing from the first pool to the next and so on up by swim ming through the top notches from one pool to the next higher one. The jump in the latter case is not more than eight inches and can be done easily by almost any kind of fsh.-Popular Science Monthly.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1917-02-22
Grenada Was Bought Cheap.

The island of Grenada, in the British West Indies, was bought by the French from the Caribs by a solemn treaty in the middle of the seventeenth century, and the price paid was two bottles of rum. Esau's mess of pottage was good stroke of business by comparison. The Carlos soon regretted having sold their birthright and vainly tried to get the island back by force. It is now one of England's most prosper ous colonies in the West Indies.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1917-02-22
The Alteration of the Wig.

Wigs were never so popular as in the reign of Charles II. The author of "The Beaux and the Dandies" tells us that "when Cibber played Sir Fopling Flutter his wig was so much admired that he had it car ried to the footlights every evening in a sedan chair, from which it was handed to him that he might put it on his head"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1917-02-22
4 Matter of Business.

'1 cannot understand, sir, why you permit your daughter to sue me fer breach of promise. You re- member that you were bitterly op- posed to our engagement because 1 wasn't good enough for her and would disgrace the family"
 "Young man, that was sentiment; this is business"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1917-02-22
One Boy's Worth.

When Horace Mann made Ia nous speech for the dedication of a very costly building devoted to the reformation of bad boys, he said, 'Tf all this which has been spent upon this building results in the reformation of one boy it is money well spent" Somebody said to him, "Mr. Mann. do you think one boy is worth all that money"
 He replied, 'Yes, if it is my boy or your boy"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1917-02-22
Oysters q Foot lona.

Labadist missionaries in America wrote to Europe in 1897 that they had eaten oysters foot long. They said they were very palatable and fully as good as the English variety. An early writer states he had seen oysters thirteen inches in length in Virginia, where in 1909 many of the famished settlers found in the oys- ter banks a means of preserving life
The Wrangell sentinel., 1917-02-22
4 True Gift.

Words, money, all things else, are comparatively easy to give away, hut when a man makes gift of his daily life and practice it is plain that the truth, whatever it may be, has taken possession of him.--Low. ell
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-09-27
Birthday Surprise.

Last Sunday when Clarence
Mellott got home from the Breth-
rem church he found about so OF
his neighbors assembled to cele-
brate his 30th birthday. A good
dinner followed and he received
lot Of useful presents. Among
those present were Charlie Gar
land and wife, Trout Fagley and
wife, Blair Strait and wife, John
H. Strait and wife, and Martha
Strait; Mrs. Simpson Mellott,
Mrs. Julia Mellott, Mrs. John
Mellott and son Webster; Frank
Mellott and wife, Abner Lake,
Rev. w. R. Truax and wife, DR..
Fisher and son Edward, Roy
TruaX, Lenora and Gladys De-
shong, Jessie Truax, Lola De-
shong, Nellie, Rhoda, Verna,
Bertha and Helen Garland; Don,
Jessie, Marshall, Sheridan and
Walter Garland; Hazel and Ethel
Mellott, Nevada and Roy Mellott
Albert Oakman, Clarence Mellott
and wife, and Charles Mellott.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-09-27
Sergeant WOOdcOck.

The many friends of John H.
Woodcock, who saw service on
the Border last summer, and who
is now with his regiment at
Camp Hancock, will be pleased
to learn of his promotion to the
office of Sergeant in his company.
Camp Hancock is situated on a
plateau about five miles from
Augusta, Ca, which is a very
beautiful city with population
of $4,000 1t is some hot" down
there, with 95 in the shade and
not enough shade to go round,
except at night.
Their camp is now 10 fine shape
with all modern conveniences"
and the boys are down to hard
work. They are now on a 16.
weeks training schedule, which
gives them 8 hours a day drill,
and St days a week. His address
is
Sergt. j. H. Woodcock, Bat.
F, 1st Pa. F. A, Camp Hancock,
Agusta, Ga.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-09-27
MORE FULTON COUNTY BOYS.
Left For Camp Lee, Va, Last friday
Afternoon. Large Number Assem-.
bled 10 See Them of.

Twenty-Five Fulton County
boys answered their country's
call last Thursday, in addition
to the four that responded two
week earlier. The names of the
next twenty.nine have not been
made public, but they are likely
to leave about the fifth of Octo-
ber.
The boys, most of whom were
from the townships, came to
town Thursday afternoon. At l
O'Clock Friday afternoon, they
were assembled at the Court
House, to get their final instruc-
tions from the local board, and
to take leave for Fort Loudon
Station on the C. V. railroad.
Hundreds of citizens assembled
to see the boys off, but in def
erence 10 what seemed to be
the unanimous wish of the boys,
no formal demonstration was
made. More than a hundred
people in automobiles accompani-
ed them to Fort Loudon and
witnessed their leaving.
The names of the boys who
went were given in last weeks
NEWS with the exception that
Harry Fix was substituted for
Alonzo Bivens who was sent to
a Home.
The boys were in charge of
the local board until they were
on the train, when they were
placed in charge of Dwight r.
Sipes and O. Vernon Wink, who
would turn them over to the prop
er officers upon reaching Camp
Lee.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-09-27
TEETH As A FACTOR IN HEALTH.
Little Talks on Health and Hygiene by
Samuel G. Dixon, N. D., IL. D.,
Commissioner OF Health.

Good teeth are necessary for
health. What adds more to the
beauty of the human face than a
mouth full of fine teeth?
The first teeth need great care.
First, the mother should see that
the mouth is not overcrowded so
that its form may be maintained
for the second teeth when they
come.
The baby teeth are softer than
those that come after and, there
fore, acids must be scrupulously
avoided particularly in mouth
washes, as they will destroy
these important teeth which
should be kept in the mouth as
long as they are in good condi-
tion.
Your doctor or druggist should
be able to tell you about the acid
ity of the tooth preparations
that are on the market.
1t is always a pleasure to learn
how to do things for ones self;
it makes you self reliant and at
the same time stimulates you to
seek further knowledge.
II you suspect your tooth prep
aration of heing acid you can
buy a few cents worth of litmus
paper from your druggist, and
by dipping very small piece of
this into your mixture a reddish
tinge will appear on the paper if
there is any acid present. If
acid, forbid the use of the prep
aration. If a tooth powder is
used it should be well shaken up
with water before making the
acid test.
Plain chalk with a soft brush
or rag will do very well to cleanse
the teeth Of children both night
and morning. The mouth should
be well rinsed with water after
each meal, and just before re-
firing it is we'll for both adult
and child to rinse the mouth
with a strong solution of baking.
soda. This destroys the acidity
that might have been generated
in the mouth from foodstuffs.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-09-27
FultOp County Boy Soaring.

Arthur Barton, a native of
Brush Creek Valley, for many
years manager of the Hanover
Shoe Store in Birmingham, Ala, q,
has resigned to levote his time
as assistant manager in the Trus-
tee Loan and Guarantee Company
in that city, of which ne is vice
president. "Mr. Barton, says
the Birmingham Ledger of last
Tuesday, is one of the we'll
known young men of the city,
having resided here for many
years, and for a long time prom.
inent in fraternal and business
circles. He has given the loan
and trustee business much study
in recent years, and feels COM
petent in handling the business
that will be undertaken. He
has a large following of friends,
and his popularity is by no means
small. The Trustees Loan and
Guarantee company was organic
ed in Birmingham several years
ago by local people, and has
made remarkable success as a
banking and loan institution"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-09-27
Oil For Nice Trip.

Mr.. and Mrs. Aaron NJ. Rich
ards expect to start on a trip to
visit among friends in the Mid
die West next Tuesday. Mr..
Richards health is very much
improved, and he thinks a little
outing will do him good. A short
time ago he sold his nice proper
ty on South Second Street to
Mrs. E. j. Johnston for So, 600.
He has moved his household goods
into the Mrs. Rumel property op-
posite j. B. Runyan's, and Mrs.
Johnston and daughter Miss
Florence will move into their new
home in a few days. To keep
his money working" Mr.. Rich
ards bought from the Magsams,
the Grant Shoemaker property
on the Jugtown road for So, 500.
This is a productive farm of 40
acres, good buildings, and lots of
choice fruit.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-09-27
NiShart...AGderSOn.

Harlan L. Wishart and Mrs.
Belle Anderson of Wells Valley
were married in Philadelphia
last Saturday by the Rev. W. B.
Chalfonte, d. d. They were
guests in the home of the form
er's brother Howard and daugh-
ters in Camden, N. j., and later
visited Cape May and Atlantic
City.
The bride is a daughter of the
late Gopher P. Horton, of Everett
and the groom, a son of the late
Captain Harvey Wishart, of
Wells Tannery.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-09-27
Silver Wedding.

Last Thursday marked tn G
twenty-ffth anniversary of the
marriage of Lewis c. and Mary
Wright Bailey, and more than for,
ty of their friends assembled at
the Bailey home, in Saxton, Pa,
to extend congratulations and en-
joy the hospitality Of that good
couple. The NEWS joins with q
host of other Fulton County
friends in wishing Mr.. and Mrs,
Bailey many more years of hap
piness and prosperity. Among
those from this county who at
tended the happy event were
Mrs. Agnes Lamberson, Mrs.
Anna Lamberson, Mrs. Mildred
Shaw, Mrs. Sarah Evans, Mr..
and Mrs. Jesse B. Heefner and
daughter Olive, and j. Frank
Deavor.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-09-27
Lectur,d in Everett.

Rev. Charles R. Pittman, who
has spent seventeen years as a
missionary in Tabriz, Persia un-
der the auspices of the Presby-
terian Church, is now in this
country on his second furlough.
He and Mrs. Pittman arrived in
Everett last week, where they
spent a short tim e visiting
Charles sister Miss Mary Pitt
man. On Wednesday evening in
the Presbyterian church at Ever
EFT he gave a very interesting
account of the Armenian mas
sacre by the Turks.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-09-27
DR.. SappingtOn Hit.

Word has been received from
France stating that in the furious
fighting in Flanders recently, a
shrapnel shell exploded near DR..
Sappington and one of the bullets
from the shell hit the Doctors
head. The helmet, which the
Doctor was wearing at the time
saved him from being instantly
killed. 1t is not believed that he
was seriously wounded.
A shrapnel is a kind of shell
invented by General Shrapnel of
the British army, to be fired from
a cannon. The shell is filled with
bullets and a small bursting
charge to scatter them at any
point in the flight.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-09-27
will Give Concert.

Approaching the efforts of Nc
Connellsburg people to sustain a
Chautauqua Festival, which gives
to the County real feast of the
best literature, the Needmore
Band, one of the most progressive
musical organizations in tn e
County, will do their bit" by
giving an open air concert in
McConnellsburg on Friday even
ing, October 9th. The concert
will be given in time that the
public may hear it before they
need go to the Auditorium for
the Chautauqua entertainment.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-09-27
Auto Upset.

Last Saturday afternoon Mr..
and Mrs. j. w. Colborne, passed
through town on their way to
their home in Youngstown, O.,
returning from a motoring trip
to Gettysburg. In rounding the
curve just beyond the bridge at
Patterson's Run five miles west
of McConnellsburg at high rate
of speed, as admitted by Mr..
Colborne, he turned too short, a
front wheel locked under the car
and in an instant the car was
upset. Mrs. Colborne was badly
cut about the face and painfully
bruised and Mr.. Colborne was
injured in one shoulder. Other
than crashing the Windshield and
bending the tenders, the machine
was little damaged. A passing
car brought Mrs. Colborne back
to Hotel Harris, McConnellsburg.
Both our local doctors happened
to be out of town, and DR.. N. c.
Trout who had just arrived in
town from his htme at Fairfield,
promptly responded to the call
to care for the injured woman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Colborne were
able to leave for their home Mon
dav.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-09-27
Nice Little Party.

A number of young folks were
entertained very delightfully."- at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. G. D..
Hixson, East Lincoln Way last
Saturday evening and ice cream
and cake were served. Those
present were Florence McQulde,
Helen Washabaugh, Myrtle Nc
Quade, Dot Richards, Margaret
Mellott, Minerva Pittman, Kitty
and Bessie Harris, Mildred HiX-
son, Stanley Humbert, Floyd Nc
Quade, Ross Hamil, Clifford Lin
niger, Robert Linn and Herman
Hixson.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-09-27
Fifteen Leave Next Week.

Fifteen more Fulton County
boys will leave for Camp Lee
next week. While the time has
not been definitely fixed, the prob
ability is, that they will come to
McConnellsburg next Thursday
and entrain on Friday. Those
in this installment are: Russell
L. Stevens, Charles E. Barmont,
Robert Bonner Regi, Harry H.
Cromer, H. A. Edwards, Alonzo
Funk, Chas. H. Heeter. John V.
Everts, VIM. G. Polk, Herbert
F. Cooper, John E. Wigfeld,
Reuben c. Ham, Marshall Sigel,
VIM. Van Kirk. VIM. r. Ritz.
Alternates: Herman Keyser,
John d. Schooly and Harry Mill
er.
Last week string of thirty
automobiles escorted the boys to
Fort Loudon in token Of apprecia-
tion of the sacrifice they were
making, and it is hoped that
everybody that has an automobile
and can possibly spare the time,
will be on hand to go with the
boys next week.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-09-27
Don't Miss Chautauqua.

Nearly every week Fulton Coun-
ty people are going to Chambers
burg and paying from 35 cents
to a dollar to see some show or
other. Folks come to town from
all over the County and pay so
or rs cents for the entertainments
at the County Institute. And
they generally feel they get the
worth of their money. Now,
the CHAUTAUQUA which will
be held in McConnellsburg aft
ernoons and evenings Wednes-
day, Thursday and Friday of next
week, is just a series of twelve
first-class lectures and entertain
ments-all for 81. 20 if you buy a
season ticket. Taking the en-
tertainments separately will cost
you $25 Tickets will be on
sale at Seylar's drug store after
l O'Clock Saturday afternoon.
Get in early. It's good thing.
This is the third season for Nc
Connellsburg. The Company will
not come to McConnelsburg
without a guarantee, and the
citizens who become responsible
have, thus far, had to make up a
shortage. Do your bit.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-09-27
Notice Of Installations.

D. D. G. M. Frank Ranck will
install the officers of the |. O. O.
F. Lodges of Fulton County as
follows: Warfordsburg, October
9th: McConnellsburg, October 13;
Fort Littleton, October Goth;
Wells Valley, November End and
Waterfall, November 3rd. 1t is
hoped that there will be a full
turnout of the member of the
respective Lodges at this time,
and that sister lodges will find
an opportune time to make a
friendly visit.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-09-27
THE PRIMARIES.
The Spirited Contest Among the Candidates
tor Associate Judge Got Out About
Three-fourthS Vote.

The interest in the Primary Election Wednesday of last
week cenered the contest for place the ticket Associate
Judge Under the existing the of Judge six
years. the salary $500 90 year. and the time actually spent
about twelve days year. thus making it about dollar
day job o. mani you think that didn't good early
the there lineup of good Fulton County c
Each candidate knew there only standing for
at the top but they enjoyed the fun and felt game worth
the ammunition
The local township and borough tickets were oversadowed
the judge fight and the found necessary his pen
Gil freely when he into the BOOTH The following table
the vote by townships for associate Judge and jury commissioners
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-09-27
No Appeal to Governor.

State draft headquarters have
sent notices to all district and
local boards to correct the idea
of many persons that appeals
could be made to the governor
from decisions of boards. Many
appeals have come to both the
Capitol and the state headquart-
erp and addressed to the COVER
nor objecting to decision of
boards.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-09-27
Good Yield.

VIM. H. Peck has just thresh-
ed a crop of oats raised on the
STONY Field" a parcel of ground
of nine acres on his farm near
Peck's fording in Belfast town
ship, that yielded 297 bushels =
thirty-three bushels to the acre.
That piece Of ground has been
farmed continuously for rs years
and then some. Fulton Coun-
ty farmers have found out that
the best kind of fertilizer for land
is brains.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-09-27
Her First Ride on Train.

Tuesday mornings Pu bile
Opinion says that Mr.. and Mrs.
Zack Valance of Tod township
spent the week. end with their
daughter, Mrs. Levi Cordell at
Waynesboro.
The trip to Waynesboro had
more than ordinary significance
to Mrs. Valance. She is sixty
five years old but this is the first
time she was ever on a steam
railroad train or in a trolley car.