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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-09-19

was too much interested In bigger
game to pay any attention to mice.
Tramp! Tramp! "Haltp Again
IN order was given In German, and al
though l did not understand 1t am
willing to bless every word Of 1t, be-
cause II resulted In the soldiers turn
Ing right about face, marching up the
stairs again, through the hall and out
OF the front door and awayl
i could hardly believe my ears. II
seemed almost too good to be true that
they could have given up the search
just as they were about to come upon
their quarry, but unless my ears de-
celved me that was what they had
done.
The possibility that the whole thing
might be n German ruse did not escape
me, and remained In the cellar for
nearly an hour after they had appar-
emily departed before ventured to
move, listening intently In the mean
while for the slightest sound which
would reveal the presence of sentry
upstairs.
Not hearing sound began to feel
that they had indeed given up the hunt,
for / did not believe that German
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-09-19
Chile Building Ships.

Two large shipbuiding plants are be-
Ing erected In southern Chile. They
will be ready for operation In Septem-
ber and the building of wooden ves-
sells will begin Immediately. The frst
vessel, of 5000 tons, will be launched
In March, 1910, according to the sched-
ule, and another vessel of the same
size will leave the ways shortly after
ward.
The new shipynrds nre being con-
structed Mt Llanao. The wood TO be
used In shlpbulldlng is native timber
Chilean oak, spruce and other woods
The machinery for the new vessels
will be bought In the United States II
II is possible to get II from this ccun.
try; otherwise the builders VIII get u
from Antofagasta.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-09-19

A rolling pin In an excited woman's
hands knows no home. That Is why,
when the police commissioner appoint.
ed six women cops he gave them ev.
erythlng that man cop possesses but
club. The new women cops Will
have the same shield the regular po-
licemen wear and each will be dressed
In Suitable" blue service uniform,
carry gun and handouts and be sup
piled with summons books Just ns all
cops are but they will not be allowed
to swing n club. "These women are
much needed In New York at the pres.
cnt time" explained the commission.
or, "and, in fact, consider their serv.
Ices so necessary that have asked
the board of estimate to give me an
appropriation for 20 more pollcewom.
en-" The women cops will specialize
among their own sex, especially rs a
guard against the temptations that
young women come in contact with In
the city. But at the same time, If any
guy gets fresh with them, they will get
nplcnty, for all the women are hus.
klcs and know their buslness.-New
York sun.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-09-19

ference-certalnly a difference of sew
eral years-between wishing the war
was over and giving up. and | don't
believe the German rank and file any
more than their leaders have the slight
est Idea ut this time Of giving up at
all.
But to return TO my experience
while concealed In the house. After
the visit Of the soldiers, which left
the house In a wretched condition, |
decided that would continue my jour
ney towards the frontier, particularly
as | had gotten all could out of Huy-
Tiger. or rather he had gotten all he
was going to get out of me.
During my concealment In the house
| had made various sorties into the
city at night, and / was beginning to
feel more comfortable even when Ger.
man soldiers were about. Through
the keyhole l had studied very
closely the gait of the Belgans, the
slovenly droop that characterized most
OF them, and their general appearance,
and felt that In my own dirty and I'M
shnven condition / must have looked
as much like the average poor Belgian
MS n man could. The only thing that
was against me was my height. was
several inches taller than even the
tallest Belglans. / had often thought
that red hair would have gone good
with my name, but now, of course,
was mighty glad that | was not so
endowed. for red-haired BelgIans are
about ns rare as German charity.
There are many, no doubt who will
wonder why did not get more helE
than | did at this time. II is easily
answered. When man Is In hourly
fear Of his life and the country Is full
Of spies, as Belgium certainly was, hC
Is not going to help just anyone thai
comes along seeking aid. One Of the
Germans most successful ways of trap
ping the BelgIans has been to pose a'
an English or French prisoner who ha:
escaped, appeal to them for aid, lmpli
cate ms many as possible, and ther
turn the whole German police force
loose on them. AS | look back or
those days | think II remarkable that
| received as much help as | did, but
when people are starving under the
conditions now forced upon those un
fortunate people, II Is n great ten pta
ton to surrender these escaped prls
oners to German authorities and re
ceive the handsome rewards offered
for them-or for alien spies, as was
classed at that time.
The passport which ! had described
me as n Spanish sailor, but was
very dubious about its value. If
could have spoken Spanish fluently 4
might have been worth something {,
me, but the few words knew of th'
language would not have carried IN,
very far If had been confronted will
Spanish interpreter decided tt
use the passport only as last resort
preferring to act the part of deaf
and dumb Belgian peasant as far US
II would carry me.
Before finally left the house / hat
n remarkable experience which | shall
remember as long as / live.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-09-19
AWAIT VERDICT ON OSTRICH
II Arizona Reports Favorably, Big
Bird May Take Its Place as
National Food.

"Please pass the ostrich"
This request may be heard soon In
the public eating places and the din
Ing rooms OF the private homes OF
Washington. Stranger things than the
serving Of nice rOast ostrich, with
plenty Of gravy and dressing, have hap
pened during these war times.
The future popularity OF this bird
ms an American dish depends TO
large extent upon the success to be
met In Arizona, where they are being
introduced as food now.
The federal food administrators for
Arizona has granted permission TO the
owner Of one Of the largest ostrich
farms in America, situated near Phe-
nix, to slaughter 800 OF his birds. This
ostrich raiser reports that the birds
are In excellent condition, and when
killed will be dressed and placed on
the market at an extremely low price
probably 10 cents pound. The 500
birds will make about $4,000 pounds Of
dressed meat.
This war Is responsible In two ways
for. this action on the part OF the os-
trIch raiser. In the first place. the lat
ter would never think OF slaughterlng
these valuable, II not overtender, birds,
but for the fact that the war has put
the ostrich plume more or less out of
business. In tho second place, the
war shortage Of meat is responsible
for the issuance Of the order permit.
ting the slaughter and sale.
And thus II comes to pass that Arl-
zona, or part Of her population, at
least, Is preparing TO observe and cell
ebrate "Ostrich day" Meanwhile the
rest Of the nation Is waiting to hear
the verdict TO be passed upon this
bird as nice, tasty, and tender food
aside from It's neck.
officials Of the food administration
are rather optimistic about the future
Of the ostrich as food. They point
TO the tremendous hit whale meat has
made In various sections; even shark
steaks have been passed upon and
approved, and reindeer meat Is making
the hit Of the year In the West.-Wash-
lngton Star.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-09-19

officer would be so considerate Of his
men as to try to trap me rather than
carry the cellar by force If they had
the slightest Idea that was there.
took Off my shoes and crept softly
and slowly to the cellar steps and then
step by step. placing my weight down
gradually so as to prevent the steps
from creaking, climbed to the top.
The sight that met my eyes as i
glanced into the kitchen told me the
whole story. The water faucets had
been ripped from the sinks, the water
pipes havelng been torn OFF, and
gas fixtures. cooking utensils and
everything else which contained even
the smallest proportion of the metals
the Germans so badly needed had been
taken from the kitchen. walked up
stairs now with more confidence. feel
ing tolerably assured that the soldiers
hadn't been after me mt all, but had
been merely collecting metal and
other materials which they expected
an elaborate dwelling house like the
one in which was concealed to yield.
Later heard that the Germans have
taken practically every ounce OF brass,
copper and wool they could lay their
hands on In Belgium. Even the brass
out of pianos has been ruthlessly re-
moved the serious damage done to
valuable property by the removal of
only an insignificant proportion of
metal never being taken into consid-
GRAFTON. l learned, too. that all dogs
over fourteen inches high had been
seized by the Germans. This furnished
lots of speculation among the Belglans
ms to what use the Germans were put
ting the animals to. the general i'm
preston apparently being that they
were being used for food
This, however, seemed much less
likely to me than .hat they were being
employed as dispatch dogs In the
trenches, the same as we use them on
our side of the line. They might pos
sibly kill the dogs and use their skins
for leather and thelr carcasses for tai
| low, but | feel quite sure that the
| Huns are by no means so short Of food
that they have to eat dogs yet awhile.
Indeed, want TO repeat here what
| have mentioned before; II anyone has
the idea that this war can be won by
starving the Huns. he hasn't the slight
| Ii. al hA
mans are In that respect. They have
| considered their food needs In connec-
| ton with their resources for several
years to come and they have gone at
II In such methodlcal. systematic
way, taking into consideration every
possible contingency. that provided
| there Is not an absolute crop failure,
there isn't the slightest doubt In my
mind that they can last for yenrs, and
the worst of II is they are very cock
sure about II themselves.
IL Is true that the German soldiers
want pence. AS | watched them
through the keyhole In the door /
thought how unfavorably they COM
pnred with our men. They marched
nlong the street without laughter, with
out Joking, without singing. It was
quite apparent that the war Is telling
ON them. don't believe | saw n single
German soldier who didn't look as II
he had lost his best frlend-and he
probably had.
At the sumo time there is big DIFF.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-09-19
Used to PROSTATE itself In the Evening
While Temple Bells
Rang.

The praying palm tree Of Farldpur,
about which certain interesting facts
were published. Is dead. II may be
remembered that this tree used to pros
trate Itself In the evening while the
temple bells rang, calling the people
TO prayer, and II erected Its head In
the morning. This process was repeat.
ed every day. to the bewllderment OF
thousands of llindps, who naturally
came to look upon 1t MS the abode OF
some "devata' (goO. Hundreds oil.
fcred pulahs to the unknown "deVh'a'
which all went to I'LL the pockets OF
the owner of the tree. Miraculous
cures were reported Us result OF pu
jah offerings.
The curious phenomenon attracted
the attention of Sir j. q. Bose, who
after much difficulty, obtained permis'
sion of the owner of the tree to inves'
tlgate the matter. lie devised special
Instruments-al of swndeshl mnnufac'
ture-and began to take records. lie
found that the palm tree fell with the
rise of temperature and rose with It's
fall. Records obtained with other
trees brought out the hitherto unsus-
pected fact that all trees were moving,
such movements being In response TO
changes In their environment.
Sir j. q. Bose holds the opinion that
"the whole of the vegetable world, In.
cludIng rigid trees, perceive the
changes In their environment and re-
spond to them by unmIstnknble signals.
They thrill under light and become de-
pressed by darkness; the warmth OF
summer and frost OF winter, drought
and rain, these and many other hap
penlngs leave n subtle impression on
the life of the plant"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-09-19

My little daughter came In with q
penny. | asked her where she found
IL. and she said II earned It You
see, Carter called me bad girl and |
was going to fight him, but he bad
some pennies. so / told him " he
would give me penny | wouldn't
ilaht hlm--and he Ud"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-09-19

mirror which had picked up In the
mousse and used II to amuse myself
Tor IN hour at time shining II In the
cats eyes across the street. AT hrgt
me animal was annoyed by the renec-
ton and would move away, only to
come back few moments later. BY
una by, however, It seemed to get
used to the glare and wouldn't bulge
no matter how strong the sunlight was.
r'Aylng with the cat In this way got
"e into the habit Of watching her
vohlngs nDd goings and was lndl-
.ectly the means Of my getting food a
uay or two lnter-nt time when |
'as no famisbed thntl was ready to
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-09-19
makIno Life Harder.

ON n new cnsh drawer an electric
bell rings until 1t is closed and locked.
nnd once opened by pressing comoi-
nation OF buttons II cannot bo re-
opened II partly shut.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-09-19

In 1910 there were 6,5lC,ol3 Hitter
ntes In the United Stntea
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-06-24
INCOMPETENT ADMINISTRATION

What a pity ii is that President
Wilson made such grieyous blunders
IN picking the men to whom he has
entrusted the conduct of the war
plans. He could easily have gotten
much better timber. and might easily
have had the war won long before
this.
We have men in this town that can
discount McAddo, Baker and the
whole lot at Washingtonat least that
is the conclusion one is inclined to
form after hearing them dilate for
a few hours on the subject of what
should and should not be done in the
circumstances.
Their stock of knowledge on sub
jects military is something at which
20 marvel, and we feel like impeach-
ing the whole bunch at Washington
for failure to make use OF their val
liable services.
But it was ever thus. The wrong
man is usually chosen and we have
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-06-24

truck school which | am to attend.
There are ten of us going from this
battery. Sergeant Delmsman g the
cnly other Ashlander. l am glad OF
the opportunity of taking in this
school. We will come back to the
battery at the conclusion of the
school which will be about six weeks.
Your letters II, II and Is came
this morning. have had mail from
home in every incoming mail so far.
had a check cashed this morning
for $50. The chaplain did it for
ne. He is most accommodating in
such matters. | got 166 F., SOC for
it so I'm rich now! | thought best
do this as l leave for this school and
T may be some time before | get
paid. The last few days lere have
been wonderful, and the trees and
vegetation show the effect CT the
warm weather and are budding out
nicely.
Well, the old chime clock has just
tolled out 1915, my pen is most dry
and these old stone steps are getting
awfully hard so III cnop off until
morning.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-06-24

Mothers day, so dm up pretty
early to write to my mother. It Is
lust $50. Most of the fellows are
still in bed, as this is Sunday and
we do not breakfast until 1880. ;" '
General Pershing has requested
that all the men in the A. e. F. write
TO their mothers today. This has
been wonderful trip and wonder
tul experience for me, and wouldn't
have missed 1t for most anything,
and | think the best part is yet to
come. | hope to get out on pass
today and if do I'll surely see won
ders.
There is a high fog this morning
and the air is still, like seaside. wea-
ther. There is a woman here selling
papers this morninf, including the
Chicago Tribune | think I'll have
to have one. | would like to wander
in and take dinner with my mother
today, but there is a day coming
when | will and then it will be my"
day as we'll as mothers.
The people here are surly opti-
mists about the war. Everybody,
everywhere say, 1T won't be long"
:. is certainly wonderful spirit, and
the French are to be admired for it,
anyway.
We were over to another camp
yesterday and took a French shower
bath. They let US get wet and that
was about all. Some bath! However,
the French baths are not all like
that
| won't have time to write more
this morning. expect to have some
thing to tell in my next letter. Lots
Of love, HAROLD.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-06-24
SO DECEPTIVE
Many Ashland People Fail to Realize
the Seriousness.

Many Ashland People Fail to Realize
the Seriousness.
Backache is so deceptive
1t comes and goes-keep3 you
guessing.
Learn the cause-then cure it.
Possibly it's weak kidneys.
That's why Doan's Kidney Pills are
so effective.
They're especially for veal; Or dis
ordered kidneys.
Here's an Ashland case.
Mrs. S. C. Mcdonald, GS5 B ST.,
says: 81 can recommend cams
Kidney Pills just as highly today as |
did three years ago when | gave my
first statement have taken Doans
on several occasions for lameness
across my kidneys and it has required
only few doses to relieve me of the
misery. Doan's Kidney Pills have
also proven beneficial to another
member of our family who has had
considerable kidney trouble
Price soc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Mcdonald had. Foster-Milburn
Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo. \. Y.
Phone Job orders to the Tidings-
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-06-24

0-1-lO.
| see this letter is still n my tab
let. This is Sunday morning and we
are in a different place than when
the fore part of this was written.
We did not travel far, however, and
made the trip in auto trucks. This
ls dandy little town of three or
four thousand, and we are better
situated than at any time since we
left the states.
The town is prettily situated on a
hillside, and abundantly supplied with
trees, fir trees, apple trees, and other
kinds, some of which | cannot re-
member of ever seeing before. There
is a square in the centre of the town
with a town pump and a public wash
pond. There are several of these
I,umps around here and the people
who are not fortunate enough to have
wells of their own get water from
these places. There is water trough
at each one where the horses and
cattle are watered. There are sew
eral stores, couple of (so-called)
hotels, blacksmith shop, a good
sized church, and housese, each be-
hind its own stone wall.
The farms around her are mostly
rasture land, and ] suppose the chief
products are cattle and dairy prod
ucts. There is a. baron who lives
here, Baron de -, who owns
mark, that is said to be several miles
square, and he also owns a huge
stone chateau in which he lives. !
suppose that back in medieval days
his ancestors owned the country
around here and these peasants an
oestors worked his farms Have to
cuite-lots to tell though. Love,
HAROLD.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-06-24

There is a man in this town who
always acts as brake on the wheels
of progress. Every project that is
broached for the betterment of com
munity conditions, elicits from him
no more than a grunt of dissent, II
not active opposition. He regards
every man as rascal until proven
honest. He can see no sincerity in
the most unselfish actions, and can
detect cupidity at the bottom Of the
greatest sacrifices. He is commun'
ity wet blanket. Is it you?
There is also in this town man
the opposite of this one. He has a
keen eye for any chance to forward
the interests of his community Every
proposition for community better
nent, provided it has merit and FEAST
bility, not only has his approval, but
he at once pulls off his coat and be-
comes one of its most active rooters,
1t takes a heavy jolt to convince
him of the insincerity or dishonesty
of his neighbors, and even then he
has more pity than blame for them.
He is as grateful as fire on raw
day, and restores our confidence as
the spring sunshine after a dreary
winter. 1t is you?
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-06-24

In the afternoon we wandered uD
past the Madeleine church ahain and
down the Boulevard de Madelienes
ard Boulevard Italians, which is one
street with several names, and is a
Leautiful street in the shopping and
hotel district. The famous Opera is
on this street, and all along were
wonderful shops, restaurants ami
cafes. Later we went back to the
Art, Palias on the Avenue des Champs
Elysees and took in the art exhibit.
1t was a wonderful exhibit, paintings,
sculpture, war pictures, statues, etc.
The war pictures were especially in
teresting. 1t was altogether too much
to see in the length of time we had t.
We had lunch and dinned at the
Soldiers and Sailors club and the
reals we're very good and reasonable
We had ice cream at the "Y'. and it
was the first real ice cream | have
had since | left the states. we mad
20 leave Paris at Z p. m.
We did not see all of Paris, but
did pretty well considering We did
rot know the city. We go5 a map
and so had no difficulty in getting
ground. There are no street cars
in the centre of Paris, just sYLways
and cabs. | expect to get to Paris
again and | think ! will be allie to
get around still better. but even rs
it was we saw so many things, and
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-06-24
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SOLDIERS LETTERS

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]. S. Burnett of 691 Oak street
got the first letter from his son Earl,
who went with the belated members
of the 65th regiment to France and
las recently arrived. The letter is
as follows:
Dear Folks; | suppose you will be
very much surprised to hear from
me, for it has been long time since
have written. and really + am
ashamed of myself for not writing
sooner. don't think | told you
much about our trip across, but it
was a real trip, believe me, and !
don't care to take another one like
it. we had some exciting time on
our first start across. The boat we
were on was hit by one of the other
ships of the convoy, and we surely
thought we were torpedoed. | sure