r FULTON COUNTY NEWS. Published Every Thursday. 13. W. PliCK, Editor. .. McCONNELLSBURG, PA. Thursday, Feb. H, l'Xio. Published Weekly. 1.00 per Annum in Advance. COM'MMU'MS. Prompt attention will be given to applications for ad vertising rates. Job Printing of every des cription executed with prompt ness, in a workmanlike manner and at consistent prices. A WOMAN'SSOLII.OOl YIN 151SO. I From tin- New Orleans 1'ira vunc. 1 know my IiukImiiuI really tries A pleusunt home to make, lint ho can't seem to make such lies As father used to hake. He kee)s the parlors very neat: Cure's for the hahy, too But, oh, he doesn't roast the meat As papu used to do. He has good taste in cutting out And sewing his own clothes. That means economy, no doubt -- Hut father's cooking goes! I really must insist that Jake Shall seek a cooking school And learn to make such jiies und cake As father does, by rule. And then how proud and glad Fll be When ma brings father hero, To hear her say, "It's plain to see Jacob can cook, my dear." Till: WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA. Great Britain may well be amazed at the extraordinary force required to light the Boers in Soutli Africa. No less than L'13, (M)0 men and 4")2 fjuus have been gathered for the war, although the Boers are not supposed to number more than 1)0,000. Of these LMU.OOO men 10,000 have al ready been lost in battle and 10, 000 more are locked up in Lady smith. There are besides 1L000 afloat, lesuvhrg iKt.OOO available for action. But a large force must be kept at Cape Town and other parts of Cape Colony to prevent an uprising of the Dutch, who greatly outnumber the Brit ish even in the British colony, set that from the present force not more than 100,000 can be put on the tiring liue, Winston Church ill, who had some experience with the Boers while he was their prisoner, verities the Boer esti mate that one Boer is equal to from three to five British sol diers when lie is fighting on the defensive in his own country. If the Boers have 00,000 men all told they can probably put ".",( M to on the firing line, and a force of 100,000 British is not strong enough to overcome them. It is now reported that General Roberts has culled for 1)0,000 more men, and that the Cabinet is about to send him r0,000 mili tia and volunteers, and 40,000 militia reserves. This would raise the army in South Africa to nearly i!00,000 men. The mag nitude of the war which Cham berlain so highly precipitated may be judged by comparisons. England sent 80,000 men to the Crimea; Wellington had only !!", 000 at Waterloo. President Kruger said at the outset that the civilived world would be; astonished at the cost of a war for t lie conquest of the Boers, and Great Britain lias al ready been astonished. More over, there are some competent military critics who are becom ing alarmed because of the uu prepareduess of Eugland for self defence. Not only have our sol diers been sent to Soutji Africa, but many of her guns have been taken from the home defences to supply the demands for artillery in Natal. What would happen theu if England should become involved in war with Prance? Her navy, if not too much scat tered, might prevent an invasion, but it would be the peilie'y of her enemy to force! an entrance to British soil at almost any cost, knowing . that once lauded lie would lind her almost defence less. The danger of such inva sion is very remote, but it is nev ertheless a danger that, lias here tofore been recognized by the Government itself, and that has been increased tenfold by the stripping of her forts and garri sons in order to sustain tho war in South Africa. The best training for a busi ness man is the ability to think. Why are credulous people like musical instruments? Because they are often played on. What is tho difference between man and butter? The older a man gets the weaker he gets, but the older the butter is the strong er it is. My ii i st denotes company, my second slums company, my third calls ajcompuuy,my whole amuses a company. A co nun-drum. Why is a kiss like a sermon? because it requires two heads and an application. What part of alish is like tho end of a book? Fin is. What part of a fish weighs tho most? The scales. What tables may be easily swallowed? Vege-tables. Why do hens always lay in the daytime? Because; at night they become roosters. "Tho Lay of the Last Hen," a new poem by the egotistic author of the foul dead. Why is an egg like a colt? Be cause it is not tit for use until it is broken. What is the difference between a young baby and a night-cap? One is born to wed, and the other is worn to bed. What is that which has neither llesh nor bone, and has four fin gers and a thumb? A glove. Why is a dog longer in the morning than at night? Because you take him in at night, and let him out in the morning. What is t hat which Adam never saw, never possessed, yet left two to each of his children? Parents. What is the difference between the trunk of a tree and an ele phant's trunk? One leaves in the spring and the other leaves when ever the menagerie does. What fort is that which is most stormed now-a-days? Piano-forte. How long did Cain hate his brother? As long as he was Abel. Why was .1 oh always cold in bed? Because lie had such miserable comforters. What is that which lives in the winter, dies in the summer, and grows with its root upwards? An icicle. What is the difference, between a watchmaker and a jailor? The one sells watches and the other watches cells. Wh en is a pi an t like a Ik g? Wl leu it bogius to root. When is it like a soldier? When it begins to shoot. When is it like an editor? When it begins to blow. What is the largest room in the world? The room for improve ment. Take two letters from money and there will be but one left. We know a fellow who took money from two letters, and tl lore wasn't anything left. What is the difference between truth and eggs? "Truth crushed to earth will rise again," but eggs won 't. Which is the smallest bridge iu tho world? The bridge over tho nose. If a lady, who hesitates is lost, must it thou be for a lady who stammers or stutters? - Why is a son who objects to his mother's second marriage like an exhausted pedostrain? Because? lie can't go a step-father. Why is a loafer like a woather- i cock.' isecause no is continually going around doing nothing. Why is a well-trained horse j like a benevolent man? Because I he stops at the sound of wo. Why is a domestic and pretty young girl like corn ia u time of scarcity? Because; she etught to bei husbanded. Why is a mad bull likes a man of convivial dispesition? Because he offers a hern te every one he meets. Why are the complaints ef mar rieel pceiplo likrj the noise e)f the wave's em the shenv? Because tlie'y are the) murmurs ef the tide (tied). Why are' oats likes unskillful surgeons? Beeause tley mew till late (mutilate)' anel destroy putiesiico (patients). Why is the fate eif Jeian e)f Arc preferable tei that of Mary Queeu e)f Scots? Becuuse a hot steak is bettor than a cold chop. Why is an omnibus strap like tho conscience? Because its an inward check to the outward man. Why is tho map of Turkey, iu Europe, like a dripping-pan':1 Bo cause) there is Greece at the) bottom. Till: OKKilN OF (.OVI.KN.MI.NT. Writ ten rev the Ni-H-s liy 1?. H. M. 1 1 appears I'videmt that tho first governments wero neit the1 result of de-liberations. The' usage's ef the; patriarchs, established with out the- sanction eif legislative us seinblies, gradually became' the first laws among mankind; couse- ir.mtly, the'se customs we're1 the eu igin of lill political regulations that have' e-ithor depressed er anieliol ute'd the coiielitiem of tho human race in all succe'i'ding age's. In the; different soeieti'ss that we're; fermod nfte-r the con fusion ef tongue's, iiuel the disper sion of "the peoplo'at the build ing eif the- Te)Wer of Babel, Were1 persons uote'el for physical pow er, skill, and bravery. Those who enjoyed the-se.' blessings soon aceuiri'el public confidence; anel admiration. Ilene-e the utility ef tlie'ir service's, anel the favorable opinion ef nii'ii, cuable'd them gradually to acquire deimiuiou. The records of all nat ions prow that the first rulers eiwenl their ascendency to the; services they Intel reMidore'd seie'iety, eir to. mili tary prowess. Nimroel was the founder eif the first empire' ef which wo have any uutheutic account. We are iu formeel by the sacred historian that he? was a mighty hunter; anel we are loel te iufer that the peo ple' we-re e)fte'ii with him, that tlie'y gradually put themselves under his authority, and, iu pro cess of time, he ce)Uue're'el na tions, increased his powe'f, anel femueh'd the Babylonian, eir Assy rian empire1, feir he became; a "mighty one in the earth." It is a remarkable1, but irrefu table fact, ihat the first human governments wore; eif a despotic (character; yet they we're baneful iu the-ir eperation, anel signally failed iu securing either the er de;r, harmony, prosperity, or tranquillity eif individuals peace be'twee-n tribes aud nations, er the permanent power anel mag nificence ef empires. The de le.'lorious influences ef arbitrary will and unbridle;d passions eif rulers, the; usurpation of human rights by petty chiefs aud mighty monarchs, affected all classes, and universal contamination and depravity prevailed. Oooel rulers raise nations to the palmie:st heights of preisperity, power anel happiness. Bael rulers depress the'iii to the lowest elepths of eor rupfion, depravity aud misery. In eiur country, them, how im portant it is that the poetple sheiuld be thoreiughly educated, that they may sele'ct goeiel rulers, anel cause1 wise laws to be emact e'd and sustained; how important it is theu, fer every erne to under stand the elements of political science, andposse'ss a knowk'dge ecf thes laws which are! de'signesd alike to geivern and protect the rich and the peior, the ruled and the rulers. "Siue; lego, est sine ratione1, mode), ordine." "Tei be without law, is to be; without roa st iu, eirder, and safety." The! ohniuiclos of tho day discleise the existence! eif crime, and violatiems eif the1 laws tei an alarming extent iu eiur be'loveel country; frauds, breaches of public trust, thefts, incendiarism, mobs, rohherie.s, murders anel other reveiltiug deeds haves attained a prevalence at which all patrieits may be just ly alarmed. We are1 perhaps, all teiei certain that our Country is rapidly ad vancing tei power anel roneiwu teiei insensible eif the; accumula ting growth eif ignorance and im morality teiei iudifl'oienl to the gradual but silent progress they are mailing teiwards sapping the founelalion eif eiur laws, anel over whelming the; institutions of the! public. Let us awake anel be vigilant. At the present day a eonti'st is ceimmeucing, mightier than ever be'feire wagesd the strife! of iea son against error the! contest eif the frie'iiels eif republican liberty agtiiust the benighted anel inter ested friends of kings aud noble's. Our feire'fathers fought with per ishable? steed feir tiie) liberty eif a single) country; we tight with im perishable; reason to sustain what the y avou, anel for the national liberty of the whole world. Let corre-ct education pervaeh) eiur land, le't the pi'ople1, legislators, and rulers, hi'steiw upon it their utmeist aid, aud tyranny iu every part eif the weirlel will givo place tei wise) laws and' enduring liber ty, and euable all to attain tho Christian's highest reward. i WIDOW'S INFANT Ill RNF.I) TO A F.KISP A T DRY Rl'N. I i On last Wedneselay ewuingtho I alarm was given in Dry Uuu, j Franklin county, that the heiusn (if Mrs. Belle Delhi was em lire1. At once the citizens hurrie;d tei Mrs. Delhi's home to find that tho he tu so was safe, but that a wen'so catastrophe; hael taken plarv,1. Mrs. Drill's youngest child was burned to a c risp. Mrs. Deihl is a poor woman anel a wid ow and be-ing eiut eif fuel she went to the; heiuse eif u neighbor, some twei eir three bundled yards dis tant, tei get an armful eif wooel to det over night, leaving Mamie ami Boy, her ne.vt oldest brother, in the; heiuse. She had been gone' but a short time when she heard semie; one screaming and looking back she! saw it was lloy. Retracing her steps quickly, she; entered the heiuse anel was horrified t see the awful specta cle of .f little throo-yenr-old daughter completely ouwletped in Jlanies. Quickly she; throw a blanket around its beidy, but she was toei late; the flames had done their work. Every vestago eif chillies was burned from its beidy and the charred body was laiel upon the bed writhing in ageiuy. Dr. Sheipe; was summoned who came in a few minutes and all he could do was to ease its suffering as far as possible. He at once saiel ieeevery was impossible; aud that at meist a lew heiurs would end its misery. The sad news hael quickly spread anel within an hour a large; number eif the; sym pathetic citizens of Dry Bun, men women and children, had called to see the; little sufferer, wholly unrecognizable, but still living and never had any who called wit nesses! a sight se distressing. Little; lloy whei is about five years eilel giws the following tic count as to heiw it occurred: He said the child was sitting iu front eif the ceieik steive with a straw in its hands, which it inserted through the open grate and when ablaze; withdrew it, letting it fall upon its dress, which at once ig nites! aud burst into a blaze. The mother with the three remaining chilelrem are; crazed with grief anel have the deepest sympathy eif the entire commuuity. SUNDAY SCHOOL IXPANSION. h.'Minx.-' futn, I JVHJA'X0V1.14,H;l1&1fl Jf j In Ihe'se! days eif national ox ' pansion the! Sunday se'heiol people's ! are we'll up tei dale. The Ponn- i.i i tl.ll.jl. . syivania iiuuo .laooaui ncnooi association, !)li! C rower -buileling, j ,n,K Philaelelph'ui, iinds the Home1 De-1 purtmont expanding so rapidly that one secretary, Kev. E. P. j J,? Fale;s, is giving his time to that j department aleme. What is the J Home department of tho Sunday I pk scheiol? tt is a remarkably sue-! ' cessful effort to includes parents, : I iavaliels, those eiblige'd to work em ! Sunday anel travelers in the plan j eif Bible study by systematic j Ja, visitation anel friendly he.'lp. This i ft. W. Rftisnftr wi m -w i m mm em m jvj v a r JmM Jfv :,i:n are determined to close out aiv rye winter stufl's. and it will .l i. Siue. 4. I eiod is a great extensiem eif the Bible .school. But there are others like the. Bible Union for Men anel Women neiw taught by such le markable nii'ii us ex-Governor Pattison, with live! hundred in his class; Assetciiite' Justice of the! Supreme Ceiurt David J. Brewer, several bundled; Hon. John Wan- o ' A IP a v. tn your pocket to nval;,. hw) nnrrlrme-i llir-te C"ntl Dress Goo!s that to-day could not be bout r.Hrk' qis ei Thr fl tln Jvnnt1- i; maker, eiver two thousaud;Jam(ss i cfa. McCorniiclr, Esej., with tliree; hundresd; and many others. And (mother expansion is tho beauti ful Cradle roll, which gathers all the; babies anel their mtttiicrs un der the sheltering care eif the school. TIIFSF. Rl'LFS AVI LI. YOL. Mist dVi c aw. y ar Site Ci , iv er ; ihing 0. I (took: Ainu i i g Parties wishing to enter a printing office at this se'asem sheiuld be governed by the feillow iug rules. Advance te the inner door givo three distine-t rtips eir kick the deior down. The "devil" will attend to the alarm. Yeiu will give him ytiur name, post- eiflice tieldretss anel the length of ! 4: 41. -- I iiniej yeiu lire; uwuig 101 me paper. 1 He will admit you. You will ad- (f vance tet the centre of the roemi j 5S iniu ovuuii n iv, i:mivi;i 1 11 1 tin; following cetuutersign. Pjxteud t. no' a Q );.r Q in "4 fill der 20 cents, they will sell heu 16 -simply as example of you can do there. They have a few very nice LADIES yet that you can buy very ch ! good styles and qualities. they say of one article, or onfnter jevtr will apply all through the stor. isho: Remember that in order toldu full stock of everything that pe ',ave to a large general merclwn business, they are receiving t'8 New Goods Tl I3aiimec) Tjrer so that you always have the 'Sews I tWe pkin PIONFFR AMOMI JOKF.S. "Some jokes are so old that the chances tire! that they will never age," says an eilel iheiteigrapher, "and repetition seems emly to in creases their value. Forty years agei I went into a gallery to learn the art of pheitography. A pretty girl came in tet have her picture taken. As she peiseel beforo the camera she remarked with a smile te the operator: "Loeik out, I'm so htmiely I may bleak the glass." "I laughed iinineiderately at the thought eif rays from an ugly face) bedng set strong as to fracture glass, but the eiperator never smiled. When the girl went eut I asked the photeigrapher why he didn't laugh, as I thought the; joke was gen id. "I did laugh at it thirty ye?ars agei," said he, 'when I first went into the business, and my in structed told me that he; hael laughed also, when he tirst began his work. I've heiarel that jeike many time's a day since;. ' Well, I went into a plieitograph gallery the either day, having been out eif the! business for sev eral years. The tirst thing I Imard iu the eiporating room was tin; same joke. "Ileiw many time's a day do you get 1 hat'?" I asked the operator. "Hard tei say," was his leply, but at li'ast live! times. " "Neiw, there) are 100,000 photo graph galleries in tlii! country, i anel that me;ans that the joke1 is , repealled TiOO.doo times a dny. I have a reoeird 01 it lor seventy years, and it seems that under going such us;ige as that it is bound to be eternal."-- De-treiit Free 1 'ross. ! the right hand about twe feet I freim the body, with the thumb j aud fingers extended, the thumb land index finger clasping a $10 I bill, which elreip into tin; hand of I the editetr, at the same time say ing: "Weroyeiu loeiking for ine'?" The editor will grasp your hand and tho bill, anel pressing it will say: "Yen be-t!" After giving him the news cetucerning yetur locality yeiu will be; permitted tei retire with a receipt for an eibli gation preiperly discharged. Marcus (Iowa) News. o Mm Ml rj )- n and best to select from. The always odds and ends, lnciden;? large trade that must go at a t W( bargain. Wen 2$ tp. 0 ae to t He n: 111 f 1 in ! U P t. IV S b 1 e e li 1 AS.JLJ.WJ11J!SJU ,J, ippe SKXATOH ( i :1I ne?. Semi f 1 iv. I'll" TIIK IJOFRS AI)VANTAiI ONF. STAMP SKLLS FOR .'rU,7lO. One postage stain) brought:?!, -710 re'ceutly at the sale of theceil hetion of F. W. Hunter, eif New I York City. This is the largest The ability of a race eif bravo j y stamp bus brought in marksmen behiud entrench-1 H'is ceiuutry at auction. It was uumts, tei make a feirmidable re-1 specimen of the first issue eif sistence to assault by the very British Guiuea in 18:?0. It is the be'st veteran soldiery is a fact fa-! tvet-ceut deuenniuatieiu, printed miliar to all persems eif historical in black on a pink ground and intelligence. Tho repulse of the I wiihetut preforations. Postmas- British regulars twice by eiur embattled farmers' lino at Bunk er Hill; the dreadful repulse eif Welliugtem's sesiisemeel "Peninsu lar war" veterans, 14,000 strong, under Pakeulu 1111, by i,000 IsTen tucky aud Tennessee hunters anel Iudiau fighters at Ne;w Or leans; the; destruction wrought by Heifer and his rifle?nien in the ranks eif Marshall Lefobie's corps eif Napoleon's army in the deliles eif the Ty role?se; mountains; the successful resistance tei the Kussian army offered by tho Turks under English officers at Plevua, are; case in point. Peirt land Ori'gemian. te-rs in the comny in those days liad to separate emo stamji from another in a sheet with scissors. The stamp was purchaser! by a prominent stamp and coin com pany eif that city, who represent ed an English ceillector. Mr. Hunter benight this speeiniou for SI, 710. James 11. Adams, for years a well kueiwu baggage master em the C. V. li. 14. aud later a ce,u eluctor em the; South. Peuu. rail road, die'el at his heime in Chatn bersburg, last Friday meaning. The cause of desath was consump tion, from which he hael been suffering for some time. Mr. Adams' health became sopeiora number eif months ago that he was conipi'lle'd to give up his place em the railmad, which time lies had been cemiined to his home:. I 4i'! Mr. Adams was one; of the) best i ',;( Ne), Maude e ar, we; wouldn't aelvise yeiu te) go te) the dentist lor an extract. Try u drugstore. Little girls be;lie.'Ve iu the man iu the nieieiu, Wheu tliey gretw older, limy be'lie;ve iu the man in tho houeynnion. Accetrding tei the; returns of thes ass'sseirs Franklin county has within her borders, and owned by individuals it.L'wM bicycles. The Ceiuuty Commissieiners Avill levy a tax eif euio dollar upon e'lie-h bike which will go to tlm bicycle )iith fund. The last report eif the; civil ser vice ceim mission shows that res m ovals from the' classified service :i erage emly abenit etue-half eif lionairo eif siderable; in ti through the c Ac is one eif the i; roei from the r:iul ptt. spent his lit' fas t Haven, iu Fiijv tc sylvtmia, anil r knew him sayt t farmer, and :i f,,( uot owning the lived, anel Clur Suce ml farmer's buy tftt Addeid to tliisilKh an overgrown, kot erne per cent, a year. Evidently the administration cannot justly accused of uufriei'.dliuoss tei civil services law. I I The homliest man 111 Congress ! is said to be Mr". Eeldy, of Miu 1 nesota, and he! rattier prides hiin- se-lf em this fact. Some of his pei e!lie:al adversaries emce nc.etuse'el liini of de'eeit fulness and hypoc risy, but he rose) tei tho eiccasiein. "The;y say I am two faced,'' said Mr. Eddy. "Now, gentlemen," looking mournful and heunlier than usual, "do yeiu believe that if I hael two faces I would be wearing this one'?" This did up all his critics. known railroad nun iu this set!-1 livery old soldier who has lion eif the state) aud there is ! i' :i -heel the agei ef Gli years is eu hardly a person who has traveled i titled t i f lu; minimum pension of on tho South Penu. railroad who ! S(i whether lm is disabledair not, didn't kueivv Jim Adams, as h; ! auet every sohlior who has reach was familiarly calltsd. Mr. Adams i eel the age eif 7ii is esutith'd to tho youihaud, tliP1; ladies, his lark jf1 against him, ular as a bcr p13 mind that was and beneath tl: 1 ness" lies Wits ' f He deteriuincil r world, aud lie d r iug to Meiut;'.i .r ' success eif tii'r canies back tn liL a milliemaire; an ' Contact with f ! 1. , M ) 1 eiuilL il " the; fanner's marrie'd tei a a sistes eif Mr Gre.'ensburg, L t lie; West. His creased, until i come estimiiti'il rr 1 01 it: n 11 r t Willie Be-itcli. 1 tJr was born iu Chavubersburg and was aged "i t years, 11 months and 17 days. For a number of me mtlis he was a resident of Kie-h- mond, his employment necessi maximum pension under the law wl'i-h is twelve dollars a month. With tho American mule, the American Hour, the American horse and various other Ameri- tatiug his residence there for j (;an agencies helping Great Brit- Unit length of tune. Ho was ti member of Corpus Christi Catho lic church, from which place his f uuoral was conducted last Mon day morning. ui:i iu South Africit, it becomes a questiem eif heiw much of a fight our friends ticreiss the sea could put up without their Uuclo to saw wood. had toothache i;: iiud comiilaiiu'i' I to tile pi;oilis '' Cumberlaml cm" Win. Ahlanel V ueit piriict ii-it'g d' it is alleged, him, and iiilh'(l pair of jiineers. Li'gul action f beSiin begun, tl'1' iug 1000, cimrj:1 result of the "1 jaw was broke''1 : was for some t'11 whereby his fu1'1 loss und oxpcu'' tion, brought h)' through his ue 000 damages for formity, ouojii1 er than the; ouV1 J . 1 umrmw n
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