FULTON COUNTY NEWS.
Published livery Thursday.
13. W. I'fcCK, Editor.
McCONNELLSBURG, FA.
Thursday, Feb. 15. woo.
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Annum in Advance.
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cription executed with prompt
ness, in a workmanlike manner
and at consistent prices.
Tin: soi.nn.irs chit.
I had been out in tho Held with
the American troops in the Phil
ippines and as many of the
wounded were being taken into
the statiou I followed. On enter
ing a great big brawny fellow at
tracted vny attention, lie was
propped up against the wall and
a pipe in his mouth, smoking like
a chimney.
"Well, my man," I said,
where did they get you?"
"Iu the leg, mum."
"Does it hurt much?" I asked,
as I gave him some malted milk.
"Include it does, mum; but its
worth t.ll the pain iu the world to
see sooh a nice lady as yourself
nitiore." He had never mur
mured, although his leg was
broken iu two places..
Such grit and such unselfish
ness. I tell you, our boys are
made of grit. Never one mur
mur, no matter how great the
pain. Under all conditions they
were always thoughtful for oth
ers who might need the malted
milk or broth more than they did.
Time and time again, when I
would give them ' something to
drink, they would drink half aud
say to give the rest to a fellow
sufferer. Not one drop more
would they touch until assured
there was plenty. Sometimes I
just couldn't stand it any longer;
that tears would come. It was
too pitiful to see them lying there
suffering, and yet never forgetful
of others who might be worse.
There were so many instances
where grit grit in every sense
of the word was shown. One
fellow who had had a hand-to-hand
tight with two Filipinos
came iu terribly cut. Knives had
been used, and a great gash was
cut in his cheek aud the lingers
of each hand laid open to the bone
where the knife had been jerked
out of his hand. Do you know
that man stood there, puffiug
away at a cigar, and never 11 inch
ed once while the doctors took
seven stitches in his cheek. He
smoked continuously, taking the
cigar out of his mouth with his
drawn -up hand. It was only
when they began to work on his
lingers, where the nerve-center's
were, that he said anything, and
ho jerked his hands away, say
ing: "Good Cod, leave them
alone!"
"Hut hadn't you better quit
smoking?" I asked him.
"No, lady; I couldn't stand the
pain if I did."
Another time a little Dutchman
came in holding up a bleeding,
shattered hand.
"Hello, fellows; how you vas?
Dey got you, too?" ho culled out
cheerily, and he never moved nor
murmured the whole time the
surgeon worked on his hand. -A
Nurse's Story in San Francisco
Call.
HIS I'A WAS liKillT.
All the seats in the car were
tak
an. lie stood up near the mid
dle and read a paper, paying no
heed to what was going on around
him. Ho was the only passenger
for whom there was no place to
sit. He started to turn the pages
of his paper. Suddenly the 1110
tormau saw an obstruction on
the track ahead and reverse ! the.
current.
Alter the passenger who had
been standing succeeded in get
ting upon his feet again, an old
man who seemed to know him
said:
"Well, Johu, your pa was
right."
John looke 1 daze J, and the "old
man continued:
"Ho always said you was a-goin'
to tho front iu a hurry some day
If you only kept your health."
ChicagoTiuies Herald.
SI 1)1, I. Kill I S ON I lll. KI N I I KY
I CASH.
Kmiu I'ulilli I.fiVftT.
The Washington correspond
ent of the New York Evening
fVsl, in narrating tho events
leading up to the present political
troubles iu Kentucky, says that
the best monument that could bo
erected for Mr. (Ioebel would bo
"a charitable silence. " The cor
respondent recalls that he went
to the Kentucky State Convention
last year, with only Hi" delegates
out of tlo total of lOU-'. The oth
er delegates were sup)orting
Stone and Ha rding, and the lat
ter needed only forty voles to se
cure success on the lirst ballot.
The Post correspondent says
that it was Stone's desire to
round out his political career by
a term in the office of (lovernor,
(ioebel entered into an arrange
with Stone by which the hitler
was to have his desire, the Gov
ernorship, and Goobol was to bo
given the succession to Deboe's
seat as Senator. To carry out
the bargain nearly 5(M) delegates
were thrown out, and many of
them on contests begun after the
Convention hud met. "After this
packing had boon done, Goebel
sold out his partner and had him
self nominated for Governor."
The (ioebel election law, under
which the present confusion in
Kentucky politics was made pos
sible, was necessary to complete
Goebol' s ends; but Taylor's
strength at the polls was miscal
culated, and even the convenient
machiuery to overuu majorities
found iu the Goebel law was not
worked quite hard enough to ob
literate Taylor's majority. While
his real majority is estimated at
ill i, (MM, the Democratic returning
board gave him :M0(. - The law,
however, accomplished its per
fect work" in the Legislature!,
which by the law was constituted
the final bulwark of Goobolism.
The Investigating Committee of
th(! Legislature is selected by
lot, and ten of the eleven names
drawn were Democratic, though
on joint ballot the Democratic
strength was about i() per cent,
of the total. The charge was
made, the Post correspondent re
calls, that the Democratic names
were placed on one side of the
b.ox from which the Contest Com
mittee were drawn, and the Re
publican nau.es on the other side.
Little has been said as to the
charge that the Committee on
tin; Governorship was unfairly
drawn, but it is a matter of great
gravity, and, if made out by con
vincing proof, it would show an
important side light upon the
case. The withdrawal of Govern
or Taylor would probably end all
the incidental contentions. If the
court s could be apioaled to suc
cessfully to open the contest on
the allegation of fraud, which
vitiate everything it touches, tho
method of drawing lots for the
Legislative Contest Committee
might be investigated, aud the
truth made known. At any rate,
full opportunity should be given
by the Legislature for the vindi
cation of the Democrats respect
ing this allegation.
The Post's representative re
fers to another matter which
should not be overlooked as one
of the operating causes of the
Kentucky complication. The
cor respondent notes that in Louis
viljo ' the Federal office-holders
took an active part in the Repub
lican Conventions of eleven of the
twelve wards that elected Taylor
delegates to the State Convention.
The Collector of Internal Reve
nue was active iu practical poli
tics with his storekeepers and
gangers:
"Had these men been appoint
ed by the merit system and not
on tlit! strength of their partisan
and factional loyality, it is prob
able that Mr. Taylor would not
have been nominated for Govern
or; but the most popular candi
date, John Wl, Yerkes, would
have headed the ticket. Had this
come about, there isgootl ground
for believing that tho Republi
cans wtuld have carried Ken
tucky last year by .r( ),(() major
ity, and no Goebel, or machinery
of Goobolism, would have ven
tured to try to break through
such a verdict. The Civil Ser
vice Commission found the evi
dence against Collector Supp ou
charges of political coercion aud
assessment so serious that it
tried last summer to have him
removed; but some influence suc
ceeded in holding him iu his
place against every force that
makes for decent politics."
There seems to have been too
much easy-going jiolities all
around in the last State! cam
paign, and the serious dilemma
in which it plunged the State,
with (ioebel as tht! arch manipu
lator and marplot, aud his party
as the beneficiary of the stolen
goods, ought to correct the po
litical atmosphere and have a
disciplinary influence upon Ken
tucky politicians of every hue.
The Governorship is of infinitely
less importance than the obser
vance of respectable political
practices. Disreputable, smart,
tricky and lawless politics do not
pay iu the long run.
1 KDi: KAL 1'KO I LOTION OF
lilKDS.
Senator Hoar of Massachusetts
has introduced a bill into tht! Sen
ate of the United States, which,
if it become a law, will 'prohibit
the importation into the United
States of birds, feathers or parts
of birds for ornamental purposes,
but birds for food and for muse
ums, zoological gardens or scien
tific collections, are permitted to
bt imported, as well as living
birds, whose feathers can be re
moved, or feathers taken from
living birds, without injury to
the same. The second section of
the bill provides that there shall
be no transportation of birds,
feathers r parts of birds to be
used or sold except as mentioned
iu the first section of the act
from any State or Territory of
the United States. The bill iu
many respects is a good one. The
destruction of birds solely iu or
der to procure their feathers for
ornamental purposes has become
so groat that if it continues
many years longer at the rate at
which it is now going on, many
of the species will soon become
e.vtinct. There are some weak
features iu tho bill, us, for in
stance, the non-importation into
the country of feathers, wings,
etc., for ornamental purposes,
even when they are obtained
from game birds, which are kill
ed each year by the million for
food. When birds are killed for
food, there is certainly no objec
tion to utilizing the feathers, aud
there should be no reason why
they cannot be legally sold.
now wi: csi. ri Tin; for-
FSTS.
A cord of spruce wood is equal
to til") feet hoard measure, and
this quantity of raw material
will make half a ton of sulphite
pulp. Newspaper stock is made
up of two per cent, of sulphite
pulp and ho per cent, of ground
wood pulp. The best known
spruce laud, virgin growth, pos
sesses a stand of about 7,000 feet
to the acre. Twenty-two acres
of the best spruce; laud will there
fore! contain .154,000 feet of tim
ber. An average gang of loggers
will cut this in about eight days.
This eutire quantity of wood
turned in at any one of the large
mills will bo converted in a single
clay into about -iH) tons of such
pulp as goes to make up newspa
per stock. This pulp will make
about an equal weight of paper,
which will supply a single largo
metropolitan newspaper just two
days.
POINTI'.I) PARAGRAPHS.
It is best to go slow wheu bet
ting ou fast horses.
Action and reaction are not
equal tu the stock market.
A man may mean well, but you
arts never quite certain of it.
Some people pass their good
resolutions on their first reading.
The lay of the hen is more val
uable than the song1 of the lark.
Happy is the bride tho suu
shines on if she isn't afraid of
freckles.
Many a man would have a bel
ter wile if he wasn't such a poor
husband.
The man who takes the cui
thinks it is no more than his just
dessert.
Some out! will bo sure to take
your advice if you have it en
graved on the handle of a ten-dollar
umbrella.
You can learn more about a
man in ten minutes after it is too
late than you could iu ten years
before,
There is unfiling liki poverty
to give! one a practical knowledge
of the scarcity of the milk of hu
man kindness.
The greatness of au egotist is
all in his I.
Ancient Pagan Ciintonis Observed
In Our I'aslcrn Possessions.
! American missionaries who ex
1 poet to carry on evangelical work
iu the Philippine Islands will find
no dearth of native pagan relig
ions and religious customs to
! combat. In the various large is
j lands comprising the archipelago
many odd rites are practiced and
I many strange gods believed in.
j During the past quarter of a
j century the investigations made
by indefatigable travelers aud
I Spanish priests who have ilwelt
I among the natives have brought
j to light some curious aud inter
I esting facts concerning the relig
ions of the dilierent tribes. Tho
pagan natives believe in a remark
able medley of gods and occult iu
flueucos, iuvestiug the produc
tions of the earth as well as tho
celestial bodies with sacred uud
mighty powers, either good or
malign. It is important also to
note that, while their religious
ceremonies are crude aud often
puerile, there hus been found in
their vague and jumbled panthe
istic system a remarkable resem
blance in several instances to the
ancient religions of Kgypt aud
India.
Some of the least savage tribes
hold very pronounced beliefs con
cerning the progenitor of thevbu
man race. The Aelam of the 111
ocan tribe is known as Augugalo,
a giant, who created the world by
order of a supreme being, a be
lief similar to that prevalent in
Ceylon, where it is declared,
there is ou the summit of the
Mount of Adam a gigantic foot
print, left by Adam when he
sprang from the heavens upon
the earth.
The belief in after life is very
general. Among the Northern
Ulocans the souls or shades of
thedef unct are known as Auioaas,
who remain upon the earth iu
sadness and darkness, frequent
ing the places where their bodies
were accustomed to be iu life.
Soinetiiues they assume their
eoi;oroal forms and appear to
their friends or relatives. The
Illocans hold that each mortal has
three different souls the Kar
karnia (the soul of the living), the
Alalia (that of the dead) aud the
Auioaas (that of the living and
dead).
The Apo is a title of reverence
given to tho demons- Buker aud
K'aibaaues (g(!nii or spirits, good
and bad), who dwell in the trunks
of high tri;es and in the interior
of great rocks. The name Bat
traia which is held to be of Sans
krit origin is givou to a num
ber of Filipino gods. The chief
god of the ancient Tagals was
known as Hadhala or Bathala
iney-Kapal, who was ' believed to
bo nor sonified by the bird Tig
mamanukin. The same designa
tion is given by the Tagals to
comets or certain other celestial
phenomena, which they believe to
presago great events. Iu the re
ligion of the natives of the island
of Mindanao there is a god Badia,
only sou of another great deity,
Mansilatau, who preserves aud
defends maukiud from fraud and
treachery of tho demons Pudaug
uon and Malimbung. It is held
that the word Hatala or Hadia is
simply a variation aud abbrevia
tion of Hatura-gura, the title some
times given to Siva, who, with
Brahma aud Vishnu, constitute
tho trinity of the Hindu religion.
A curious instance of sorcery
known as Bougat is still iu vogue
anioug tho natives on the islauel
of Mindanao. It is brought into
play when a robbery has been
committed and the thief is un
known. In two hollowed cano
stalks a mysterious powder is
preserved. A bit of this powder
from out? cane is blown iutoa lien's
egg, through a small hole iu the
shell, and the egg is then laid
upon the lire; Tho result is as-
I tonishing and satisfactory. Iin-
mediately the unhappy burglar,
no matter whore ho may be or
how reinoto he is from the scene
of his depredations, is scizinl with
terrific and incessant pains
throughout his body, aud ho
promptly and obediently makes
known his whereabouts anil guilt
by exclaiming in anguish: "I am
I the thief!" If tho robbed party
' is inexorable and wishes the ras
cal to die, he simply smashes tho
powdered egg, and the guilty
man's existence is at onc;e ended.
Hut if he doesn't meet this dread
ful doom ho has a chance of (!s
oaping from his paius. Ho must
obtain some of the jxiwder from
the second caue, none of which
was blown into tho (!gg, and scat
tor it upon water, in which he
must bathe. Having accomplish
ed all this he is at ouco relieved
from his bodily tortures.
SOt I II AFRICAN NAHM S.
To most Englishmen South Af
rica, is one of the great divisions
of England's colonial empire.
This is misleading, because it as
sumes that South Africa bears a
family resemblance to Canada
and Australasia which is not cor
rect. Slit! has all tho main fea
tures of u British colony with the
vast native population of a tropi
cal province!. South Africa is
not a white man's country with a
black fringe; it is, like .India, a
black man's country, with a white
rilling caste. In Cape Colony the
Kaffirs are in the proportion of
three to one of the Europoau pop
ulation; in Natal twelve to one; in
the republics two to one; in all
the other territories .of South Af
rica under British rule hundreds
to one. It must be remembered,
too, that the natives are steadily
increasing; they are not dying
out like the Maori of New Zeal
and, the Indian of British North
America, or the blacks of Aus
tralia. Forty years ago Natal
was a wilderness; today it has a
colored population of 700,000
strong.
Even more disquieting than
their number is their warlike
character. So recently as the
seventies the military organiza
tion of the Zulus was so thorough
as to reude!r them the terror of
their neighbors. Tho Basutos,
tho Metabele, the Bc!chuauas,
and the Swazis have all fought
either with the British or
with tho Boers during
the past fourteen years.
With the war now in progress be
tween the two white races in
South Africa there looms up the
clanged1 of a unlive rising, whose
horrors can hardly be realized,
even by old aud experienced colo
nists. On the west of the Transvaal
I are the Bochuauas who, iu the
war of 18H0-1, were 'allies of the
British and therefore suffered at
the bauds of the Boors, even to
the loss of some of their most
valuable territory, which was
subsequently, under British
pressure, restored to them. On
the east ares the Swazis, who have
also had trouble with the Boers,
and over whom tho Boors exor
cist! a sort of farcial jurisdiction,
their territory, however, not hav
ing been annexed. The Orange
Free State has a hereditary foe
in the Basutos, who have fought
the burghers at intervals for two
generations. AtpresontBasuto
land is administered by an Eng
lish resident. Tho Basutos, it is
estimated, could put au army of
(50,000 into the field; the Swazis,
an army of 15,000, and the Bochu
auas one of L'O.OOO.
Then there is the Kaffir, who
is, first of all a fighting man. The
lust of war is in his blood, and it
is only a few years siuce he was
able to gratify it. Moreover, he
is a savage; civilization has put cm
him ouly a veneer. Hence, when
he sees tho two white races at is
sue, ho may imagine that now is
his opportunity to coino by his
own. Only that native races are
rarely moved by the same spirit
at a particular moment, and that
the forces of law and order are
stronger in some territories than
in others, a general war would bo
one of the possibilities of the
present situation.
Wives of Two Lutheran Mission
aries Die in Africa.
News has reached here of the
death of Mrs. Will M. Bc!ck and
Mrs. J. I). Simon, at Muhlenberg
mission, near Monrovia, Liberia.
Tho former died at (5 a, in. on De
cember L'ti, and the latter at a. 510
a. m. ou December l'!t, lh'J'J.
Tho Lutherans of tho West
Pennsylvania Synod, and espec
ially those interested iu mission
ary work, will recall tho interest
felt in the departure of Rev. Will
M. Bock, and his bride, and Rev.
and Mrs. J. 1). Simon, as mis
sionaries to Africa.
A farewell meeting was held iu
Baltimore on November L', lMUU,
aud the missionaries sailed from
Philadelphia on Saturday, No
vember 5, 18'.)!). On December 1
they arrived at Monrovia, and a
letter from Mr. Beck sixko of
tho delightful voyage. They ex
pected to start up tho river on
tho 8th and could havo been at
the mission in less than two
weeks. Mrs. Simon's maidou
uamo was Miss Leauua M. Tur
kic, and .sin left u three-year-old
son in this country. Mrs. Beck,
formerly Miss Emma M. Stein,
of Princeton, III., was married to
Mr. Beck on Auguest 23, 18'J'J.
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iMICF. AH 1 )OI IN CHINA.
The lirst thing which strikes
the traveler in China, upon his
entrance! into any of the many cit
ies of tlie celestial empire, is the
striugs of dried mice which hang
from the roofs of the houses sus
pended by their tails, just as
sausages are hung from butcher
shops in' France. Tho Chinese
hunt these mice with a long sharp
pointed knife, which they plunge
into the animal's throats. Then
the mice are suspemeled by the
tails until the blood has dripped
out, when they are skinned,
drawn and smoked. Another fa
vorite dish with tho Chinese is
dogs' feet. Tho .feet of black
dogs are considered more of a
delicacy than those of any other
color, and white dogs are rejected
as being tasteless. Dogs' fat
prepared in a special manner, is
looked upou as a repast tit for a
king. N. Y. Herald.
KACIIONi: HAD HIS HOIJBY,
W. F. Cody had iu one! of his
companies a Western "Broncho
Bill." A certain missionary had
joined tht! aggregation to look af
ter the! morals of Indians, relates
tho Baltimore Herald. Thinking
that Broncho Bill would bear ' a
little looking after also, the good
man secured a seat by his side at
tho dinner table and remarked
pleasuutly, "This is Mr. Bron
cho Bill, is it uoti"'
"Vans."
"Where! were you born?"
"Near Kit Ballard's mill, on
Big Pigeon."
"Ueligious parents,! suppose? "
"Yuas."
' What is your denomination?"
"My what?"
"Your denomination?"
"O-uh-yaas. Colt's 44."
Lxasperated Old Ccmtloman (to
lady in frout of him) Excuse
mo, madam, but my seat has cost
mi! ten shillings aud I want to
see. Your hat
The Lady My hat has cost mo
ten guineas, sir, and I waut to bo
seen.
It is when a married couple 'u
love grows cold that the house
gets too warm for comfort.
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that to-day could not be bought w a
der 20 cents, they will sell you1',
16 simply as example of wh.lls
you can do there.
They have a few very nice $ltl
LADIES' ggi
JACKETS
as
yet that you can buy very cheap ir t
ffOod styles and qualities. Whh
they say of one article, or one li ;"
will apply all through the store. juJ
Remember that in order to keep
full stock of everything' that pertai:gi
to a large general merchandise
business, they are receiving 1
New Goods 11
'no
Almost DailyJJ
so that you always have the latci4i)
ho
and best to select from. There s,
always odds and ends, incident tofi'i
large trade that must go at a t;rt is
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Ul'SlNICSS AiWa
As an instance i, !
people are taking ms
plitied form of p J
orders, Assist;uan
Reamer Uoko sl;pi
reporter the re ft &
money order ch'i fici
Altooua postottii'i h
For the inoutl-Ai
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crease of 24,illi
of December, Mpa
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uriut special unm i
cations in any r 1
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tity, fife of clmiyj
or business liousi
of the firm, to b'
advertisements
mail order busiui-pht
od has met with jau:
part of persous ' f
chase's by luciiu-p
dors." Any ii'ibl :
receiving a larg'ip"u.
ey orders cau be r t
these blanks by jka
tor to the post Hindis
number they wishhu
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Whatever (lili'-'1
there may be i'l
bility of smoldi(-';L('
is none as to i,sl(Hl
upou boys. B1" ),
of the heart inn! ''j,.
paoity of the hWi'j,
who are being ,ra
ics are not pel'1'"
by their traim'i's.
say, "It is bud '
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