( FULTON COUNTY NEWS. Publbhcd livery Thursday. H. W. i'l-CK, liditor. McCONNilLLSBURG, PA. Thursday, Feb. 22. 1900. Published Weekly. jS 1.00 per Annum in Advance. Prompt attention will be jjiven to applications for ad vertisim,f rales. Job Prinlin, of every des cription executed with prompt ness, in a.workmanlike manner and at consistent prices. A SON(; ()!' .MISTI:!! SATAN. Siitiin never eome Will a 1 ;i tir iti er de drum, Will ile blown' er de Initio lio'n; Tin lies 1 1I y (), Km ho eref) up blow, Mn ho leave no truck, I nk' a rabbit In tie snow; lint he yot you who' en you lio'n! I e up en it way At le brenkin' er (le iluy, de lurk done llylit in de co'n! I'.n his lit' his hat Whar ile winner at, F.n projiek i-oiin' Twell in? lay liim Hat En he goi you, sho' oz. you bo'nl () sinner, come 'Ion;,' Ter de pospel song- Don't wait fer ile. lmjjlo ho'n: I'er Sat i n lay low, Kn he ereep up slow, I'.n he leaven no track, Lak' a rabbit in ile snow; Hut he not you sho' (v. you ho'n! TRAINING A CHILD. The training of a child should begin as soon tis it is horn. Any mother knows how soon a habit is formed with her child, and it is just ns easy to form a good habit in a child as it is to form a habit that will give every one trouble and inconvenience. If the nurse gives the child the hab it of being carried by the hour, ' this habit will bo so firmly fixed that by the time, that the nurse leaves that father and mother may spend the next few months walking the Hoor with the son and heir in his arms. If, on the contrary, the child is allowed to remain on the bed, where it is far more comfortable, a good child may reasonably be expected. This is the first habit that is usu ally formed. The next habit is the crying for everything that is wanted. A child should not bo allowed to form this habit, for its owu hap piness, as well as for the happi ness of all around it. A child knows very soou whether father and mother tire to be obeyed, or it is to have everything that it happens to want. A child at six months is fully capable of under standing whether no means no or not, tind on this point a mother should be very careful. No child should lie overburden ed, but by the time it is a year and a half old, some very light duties should devolve upon it. At this age a child should be ex pected to pick up its own toys, and to put away its clothes on its return from an outing. A low drawer should be given to the child for its coat find other be longings, and upon its return from an outing the drawer should be opened for it, and it should be tavght to carefully place its rub bers in a small box intended for them; its cap in another box, and its coat, mittens and other wraps laid smoothly find carefully in .place. Let a child help itself as much as possible, and you will make a self-reliant child of it, rather than (die of those helpless chil dren that one so often sees. " So with the toys. When done play ing, let the child pick up each block and put it in its own box. A child who has been thus trained is a pleasure to everyone. One very bad habit that is given the child by the mother is in be stowing too many playthings up on it. Give it but one plaything at a time, and when this has been returned to the box, another can be brought out. You will find that a child will I e far less ner vous and restless when thus traiuod than when given a multi tude of toys to cast away tit a moment's notice from sheer weariness of overabundance. An individul who haw very clear ideas as to the duties of his neighbors usually lias very vague ones about his owu. OUR MIGilf.OSIM COUNTIES. NEWS GAUF.RKD FROM OUR HSARBY EX CHARGES. I'roni Hancock Star. Airs. Win. McICalvoy has rent ed Mrs. George W. S Fir's res idence, and will convert it into a boarding house. Tho Atlantic Refining Co. are erecting a 10, OiK) gallon oil tank at Hancock station to supply local retailors. Mr. J taker, who has been with W.I?. Stigers at War ford sbtirg, lias rented Martin h. Peck's mill at Pectouvillc, Md. Hancock Times. W. D. Myers, Hancock's enter prising tailor, has closed negoti ations for the erection of another building to his already commodi ous ' tailoring establishment. Davie learned his trade with A. U. Naeo of this place, and with his family went to Hancock about a dozen years ago, with very lit tle of this world's goods, lie now owns one of the nicest resi dences in the town, and has built up a business that is gratifying to himself, as well as his friends. Kittie, the bright little daugh ter of Dr. and Mrs. Wood Stigers, is a prodigy in music. Sho has just been the recipient of a hand some banjo, a present from her father. There have been over 100 cases of measles in and around Clear spring. -McrcershurH Journal. L. C. Keisuer, wife and two children, Lancaster City, Pa., are visiting relatives in Mercersburg. Miss 151 iiuclio I'iitterson. Web ster Mills,' visited Mrs. II. 15. Krobs over Sabbath. Miss Mary Wilds, of McCon uellsburg, is visiting in the fami ly of W. S. Fisher. Dist. Attorney, Geo. It. Daniels, Attorney John I'. Sipes and Vir gil C. Sipes, of Fulton county, were in town Monday. Orbisonia Dispatch. It appears that the traps set by hunters for wild animals some times make peculiar catches. A week ago iu referring to a catch made by trapper John Swope, of Alexandria, it was noted that a "large wild cat" broke- the chain of one trap and got away. Later developments indicate- that the wild cat was a valuable hound be longing to John Hewitt, of Wood cock valley, which was found iu the trap by Charles Stewart, who was attracted by the cries of the animal. The poor beast had evi dently been iu the trap for at least a week, and when found ouo leg was frozen as stiff as a stone. There is considerable feeling over this setting of traps for game, and when a domestica ted animal happens to fall a vic tim, tis in this case it would indi cate that little humanity is ob served by those who use this means to catch animals, or else these traps would be looked af ter more frequently and the vic tims caught be more speedily put out of misery. Everett Republican. Alfred Graeey was splitting wood at his home in Everett on the !Jth inst., when the axo caine in contact with a building and re bounded striking him on the head cutting an ugly gash in his scalp. Everett will soou have a free reading room neatly carpeted and furnished, well supplied with the best magazines and papers, and iu charge of a competent li brarian, where boys and girls, men and women can find the best literature of the day. Fred Larndollar, it former res dent of Kverett, died recently in Mexico. . The Republican deplores the fact that the Everett Schools are gaining an unenviable reputation for the fistic encounters between the teacher and pupils in some of the higher grades. .The modem teacher can govern without brute force if the board of directors are worth anything. Rev. Cinder, of the Reformed church at Clearvillo, exchanged pulpits with Rev. Barney iu Ful ton county. Mrs. Mahnda Roiim spent a couple of days will her daughter, Mrs. (h-o. O. Lynch, of Crystal ftp rings. Everett Press. Hopewell has I'our sons iu the service of Uncle Sain in the Phil ippine war, namely, Charles Liv ingston, Ru.ssel E. Snyder, Har ry Dasher, and Howard Weaver. In addition, she has one,' J. C. Painter, in (he ;ird Heavy Artil-i lory in Cali i'oruia. The town also i furnished nine boys for the Span- j ish-A mericnn War, Hiram Robinson, at Robin son -ville, expects to build :i large j barn in the spring. Rev. Joseph Harney is not im proving very rapidly. He is able to walkout by the aid of crutches, but su Iters very much. The .Press has all its big guns trained on Hon. John M. Reynolds. Mr. Reynolds had for a quarter of a century been a Democratic leader in Iledford county, repre senting that county iu the legisla ture when only twenty-four years of age, and holdiug Ihe position of Assistant Secretary of the In terior during Cleveland's last Ad ministration. After completing that job, it occurred to him that he had been worshiping false gods all these years, and lie knocked at the door of Republi can isi in, acknowledged his sins, and was taken in. Now he thinks that the Republicans of Bedford county, if they love him, ought to (indorse him for congress. The Bedford Idquirer is for him, and the consequence is there is a "hot time in the old town." LIVELY HULL SOLD. lirecncMiNUe I'ri'ss.; An infuriated bull created a panic at the sale of George W. Kuhn iu Antrim township. The bull, a youug animal, had been placed on the block for sale. While the bidders were busy cry ing out prices to tho auctioneer the bull broke; from his keeper and charged into the crowd, knocking down a number of buy ers. Before they could recover from their fright the animal rushed into a yard, iu which were a number of teams, causing a panic among the animals. Then the enraged animal pluuged into a field and started on a mad llight over the acres. The sale pro ceeded while the bull's owner was pursuing him, and was knocked down to a buyer just as lie was disappearing over a hill. Ho was captured later and turned over to the purchaser. HETTER THAN COOK ROOKS. Cook books are all very well iu their way, and many "would be the mistakes made if they did not exist, but nothing can take the plaeo of experience. A girl who is totally ignorant of the first principles of cooking will make many mistake's, even when pro vided with the best of cookbooks, because she will not know how to use good judgment in her work. The secret of good cooking is, first of all, strict attention to ex act measurements, then care in following the rules iu cooking. Good, nourishing soup cannot be made from the ragged ends of dried-up meat, that has had all tho substance cooked out of it, nor can good coffee be made from luke-warni water, no matter how expensive or how good the coll'ee may be. For nutritions soup, take fresh meat and bones, add a sufficient quantity of clear cold water, then add the necessary season ings and watch the simmering carefully. Tho scum must not bo allowed to remain, but should be frequently removed. Tho pot should bo kept tightly covered, except when necessary to remove the lid. To make good coffee it is neces sary to have fresh boiling water; not that which has stood iu tho kettle till night and brought to the steaming point over a slow fire tho next inorniug. Tlie ket tle should be emptied and wash ed out, freshly filled in the morn ing and placed over the bright hot lire so that it quickly conies to the boiling point. For a quart pot full of boiled coll'ee take three heaping tablespoonfuls of fresh ly ground coll'ee. Take the white of an egg and pour over it six tablespoonfuls of cold water fresh from the cooler, put it on tho cof fee, mixing well together. Stand tho rest of the egg and water in the refrigerator until coffee is again to be made. When the ket tle is boiling furiously, fill the pot nearly to the to), allowing room for the boiling. Boil stead ily for ten minutes then stand back for a moment until tho cof fee settles. You will have' (toffee as clear as amber if this receipt is carefully followed. Some men seem to think that a man ceases to bo a good fellow when he stops lending money. DEATH OF A. C, M'GRATH. A CITIZEN PRISONER, 1863-65. His Life in Cliaiiihersbui-.L', - His J'rlso.i Life - Story of his Exper ience at Salisbury, N. C-Caterer for the IUcmsIHkIi Prices for Provisions An Active Man in Good Works. I'mm l'ul)!l! Opinion. Allan C. McGrath, one of tho best known citizens iu Chambers burg, died at his residence on Saturday eveuing, February 10, 1900, from the effects of a stroke of paralysis. Even after he knew lie was stricken, he reluctantly onsouted to be led to his bed, and his head had scarcely touch ed the pillow when he became un conscious. His death followed almost immediately. His last words were addressed to his faithful wife, to whom his long illness was a great trial borne with all the forlitudo of noble womanhood. Mr. McCrath was born in Phil adelphia, January 10, 183"). Be was educated in the puldic schools of his native city, but when lie was only iu his fifteenth year he began his apprenticeship at tho trade of plumber and gas fitter. Iu 1853 he entered the employment of Abraham Myers, who wtis ii contractor in a large way for the erection of gas works. Mr. McGrath assisted in building the gas works at Nor ristown and other cities of the State, and in 18"0 came to this place with Mr. Myers to superin tend the erection of tho Cham bersburg Gas Works. When the works were completed iu 1857 the company made him the general superintendent of the plant and business. This position he held for more than forty years and Wits only retired when his in creasing infirmities made it im possible for him to perform his duties. In 1882 he was chosen jSupt. of the Chambersburg Water Works and held this posi tion until his death. Iu spite of the heavy tax of these two places upon his time and energies he al so conducted an extensive plumb ing and gas-fitting business. In August, 1802, Mr. McGrath enlisted in Compauy D, Captain John II. Reed, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Regiment Pa. Vols., Col. James G. Elder. He was made a corporal, August 10, 1802 and discharged on account of dis ability, February 12, 1803. He participated in all the battles iu which his regiment was engaged fro in An ti eta m toFr edcr icksb u rg. After his discharge Mr. McGrath resumed his duties with tho Gas Company. On the Oth of July, 1803, a party of fourteen men left Chambersburg for Hagerstown, expecting to witness a battle on the Potomac as supplementary to that of Gettysburg. Of this party Mr. McGrath was, previous to his death, one of the four sur vivors living in Chambersburg in recent years. Tho others are John P. Culbertson, D. M. Eiker and L. D. C. Houser. Instead of witnessing the expected battle uine of the party were captured by the enemy, iucludiug Mr. Mc Grath, Mr. Culbertson aud Mr Eiker. The citizen prisoners were stmt to Richmond with tho prisoners of war captured at Gettysburg. Tho first night they encamped in a wheat field near Williamsport. The next day they were ferried across the riv er and marched to Staunton where they arrived July 18. From Staunton they were con veyed to Richmond by train, ar riving on the 21st. They were first confined toLibby prison.but in August were transferred to Castle Thunder. In October they were sent to Salisbury, N. C, to be held as hostages for some Confederate bushwhack ers. At Salisbury the mess to which Mr. McGrath belonged consisted of 1). M. Eiker, Dr. George L. Kauffmau, Alexander Harper, afterward of Creeucas tle, aud Captain May, of Pitts burg. "Mr. McGrath," tho late Jacob Hoke wrote for the "Opin ion"inhis famoiis'-Reininisceuees of the War," was made commis sary or caterer. Ho was also' made commissary for the hos pital, as the following paper .shows, the original of which is before me. Mr. McGrath, citizen prisoner, is hereby constituted commis sary agent for the distribution of commissary supplies within tho Prison Hospital, and will bo al lowed the extra ration usual uu- der such circumstances. He will receive the rations used for tho prison hospital and see that they are properly prepared and, dist ribnted according to the num ber of patients in each ward. He will also see that the supply of hospital wood is prox;rly dis tributed according to tho number of prisoners, and tho size thereof in each ward. John Wilson, Jk, Surgeon in charge of C. S. Mili tary Prison Hospital, Salis bury, N. C In the execution of his duties as set forth iu the foregoing pa per, Mr. McGrath was allowed the privilege of going outside of the prison into the town. "That those of our citizens as sociated with Mr. McGrath in the prison would be benefited by the liberty allowed him in pro curing articles of food aud other conveniences, which the prison regulations did not supply, will appear in the facts yet to be re lated. The Post Sutler, Mr' L. Tuff, who took a kind interest iu our citizen prisoners, agreed to furnish them with such articles as they needed, receiving his pay ment as they earned money in the way hereinafter designated, or at some future time. M r. Mc Grath run up accounts with him amounting to as high as twenty eight hundred dollars, and in one case over three thousand dollars. At the time of their departure from the South, Mr. McGrath's account was over two thousand dollars, and a year or two after the close of the war Mr. Tail" vis-ited-Mr. McGrath at this place and enjoyed his hospitality and renewed old acquaintance for a week or two, when this account was adjusted by the payment of some three hundred and seventy five dollars in greenbacks, which wtis entirely satisfactory to Mr. Taff, for the prices charged for the articles were proportioned to the market value of Confederate scrip at tho time of the purchase. "Mr. McGrath's method was to keep an account of the expen ditures for the mess for a month, at the expiration of which each person was charged for his share as well as for any extra luxuries, as will bo shown presently. To give an idea of tho manner of liv ing, tis well as the prices paid, I copy a few items from Mr. Mc Grath's book now before me: 2 II) s. coffee $20; box shoe blacking !?3; 2II)S. sugar $20; stockings $13; Hour $10; pepper $1.50; beef $18; chicken $10; goose $,'10; apples $4; dried apples $a; soda $3; cabbage $10; potatoes $20; turnips $0; ba con, r11s., $30: chicken $20; pars nips $r; onions $"; sausage $5; en velopes $5; eggs $30; butter $00; molasses $13.50;. , .Tudgiug from tho frequent charges for potatoes tobacco, onions and such luxuri es, with tin occasional goose at thirty dollars, and chickens tit from seven to ten dollars, with all the other necessary "fixins" for the table, it will be seen that McGrath was tho right man for the place. The occasional char ges of several dollars for needles and thread suggests tho idea of sewiug on buttons aud mending clothes. In the individual ac counts charged to the persons composing the mess, I find one person whose name I withhold lest he be charged with gross ex travagance, charged with tobac co$0; tooth-brush $5; share in mess $30.55; tobacco $10; thread $1.80; tobacco $0; stockings $(5.50; salt $2.50; chicken, (perhaps he was an invalid and needed some- thing extra), $10; pie $2; enve- lopes 5; medicine purchased iu town $25. "It would be injustice to Mr. McGrath to pass by his skill as a caterer to his mess without re ferring especially to his ability in makingpios and Indian puddings. It might be that some of our ho tels or restaurants need a first class cook or baker, or some of our lady readers might desire to take lessons iu these desirable acquirements, and justice to them as well as to Mr. McGrath requires that he bo placed upon record here. Coining into the prison one day, he was asked what ho had procured for dinner? 'Nothing,' he replied, 'brt I'll see about that.' Going out t-gaiu for a little while ho returned with some blackberries and Hour. Pro curing souio water, ho put iu the Hour and began tho process of making pies. With the rim of his cap turned up so as not to in terfere with his sight, and all eyes turned upon him as he pro ceeded to knead tho dough, and occasionally stopping in the in teresting process to answer some question, or to attend to some other duty, at the same time en deavoring to disentangle his lin gers from the sticky .--tit!';' by wiph:g them f:pou his ptintaiooLs, he Ruccoedo.l in placing before hu hungry, but admiring mess, several delicious blackberry pies. True, they were not very short and crisp, for they wore compos ed only of flour, water and black berries, but short pie-crust was uot wholesome for persons ac customed to so little out-door ex orcise. .The subject of discus sion while at dinuer was.whether the jolly baker had not as much dough upon his trousers as in the pies! 'Ah,' says Eiker, 'my mouth watered when I looked upon those pies, and waters yet whenever I think of them.' But if McGrath had one specialty over another it was iu making In dian Puddings. Coming iu one day with near a peck of black berries, we inquired what he was going to do with them? The de lectable idea of blackberry pies danced before our imagination. 'Never you mind,' said he, I'll show you.' After mixing the meal and making up the dough, and putting iu the blackberries, a halt was called. A bag wtis necessary to boil it in. What was to be done now? Mac set his wits to work to get over this difficulty, and after considerable beating around, a happy thought suggested itself to him. A pair of drawers belonging to someone of the prisoners was seen hang ing on the wall. No sooner did these come under his notice than he was out of his trouble. What use has a person for tho luxury of drawers in jail? Aud why put on such appendages of civilization and gentility when all could not have the same? Taking out his knife he cut off one leg, washed it and put the pudding in and it soon was boiled and ready for use. 'Mac' says the puddinar has V!1 .3 Tint n Vfir.lu ( lit.j ill?-?-!-. ...... Uwu v--..v y.jf n ill.-, IIJIIU when ho put it il tho pot, but when ho took it out it was white and clean. But now another di lemma confronted them. Indian pudding, even though so artistic ally made, was not a savory dish without sauce. Where was that to be had? Wrino was out of the queslio:-, but Dr. Kaufman thought commissary whiskey would answer, and as he was act ing as assistant surgeon and had access to the drug and mod lcmo department, he borrowed of the Confederacy a small quantity and the bill of fare was complete. i When the pudding, flavored with tho doctor's captured whiskey, was sot before the admiring mess it was unanimously decided that it was an improvement even upon Mac's pies. Surely such genius as Mr. McGrath displayed in ca tering to his mess Is worthy of everlasting remembrance, and so far as I can do so I give him this immortality of fame. " Some of the party, including Mr. Eiker, made unsuccessful at tempts to escape from Salisbury in December, 1804, being return ed to prison after a month of free dom. Later they succeeded in escaping. Mr, McGrath was precluded from sharing iu these attempts by the .terms of his pa role, and ho was not released un til tho latter part of March, 1805. "Stone walls do not a prison make," quoted tho prison visitor. "Maybe not," said tho convict, "but they make it darned hard for a feller to get out." "I wonder why if is that ballot dancers put on such airs." "Well, you know, they must put something on." Rate of vibration of a rattle snake's tail is said to be sixty per second. If you doubt it count for yourself. Pennsylvania has tho honor of having more national banks with in her borders than has any oth er State. ' The number is 430. Now York- has 327. Total in tho United States, 3.502. Total uum- L-.sr organized, 5,133, of which 1, 201 have gone into voluntary liqui dation and 370 have been 'declar ed insolvent. Some of those fellows who are eternally beggiug a chew of to bacco might get a bit occasionally oil' the fire plug. It's the fast young man who runs through a fortune quickly, but it doesn't take an athlete to jump a board bill. ' What's the use of fussing about flying machines so long as a man can go o,ut ou a 1 irk? LLK,;i1( l'Ymii On- y, The ,); State r,,,,, thepurpov uieut to th providii; ed States vote, lius which wil er tat i aw i Hi"- iiii an State fJf.- 01 lf they f t,.,,, Under tlii.f; meut to I on: proposal, Houses of Et, rglsltitun-fe" States hu k '. gross mm-Ki proposing jtiic proposal l)vy incuts lice, fck dameutiil I; pi tion by tho;''" fourths oft "! by convent ,o1 of the Statin ll' ili other mode f proposed bv method ofi,' ment chose; U due to tho.' hope of acti Senate lias resolutions fl! 0 t He HP amendment. Ik.1i lution now ; gross, whit ll'H 1 1 tutional tiiii..e States the Senators bv ably nieetifn great litli( 1 amending J ' make all pr.j. very uulikeh. tho dim futt, scandals in or tho deadloiv j,,! Senate, ovi. corruption n( fitineu,liav(-:f demand for; St: tion passed ij Legislature, I, tee recites t! ( American ypr election of S,1 popular vote - What the f,. really ask f ?' better Senat rwvnnlnv vnh. 1 1 " t I present ills. i' ity of the p after discus; to better pmjjj, questious upO history of tin !,' site shows t!.y legislators, w el with any d the world, f ,.i I change iu G elected by tl the Populist ! for Governo: Leedy, Color. Bridles" Wait h suffered from have now ti t, Governor S: named and ! him. If the Conventions 1 Senators as w- Tho fault dm due so much t ery of goveru j puouc spu 11. their duty tl; Senators to V tliov uliii-k tllr J """" - s will represent tor what nietli adopted. A TI.M1 A Peuusylv;. a decided veto make up tells I an Irish wn mauy years," "God rest hef dead. Ionit'i a lingering utk iug her letup to time by l's thermometiii' 1 When she lm.l ! called one dtiJV ther testing l'1'1 a simi)le prosi'i on ' my way three miles ft'"1 overtaken by 1' back. 'MouV he; 'cotno ri!1 went. 'Doctl" lady, reproach'1" vo L'ivo mo tho ' tongue? That than all tho rest Nashville AdvxJ