FULTON COUNTY NEWS.
Published Every Thursday.
B. W. Peck, Editor.
McCONNELLSBURG, PA.
Thursday, March 29. 1900.
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AS UNCLE JAHEZ SEES IT.
This world ain't what It UHed ttr be
No nowhere nigh;
The good old times we used ter see
Have all gone by;
Au' all these modern fellers spout
l'rogresslvness, and tell about
I low alrth has just begin ter sprout;
'Tween you and I,
The old dirt ball Is all played out
And bound ter die.
Now, see the gals they're all so plain
That, I declare!
Yer can't find one like Hetsy Jane
Not anywhere;
She's older now, but take her when
She picked me out from all the men
Hy jinks! if yer'd a seen her then
She'd made yer stare.
Thoy'll never make that kind again:
Such eyes and hair.
Thore's cookin' now just take mince
plo,
An eight-inch slice
Of mother's stylo wa'nt more'n a try
Ter tusto the spice!
But uowadays if I jest take
A bite of this new kind they muke
I'm doubled up, in ha'f a shake,
Just like a vise,
And have a kind of stomach-ache
That isn't nice.
Take weather, too now ther's the snow
Ma use ter let
Mo wade in drifts waist-deep and, sho!
'Twa'a't cold or wet.
But now the stuff that falls gee whiz
Don't make no odds how light it is,
It soaks me and I'm almost friz;
And don't I get
The chilblains and the rhoumutis?
Well, you just bet!
That' why I say, ' I said afore;
This old dirt ball
Ain't what it used ter be no more;
It's on the fall,
All this "progression" 's in a horn;
I see myself alrth'g old and worn
And gettin' worser every morn
' Fer large and small,
I pity them that's jest been born,
By gom! that's all.
The Everlasting Kicker.
The Prominent Citizen stx)d in
front of the mirror, making his
toilet.
"I never could understand," he
said, "why shirtmakers persist
in making the buttonholes on
shirt fronts perpendicular. If
the shirt is tight the tendency is
to pull the stud out. I am ready
to join any political party that
will adopt a plank in its platform
demanding that buttonholes in
shirt bosoms shall be cut horizon
tally." Now the wife of the Prominent
Citizen was a New Woman, with a
geriius for affairs.
"If you want to see a political
party organized on that issue,"
she said, "why don't you start an
agitation for it by going to your
shirtmaker and ordering him to
cut the buttonholes in all your
shirt bosoms horizontally here
after?" "That," rejoined the Promi
nent Citizen, with a shrug of his
shoulders, "would be too much
like attending the primaries.
The Witness's Reply.
Years ago United States Dis
trict Judge Williams was a dis
trict Judge in Arkansas. At a
certain term of court a murder
trial came before him, and the
most important witness for the
prosecution was a colored boy, 10
years old. The lawyers for the
defense set out to show that the
boy was too young to understand
the nature of an oath, and, there
fore, was not competent as a wit
ness. Boy, said one of them severe
ly, do you know what would hap
Ien if you swore to a lie?
Yes, sah. Mammy would lick
me.
Would anything else hapien?
Deed dey would, case the devil
would git me. ,
At this point Judge Williams
leaned over his desk and said
with pretended sternness: Don't
you know, boy, that I would get
you, too?
Yes, sail, that's what I Jus said.
the Marvels of shrapnel,
The Most Terrible Agency Of War.
From The l'euny MiiKiizlnek
It seems more than a little
s'traugo in spite of all the boasted
improvements in weapons of war,
the deadliest of all instru meuts of
death in use to-day was as fa
miliar to our grandfathers and
great-grandfathers in the earli
est years of the ceutury as to us.
Machino guns, such as the
Maxim and Gatling, each pour
ing forth a very deluge of bullets
at the rate of several hundreds a
minute, and mowing down the
enemy's ranks as a scythe mows
down grass, are very terrible
weapons; but for sheer destruct
iveness and the power to demor
alize the enemy they must yield
precedence to the shrapnel shells,
within whose "operative area"
nothing can live.
These deadly projectiles were
invented two years before Tra
falgar by a Colonel Shrapnel, a
British officer; but, as is the case
with so many inventions, the orig
inal shrapnel shell was of very
primitive construction. It con
sisted of a spherical shell, filled
with bullets and a bursting
charge of gunpowder; but, as it
had a trick of exploding at the
wrong time, and was only reliable
in its uncertainty, it was often a
source of as much danger to
friends as to enemies.
It is, however, from this crude
projectile that the wonderful
shell of to-day has beeu evolved.
The modern shrapnel shell con
sists of three parts: the base, the
head, and the tube which runs
through its body. The explosive
charge is placed in the base of
the shell; and on a kind of dia
phragm placed over this charge
two or three hundred bullets
rest, being kept in position by
resin, which is melted and poured
over them.
Running from the base to the
point of the shell is a tubo filled
with powder to connect the ex
plosive charge in the base with
the fuse which is placed in the
head of the shell.
Before firing the shell, the dis
tance of the enemy is calculated
and the fuse is cut down to such
a length that the shell will ex
plode at the precise fraction of a
second when it can inflict most
damage. In other words, the
fuse must be of such a length
that the charge will be exploded
when the shell is about 20 feet
above and 150 feet in front of the
enemy.
The fuse is ignited by the act
of firing; and as shell screams
through the air at the rate of 800
to 1, 000 miles an hour, it burns
rapidly until, just as it is on the
point of striking the enemy bod
ily, the charge at the base of the
shell is ignited, and with a terrif
ic explosion the shell is shattered,
pouring down its deadly hail of a
quarter of a thousand bullets ov
er an area of about 500 square
feet. The bullets are so evenly
distributed from this terrible
"spray diffuser" that, if 250 men
were massed within this area,
every man would either be killed
or dangerously wounded.
In some recent experiments
with shrapnel, shells were fired
at a range of a mile and a half at
a wooden target 1 inch thick.
Fifty yards behind this target
screens were placed to represent
a battalion of infantry in column
of companies. The shells were
exploded on contact witli the tar
got, and the number of hits on
the screen were counted. Prom
one shell 1(50 hits were scored,
e:ich hit in all probability repre
senting a man's life; a second
shell no fewer than 220 out of its
250 bullets found on the screen.
Thus a single shrapnel well
aimed is capable of doing terrible
execution on au enemy; but their
destructiveuess only becomes ap
parent when we consider the ra
pidity with which they can be
ffred. Lot us take, for illustra
tion, a single battery of half-a-dozen
guns and see what havoc it
might conceivably do within such
a short limit of time as a quarter
of an hour.
Pitch gun is capable of firing a
shell every five seconds or twelve
shells a minute; and as each shell
has on an average 250 bullets, a
single gun can deluge the enemy
with 3, 000 bullets a minute or .45,
000 bullets in a buarter of an
hour. Thus abattery of six guns
has a killing capacity of 270, 000
men in fifteen minuted, assuming
that each bullet, as it might do,
killed a man.
The effect on au enemy of, say,
six batteries showering on them
a hail of over 100, 000 bullets a
minute may well bo conceived;
and it is little wonder that the
Derv ish hordes at Oindurman fell
before such a tornado of destruc
tion like grass before the scythe
of a mower.
A shrapnel shell weighs only
about 14 pounds, and of this
weight its burden of bullets is
nearly half. It has an effective
range of two miles, and an av
erage speed of flight of 1, 200
feet to 1, 500 feet a second. Swift
ly as it flies and short as its jour
ney is, the second shell is follow
ing from the same gun on the
track of the first before the lat
ter has traveled much more than
half of its journey.
A TOL'CjII CONTRACT.
Well Caleb, said Captain W. of
Massachusetts years ago, what
will you ask a day to saw wood
for me? I've got several cords
that I want sawed in two for the
fireplace.
I should charge you about half
a dollar a day if I had a saw, re
plied Caleb, but I ain't got none,
captain, so I don't see how I can
accommodate you.
If that's all that's lacking, I
guess wo can manage it, said the
captain. I've got a prime new
one, keen as a brier, and I'll let
it to you reasonable. How would
sixpence (12J cents) a cord do for
the use of it?
I reckon thats a fair price.cap
tain. I'll bo over in the mornin.
Bright and early that next July
morning Caleb was at work, and
he kept at it so faithfully that he
finished before sunset, when he
went to the house to settle.
Let's see, said the captain, you
were to have half a dollar a day.
We'll call it a day, although it
aiu't sundown yet. That's 50
cents for you, and you were to
pay mo sixpence a cord for the
use of the saw. There were
three cords and a half in the pile.
That makes 43J cents due me.
Somehow, Caleb, you don't have
very much coming to you? ,
How unfortnit.said Caleb, after
scratching his head dubiously for
half a minute, and then looking
up quickly, as if a new light had
broken in upon his mind how
unfortnit that you didn't have
half a cord more, for then we'd 'a
come out just square.
COVALT.
March 22. Last Sunday Rev.
Wagner preached his last sermon
at Oakley before conference. We
are sorry to see him go.
Mrs. Rachel Peck, daughter,
and two sous, started to Oakland,
111., on the lJJth inst., where they
expect to remain indefinitely.
Mrs. ' Joseph O'Rourke of
Brocttou, 111., who has been visit
ing her relatives and friends in
this county for some time, start
ed for her home last week. Miss
Gertie O'Rourke went to the de
jHit to bid her sister-in-law good
bye; and, for some reason, it
seems Miss Gertie took a notion
to take a free ride to Cumber
land and back that day, and she
says she enjoyed the trip very
much.
Rev. S. E. Lamed, of Illinois.is
holding a protracted meeting at
Antioch.
Some of the boys had a fine
time with the cider barrel at
Rachel Peck's sale. Some of
them got too much cider.
J. II. Covalt purchased a horse
last week.
There was a play party at II.
H. Brewer's last week. The
boss say they had a good time.
William Sigel and family were
visitiug Peter Culler's last Fri
day. THE CORNER.
The attendance , at school has
beeu small on account of bad
weather.
Miss Abbie Mellott spent Sab
bath evening with her brother D.
J. Mellott.
George and Mirvan Gluck, two
of Adam county's prominent
young men, spent Sabbath with
their cousin, Mrs. Annie Mellott.
The boys left on Tuesday for Illi
nois. George E. Clouser spent Thurs
day evening at J. B. Mellott's.
A number of the young folks
attended the oyster supper at
Big Cove Tannery.
Harry tnd Edwin Carbaugh
were at Mercersburg, recently.
THEIR OWN POLE.
Five bad students were in a bar
ber's shop getting their hair cut
and parted in the middle. All
this took to quite late in the night
and then one of them said:
"Barber, what will you take for
your sign pole?"
"Ten dollars," replied the ar
tist, smilingly.
"Here is your money," said the
student, who was a member of
the winning football team that
season and so had only to write
home any time for a check. "Sign
this," and he drew up a bill of
sale. "Boys, help me home with
my load." And the little caval
cade went down the dimly-lighted
street with the singular burden
upon their shoulders.
"Hi, there!" yelled a policeman,
whom they had tried to pass sly
ly, "what are you doing with that
barber's K)le?"
"That is our business," grimly
replied tho football player.
"It is also mine," rejoined tho
policeman.
"Come with mo to the station,
and bring that polo with you. "
"We cannot afford to carry it
away from its proper destina
tion," said one of the students.
"Never mind," growled tho po
liceman. "I'll got'it there," and ho sum
moned help, and conducted the
whole procession to tho police
station.
"Boys, "said the sergeant, after
they had ranged themselves in
front of him, "I'm sorry, but
this bit of fun will cost you five
dollars apiece."
"Perhaps before- wo are fined,
you would liketo look at this strip
of paior?" inquired tho ball
kicker. "Why, "exclaimed the sergeant,
reading the bill of sale, "here is
an awkward mistake. This is
your pole."
'We had thought so," meekly
replied the student.
"Young men," said tho ser
geaiit, "you are discharged. Offi
ce, go back to your beat. "
"Will you kindly instruct him
to tako tho pole where he got it?"
inquired the student.
"Certainly," replied the ser
geant, "that is your right," and
the striped stick of timber was
tugged back again by tho dis
gusted myrmidon of the law.
The students again shouldered
their tapering load and started
down another street. They soon
met another policeman. This
time they did not attempt any
evasion.
"What 're ye doin' with that
beam o' wood?" shouted the offi
cer. "Our business!" sang the boys.
"Your business seems to be
tho thief business," said the offi
cer. Come with me to the sta
tion."
"We will not carry the pole,"
said the students; "but if you
want to, wo will swear not to run
for it.
The officer believed them after
they had repeated it in Latin, and
being a large, strong man from
the Tipporary regions, just about
managed it. He was soon before
the same sergeant mentioned
above.
"It's their pole," shouted the
sergeant, as soon as he saw them.
"Take it back where you got it."
"Why didn't you tell me?"
grumbled the officer, between
breaths, on the way back.
"You said we were thieves, and
how could you believe thieves on
a question of property?" And
they started once more for home.
Again aud agaiu they were es
corted to headquarters, until
they began to feel quite well ac
acquainted with the sergeant.
The sixth or seventh policeman
they met was a smallish man, and
they took particular pains with
him. They yelled, whistled, sang
"Good night, ladies," aud march
ed four times around him in sol
emn procession. Hesimply thank
ed them for the entertainment.
"Why don't you arrest us, "one
of 'them cried.
"There's been a general alarm
sent all over the city," replied
the peace-preserver, "to the ef
fect that if we met five men wid a
pole, don't molist 'em, as they are
harmless lunatics on the way to
the asylum to start a barber shop
there."
A college education has the ef
fect of making some fellows too
smart to work and not smart
enough to get along without work.
The best blessing a child can
have is a good mother.
IIAKTFOKI CITY, INDIANA.
March 20, 1900. '
Dear Friends and Acquaintances
of Fulton County:
I had a very pleasant and hap
py , visit amongst you. Many
thanks to you all for your kind
ness to me. I returned home
safe and found tho folks well as
usual.
William Mellott's folks are well
with the exception of Rhoda Tru
ax, who is poorly. The McEl
downeys, Elizabeth Hart and Dr.
Sharp's folks are well. Beckie
Correll (Vancleve)is right poorly.
An electric road will bo built
connecting this place with Mun
cie. Our public works are all
working full time. There has
been little snow hero this winter.
Dennis II art.
WEST VIEW.
March 153th.
Carl Howard, little sou of Clyde
and Dorothy Andrews, of War
fordsburg, was carried over the
river that separates us from the
home of tho soul. Little Carl
was the idolized treasure of tho
home tho joy and pride of tho
heart of his parents; but God in
his all wise providence, ermitted
its spirit to be separated from tho
little form in which it abode, and
carried back to Him who gave it.
While the father and mother may
mourn the loss of one that is very
near and dear to them, they can
rest with the blessed assurance
that tho spirit that once dwelt in
its little form is now in the Celes
tial City that home not made
with hands. Little Carl was
born October 10, 1899; died March
13, 1900. Interment in the Pres
byterian cemetery at Warfords
burg. Mr. and Mrs. Andrews extend
thanks to the neighbors for their
kindness during tho illness aud
death of their little sou.
McKIBBEN.
William L. Spade, accompanied
by his lady friend Miss Delia Bed
ford, attended preaching at Ebo
noezer Sunday evening.
"On occouut of tho snow and
cold Rev. Trout man was unable
to fulfill his appointment at
Pleasant Grove Sunday last.
Mr. and Mrs. Anderson Mel
lott spent Monday evening with
the family of John Conner.
The Diehl Bros, have sold theiv
saw-mill to Clark & Calhoun of
Bedford county.
Death entered our community
last Saturday morning about sev
en o'clock and claimed as its vic
tim Mrs. Sarah Ann Smith who
was one of the oldest ladies of
this vicinity. She has been a
mother to the poor and an excel
lent neighbor and will be sadly
missed by all. She was over 70
years of age. She leaves to
mourn her loss a husband and
two daughters, Catharine aud
Anna who are both at home, aud
two sisters Mrs. Adam Hess aud
Mrs. Thomas Hesslor, and a largo
number of friends. Her remains
were laid to rest in Pleasant
Grove graveyard on Monday fol
lowed by a largo concourse of
sorrowing relatives and friends.
HARRISON VILLE.
The funeral of Mr. John
Daniels took placeon the 19th inst. ,
at the Green Hill Presbyterian
church, where quite a largo
crowd of relatives and neighbors
gathered to pay their last tribute
of respect to the departed. Rev.
Drawbaugh delivered a very in
teresting sermon, taking his text
from Ecclesiastes 8: 8, which
reads as follows; "And there is
no discharge in that war."
David E. Strait visited his par
ants part of last week.
George Sipe moved last Tues
day to Mrs. Cutchall's farm in
'Possum Hollow.
L. I. Deshong is 'on the siclt
list.
Revival services were in pro
gress last week at the Green Hill
Presbyterian church, conducted
by Rev. Clare.
Mrs. John Daniels is in a very
critical condition.
PLEASANT GROVE.
Mrs. SaraliHull of Bethel town
ship, was visiting friends in Bel
fast township last week.
M. D. Hill traded two sides of
bacon for a fine horse.
Howard Martiu, David D. Desh
ong and Isaac Layton indulged
in a ground-hog hunt Saturday
after the snow.
SIDELING HILL.
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Mellott spent 1
Sunday and Monday with Mrs.
Mellott's parents, Mr. and Mrs. i
Bonnet, in Bedford county. j
Roy Garlaud was the guest of I
his uncle, Jacob Hess, Sunday.
Gilbert Mellott was sampling
tho sledding around Everett,
Sunday. Ho was accompanied
home by his friend, Miss Pearl
Williams. Gilbert does not be
lieve in always being s"t far apart.
Quite a number of our young
folks attended the birthday par
ty of Bertha Golden, Friday even
ing last.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hess
spent Sunday under Mrs. Hess's
paternal roof near Franklin Mills.
Mrs. Wm. Gordon and Laura
Brady, of Warfordsburg, were
guests of Mr. David Winter aud
family , Sunday.
Riley Garland was a Sunday
eveuing caller at the homo of
Miss Jessie Lewis.
Mrs. Rachel and Allio Hill at
tended the funeral of Mrs. Bart
Smith at Pleasant Grove, -Monday.
Mrs. Smith had been a
long sufferer of cancer.
Adam Hess is dangerously ill
of heart trouble and lagrippe.
Job Garland and Bert Hixson
were our representatives at court
last week.
Tho family of Henry Layton,
that has been seriously ill with
lagrippe, is better.
Anna Hebuer spent Monday
visiting relatives in Buck Valley.
W. 11. Garland aud II. Garland
spent' Saturday evening with the
family of Henry Layton.
Amos Layton and Job Hill were
iu Hancock, Saturday.
Emery Diehl, of Whips Cove,
and Lester Loguo, of Fraukliu
Mills, were callers in our midst,
Monday last.
Ottio Hill spout Sunday even
ing with her cousin, Lillian Fis
cher. Jim Mellott's have finished
sawing at Dott, and are now ready
to movo their mill to Franklin
Mills soon as the roads are fav
orable. Walter Weicht was a caller
near Warfordsburg, Sunday.
Miss Ella Mellott was called to
her homo Tuesday on tho account
of the serious illness of her moth
er. Amos Layton aud wife were
Sunday visitors at tho homo of
Reuben Mellott.
WEBSTER MILLS.
The oyster supper held at Big
Cove Tannery was not largely at
tended because of the cold weath
er and bad roads.
Our hustling farmer, William
II. Woodall, is putting up a lime
kiln on the farm.
Mr. and Mrs William Woodall
were visiting their many friends
in Franklin county, part of last
week.
Miss Violo Glenn spent last
Wednesday witli her brother
aud her uncle, David Montgom
ery. Miss Flora Hauu is slowly re
covering. Wo hope sho may con
tinue to improve.
Little Oma Gordon, daughter
of Robert and Mrs. Morden, is
suffering with a severe cold.
The services held at the Luth
eran church last Sabbath, was
largely attended.
Rev. and Mrs. Smith, ofMc
Counellsburg, visited the family
of Geo. W. ileuu, one day last
week.
We can still see tho smiling
face of Audrew Washabaugh
comming up Roariug Run.
Bessio Harris, daughter of Jef
ferson Harris is improviug some
after a severe spell of sickness.
BIG COVE.
Miss Ruio Lake of Harrison
villo is visiting her sister Mrs.
John Ott of this place.
S. R. Martin, one of Fulton
county's progressive teachers,
spent Sabbath in the home of his
father, Christian Martin.
Mrs. Sallio Cook has returned
to her home in Webster Mills,
after a short visit with her sister
Miss Mollio Seylar of Pittsburg.
R. M. Sartain, one of Franklin
county's most progressive school
teachers, and Miss Sadie Walker,
of Mercersburg, were the guests
of Miss Nora Johnston Saturday
afternoon and evening.
We are glad to see Rev. S. B.
Houston able to be out again. His
throat being weak yet will hinder
his preaching for awhile..
Miss Kit Cook has been sufferT
ing with tonsilitis the past few
days.
AM. j "
jpN C
Snow last j "
inches cu ti(,i,;NAN'i
Last MuiKi;,
lies of f,,x Wt fiirn
Henderslmt , t
Nortl.cruftb4rm
was rewarded
a nice sp.ci,lUcg t
P""- dosirr
Lewis lhmdQ fam
turn to Kansas Tho
James V.K,Lrrot!
ed a day or t.Jyrog
ne y mo st. when
Mr. ami Mr,
Mrjof it n
fa' f to pre
in Hanco
nenry Han fed: 1
daughter UertiUut
Md., spout his (con).'
at George Jositio-
Bertha K19U Is :
week with Mrs jj(,ntly
The Sunday Jlod to
B. church mm
Sunday to ffdiiyocciv
1. Superhitntg mo
lott; secretary. L &up
and treasurer,, ty, o.
Among our And. .'
Hope McKiblxJm ov
Mellott, Jacob jr mo
girls, Mrs. Sajpaym
and Emma, felths 1;
Mr. and Mrs. Jw.
Two weeks affthe f
ler, a somewhat ire is
suffering from fa on
that carbolic Jand
cure, sho upplic, and t
results. Her :fes v
have turned bb rer i
says they arc ig of t
ly drop off. Of ied i
will never gh jtrod
trouble. iost
with
treat
LICKBi j,rd t
i, ar
The younjr tj onc
good use of the $ llc
tho meeting at Pna
hear the Snlvati fa:
a very good mivPa 01
gregatious penf
quite a distance.'!
Sheridan Defiat;
Bedford, this r,-?f th'
poets to spend tl PU
King MelUt'sf r t(
from Irviu Sip1
S peer's this wee-;
Mr. Oakinan. p111
spent Sunday t
Creek township. ss 5
ing court at Mctfur.it
week. fadec
Lake Garlaud 4tun
Sunday at Josef! fev.
Our limestone e j
ers made good u-kew:
Minor says, "Gui ld a
to put bird iu." I .A
Some of ouryuigai
disappointed las'l
the snow kept tli'
to the chopping
Michael Hockunsi
Licking Creek fw t
ors have paid out
lucky persous fjted
foot logs, thirty t-fur(
this township.
have afewnioreui
they will most lit
remunerated iu It
would advise the'
: v:
'eo;
make au effort tT
bridge over Lickk-,
901
i
loam, as it will tri,
more to keep ui'Ljj
than to imv f'
one would
tan at
t was l
bridge that
We want wngim bj
WHIPS IP".
The Institute
xsnj
.loll
failed to "toot."
the henvv fall of i
" fie-
teachers were It
as quite a crowd k'p '
coming in sleds
meeting was tui'Uij
fashioned "spi'll'iuf,
many took pint l
know, how to h& fa
and "Mayouesso". (
iv,r:.... T.in.. TT,i v t.
M)sed.
D. C. Bart spf J
Sunday at his hi'
Miss OllioHi'sv
was visiting frit'"1''
on Saturday In1'
Revs. May audT:
unable to fill tlifir
here on Saturday
Sunday last, on v
d
t,
V.
roads and the di
havo to travel.
Christian church
county, yet not
this denomination
the limits of th
this unfitness of tl"1"