FULTON COUNTY NEWS. Published Every Thursday. B. W. Peck, Editor. McCONNELLSBURG, PA. Thursday, April 5, 1900. Published Weekly. 1.00 per Annum in Advance. Prompt attention will be given to applications for ad vertising rates. Job Printing oT every des cription executed with prompt ness, in a workmanlike manner and at consistent prices. BEAUTIFUL THINGS. Bountiful fuel's nro those that wear H manors littlo if durk or fuir Whole-souled honesty printed there. Beautiful eyes are those thut show Like crystal panes where heart-Iires glow, 1 Beautiful thoughts that burn below. Beautiful lips are thoso whose words-r Leap from the heart like song of birds, Yet whose utterance prudence girds. Beautiful hands are those that do Work that is -earnest and brave and true, Moment by moment the long day through. Beautiful feet are those that go On kindly ministries to and fro Down lowliest ways, if God wills it so. Beautiful shoulders are those that bear Ceasoless burdens of homely care, With putient grace, and daily prayers. Beautiful lives are those that bless Silent rivers of htppiness, Whose fountains but few may guess. Beautiful twilight, at set of sun, Beautiful goal, with race well won, Beautiful rest, with work well done. Beautiful graves, where grasses creep Where brown leaves full, where drifts lie deep Over wornout hands oh, beautiful sleep! L. J. S. Mr. E. P. Smith, of Foltz, will dispose of his store and move his family to Chambersburg. An ordinance has been passed by the town council of Shippens burg taxing all telegraph, tele phone, and electric light poles in that place fifty cents each a year. The exact geographical center of the United States, calculating between longitudinal and latitudi nal extremes, is a spot in Kansas about 20 miles north of the point 'at which the boundaries of Kan sas, Oklahoma and the Indian Territory meet. The Cumberland County Com missioners gave notice that after April 25, they will not pay boun ties on foxes, wildcats and minks. They base their decision on an opinion of Judge Perdy, of the Wavno district, that the Act of Assembly is unconstitutional. Kither morning or night is a good time for a cold-water bath or even a tepid one, but a hot- water bath should be taken just before retiring, insomuch as it is relaxing. Never bathe just before or after a hearty meal. Bathe after, instead of before, exercis ing, and bathe regularly every day. A few days ago James, the sev en-years-old son of Samuel Miller residing southwest of Mercers- burg, was run over by a four horse team. The wheels passed over his left knee and his hips. Strange to say there were no bones broken, notwithstanding the wagon weighs about 2,000 pounds. George Davis, of Graceville, Pa., has the boss ewe we have yet heard from. In April, lHiiii, Mhe gave birth to three lambs which she raised all right. In Febru ary, l'JOO, she gave birth to three more and ,she is now performing the treble duty of raising her last increaso. Inside of ten months six lambs to one mother. . Geo Whiz! A curious story is being told by the postmaster of Fairfield, a village seven miles from Gettys burg, of a confederate soldier, who after thirty-seven years, paid for goods taken during the Civil War. The postmaster says that sometime ago he received a letter saying that on the retreat from Gettysburg the writer had taken some dry goods that had been stored away at Fairfield. He asked the postmaster If possi ble to find the injured party. The postmaster found the party and so notiflod the veteran. lie re' ceived a chock in a few days for 15. ti.mi: mi; co in of liff. Written fur iho Nt' by ImvIO H. Myers. Time is in reality the coin of 1 i Co. You may call the years its pounds, the days its shillings, and the moments its pence. Wo come into the world poor and ig uoraut. Many means of happi ness and sources of enjoyment are around us, but not one of them can wo well cnll our own till we have purchased it; and not one of them can we purchase till wo have rendered up its equiv alent in the coin of life. We must pay for them in iounds, shillings, and pence: or, in other words, in years, days, and min utes. Some of them cost much more than others: some can bo procured only by the sacrifice of years, others, , for the exchange of a few minutes. To illustrate my meaning, take the case of a child. Tito instincts of his na ture lead him to desire the enjoy ments of social intercourse but how many hours, months, and even years, must he spend in learning to talk before he can en joy the pleasures derived from this source. How much pleasure the little boy derives from his books; but this gratification was purchased by many aweary hour spent over the alphabet, and the elements of language. When the child becomes the youth, if ho wishes Jo be learned, he must freely give years to patient study; if he wishes to be rich, he must devote years to patient accumula tion. Nothing of value is gained in this world without puttiug the hand into the purse of life and drawing out, in payment for val ue received, the precious coin of time. To carry out the figure stillfurther; it isa solemn thought that the purse is never replenish ed; for every precious coin with drawn, it is so much lighter; every moment and day spent, is gone beyond recall; whether we have received its value or not, it will never return to us. It is true of each one that these days and years are constantly passing from his possession; but the wise and diligent man is mindful how they pass, and is not williug to part, even with the minutes, with out receiving an equivalent in knowledge gained, or labor per formed, or needful rest or re freshment secured, while the in dolent person suffers the precious moments to slip away without thought or care. Maryland's Marriage Law. The Ministerial association of Cumberland is trying to have the law reletting to marriages in Maryland changed, with the ob ject of decreasing the number of elopements. The law now allows sixteen-year-old girls to be wed ded there, while the one proposed provides that in the case of girls under eighteen years old', the written consent of parents or guardians will be sufficient cause to issue license. The new law is also made to require all state ments concerning ago, residence, etc., to be given under oath, eith er by both the parties applying for the license, or by parents or guardians, or by a justice of the peace qualified to act. The pres ent law simply invites any num ber of elopements, the majority of which terminate unhappily. How She Attracted Attention. Tho other day, saysTid-Bits, a married couple were walking down one of the main thorough fares of a north-country town, and the husband, noting the attention other women obtained from passers-by, remarked to his better half: "Folk uivver look at thee. I wish I'd married someone better looking." Tho woman tartly replied: "It's thy fault. Dusta think a man '11 stare at mo when you're walking we' me? Thee step be hind, and thah'll see whether folk don't look at me." Ho hung back about a dozen yards, and for the length of a street was surprised to see every man his wife passed stare hard at her, and turn round and look after her when she had passed. "Sal, lass!" ho exclaimed, "I was wrang, an' I tak' it back. I'll nivver say owt about thy faco again." His wily sptuse had accom plished tho trick by putting out her tongue atovery man she met. OLD SF.NATOKS. Four of the oldest men in the senate sit side by side in the front row. They are Pcttus of Ala bama, who is "8 years old; Cock roll of Missouri, who is (i5; Vest, also of Missouri, who is verging on 70, and Morgan of Alabama, who will be 70 next June. Age has dealt lightly with these four old men with the exception of Senator Vest, who is beginning to give evidence of the weight of threescore years and ten upon his diminutive form, says the Washington Post. Pettus is won derfully well preserved. He is known as the Confucius of the senate because he looks so wise and is so deliberate in his talk. Cockroll is one of the hardest workers in the senate, and his constant watchfulness while bills are being considered is proverb ial. Vest used to be one of the greatest orators and debaters in the body, but of late he has par ticipated but little in the proceed ings. Morgan is one of the wise men of the senate. Morgan is one of the wise men of tho senate. He knows everything. When he was a boy and books were scarce, ho used to train his memory by learning to repeat each volume, a chapter at a time. His parents wanted him to become a minister, but he drifted into' law and then into politics. He is one of tho few men in the senate who have tho really broad guago of a states man. Very few of tho old men in the senate show their age. No one would ever suspect that Piatt of Connecticut was 72 or that Cul lom of Illinois was 70 last Novem ber. Senator Ilawloy of Connec ticut is 73, Gear of Iowa will be 75 next April, and Hoar of Mass achusetts is 7iJ. Senator Teller is still vigorous, with his seven tieth birthday rapidly approach ing, and Fryo is a remarkably young man for the w eight of uear ly 70 years. Jones of Nevada, is 01), while his colleague, Stewart is 72. Senator Bate of Tennessee, like the late Senator Harris, will not disclose his age. He must bo 70 or thereabout, for he was a sol dier in tho Mexican war, over half a century ago. Millions Given Away. It is certainly gratifying to the public to know of one concern which is not afraid to be gener ous. The proprietors of Dr. King's New Discovery for Con sumption, Coughs and Colds, have given away over ten million, trial bottles and have the satisfaction of knowing it has cured thous ands of hopeless cases. Asthma, Bronchitis, La Grippe and all Throat, Chest and Lung diseases are surely cured by it. Call on W. S. Dickson, Druggist, and get a free trial bottle. Regular size 50c aud if 1.00. Every bottle guar anteed. Cigarettes Barred. Cigarettes are placed uuder the ban by au order just issued by Chief Willis L. Moore, of the Weather Bureau, and from this time on tho hundreds of em ployees in the service tho coun try over will have to abandon tho habit of smoking them during of fice hours. The subordinates are protesting against the order, and hold that tho bureau has no right to exercise a censorship over their morals, and there is talk of au appeal to Secretary of Agri culture Wilson. Mr. Wilson, however, is said to be in sympa thy with the order. Reflections of a Bachelor, Every woman gives more Christmas presents than ' she gets, and every man gets less than ho gives. When a man gets the doctor's bill for his first baby it"is always a lot bigger than his wife told him they always charge. If the average man was really in love every time he thought he was tho whole country would have to turn Mormon to be respect able, As soon as au old bachelor bo glus to know enough for his own good all tho married women be gin to insinuate that ho knows more than ho has any business to. When a girl, that a man thiuks ho has all right, turns him down he feels most as injured as though he had to stop to be polite right in tho middle of a long drink of water. A HACK OF GIANTS. Tho subject of stunted men and women is always of unort auo notwithstanding that the rising generation promises to be well above the average in height. A noted Frenchman has publish ed researches in a paper read be fore the French Academy of Medicine, in which he traces shortness in children mainly to alcoholism, morphine habit, aud other similar troubles in their parents. He believes that treat ment for stunted children is val uable and should consist of ration al measures directed to the relief of the maladies which produce ar rested development combined with improved hygiene and gym nastics. Remembering that there is always one primary factor which renders the child short, he attempts tho direct remedy by stimulating the growth of tho bones. Since the growth of bones is at the point whore the shaft joins the ends, he induces local excitation at this point by applying saturated salt or brino compresses around tho joints at night. Ho believes that electric ity locally applied is even more efficacious and . almost any kind of current seems to act as a suf ficient stimulant. He lias also found good results from the ap plication to the muscles sur rounding the joints. Want u New Coin. A well-defined movement is on foot, inaugurated by the proprie tors of the big department stores to have the government issue a new coin of the denomination of a half cent. Signatures to the doc ument setting forth tho need of such a coiu have been secured from prominent retail merchants of Philadelphia, and other cities have become interested. Tho bargain seeker who delights in seeing things marked down may eventually experience the delight of paying 7i ceuts for an article reduced from 8. The merchant claims that in these days of keen competiou, when large sales aud small profits are the rule, some such plan is necessary. Several individual firms in Chicago have issued their own half-cent pieces, which, of course, are only redeem able in their own establishments. Kitmiller's Murderer Gets Twelve Years. Solomon II. Quinter, of Read ing, who was convicted of killing of hiswife audEdward Kitzmiller, formerly of Shippeusbusg, on the night of August 12 last, was sentenced Friday. Be had been convicted at the December term of court of manslaughter in the killing of his wife, Amelia, aud he pleaded guilty of manslaughter in killing Kitzmiller. Judge Endlich sentenced him to $1,000 fine and the costs and to twelve years' imprisonment at solitary confinement in the East ern Penitentiary, nine years for tho killing of his wife and three for that of Kitzmiller. Quinter is fifty-two years of age, but looks much older, and is in bad health. Bo is the father of five children. Last August he, suspecting that his wife, with whom he was not living, had relations with Kitz miller, caught them together and shot both. Spreads Like Wildfire. When things aro "tho best" they become "the best selling." Abraham.llare.aloading druggist, of Belleville, O., writes: "Electric Bitters are the best selling bit ters I have handled in 20 years. You know why? Most diseases begin in disorders of stomach, liver, kidneys, bowels, blood and nerves. Electric Bitters tones up tho stomach, regulates liver, kidneys aud bowels, purifies the blood, strengthens the nerves, lieuce cures multitudes of mal adies. It builds up the entire system. Puts new life and vigor into any weak, sickly, run-down man or woman. Price 50 cents. Sold by W. S. Dickson, Druggist. Tho following two items are taken from tho Saxton corres pondence to the Bedford Gazette: Mrs. L. C. Bailey has been con fined to her room with an attack of stomach trouble, but is better. L. C. Bailey having purchased tho Dr. M. R. Evans property on R. R. avenue, will erect a jewelry store on part of tho lot. Mr. Bailey has not been with us long, but it looks as if he has come to stay. He is a good, whole-souled, obliging fellow aud a good citizen "the kind wo want to stay." KII.I.I I) I III. KAII) CLAIMS. Washington, D. C, March .'!(. The Pennsylvania Border Raid i claims were again given a black j eye by the House to-day, when the bill allowing them to be puss- , ed on by the Court of Claims .was brought up by Representa tive Mahou, who explained its provisions, Representative Dalzell made a . short spet'eh, urging the passage of the bill, but Representatives i Ray and Payne, of New York, opposed it. On a division, on a motion to recommit aud table tho bill, there were 52 votes in the af firmative and 27 in the negative. Representative Mahon made the point of no quorum. On a count of the House 111 members, more than a quorum, were found, and the Border Raid Claims bill was tabled. This disposes of these claims, which have been .pending for 15 years and over, for this session, if not for good. The claims ag gregate $:3,;i 10,000, and are for damage done aud property taken by the Confederates in their raid into the counties of York, Adams, Cumberland, Franklin, Fulton, Bedford, Somerset aud Perry in the years 101 to 1805. Industry For Waynesboro. A shirt factory to give employ ment to 250 operatives is to locate in Waynesboro. President S. S. Pearson and Secretary Alfred Heath, of the Superior Shirt company, Baltimore, were in Waynesboro recently and secur ed a least; of the Central Market from J. F. Zullinger and Simon Weiuer. The purpose is to at once get the building ready aud the ma chinery in. Vice President Pas sano, of the company, will be on the ground Monday to superin tend the preliminary work and will get everything in shapes to begin operations, which will bo by the middle of April. They purpose putting iu steam or gas power and 200 machines. Their line of manufacture will be chief ly fine white shirts. The 250 hands, excepting ten instructors, a foreman and forelady, and four cutters, will be gathered from Waynesboro aud vicinity. An Immense Ciar. Among the souvenirs' stmt to his friends here, Amos Houck, of C. L., Kith United States Infan try, now in the Philippines, is an immense cigar, about eighteen inches long and over an inch thick. Mr. Houck says this is the kind of cigars tho native wo men smoke. Should they smoke one at a "sitting"they would have a day's job of it. Mr. Houck is a sou of Colorado Anion Houck, of West Main Street. Shippens burg News. Pretty Fair Place. "For tho life of me," writes a Kansas soldier boy to the Flor ence, (Kau.) "Bulletin," "I can't see anything against this Luzon climate. It is just like a Kansas spring when everything is grow ing 40 miles au hour, no hot winds, no blizzards, the nights cool enough to enjoy a blanket, and the days balmy enough for kids togoabout clothed in smiles. " WHIPS COVE. March 28. Mrs. James Diehl j is sick; the other sick people aro ! on the mend except Ephraim1, T, . 11 len B. Smith; hbraru X.Lill I, W. Riley Garland and B. A. Davison spout Monday night at j Asa MolloU's mid Tnosilnv :it If ! P. Vauclief's. Ed Diehl aud Carey Lay ton have finished sawing at? II. P. Vanclief 's aud have moved their mill to Moses Diehl's. Mrs. Asa Mellott, Mrs. Mary U' General Assembly of Ponn Price, aud Mrs. Libbio Vauclief , sylvauia this fall, a represeuta speut Wednesday at Squire Lay- j tivo who will try to raise stock ton's. - sufficient to put dowu, or coin- Will Morgret came home from ;'plote, the Graham oil well at, or Clearfield to make sale aud move ; near, Franklin Miljs. We think his family out. ! that a man that has tho "sand to : : 7 1 offer himself as a candidate for A bedstead firm of Cincinnati, that office, should possess the Ohio, recently received au order j ability to raise two or three for $20,000 worth of brass bed- j thousand dollars stock to com- steads of their finest makes, to be used in tho furnishing of two largo hotels in London. It is stated, from an authoritative source, that this is the largest export order of its kind over re ceived by a United States manufacturer. LOOK OUT FOR HIM. The following telegram from Lancaster, March 211, to the daily papers tolls of the operations of a slick swindler. who may possibly come this way: A great many people of this city were' victimized during the early part of this week by a man pretending to bean agent of tho Ladies' Home Journal, of Phila- delphia. He gave the name of J. Hall and canvassed for subscri- bers. He made the liberal offer of a set of dishes, continuing 112 pieces, to every person who would become a subscriber and pay one dollar. Tho dishes wore to have been delivered yesterday but Hall cannot be found. The matter was reported to the Cur tis Publishing company, who pronounced the tnau a fraud. They have sent agents here to investigate the case and have ef fort id a . .toward for Hall's detec tion. It is believed that the man will attempt to operate in other towns. mo cove. March 28. Even at this early date the meadows are beting trav ersed by fishers. Miss Minerva Kendal of Web ster Mills spent Thursday and Friday last with Miss Mary Pitt man of Mc.Counellsburg. A young deer-was seen bound ing westward through the fields near Rev. Houston's homo Fri day evening. Some of Shippensburg State Normal students spent the time that, lapsed between the winter and spring terms, in their homes in good old Fulton. Quito a number of others from this coun ty will attend Normal during the spring term. M. M. Kendall has been very busy of late hauling packed hay to market (Moreorsburg). DUBLIN MILLS. March 28. Robert Miller was successful in getting fourteen opossums and a skunk last week. George Tiee and Frank Benson have returned homo from Hunt ingdon. William Kerhng is going to move iu the J. B. Cutchall house. Dr. Bernhardt purchased a baj' mare from Mrs. Margaret Boling er last week. We wish him -many a pleasant ride. Some of our boys were at the debate at Clear Ridge Friday night. W. L. Berkstresser is going to leave our town. Lie is going to his farm, where he expects to keep store. Jehu Booth is going to move to our town. McKIBBEN. March 28. Mr. and Mrs. John M.Clevenger of Hustoutown were visitiug their many friends and relatives of this vicinity tho latter part of last week. William L. Spado and brother Charles were at EverettSaturday. Johnson Lay ton aud Mrs. El leu Clark were called to the bod side of their father, Wesley Lay ton, of Bedford county, who died Monday forenoon. Rev. May pirenched a very in teresting sermon at Pleasant Grove Sunday evening. The following officers were elected for the Pleasant Grove S. S. Superintendent, Job P. Gar land; assistant superintendent, George Morgret; secretary, Al ms, Mr. aud i Mrs. I. B. Lay ton; treasurer, Al- frod Peck. Rev. Baugher is well. SIDELING HILL. J March 20. Mr. Editor, wo i have been thinking of electing to pleto the oil well. Then tho people of Franklin Mill aud vicin ity would be able to say that they had tho first oil well in Little Ful ton. Wo feel sure if tho well is put down, wo will get tho oil. From a reader of tho Fulton County News. March .s.fc Kline's fiihiih- Elijah M 'IKrai horses, hivt ... l. II. II. Des,,, home from -;V( I ....! 1 i S: 1 Deshong w,T(,, ard and y. M. P. Han,', spent several il E. N. Al,-r,r. 1 on i ot Howard $? back and fort, f W Saturday nitf-r! search of stm.?.( ' the trouble, 1,,, Iw,s und I;, t; attendance at t night. i t . I av Mrs. Jiid-.J - Julia Mellott,;,, ' ' all of whom In,- j. i list, are iniuv. jj8, Captain :h1:b;u last Sundays Lc , with the family La yau. Ross Hartley j ing the winter fu ' aud Anthony fcn been in Coal,,,--f E' Miss liciii,, ;?ch been in Ki j611 months, spent n 1 among her mat n 1 nciirhhi irlim ,a in i The Nalvafc at Ebeuezer i id ducted by and General ik,: progress! wow, time a number, verted, and m. see their t ru. their Maker. ut ,nu jmc t si tsu Ehonozer lv. down stream fV.jr a large conivi; oeen ri'nniw K; lull once; hep1 lteetiii" Sn cent meet in" crowd present T they delivered' courses to W blage ever seen its dedication. at to fop com in unity r;iirov for the twocv;i:.Pe i-w (nu SPRING lid Itl March 20. -Ill who has been s: j w was seen takfcFuj; last Friday lim: jai Misses I Josir jt lor spent last S .t,a and Mary Komi pr(! ship. j- Mrs. Saimii'l'l' , been conlliii'd some time with f measles is sib .V eel again. r William NA very ill for smii-f better. u Mr. and Mr1 spent last Frii; mer s parents i: , 3' been spt'ti McConnellsbur. Bert Somli'i spending tlu'P,ve .,,.1 TVT..11., I V Glazier's wlit'iv during the i'"111 Miss Daisy J' to her home w nery last Satur Harvey l'".- fiit tit' Mr. Johnsfnu'-f"1 Mellott s phii't' We aro sorry t'1 H Wiiliain .Mmf 1 county has "'v'f stoii's place iii' j1:1 William IWf new i-ranai.i - . done fo hi: bun Ul much needed' Wilson SntHh'i'fjj work. i r Samuel Mr a buggy. X'R aud then, tf"'l!vL , ir.im, TU,'f.iii'Y; in .1 .111 Lll ' ' spending a i'"1 our vicinity. Job HaiT wli" ing the past f,v cock, is now ei: Mellott's. Some of ''' 1; ing on their saw a large ih'1'1 our valley. i) I V "The inuli)., tor, "are very If "Yes," mi111; who has to wearj they don't n"1' shiny I shall In" them."
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