FULTON COUNTY NEWS. Published Every Thursday. B. W. Peck, Editor. McCONNELLSBURG, PA. Thursday, April 19. 1900. Published Weekly. 1.00 per Annum in Advance. Prompt attention will be "jven to applications for ad vertising rates. Job Printing of every des cription executed with prompt ness, in a workmanlike manner and at consistent prices. Mrs. John J. Yost, of West Haleton, is in danger of losing lior lifo from a pin scratch. She pricked hor finger with a pin sev eral days ago and the member be came so inflamed that it had to be amputated. The poison from the pin has extended to other parts of her body and she is seriously ill. "In season and out of season" as applied to advertising's mere ly a figure of speech indicating persistency. It is proper to ad vertise all the time. The mer chant who knows no special sea sou for promoting his business by advertising, but who keeps at it every day, is the one who an nually counts up the largest per centage of profit. In experiments for testing the memory powers of an equal num ber of boys and girls at different ages in school and university classes, they were all read a sim ple story containing 324 words and 125 distinct ideas. The read ing required three minutes, after which they immediately proceed ed to write what they could re member. The conclusions were that the growth of memory is more rapid in girls than in boys. Jimmy was a little rogue whom his mother had a hard time to manage. Their house in the country was raised a few feet from the ground, and Jimmy, to escape a well deserved whipping, ran from his mother and crept under the house. Presently the father came home, and hearing where the boy had taken refuge, crept under to bring him out. As he approached, on his hands and knees, Jimmy asked, "is she af ter you too?" The prolific west is again prov ing attractive to farmers from central and eastern Pennsylvania. Idaho, Oregon and Washington are the destinations of many em igrants. A special train carry ing 130 husbandmen passed through Pittsburg last week, and it is-said that at least 1,000 others are ready to follow. (J low ing letters from friends, who settled in the northwest two years ago, are said to have fur nished the incentive to the exo dus. A woman residing at Moordale, Cumberland county, is suffering from a ' strange ailment. For some time she has experienced a gnawing seusation in her stom- ach. She consulted several phy sicians recently, one of whom firmly believes there is a snake about six-inches long in her stomach. At one time she ex perienced a feeling that led her to believe the reptile came up her throat. How it got into her stomach is a mystery, .although it might have been in water that she drank. Kho first felt the gnawiug about a year ago. Chief Willis L. Moore, of the Government Weather Bureau, at Washington, has issued an order prohibiting the use of cigarettes during office hours. He gives this as his reason for his action: "Some of our men who were re garded as the most thorough, competent and reliable, doing every detail of their work with the utmost promptness and ac curacy, gradually became care less and lax. In almost every in stance it was found that the men were cigarette fiends. Men who use cigarettes apiear to become deadened to the fact that the ne glect of duty means reproval, suspension or expulsion." The order is a good ono. Auother ob jection to the cigarette is its of fensive odor, a nuisance in pubiic and in close quarters making them uninhabitable. This vile form of tobacco should be van ished. It' Ih an offense in nine out of ten people. McKllsm.N HOYS III..VKI) l'KO.M. Two I'ultoii County Hoys in I'nclc Sam's Service Write Home -Harold I'ron .Manilla and Kalph I'rom Porto Kico. Through the kindness of Dr. W. L. McK'ibbin and wife, of Am aranth, and parents of Harold and Hal pi l, who are now serving the United States government, ono in the infantry and the other preparing for the navy, we are permitted to publish extracts from their letters, which will be read with interest by their many friends. They are both making enviable records for' themselves. Extracts from a letter written by Sergeant Harold II. McKib bin, Co., K. Thirty-second U. S. V.I: Santa Hita, P.I., Feb.l'i, liioo. Dear Mamma I was certainly glad to hear from you and to know you all enjoyed Christmas. I will tell you how I spent that day: I wont out with a detail of twenty inon to make a little reconnoitre. We wound around all day through the couutry, and about 5 P" M. we sighted a small band of in surgents go into a house. We waited until dark and then crebt out and surrounded the house. We captured six guns, a quantity of ammunition, twenty-five men and a lot of bolos. The way we do now when we capture insur gents is to take their arms away from them, pat them ou the back and tell them to go get some more arms and come round to see us. We have lots of fun with them sometimes, but occasionally ex change a few shots with them. I don't know when the war is go ing to end. The most of these islands have never been explored by white men. Part of them are inhabit ed by a tribe that does not wear clothes, are armed with bows and arrows and spears, and carry a large shield on the left arm, such as were used in ancient wars. Only a few-o them have been seen by Americans, except at a distance, as they run before we can get closes to them. The Span iards never explored the islands. I must close for this time, hop ing to hear from you soon. We expect to leave here. I do not know where we are going, so di rect all mail to Manila. With kindest regards, Your affectionate son, Hakold II. McKnmiN, 1st Serg't Co.K.,32d Inf. U.S. V., Luzon, Philippine Islands. Extracts from a letter written by Ralph 'E. McKib'bin, U. S. School Ship Saratoga: San Juan, Porto Hico,Marchlll. Dear Mamma We arrived here on the 17th inst., and wo have had a very pleasant cruise. San Juan is a very fine place and quite a plum to the United Stat es. The Fort, Morro Castle is ono of the finest m the world. I do not see why the Spauiards surrendered it. If our men had been behind jt I do not believe they could have been driven out. I made friends with the man who had charge of all the magazines and also a first sergeant. He showed mo the magazines and gave me the blade of a Spanish sword and some other small rel jcs I am getting lino physical train ing now in the ship's race boat crew. We row six and eight miles every morning and evening. It is quite an honor to be in the race boat crew, for they are pick ed from the best oarsmen on the ship. Well, I go on watch uowj will write more soon. We leave hero March 21. Affectionately your son, IvALl'll E. McKihiun. All He Took for His Cold. "Have you taken anything for your cold?" asked a doctor of a long, lank, hungry-looking man, who came to him complaining of being "all run down,",his appear ance verifying his words. "Well, I ain't bin takin' much o' anythin', doctor, that is, noth in' to speak of. I tuk a couple o' bottles of Hinkham's bitters awhile back, au'acouploo' Quack em's invigorator, with a couple o' boxes o Curem's pills, and a lot o' root bitters an' quinine my old woman made up. I've got a jwir ous plaster on my back an' a liver pad on, an' I'm wearin' a 'lectric belt, an' takin' quinine an' iron four times a day, with a dose or two o' salts every oilier day. Ceptin' for that, I ain't takin' nothin'!" mkmokiai. rxyv SI.K V1C1.S. 111 pursuance to a call by Com rade Oliver Peck a number of sur vivors of the civil war met at' An- tioch church, on Timber Ki(lge, for the purpose of arranging for the proper observance of the day sot apart as Memorial Day. Meeting called to order. Com rade W. 11. Wink in the chair and J. Thomas Laley, secretary, when the following resolutions wore passed: Resolved, That memorial ser vices be conducted at Antioch, as a union meeting, and that the Order of Odd Fellows, the Order of P. O. S. of A., and Sunday schools are respectfully invited to join. Resolved, That J. Q. Taylor Post and William McK'ibbin Post be invited to attend. Resolved, That the Warfords btirg 1 trass Hand, Timber Ridge String Hand, and the Needmore 1 trass Hand be invited to be pres ent. Resolved, That W. II. Wink act as chief marshal and Rev. T. R. Palmer, chaplain, ou this occa sion. Res lived , That J ai n esO '1 lou r ke, Joseph Fisher and Oliver Peck act as committee ou arrange ments. The following lloral committees were then appointed to attend to dei:oration servicc-s at the places designated after which they are. to proceed to Antioch to partici pate in the services conducted at that place. Antioch John Fisher, Oliver Peck, Miss Etta Evans, Miss Georgia, Truax anel Mrs. Monroe Lynch. Union David Cordon, Thomas Litton, Miss Annie Cordon, Miss Mollie Douglass and Miss Sadie, Cordon. Tonoloway Ceorge Hreakall, J. C. Charlton, Miss Lillie Fish er, Miss Malinda Nycum and Miss Rhoda Lake. War fi irdsburg Hen ry Fost, Job Maun, Mrs, Mattie Hays, Miss Mattie Mann and Miss Nel la Palmer. Bethel Joseph Runyau, Will iam Mellott, Miss Eva Kirk, Miss Laura Ruuyan and Miss Stella llendershot. Cedar Grove Joseph Carnell, Eliza Clevenger, Miss Jessie Lewis, Miss Nannie Mellott and Miss Florence Carnell. Oakley G. W. Si pes, Eli Co valt, Miss Gertrude O'Rourke, Miss Annie Peck and Miss Annie Beruhart. The following speakers are ex pected to be present: Address of welcome, II. K. Markley; re sponse, Hon. D. II. Patterson; ad dresses by Dr. W. L. McK'ibbin, M. R. Shaffnor, Esq., J. P. Wipes, Esq., Prof. I t. W. Peck, and S. W. Kirk. Services to commence at 10 A. M., May 30, 1900. A cordial invitation extended to all to take part in services ou this occasiou. W. II. Wink, J. T. Lai.ky, Sec. President. SI'KIM; SWAUMlMi. In getting hives ready for the springswarms.niako them double walled, with the outer shell of seven-eights inch lumber and the inner shell -of three-eights inch lumber. Have the inner wall small enough to allow about one inch of space all around, then fill this space with some kind of chaff, which will act as a noncon ductor. The hive will be cooler in summer and wanner in winter than a singM-walled hive, and the bees will be more comfortable all the year round. They will also breed up quicker and stronger in the spring, and consequently will swarm earlier and gather more surplus honey. A double-walled hive will cost a little more, but it is a good investment. Millions (iiven 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, J)ruggist, and get a free trial bottle. Regular size T0c and if 1.00. livery bottle guaranteed. KI.ONDYKM, .Ml). Letter li'imi (ieorue Martin. This place was first opened up about three' years ago as a coal m'hiiyand now there is being shipped from here J,soo tons a day. The miners were formerly getting 47) cents a ton for digging the coal, and the Consolidated Coal Co. raised the rate to 7i7 events a ton, and other labor ac cordinglythe new rate to take effect on the first of April. On the Hist of March, a num ber of the miners had a grand rally parade; and one of the re sults from that parade was, that all. who were off from their work that day were either promptly discharged, or laid off from work for ten or twenty days. Then, when some of the drivers were discharged, the rest would not harness a mule, and when the miners who were at work' found out what was going on, they threw down their picks and came out. Last Saturday (7th inst.,) was the last day for work here, and a big strike is on, and the general im pression seems to be that there will be a hot time before it is all over. One man was dragged from his bed a day or two ago aud beaten almost to death. Last Saturday William Golds worthy, a fifteen year old son of Paul Coldsworlhy, of Frostburg, was engaged ruuuing loaded cars from the mines to the scales. As the cars started on a down grade William seized the brake wheel to slow up the cars when the brake pin gave way and he fell under the cars and ten cars pass ed over his right arm Ihe wheels striking his head as they passed. He was at once carried to his home, but Ihe poor fellow died four or five hours later. All the men were very sorry for "Hoe" as they called him, and a collec tion was taken up, and some nice (lowers were; bought as a token of the sympathy they all felt for the unfortunate young man, anel his grief stricken parents. This place lias been most pros perous; and it seems unfortunate neiw, that our progress should' be retarded by a strike. Mr. and Mrs. John Powell ef this place are away em a visit to their forme'r home at War fords burg. Joseph anel Jacob Powell are still here. Harvey Bishop of Black" Oak Ridge', is workiug for George W. Cutter of this place. I'Ol'll.AU KI.KC'NON Ol SENATORS. RAILKOAH iMI R(il:R. n'All;i The House of Representatives j It is slated that the Baltimore! has repeatedly proposed an i and Ohio Kjiilroael Company will amendment to the Federal (on- ; em July 1 , begin Ihe operation of stitution reqiiiringtho election of i flic Baltimore' and Ohio South United Slate-s Senators 'by n, di-, western. The agreement, it is rect vote of the people. Last learned, was roHched nt a recent Friday it passed again Ihisa mond lnentand it goes to the1 Konnlo. So firm is the judgment of the Bouse on this point that it re jeete'd the re'comnie'iielal ion ef a majority of its committee that it should be! optional with the State' 1 1o provide by law for the eloetiem of Senators by the people. Tim resolution adopted by a vete ef 210 to 1") takes-Ihe? election of Senators away from the Legisla ture in all oases anel directs that the pe-eiple shall vote for United Slateis Semators. This resolution seems respon sive to the scandalous revelations in the Clark case; and the' power ful argument of Senator Burrows against the grealer eivil eif guber natorial appointment of Senators. If Legislature's cannot do their duty uneK lovernors are privileged to appoint Senators after cabal ling with a faction in the Legisla ture tei prevent an eloetiem, it is time the whole business was tak en away from beith Legislature! anel Governor. Thirty-four State Legislatures have; asked Congress te propo.se an amendment te the! Constitution making the Seuatoria.1 office eiee--five! by the! peeple. There would be nei difficulty in getting a ratili catiou ef such an umonilmimt by the States. The! stumbling-block is the Senate, composed ef Sena- A STORY OI' DAN RICH. One story ef Dan Rice, the veteran circus clown, illustrates his strict sense ef honesty and gratitude for favors. Once! he was stranded in Cincinnati, the story geies, anel was unable to start a show on the road because he had no temt and could not raise the money te buy one. The tent Rico needed would be worth 2,7)00. The manager of a tent concern sent for the clown one morning and, taking him to his factory showed ' a big tent that was just finished. Rico' looked at it with hungry eyes. He turn ed away, with a sigh. "Fine temt, don't you think?" asked the canvas maker. Rice looked back at it over his shoulder, with anethcrdi(psigh. "It's yours," said the! tent man. Rice was like a playful kitten in an instant. "I bol'mve! there is a lot eif mini. ey in you yet," said the canvas man. "You take! that tout anel start your show, aud if you ever got enough to pay im for it the price! is s?2,"'00." Within two week's, Rico was ou tho road with a show anel began a successful career. For 1," years he never referred to tho tent, although he often met the man who made it. One afternoon he asked tho temt man to bo his guest at one! of his shows, then in Cincinnati. The two sat looking on, and Rice remarked: "Fine! show, don't you think?" The) canvas man declared that it certainly was. "By the way," added Rice', "here!, s that if 2, ."00 I owe you." Ho took a roll of bills out of his peicket and handed it te the tent maker, whei poe'keted it without unrolling it. The old tent man loved to relate) this story aud ul ways declared that the great ineii of this country wero V. T. Baruum, John Robinson and Dan Rico. New York Mail and Express. tors who owe their seals le tin present system and who are not i and Spriugfichl, III. The sure eif their ability to heild their quisiliou of this system will conference between President Cowen and Chairman of tho Board Solomon, of tho Baltimore and Ohio, and President Bacon and either officials of the Balti more and Ohio Southwestern. The; nierging of the twei com panies into one management will necessitate many change's among the heads of the! various depart ments, especially of the South western Company. Tho charac ter of those changes has not yet biM'n di'iiehd upon, but it is un derstood that the! jurisdiction eif th! Baltimore and Ohio officials will be ewtonelod ever the; ab sorbed road. William M. Greene, Vice Pres ident and Oi'iicral Manager eif the! Baltimore; and Ohio South western, will continue! in the ser vice! of the company, probably in ihe capacity of Third Vice; Presi dent,, which office will be especi ally created feir him. He will have charge of the! operating anel traffic departments eif the Balti more! and Ohio Southwestern, which will bes known as the Southwestern Division, of the Baltimore; anel Ohio Railroad, anel will continue! his heaelejuarters at Cincinnati. The Batlimore anil 01iie South western main lino extends from Bi'lure, Ohio, te St. Louis, Mo., a distance ef about 021 miles, with branches to Louisville!, Ky., ! ac- iu- seats uneler pouplar election, j orease the mileage of the Balti Tlii! feeling against the abuse's ' mere and Ohio to nearly 3000, of Ihe present system is strong j and when the Pittsburg and and growing stronger, and if tho V.Vsteru is acquired the Balti Se'tiate is teio reckh'ss eif public, j more and Ohio will have; a total opiniein the demand for a change miliago of 337)0, extending i'rom will bi'eemie sei imperative; 'as to ! Philadeiphia to St. Louis, and re-ae-h through to tlio Senate the Legislatures anel co in pi ;! tin; abandonment of a system of eiee tiem which by its ivsults has In come; highly obnoxious to the pe;o ple. Philadelphia Press. There is a woman in Norris town, says the Philadelphia Rec ord, who finds herself in as un pleasant a proilicament as one' eoulel imagine. She; is a resident of Ohio, anel has been visiting her danghter, tho wife of a promi nent business man of the We-st Siele. A neighbor's eiiild was taken suelde-nly ill, anel the visit or's daughter, being, anxious about the; little one's welfare, asked her mother to call anel as-ce-rtaiu tho child's condition. The! old lady repaired to tho neighbor's house anel hail step pe'el intei the vestibule to await an answer to her ring, when Hialth Officer Weaver appeared at the front step aud be-gan tacking up a yellow card. Seeing that "diphtheria" was printed em the card, the caller became frighten ed, as her daughter had three; children at home. She started to l(!iive! the! house, but the; health officer blocked the; way. He stated that tho child hail died of diphtheria and the house woulel he quarantined for tiftei'ii days, during which time no one! would be; permitted toleave. The wom an tried te explain that she hail only come the; moment beforo to inquire about the little one's con dition, but the hi'iilth officer would take no I'xe-use, and stay she; must. When her son-in-law learned the; situation, ho imnieel iateiy went to the Health Office to sei' if anything eould be elone, but Mr. Weaver was obdurate'. The Ohio woman is still an un willing prisoner with the boreuv ed family, none of the members of which she hael over se'en before'. reaching the important citi;s of Baltimore', Washington, Pilts burg, Wheeling, Cincinnati, Col umbus, Chicago, Louisville; and Cli'veiand. l'atal Shooting Near Springs. Herkclv Monday morning Frank S. Wise, who resiei!.s near the Key stone White! Sand Company's Works, along tho Borkeioy Springs road, shot a tramp in the; sieiei for refusing te ge off hi -i premisis and for persisting in entering his house;. lie was taken to the Borkoley Sprimj's jail whore hi! died Tuesday niorn i ng a t H o'cli ek. Tho fe ile w gave his name as Judsou .Hamilton, and it was learnod that his fath er, Daniei Hamilton, is a carpen ter employed in tho Residing Railroad car shops at Reading, Pa., and that his mother lives in Sullivan county, I'a. Tho father was informed of tho sad affair, and was heard from, but would not receive tho corpse of: his way ward sou, who was about twemty one years of age Wise was given a hearing before Justice Widmi'yi'r, Tuesday, , and held undi'r bonel for the August term of court. Hancock Thros. BETHLEHEM. It don't pay to monkey with dynamite, says the Public. Opin ion. For some time William Me:- Uuni', near MieleOei ripniig, wasi engaged in drilling an artosian weil em his farm, but afler going j to a depth of L'O te-et anel failing to get wati'r. it was roselvoel to force fifty poinds of the explo sive into the well. Tho charge was exploeh'el by means of a bat tery. Not emly were stone, mud and water hurled into the air for tho distance of a hundred feet, but the barn whieii was near tho weil was stripped of its weather board iug ami part of the roof. Tho men engageel'iu the work es caped injury by crawling under a straw stack. Miss Aela Connelly returned to her home ne-ar llopiweil, on Friday last. Prof. l). M. Gross is homo with his parents since his term eif school closed. Hei spent Sunday afternoon with his untie', II. Weif anil family. L. I. De'shong spent Sunday and part of Mojiday with his sis ter, Mrs. Re'ckio Gross. Lucy Peightoland bi-othor Win. spemt Suniluy afternoon with Lot Lie Se'ot t. Among those em tho sick list part of last week wore;, Miss Sally Wible, Mr. Samuel Wible, M rs. Kate Conueily, anel Bookie Wolf. All se'em beater at this writing. Charlie G ross is all smile s ho says it is another girl. Miss Mary Ewiug spent Sun elay with her sister, Jinuio Finn iff. Ge-o. W. Cooper and wife spiut Sunday night anel Monday with his aunt, Mrs. H. W. Kwing. D. ( 1. Ii'.lvi'y anil w ife) spemt; Sun day at tho homo)f John (ress. Jennie Finnilf spent Saturday with Mary Oyler. Mrs, Cowan returned hoir.o ou Sunday from helping her son Will move near More-orKburg. A fanner ami um HailZ, of ltowlin;; tucky, has re'i'i.ni. cellent qnnlity f watermelons. ,:' T ' ""HI Irrigation A-'e. Wl,;i, ho will sl.rily.ltt(, senile' eif the synii,;,,,,. experts to l. S11 same paper friv..M ,, report of an intei vi,..v I,'i,(m fight,.,.,, nig from twenty t() pounds, we innik'tw,,,, erne pint of syvu) meieins in halvi.s,, t(M. ground it in a (.i(ir pressed out the juj,,, ed the juice in p, (.,,,'.,; on the kitohiMi stv(. j, hours. With n ci(,.r hot-air or steam ,.V,Hll mem can make ., thirty gallons of syrup At the above' liiruivsit v about 270 melons t -,., gallons ol synm. ,,i Melons would . v.ith j sales about SO , ;-t m take two or tlir,.,. ,.,v, aud soil them at nr.rket mill anil an evai . n utor in on patch, a fat nie.r and,,; hands eoulel ivaliw iu,i more! by making tlii'ii, j,, and feeding the ri.fus,, cattle-, horses and t-liie-Kt i ;:it it gri'edily. Facts Not Olten Heard AI liners. The Duteii settled in ony lmarly -Jo years 1, Pilgrim Fathers laiul.-d m outh Rock anil have.. Ii,,, ever since;. It was in t year eif the; seventeenth lhat the Duteii Kast riieii pany landed Ihe liist j Dutch farmers in vi,a! Capo Colony. Sn in this fateful ye-ar the Dutch ;; plcting flu; third ci'iitiiry sojourn in Smith Afib. not, however, JC01 tli;itth ed a fort em the pivst'iit Cape Town. Numerically the !h,t predominating uhite A South Arrie-a. They ; anel a half times us mini, all the Brit ish set Hers couutry. Tlnve-til'thsiH nlation of Capo Colony in As many Boers live.' in flu as in the two republics t Capi! Town lias a law 11 illation. The eili.ens Elizabeth boast flint tin is tho most 1 trilisli in tin because very few liners Ih I Holland did what very onial powers are willing t. er a good many f their have! gone to a fur ow live still under the limn She sold eut all ,her int' Cape; Colony for rush. result of Kuropenn war lanel secured a foothold Cape;, and finally in Ml consideration of SLV""1,1 laud reiiuepiislieil l" I'".-1 entire eolouial littiins i Colony. A Ketuly Answer, Whim Admiral Iuco vomit: man a, party f P' corswereifeeiiiigve'ryjoll)' ing and talking hilarious! .nw.oi- .r ,ln eh.iic. h';" much noise of mirtli, im with a severe glance. Hi' them over, one by one; u" turning to Mr. Liu-o.who v lifo of the; parly, 1"' s;lkl surprised; you aro tif-'1'' Quick as a llashc "tl"'"1 Why, sir, I do not knowwl' mean, sir. If St-pl' R how can ho hi! light, sir? A im Mwov liirnetll 0 VU The officer of the elei'k 1 away, laughing, Spreads I.iUc WiKlfn' When things urei 'tin' Ihe'y be'eoin,! "the' best Al.voliomllare.aleiKlH1" of Beile'VillelO.,Wl'',('s; DlBnliu OKO iU l)lSt & J ' I L t' " I fl ill v1 i. . ...ii. i in I'll ttrs I Have nauio i i,,., ulivV Must ui i :.. .ii... ,i.,l,.rs of s" oe'ni ui eiiii"!""- . liver, kidne-ys, bowels, nerve's. Klectric ltt.w up the stomach, r.uhitc . : , . , i niu'ili' kidneys aoei w'w,,n' ' blood, strengthen tjio j hence cures inultitiulos adios. It builds up tlic system, ruts now lifo an ' lUlOlOlY we-un, " man or woman, a ' jioiu ny vv. r. )-"-"