FULTON COUNTY NEWS. Published Every Thursday. B. W. Ft-CK, Editor. McCONNELLSBURG, . PA. Thursday, April 26, 1900. Published Weekly. 1.00 per Annum in Advance. Prompt attention will be given to applications for ad vertising rates. " Job Printing of every des cription executed with prompt ness, in awoi KmaniiKemanne and at consistent prices. No man is absolutely perfect, but one who acknowledges bis faults is more than half way up the, ladder. If a man is unlucky it worries liini, and if he is lucky then he worries because lie is afraid his luck will change. It is difficult to convince a girl that all things are for the best when she is compelled to remain away from a ball because of a boil on the end of her nose. The members of President Mc Kiuley's Cabinet are: Secretary of State, John Hay; Secretary of the Treasury, Lyman J. Gape; Secretary of War, Elihu Koot; AttorneyGeneral, John W.Griggs: Postmaster General, Charles Emory Smith; Secretary of the Navy, John D. Loug; Secretary of Agriculture, James "Wilson; Secretary of the Interior, E. A. Hitchcock. Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Peck a few evenings ago, at their pleasant home at Pectonville, Md., gave a birthday party in honor of their son Ralph. Those present were Miss Virginia Ditto, Raymond Martin, Emmert Mason, Prof. Funkhousor and others too nu merous to meution. Refresh ments were served at half past ten, and a very delightful evening was siHjnt. A rare copy of the first edition of the Bible in English, translat ed by Myles Coverdale, and printed at Antwerp in 1535, was sold at the famous London auc tion house Christie's, the other day for A'300. No absolutely per fect copy of this original English edition is known ;that sold recent ly had several leaves in fac-simile. Otherwise it is in fine condition. It realized 000 at Sir William Tite's sale in 1874. Copper is to be King in the fut ure domain of industry, accord ing to the confident predictions of Old and New World scientists. Electricity is destined to be the motive power of the new century, and copper is needed for electri cal transmission. How far this impending industrial revolution has advanced already is shown in the growth in a single decade from 181)0 to 11)00 of American copper exports, the increase be ing from 2,yoo,xoto 30,000.000 in annual value. The first wagon with spoke wheels was brought into Penn's valley, the Centre Hall Reporter says, about eighty-five years ago, before the turnpike or any other road entered the valley, and was owned by Samuel Houston. It was transported from Lewistown in parts, on mule back, over the Seven Mountains Indian paths. I Icing a great improvement upon the clumsy plank wheel wagons of that day, it was a great curios ity to the "natives. " Many came miles to see it; calling it the "stick wagon" on account of the HM)kes in the wheels. It was a heavy four horse wagon, and fif teen years ago was taken to a blacksmith shop for repairs. Judge White, of Indiana coun ty, Pa., gave a pretty severe les son to the live druggists, and three speak-easy men, convicted of selling liquor in Blairsvillo without a license recently. Each of the druggists was lined 150 on the second count, and ')0,with 20 days in jail, on the third count; and one of the speak-easy men was fined 150, and U remain in jail until the fine is paid; the two others were fined 150 on the first count, and 50 and 20 days in jail on the second. A few such lessons as this from the courts would rli miirh in dot.or (1 rufffists " " w. - - - no and others from violating the law against illegal liquor stilling and stop the drunkenness said to . prevail In many prohibition places. MANILA NEWSPAPERS. James K. Foreman Sends Home Some Dailies From Our New Pos sessions. SAMPl.l.S OF LOCAL NF.WS. Our good friend Philip Snyder, of Tod township, paid our sanc tum a brief visit the other day. Mr. Snyder is a veteran of the Civil War and is chock full of in teresting reminiscences aud an ecdotes of army life. We. regret to notice that as the years go by, his health is failing. His sight is so impaired that he can scarce ly recogni.e his friends. lie brought us three newspa pers that James Foreman of Co. "C," Thirty Second U. S. Iufau try in the Philippine Islands sent him recently. They are publish ed at Maniia. The first is "The Tribune," a live-column, eight page daily, published every morn ing except Monday, at five cents a copy or nine dollars a year. The copy before us was dated Febru ary 10, 11)00. The following is a sample of news clipped from its columns: "Yesterday a boy claiming to be a Macabebe, complained to the Provost Guards that he had been robbed on the Escolta of 10.00 by a Filipino who lived in Santa Cruz district. The boy said he had just arrived in Manila from Subig where he had been em ployed by a doctor, and the thief had taken all his pay from him. "Private Stafford of F Compa ny 20th Infantry accompanied the boy to the home of the thief, who was absent at the time, and the woman of the house refused to give the man's name or reveal his whereabouts. Private Staff ord informed the native police on patrol along the street to keep on the lookout for the man. The fellow returned about an hour later, aud was arrested. "So anxious was he to avoid being locked up ho at once hand ed over tho sixteen pesos to the muchacho, who after receiving his money, disappeared as if by magic, but tho fellow did not avoid the fate of being locked up. "He gave his name as Pedro, and failed to see where the jus tice came iu, in being locked up in the calabose after he had re turned the "dinero." "No doubt by the time the court gets through with him he will not see where justice is iu robbing his fellow men of their earnings." The second is called "The Ma nila Freedom," a twelve page pa per published every morning, at five peuts a copy, or ten dollars a year. It says it is an American paper, advocating "Greater Am erica." Judging from the num ber and size of tho advertise ments, the business men of our dusky' city are hustlers, and the paper looks like a money maker. The body-type, however, suggests second hand pica; aud, our friend Davy Maun could do bet ter press work on his hydraulic cider press. From this paper we give tho following interesting account of an accident to a Chi man, or a "Chino" as our Manila paper has it. "A Chino got his leg broken while unloading a casco filled with quartermaster's supplies down on the waterfront yesterday, and was permitted to suffer great ag ony, with the heavy box lying a cross his leg whilo his country men stood around and refused to assist him. "Tho gang wore hoisting the heavy caso out of tho casco, onto the wharf, when the rocking of the boat caused by the waves of a passing launch, threw one of them oil' his balance. This left too much weight on the others, and the box began to slip back-. Seeing this, and not having confi dence in each other, all released their hold aud jumped from un der. "All escaped but one, who was caught and pinned to the Hour of the boat, while tho full weight of tho caso rested on his legs. Iu this jxisition ho was allowed to remain, whilo tho other Chinos stood around and jabbered. "Their cries aud gesticulations drew the attention of one of tho American bosses, and he ordered them to remove the box. It took several kicks aud good hard knocks to iuduco them to loud a helping hand, but they finally got him out. "He was sent to the Emergency hospital, where his broken bone was set, and his other hurts at tended to. Then he was sent to the Chinese hospital, where he will be taken care of until he recovers. "The inhuman conduct of the other Chinos, in refusing to help the unfortunate map, was the subject of much cominent.and in quiry as to its cause brought to light one of the queerest customs of that queer people. "It seems that in China nil who are in any way connected with the killing of a Chino become re sponsible for the care of his'fam ily. It makes no di (Terence to what little extent they were to blame for his death. They tuny sutler by it themselves. That is no excuse. They must provide for those dependent upon him. "To such a length does this time honored custom go, that if a Chino is in imminent danger of losing his life, by accident, aud any other Chino tries to help him but fails, the latter becomes sad dled with the burden of support ing his family for the rest of their days. "And such is the strength of tradition with that people, that e ven such an imposition as that is never shifted nor evaded iu the least degree. - "This was tho reason why they stood about, yesterday, aud watched their countrymau sutler without rendering him assist ance, and finally had to be driven into lifting the box from its posi tion across his legs. Had he died then, or should he yet die, direct ly or indirectly, from that acci dent, even by his own careless ness or that of his physician, those Chinos who removed that box would feel bound to support hi family the rest of their lives; and there is no doubt but that they would be faithful to the obliga tion." The third is "The American," with the picture of a great eagle with outspread wings extending across the page over the head line of the paper. Iu the eagle's claws fluttering to the breezes is a scroll bearing the inscription "Government of tho People; by the People and for the People: Equal Rights to All." This is five column quarto, daily except Monday, and the price is also five cents a copy or eight dollars a year. Its body typo is also pica and editorials double leaded. Tho press work is very much the best of the three. The following clipped from the American will give you a glimpse of the Manila lady out for a carriage drive. Yes, we are interested in Manila. It is the metropolis of the territory our brave boys are fighting and dying for, aud that our good peo ple are buying revenue stamps to furnish money to pay expenses. Of course, they are 1100 miles away and there is no danger that one of those swarthy girls will find her way to McCounellsburg; but, then, they are "our" islands, and "our" people when they quit lighting us. Here is the item. "Yesterday morning a novel, and lively scene was witnessed on Calle David. A carromatta drove up and stopped at the cor ner, the driver telling his fare, a young Filipino woman, that' ho was going to stop there, aud take his midday mcul. But this did not meet the fair rider's views, aud the driver was peremptorily ordered to move on. "This the hungry man refused to do, aud after several minutes of loud aud augry altercation, the irate Amazon drew a knife from the bosom of her dress, and was about to use it upon tho johu, when the native police interfered aud tried to arrest her for carry ing concealed weapons. At this she fought, struggled, roared, aud threw herself on tho ground, and kicked aud scratched all who approached her. Several at tempts were made to raise her. Her long nails and strong muscles were too much for the men until one, more determined than the rest arrived, and firmly grasping the prostrate woman by tho an kles, he ordered the others to raise her shoulders, and thus, screaming and struggling fruit lessly, she was ignommiousl.y carried down Calle David to tho lockup. There ujxm arrival she administered some sound slaps ou the faces of her captors, and was immediately thrown into durance vilo to await Judge Law ton's opinion of her proceedings. " All the pajMM's seem to be up on general news, the war in South Africa getting its share of atten tion while interesting dispatches from Washington, D. C, keep their readers posted on govern mental affairs. Their clippings are credited to nearly all the leading papers of the United States except the Fulton County News. Their advertisements show that they are fully abreast with the tastes of the great American people who are doing so much to bring to them the light of civiliza tion. A quarter of a page is de voted to displaying in bold type the merits of Milwaukee Peer. Hock beer, Anheusor, Bush, and other famous brands receive their share of attention, while St. Louis Old Government Whiskey can be had by those who prefer some thing a trifle warmer in fact, so American is Ihe place that you can get auy thing from Ax Handle Plug to Adams' Pepsin Chewing gum. A SHOT CVS TKA(;i:i)Y. John Grove, aged 15 years, sou of Johu f J rove, a blacksmith a Indian Springs, over the Mary laud county line iu Washington county, says the Valley Spirit, was shot in tho head by RietT Kline, aged 10 years, Saturday evening. Death ensued ten min utes after the shooting. Kline claims it was accidental. Satur day evening a number of boys aud young men, including Grove and Kliue, were iu front of the blacksmith shop. Leonard For sythe, aged 20 year's, stopped ou his way home from a hunting ex pedition in ' tho mountains. He had with him a double-barrelled muzzle-loading shot guu. The weapon was picked up and one load fired off by Charles Renner, who lives near the blacksmith shop. He attempted to fire off" the other load, but the cap was defective and the gun was not discharged. The guu was then placed against the shop. Iu tho ineautimi Grove passed around the shop aud appeared inside a paling fence. It is alleged Kline picked up the gun and, pointing it toward where Grove was stand ing, pulled the trigger and dis charged the piece. Grove fell to the ground with a moan. The load took effect iu the left side of his face and head. A jury of in quest was held before Justice Houck at Clear Spring, and upon the verdict of tho jury Kline was arrested. He is iu the lingers town jail. Horrors of India's Famine. Rev. Rockwell Clancy, a mis sionary at Allahabad, who is vis iting relatives in Medford, Mass., iu an interview this week on tho famine in India said iu part: Tho condition of famine strick en India today is something aw ful to contemplate. I cannot tell anything about the number dy ing, but when I left Bombay last February , there were some 00, 000,000 people suffering aud over 30,000,000 were in dire distress and of these but 5,000,000 were receiving government aid. "When the famine set in tho people began to sell everything they had that they might get a little grain for food. They took the doors from their houses and sold them; sold their furniture aud farming utensils aud then when they no longer had any thing to sell they sold their chil dren. The boys don't sell Avell aud the traffic is largely iu girls. "I saw girls in one town just before I came away being sold for thirty couts a piece. But they wou't buy the boys, so when the parents can no longer sup port their children they abandon them." Spreads Like Wildfire. When tilings are "the best" they become "the best selling." Abrahamllare.aleading druggist, of Belleville, ()., writes: "Electric Bitters are the best selliug bit ters I have handled iu 20 years. You know why? Most diseases begin in disorders of stomach, liver, kidneys, bowels, blood and nerves. Electric Bitters tones up the stomach, regulates liver, kidneys and bowels, jHirifies the blood," strengthens tho nerves, hence cures multitudes of mal adies. It builds up tho entire system. Puts new life aud vigor into any weak, sickly, run-down mau or womau. Price 50 cents. Sold by W. S. Dickson, Druggist. Tin: intf.kf.st i .missions. The attendance, the pub!ie at tention, the space given in the public press and the distinguish ed audiences gathered from President Mckinley and ex Pres ident Harrison down at the New York missionary conference, are a sufficient proof of the general interest taken i.A missions by the American public and a sufficient answer to the frequeut assertion that this interest is decreasing. It is not. All signs unite to show that the interest and sup port of the churches .for Chris tian missions, not only grows iu volume but increases in intelli gence. The unfounded impres sion that what are known as lib oral views in theology would de crease interest in missions should be dissipated by the evidence fur nished by the present missionary conference. Such a decrease in interest was doubtless' expected by those who imagine that the motive of saving the heathen from punishment is the nerve of missions, instead of the desire to save them from sin. The first, if not an" unworthy motive, is certainly narrow by the side of the second. It was not primarily because tho early missionaries who founded mod ern missions a century ago be lieved in the future punishment of the heathen that they began their noble work, but because they had a vital and vivid concep tion of their sinfulness, their es trangement from righteousness and their separation from the di vine will and plan for a redeemed race and for their sinfulness, their estrangement and their en mity with the divine will, all mis sionaries from Paul on have be lieved they had a remedy and re demption. It was the need of this and not the escape from punishment which moved Paul and inspired his preaching and this conception was never stronger than to-day. It has been quickened by the sci entific spirit.and by all the elevat ing and advancing conceptions of the inexorable and inevitable moral order of the universe, and of the duty and necessity of ev ery human being to aid every oth er human being to a life free from imperfection, which is at the foundation of modern philan thropy. This is the true; spirit of missions. ClIA.MltKKSHL'IM;. Chambersburg, Pa., says the Public, Opinion, has often been appropriately culled "The Queen City of the Cumberland Valley." It is 52 miles from Harrisburg, and but 11 miles north of Mason & Dixon's line. No other city north of the Ma ryland line enters into national l history as Chambersburg. Set jtled in .1730 by Col. Benjamin l ha rubers, whose descendants arc still residents of the city, it was a frontier post in the early progress of civilization westward; sent bodies of soldiers to help light the Indians and quell the Whiskey Insurrection, furnished many companies from its vicinity to the War of 1812, was the resi dence of Johu Brown while he prepared to go to Harper's Ferry and "free the slaves," sent near ly all its men into tho Civil War, was raided by General J. E. B. Stuart iu 1802 and Brigadier General A. G. Jenkins in 1H03, in vaded by General Loe in 103, who here determined to advance to Gettysburg, and was burned by Brigadier General John A. McCauslaud July 30, 1801. Tho loss by this terrible fire was 713, 21)1.3 1 iu real estate and 1)15,137.- 2 tin personal property. About fifty per cent, of this has been paid or provided for. Chambers burg was the only towu north of Mason & Dixon's Line destroyed during the war. McKIBBKN. Benjamin Harrison is sixty six years old, and resides at In dianapolis; (. rover Cleveland is sixty-three, and lives at Prince ton, N. J., President McKinley is fifty-seven. Floods in the lower Mississippi Valley take destructive toll every spring, and the damage this year is already startling iu the aggre gate. In April the lower Miss issippi Valley is a vast inlaud fresh water sea, through which the main clinnel meanders in sinuous aud elusive windings. The adjacent cities can bo pro tected, but to save the rural dis tricts is an attempt as vain as to sweep back old ocean with a broom. Tho Detroit presbytery, in ses sion at Holly, Michigan, last week adopted an overture to tho Pres byterian general assembly, say ing: "Tho time has come to form ulate a short creed for use iu our churches without seeking to alter or do away with the time honored Westminster Confession of Faith This creed should be ironical rath er than polemical, emphasizing those doctrines generally known as evaugelical, and believed and preached by the Presbyterian church. We respectfully ask that the general assembly initiate some other action iu the matter." None are satisfied. One man is struggling to get justice, some other is Hying from it. One man is trying to build a home, another is trying to sell his building for less than it cost, to get rid of it. One man is spending all that he earns in taking his girl to the theatre?, in hopes of eventually making her his wife, whilo his neighbor is spending all the gold he has to get a divorce. The eastern man wauts to go west and the western man wauts to go wist. Tho farmer wants togoiu- to tho city aud tho city man wants to go into the country. The man in trade wants to get out and everybody not in trade wants to be. Tho old waut to be young and the young want to be old. John Bard and sons are erect ing a large dwelling house for G. C. Mellott. It is a grand build ing". George is a hustler. Miss Maud Clark was the guest of Mrs. A. C. Palmer, Sun day last. Sunday school at Pleasant (J rove is largely attended. His a great success. Miss Eva Bedford is spendiug a couple weeks visiting her sis. trr, Elnora Potter, of I luck Val !y. 'Andy Mellott and wife were the guests of Alexander Mellott, last Sunday. Mrs. Mary Bedford was called to Buck Valley last Friday on the account of illness aud death of her grar.dson, John Potter. Some of the people in our neighborhood are cranky enough to think they can live ou scenery; but I am afraid they would 'get hungry before they lived on scenery a year. BETHEL. Mr. Frick Henry and family visited Mrs. Henry's parents near Frauklin Mills, lately. Mrs. Josephine Mellott nar rowly escaped a serious accideut a few days ago. She was re turning to Hancock from a visit to her parents near Franklin Mills, when' the horse she was ridiug became frightened aud un manageable, aud ran at terrific speed for quite a distance. Had not it happened that her brother-in-law caught the horse, there is no imagining what might have been the result. Mr. Neb Jordan spent Sunday at Philip Divelbiss's. Archie Eader was in Hancock one day last week. Quite a large crowd from Hork oley Springs registered at the Light House last Sunday. The Fulton County News is (pi i to an interesting paper. - We wish tho publisher success. To Form a Wheat Trust. The Minneapolis Journal says; All tho farmers of the world in a sort of international trust to re strict the production of wheat and raise prices, is the plan which is hoped to carry into effect at the International Agricultural Conference in Paris, July D-10. It is proposed to ask the farm ers of the world to reduce their wheat output by twenty per cent., aud not to sell a bushel for less than a dollar. The Farmer's Alliance and In dustrial Union agents nro at the head of tho scheme. John Boyle iuterferred with police officer McGraw, of Holli daysburg, while tho latter was making aud arrest, and later was himself arrested. On a hearing before the burgess ho was re leased upon -payment of 23.80 fine and costs. It does not pay to fool with an officer when ho is discharging his sworn duty.. UOINi; '"I'AKl.siv,, It se,ns that ulst machine is t , on a grander ,.,, unfortunate D,,,. ' A n.a.hin, invented, wind, jN s a stock company 1;i!t, ed with one ,n(1.( dollars eapif,,!,,,,,,,, sell air ships, The .' W. E. Cuslead ..,1 says it is to I,,, ,,,,,,,' -'projectile lore,. lri( first one will , . July the L'nth. ted by a "ten .w pressed carhoiiican,!,, Its maximum speed miles an hour. flu. , 4 feet long Those machines The company win ture machines to (,h that will havetf,,,,,., one man. Tho inventor will tafc, trip (in his first inachi, York and then ,, , and exhibit his niaeli; Paris exhibition. H, establish regular ij, ships between all tin;,, iu the United State.san. this country ami Kur, will dare say tliatalltL be accomplished, f; travel may he in tlic; a; of on the land and utiv Wonders never cease. duhlix mill; Squire Fields' wif,. Ridge, was visiting at U er's lasf, Weelc. Isaac Miller 1Hiivrl horse from David Win, Daddy 1 iernluirdl ta attack of Grippe. Henry Loel,o and y. oisoiua. spent a (lav m: with George Lor!;,., (l The Booth brut hers 1, ed out their new slur, place. Charley. Disliong is witji T. B. Stevens in il) tor trade. Huston Heeter is far drew Frakor's place, John Hoover and daughter Carrie and ( McClain were t he guest Harnett, Tuesday. Robert Miller lias t team of Fulton county. G urn Clipinger has ti a new span of mules. David Kneppersv.;m' with J. 1). Stevens last ' Dr. Bernhardt was at nellsburg last Saturday John Hess burnt a 1 last week'. Miss Muda l!erl;stiv Tressa Fraker were friends tit Fort Littletmi ly. Miss Isu Stevens ami ma Greenland were f Joseph Witter's Sunday John Locke ami 01m attended meeting at Hi) last Sunday night. Joseph Lessig, of I'ed! chased a bureau at a sal'1 ly held by Walter Moon since learned el as ll The bureau is made of logany, and on the i"'1 an advertisement f w sign and shows tliatuV'1 was manufactured in ' phia in the eighteenth Tho bureau will be i'i'I"' kept as a rule. Tho total nivaoH'"1'11 45,000 square miles. Of 000 square miles is linen unexplored forests; miles is devoted to 000 Konnvo miles SUSi't'l' cultivation has never Mtf aud only about U,i" miles, or a little i "' fourth of the entire aiv ever has been pmUu' Millions JJivcii A It is certainly lf'"" public to know of "Ul'' which is not n fraid to w ietors f ous. The pnl" in ) V .... 1 liccoVel'V rung s new sumption, Coughs uuu Urn i"1"" bottles aud have the of knowing it lm" u't . ands of hopeless ( "- 1 - n.. .nin U Bronchitis, La "''' niiest, aud Luufe i ill mil, - 1 it are surely cured by -W.S.Dickson, Drif a free trial bottle, ir 50c aud 1.00. Kvery" an teed.
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