FULTON COUNTY NEWS. Published Every Thursday. 13. W. Peck, Editor. McCONNELLSBURG, PA. Thursday, May 3. 1900. Published Weekly. 1.00 per Annum in Advance. ADVKHTIRINU KATKM. Per miunre of H linos 3 times f ISO. ter witmre etioh sulwentient Insertion .... N. All udverflsemeiitH IiimtUmI for U:hh than three mouth ceiiriced by the rujuiire. Ohtvfniirlh ooliiinu.. One-hulf oolumn One Column a nios. (lll)IK r.iifi.i7Tf.,n.(ia . . '.JfVoe. I 4MH. .. 40.110. I 55.(10. I yr. f m.tC rxi.no. 7M. Nothlutf Inserted for less thtin fl. IVofeNNioniil Curd one yeur SINCE MAW JOINKI) TMDCLUH. My maw hus joined some woman's clubs, and I ain't duin' a tiling lint havin' just tlie bulllost time I've ever had, by jing. I go out every day and play all around the neighborhood, An' no one tells mo when I start, "He- membcr, now bo tfood." If I feel like it, I behave,an' if I don't I'm toutfh, An' when the other kids get pay, I pive their ears a cuff. For I'm the whole thing around here now, and I ain't no cheap dub Since my maw went downtown one day an' joined a woman's club. I can't spend time to go to school; I have to stay at home An' mind the bell an' take the cards of visitors that come. It's heaps of fun to meet a lot of ladies at the door An' tell 'em that my maw is not a liv- in' here no more. I gab about my paw and me, an' somo times almost die ' To see 'em wiggle round an' try to find the reason why; I s'pose they think she's been divorc ed, and all that flub-a-dub I tell you, life's a pienio since maw joined a woman's club. My paw an' I get dinner now down to a restraunt, And he's as good as he can be an gives me what I want; I have ice-cream all I cap eat an' 1 oranges an' such, An' every night I eat enough, paw says, to kill the Dutch; I get plum puddin', pie an' cake, an' coffee strong and black, Just like the kind they bring to paw an' he don't send it back. I like to live like this, you bet; we have such bully grub, An, I shan't kick if my maw goes an' joins another club. Minneapolis Journal. The Falling Spring Presbyter ian congregation, of Chambers burg during the past year con tributed &7,!$0r.45 for church pur poses. The X-ray was tried on a little girl of Paulsboro, N. J., who has been treated two years for nasal catarrh, and a guttapercha but ton was discovered in her nwso. A young printer in a Hancock newspaper office fell in love with a clergyman's daughter who did not seem to reciprocate his affec tions. The next time he went to church he was rather taken aback when the minister announced his text: "My daughter is grevous ly tormented with the devil." A man and woman got married in a New Jersey parsonage. At the gate from the wedding he asked her to wait until he got a cigar. He has not returned yet though almost a year has elapsed. The query is why did he not leave her before marriage, and thus save trouble and expense. The cranks still live. Six ships of the United States navy are to go out of commission because there is not a sufficient number of officers to furnish comxlements for, the vessels act ually required. There are fully 100 vacancies in the line of the navy, and the total number of of ficers is less than it was fifteen years ago, notwithstanding the great increase iu the number of ships. An exchange says that among the many who need more religion are: That man who allows his horse to stand at a free hitching rack during a stormy day to save ten cents; that counterfeiter who lies six days out of the week and then sits in the front seat in church on Sunday; that man who growls like a wild beast when his wife asks him for money; that woman who whispers about that some other woman is not what she ought to be; that preacher who is always looking for an easier place and higher salary; that man who walks the streets with his hands iu his pockets while his wife takes in washing, and the man who is able and will not take his home newspajier and borrows it from his industrious neighbor. i.ovi; lokKN to ii;t;y. fifty Thousand Children (Jure u l'enny Knell. Washington, D. C, April A delegation representing 50,000 children of the Northwest visited Admiral Dewey at his country home at Boauvoir to day and pre sented to him a beautiful gold watch and fob. Each of the "0,000 children had given one cent, and in a handsomely-bound book which accom panied the watch were recorded their names, the history of the fund.aud the history of the watch itself. The originator of the idea was Archie Cadzow, of Koseinouut, Minn., who made the suggestion to the Minneapolis Journal. The fund was started, and so great was the work of receipting for the money and publishing con tributors' names that finally 175 Northwestern papers were en gaged in the work. Each of the donors holds a certificate of an equal share in the gift, issued by the Minneapolis Journal. The watch is a 22 carat gold, bearing the monogram "G. D." on the front and the Admiral's fiag in blue and white enamel on tho back. Inside are the names of the Spanish ships des troyed at Manila and the inscrip tion: "Presented to Admiral Dewey by the children of Minn eapolis and the Northwest, May 1st, 1900,each donor contributing one cent." The watch and the fob are made from gold, black gun metal and copper obtained from the Philip pines, the gun metal and copper being from ships destroyed in Manila harbor. The hours are marked .by the letters of the Admiral's name, the twelfth space being taken up by the second hand. The watch was presented by Congressman James T.McCleary. Miss Mae Harris Anson, editor of the Minneapolis Journal Juni or, who conducted the raising of tho fund, was present, and also Archie Cadzow, the originator of the idea. Mr. McCreary said: "This gift of children is the tribute of those who are looking forward with bright anticipations of the future, from those whose records are yet to be wrought out, to him whose record is a matter of pride to his countrymen, and whose fame is secure. It is the tribute of possibilities to achievement. You may well regard it, sir, as a matter of special satisfaction and wholesome pride to . be known and honored by children. Their plauditsare sincere and unselfish.. And the fact of being known and honored by the children of the land is iu itself the highest evi dence of honorable fame.". Admiral Dewey, in reply, said: "I value the praise of the children and the affectionate enthusiasm they show me, and I have never been more touched than now. So long as the children , love me, I am unassailable, for they are un erring in their intentions, and know when they are loved. That fifty thousand little ones should make me fifty thousand good wishes as they bestowed their pennies for this watch, is the proudest triumph of my life. When I hear it tick or see its hands move.I shall say to myself: "How rich you are; fifty' thou sand innocent, kindly friends are with you!" and my heart will 8 well with joy and gratitude. "And you, my dear young friend, will tell them for me that I shall wear tho watch and feel it shall be a talisman against sorrow and a guarantee of happiness and success." Our Growth in Population. There were but 5,5100,000 people in America when this century opened. France had five times as many people; Germany, and even Austria, had four times America's population; Italy had three times as many, and so hud Great Britain. Even Spain had double our number of peoplo.and little Portugal was almost our ri val in numbers. We have more peoplo now than any European nation except Russia, which alouo leads us. We have as many peo plo as live iu all Great Britain and Franco combined. We have one half more people than Germany. We have, practically, 75,000,000 people in the United States, and 10,000,000 more in our new io8 sossions. May Ladies' Homo Journal. mi; hkalim; iovi;r of mu sic. A physician who is acquainted with the work of tho Pathological Institute of the State of New York, iu connection with the State Lunacy Commission, ex plained recently the nature of tho experiments that are being re vived to bring iuto the curing of certain forms of insanity the in fluence of music. Connected with these revivals is the series of tests recently made with tho ergograpfi, a con trivance which is applied to tho muscles of the hand and arm.aud which induces fatigue. Tho ergo grapli has been used principally iu tho psychological child-study iu the schools. It consists of two clamps, designed to hold the wrist and forearm firm, and a tubular contrivance to hold all but one linger straight. The freo finger is then hooked iuto a small strap, having a weight at tho oth er end. In the experiment, the subject is requested to crook the finger as long as he can. Tho vi tality is supposed to be shown by the length of time tho subject can continue the exercise. The mental capacity, or the capacity for being taught, is supposed to be iudicated in the case of the pu pil. In experimenting, it has been found that music played during the tests has produced variations in the results, accounted for in no other way. When a lively air was played on a harp the subject regained his vigor, and kept up tho exercise for a considerable time. When a characteristic tune was played on the 'cello, the patient's arm became almost pow erless, his vitality decreasing rapidly. These observations have been taken to mean that the physical well-being of a patient can be influenced by the effect of musical rhythm. Among psychologists, the the ory of emotion set forth by Prof. James of Harvard and Prof.Laug of Scotland has come to be well accepted. This theory is that emotions are the result of psy siological changes iu tho body that we feel bad because we cry, and not that we cry because we are troubled by a certain feeling. So, if a persou suffers from mel ancholia, and exactly the opposite physiological processes are awak ened from those who make him meiancholic.he is likely to become cheerful. Or, if one is insane through too much gayety, the rousing of a physiological brain process tending to produce the emotious of sadness, will aid the patient. "In nervous diseases," said the physician referred to, "treatment by music has been recognized for a long time as really effective. French psychologists, including Louret, who has employed it iu treating the insane, and llibot, a professor in the College of France, have settled the point by specific experiments. The Greeks were not ignorant of tho effect of music in stimulating tho muscles. At bottom it is the same motive that is supposed to justify bands of music iu armies. "After all, music is only a rhythm, air vibrations, that act upon the muscles as no other force does. In the experiments undertaken on the elephants and other animals in tho Jardin des Plantes, the vitality was material ly affected by the character of the rhythm. Anyone will, upon hearing an unusual or disagreea ble sound, experience a physical sensation. A discord makes a trained and sensitive musician grind his teeth, and an unexpect ed cannon shot lifts tho ordinary person off his feet. The same physical effect of rhythm is recognized among sav ages, who employ drums and rat tles in their dances. Tho snake dance of the Yaquis and the long continued sun dance of the North ern Indians illustrate this xiut. Grctry, one of the extremists in advocating the James-Lang the ory, has gone so far as to declare that the pulse action is all'ectod by the changing rhythm of music. The adoption of this expedient in tho New York State Hospitals for the insane is only a development of tho present plan and method of scientific investments in the State institutions, and especially in tho Pathological Institute. ' It costs a little more than $100, (XX) a year to care for tho capitol building at Washington. A CITY Hl'ILT IN TWO DAYS. J. T. Owen, of Grooncastle, re members seeing a bare spot on the prairies of Wyoming become a rustling city of 2,000 inhabi tants within two days. Iu 1H(7 he was a bridge build er on the Union Pacific Railroad. In that year the company decid ed to move its shops and estab lish a new town. The site chosen was on tho plains, where there was neither tree nor stone. Ev ery other lot in the town was to be given freo to the person who wouhj build a house. Tho day after tho offer was made the railroad had difficulty iu moving all the people who wanted one of theso lots. Free trains were run from as far east as Chicago, and in forty-eight hours 2,000 peoide were on the ground, scrambling for a place to construct a home. As fast as a location was secured the building of a homo began. A good many of the houses were of the "knock down" style of architecture. They could be folded up and hauled in a wagon, and some of the settlers had brought these houses with them. For a year the railroad com pany continued to give away lots. There were no paved streets nor sidewalks. A man who had a home on a roadway where the sod had been scraped up in a ridge in the center regarded him self as an aristocrat. The city is standing to-day,but it is larger and more substantial, and tho "knock down" houses have given place to something finer. The city now bears the name of Cheyenne. Boston Transcript. J.ast Wish u Cigarette. A Handsome Itook. What .Made Him Poor. Wo have had tho opportunity of examining proofs of the cuts which will appear in the book en titled "Pennsylvania at Chica mauga and Chattanooga," a work which has been compiled under the direction of Ca.pt. Skinner, treasurer of our Commission, who for several years has also been filling the position of secretary of the Chickamauga Chattanooga Battlefield Commission. This work which is.bciug published under the authority of au act of the last Legislature promises to be of great interest to the surviv ors of the Pennsylvania regi ments serving iu the vicinity of Chattanooga. Each of these will receive a copy. Judging by tho proofs, the book will be handsome ly illustrated. It will contain about 500 pages and will be ready for distribution about July 1st next. Scotland News. A Fortune for u Single Flower. John Dorsey, aged 27 years, of Hagerstown, whose proud boast it was that he could smoke more cigarettes than any other man in that section of Western Mary laud, was stricken with paralysis of the lieart recently, while standing on the street talking to n friend. He expired before a physician could be summoned. Before lapsing into uncon sciousness, Dorsey requested persons standing about him to "give me my cigarette," the one he had been smoking ha ving drop ped from his mouth when ho fell in n helpless heap to the pave ment. Dorsey had been au habitual smoker of cigarettes all his life, and of recent years averaged from eight to ten packs daily. The Trouble of a Janitor, The janitor in a neighboring school threw up his job the other day. When asked what was the trouble, honest,aud I won't stand being slurred. If I find a pencil or handkerchief about the school when I'm sweeping, I hang or put it up. Every little while the teacher or some one that is too cowardly to face me, will give me si slur. Why, a little while ago I ween wrote on the board: 'Find the least common multiile.' Well, I looked from cellar to garret for that multiple, and I wouldn't know the thing if I would meet it on the street. Last night, in big writiu' on the blackboard, it said: 'Find the greatest common divisor.' Well, I says to myself, both of them things are lost.now, and I'll be accused of swiping 'em, .so I'll quit." Old Maids Are Invaluable. "I like the term 'old maid,'" writes Margaret E. Saugster in Ladies' home Journal. "A spin ster means any unmarried wo man; a girl may 'be a spinster. Au old maid is, well just that. She may have her little ways.and thankful she may bo that no one is privileged to interfere with them. If she keep house, as many an old maid does in these days of independence, it is very daintily done, with an exquisite finish and neatness surpassed by none of her sisters. Probably the lady has plenty of peoplo to stay with her nieces to chape ron, nephews to chaperon, invalid relations to coodle all sorts of people to counsel and comfort, Iu society sho is simply invalu able. As an unattached person who at an emergency may bo called upon in the family by any one in need, brother or sister, father or mother, to take the helm, she is pimply worth her weight iugoJd." . The purchasing power of mon ey iu the seventeenth century is shown by au article iu the May Ladies' Home Journal, on the tu lip craze iu Holland, which reach ed its height about 1G14. At a sale of bulbs, about that date, a single one of the Viceroy variety was purchased by delivering to the seller two hundred bushels of wheat, four hundred bushels of rye, four fat pigs, eight fat ox en, twelve fat sheep, two hogs heads of wine, two barrels of beer, five hundred pounds of but- ! tor, one bedstead with pillows, j mattresses, blankets, etc., one thousand pounds of cheese, one suit of clothes and one silver gob let. The money value of the bulb was one thousand dollars, but as the purchaser did not have tho cash the seller was willing to ac cept its equivalent iu tho form just recited, notwithstanding that it was somewhat bulky and diversified. An old man rapped at a door, and when it was opened by the gentleman of the house lie said lie was hungry.and begged some thing for his breakfast, lie said he would willingly do some Work to pay for it.. A good meal was given him, which ho ate as if he was really very hungry. When he was about to go he stood with his old hat iu his hand, his thin, gray hair blown by tho wind. His face was thin, and wore rath er a piteous expression. Said he: "I thank you sincerely for this food. I was hungry. And, while I thank you, I want to warn you against coming iuto the condition I am in. When I was young I worked hard, aud made money I spent it in the saloons. I put hundreds of dollars there. Now I am too old to work. I must wear rags for clothes, and beg for a living. The saloons drive ino out and give mo nothing. Last night I was driven from one, aud would have been iu that terrible storm, but for tho kindness of a man who let me sleep iu his shop." He is only one of mauy made poor by the use of strong drink, It is, indeed, a deceiver, aud no respecter of persons. A lioston Helle's Part in the War. KNOBSVILLE. Written for lust week. The recent developments in railroad circles, give us hope for a railroad iu the near future one which will cause the "develop ment of our valuable minerals, of which vast quantities underlie a large portiou of our lauds along the proposed route. For some years this vicinity has been free from depredation of thieves, but recently there has been some of that fraternity ply ing their vocation in the neigh borhood. For some time D. H. Myers, of South Dublin, has been under the impression that his corn was gettiug away much too rapidly. On Tuesday night of last week, about three barrels of recently purchased corn dis appeared from tho crib. Tho thieves were very bold, having ridden a mule to tho barnyard where it was hitched to the fence, which was partly demolished by the animal in its. efforts to get away. The tracks led to aud from the public road, but there lost iu the multiplicity of like im pressions, and by the fall of a shower of rain. Weddings have been quite nu merous recently in and about our village, the most recent one being that of Blaine Hertzler. of Burnt Cabins, to Miss Carrie Divens of Knobsville, on last Wednesday. The young couple were married by, Rev. Ash of McConuellsburg, at the parsonage and returned to the home of tho brido at 4 o'clock P. M., where a sumptuous supper was served to a large number of guests. After sup per the guests were entertained by Gen. Peddeu and Capt. Dot termau of Salvation Army, (who are residents of the village,) with songs. About H o'clock, a number of young folks appeared on tho sceuo aud serenaded the young couple iu an appropriate manner. Thursday moruiug the newly wedded couple left for Burnt Cabins where they will make their future home. One of the first women to offer her services to the country at the outbreak of our civil war was Mrs. Harrison Gray Otis, a fa mous belle and leader of Boston society. With the tiriug of the first gun at Sumter she put ev erylhiug aside and gave her time exclusively to the cause of the armies of the North, never ceas ing her work until peace had been restored. "Sho had charge of the depot of goods and money for soldiers," writes Mabel Percy Haskell iu the May Ladies' Home Journal, "and no small degree of heroic fortitude and firmness was required to carry out the great and beueficieut objects of the organization, yet Mrs. Otis did this with an entire disregard of her owu personal comfort. Sho wore the plainest, coarsest of clotoes, and many a time she was to bo seen trudging across the Common in a long waterproof circular, tho hood over her head, and under each arm au immense bundle of soldier clothes. It was ! all a labor of love with her. To show how entirely she disregard ed what is usually a woman's chief consideration her dress sho did not purchase a new gown nor have one remodeled during the four years of her labors for tho soldiers. She took iu and ex pended over one million dollars." Arithmetic Class, Attention! Here is a sum for tho boys aud girls who are good at arithmetic: A boy bought thirty apples at the rate of six for two cents and thirty more at four for two cents. Then he sold the whole lot at the rate of five for two ceuts, aud ex pected to come out even; but he found that he had lost a cent. How did that happen? High School Commencement. Tho senior class of tho McCou nellsburg High School will be held iu the Court Houso in this place, on Tuesday eveuing, May H. Following is the program: invocation Kev. C M. Smith Sulutiilory ....Wlllluin Puttemun UlMory Jessie Muson Address to UndertfriHluuipx Kills L. Lynch I'roiliL-uy Hurry Irwin Class Omllon 1'itrker Sklmiur Vuledlutury Mubel Kunclall Presentation Nellie Huvn Address to (liuduates l'rof. J. I.. Flimfroek Presentation of Diplomas.... .. .Mr. A. U. Nuee (Muss Sontf. Gowns for Girl Graduates. ' White organdy has becomo tho accepted material for gowns for girl graduates. When expense is no object these gowns aro trimmed with ruffles of the same, each edged with a row of number, one white satin ribbon. They are usually worn over slip skirts, and trimmed waist linings cut low necked and sleeveless. The waists aro striped with lines of the ribbon gathered to alternate with clusters of fine tucks.-May Ladies' Homo Journal. Tortured A Witness. Intense su tiering was endured by witness T. L. Martin, of Dixie, ly., before ho gave this evideuce: "I coughed every night until my throat was nearly raw; then tried Dr. King's New Discovery which gave instant relief. I have used it in my family for four years aud recommend it as tho greatest remedy for. Coughs, Colds and all Throat, Chest and Lung troubles. It will stop the worst cough, and not only prevents but absolutely cures Consumption. Price 50e and $1.00. Every bottle guaran teed. Trial bottles free at W. S. Dickson's Drug Store. A Sc"lc (,ir, AN"vY(,ri7t,r, seusiblo girl. A ' describes her " was a beautiful Kjrl' clever, thoroughly, ' handsome follow',,' the most devoted at't( ever he was sober f so, and all of us f(,tJ lest his attractive m'" lavish display (l , win the girl. 0llc w. she came into ,y r tling herself among n' of the couch, snirf. ,' prosed to-night, w,.utd kuees, said I viis tli(, on earth that could w. if I didn't consent tV wife he would till a j grave." "What did v. asked breathlessly. y replied, "I told him t not running a Keel,. he really wanted tobW a drunkard's grave I c him the address of m, heard highly recount, Sounds Heard In a III J. M. Bacon, tin- Enj who with his daughter lofty balloon ascent t the meteor shower by bers, tells some very ii. things about the sot reached their cars. A; of 5,000 feet tin- ri:, horses' feet on a krdr be heard. At 4,iw(i splashing sound made in a pond was audible. 1 ing of dogs and the ci cocks could bo heard at ,000 feet, Those sou:, trated through a whit, cloud which hid the e sight. In the perfect tho air around the ba! wero startled by wha! stealthy footsteps close Investigatiou showed sound was caused by tit ing of the ropes and tin of the silk as tlio biihV ued to expand. Yout' pauion. A Woman's Awful I "There is only one i save your life and thati an operation" were the words heard by Mrs. I. of Lime Iviilge, Wis., : doctor after he had vai: to euro her of a ffightfu! stomach trouble and ye! dice. Gall stones had aud sho constantly grev Then she began to use Bitters which wholly cu( It's a wonderful Stoma and Kidney remeily. Dyspepsia, Loss of A Try it. Only "n ceuts. teed. For sale by W.S. Druggist. Ten Thousand H" An English army rapt special commissioners a firm of horse dealers;!' cage stock yawls Snturd certain what they W'ulli for 10,000 horses forth government for s'11! South Africa. The firm ted estimates to tho fr aud they were seut to by cubic. Tho -nimi: the dealers that if tin' ,-,..,. ,,.K,..,r lw.lieVed til' African war would cent I any length of time the would have to be l'1"' is believed that eveti if ' does not keep up tlie'J buy anuiiiberol'l""sl's in Euglaud. It is if the sale of 10,(K Iu through they would w' tho neighborhood of' LAUKKLKIW Preachimr at this p Sabbath by Kov.Alu'111'32 was largely attomleu. Edward Koyserauu the Big Cove, ttii(Kl; of Thorn psou towush dinner Saturday wit Mrs. Jacob (iordou. Erviu Fisher au" . . ..of tlW I n. iii-ire in --' . Jacob uornou uu Now they expect t for Tom Litton. Miss Maude -"'aoL ing her sister Mr 1 lott. A now Ki7il llllS ' " " .. Millie i the German raiiwaj' - j a picture or a . which express whools.
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