FULTON COUNTY NEWS.
Published Every Thursday.
13. W. Peck, Editor.
McCONNELLSBURG, PA.
Thursday, May 10, 1900.
Published Weekly. 1.00 per
Annum in Advance.
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SWIFT FALLING HI LUIS.
Falling bullets kill many mm,
even when they are lying shelter
od behind trenches. If a bullet
is fired in the air, it falls with as
much force as it goes up. But,
curiously, there is a certain limit
of height beyond which a bullet
gains no more falling force; the
reason being that when the mo
turn is very rapid the resistance
of the air balances the attraction
of gravity. In the siege of Se
bastaixil and, in fact, during
every campaign a great many
men were killed by falling bullets.
Aud the terrific force with which
they come down is shown by a
case in which the bullets entered
the shoulder of a cavalry man,
passed down through his body
and penetrated several inches in
to his horse's back.
A curious instance occurred
not long ago in India. While a
native was cleaning boots in the
open air, he was seen to drop
dead without a cry. On examin
ing him, they found that a bullet
had entered the top of his head.
No shot had been heard, and the
person who tired it must have
been a very long way oil'.
A Family of Lonj; Livers.
The Suell family of which there
is only one surviving member,
Miss Edna A. Snell, were excep
tionally long livers, those having
passed away, dying at the follow
ing remarkable old age: J. Snell,
father, U3 years, Rebecca, mother,
HO, Rebecca, daughter, Mi, Benja
min, son, 78, Delilah, daughter,
HO, a total of 432 years, or an av
erage life of HG years. This fam
ily has resided for years on their
farm near "VVarfordsburg, where
those who are sleeping their last
sleep died and are buried. Han
cock Times.
The Philadelphia Times, owned
by the heirs of the late Frank
McLaughlin, has been sold to a
syndicate of local capitalists head
ed by Charles F. Kindred, gener
al agent of the Reading railway.
It is understood that Col. A. K.
McClure, who has been a part
owner of the paper since it was
established, 25 years ago, will re
main with the new management
as editor-in-chief. Mr. Kindred
lias boon a leader of the Republi
can party for a number of years,
aud it is said that the Times will
bo conducted as a Republican pa
per. A remarkable lawsuit over 1
cent board money a day was
tried in Court at Chambersburg,
last week by John Haruhart
against Cyrus Peterson, both of
Antrim township. Haruhart
rented a house from Peterson,
for which he was to board Peter
son, as ho alleges, at the rate of
25 cents a day. Peterson declin
ed to pay Harnhart, as he says
the rate agreed upon was but H
cents a meal or 25 cents a day.
The case was as stubbornly con
. tested as though millions were in
volved. The jury after being out
au hour, returned a verdict in
favor of Harnhart for 10. 02.
The President has signed the
Hawaiian bill and Hawaii is now
a full Hedged territory of the
United States. The islands may
look forward to becoming a State
iu a few years. Hawaii has a
debt of about $4,000,000, drawing
a high rate of interest, which is
to be extinguished at once if the
terms under which it was con
tracted will permit. The Ha
waiian currency is mostly in
gold, but there is about $1,000,
000 in minor coins that is to bo
speedily exchanged for Ameri
can money. From all this it will
bo seen that the new territory is
to bo put upon an equality with
the rest of the United States
from tho outset.
i:m mi:katokh ou.stions.
Queries I'nelc Sum's Ancut Will
Ask in Titklnj; Die Census.
There are twenty-six questions
the census enumerators will ask
you w hen they begin the work of
taking notes aud compiling data
for the government. So that you
may know just what the enumer
ators will expect in the way of
information, we print the ques
tions to be asked:
1. Surname, Christian name,
initial.
2. Residence, street, number
of house.
!'. Relationship of each member
to the head of the family.
4. Color or race.
5. Sex.
i. Age at last birthday.
Day, month and year when
born.
H. Are you single, married,
widow, widower or divorced?
0. Number of years married.
Jo. llow many children?
11. Number of children living.
12. Sex of these children.
1!!. Where were you boru? If
iu the United States, give state
or territory: if of ioreigh birth,
give name of the country only.
14. Where was your father
born? Your mother? (Same con
ditions as the foregoing.)
1"). If of foreign birth, when
did you come to the United
States?
1(5. How mauy years have you
resided iu the United States?
1". Have you been naturalized?
How mauy years since you be
came a citizen?
1H. What is your occupation,
trade or profession? (This ques
tion applies to persons ten years
of ago and over.)
1!. How many months during
tho year are you employed?
20. How many mouths have you
attended school?
21. Can you read?
22. Can you write?
251. (Jive the main fiicts con
cerning your education.
24. Do you own the house in
which you live?
2"). Do you rent the house in
which you live?
2(i. If you own the house, is it
free or mortgaged? (The same
questions apply to farms.)
Among the supplies furnished
tho enumerators are- the canvass
ing books. The books, when
opened, spread out 18 inches into
writing table. Each book is
marked for tho district iu which
it is to bo used, and contains all
the, necessary blanks. Along
with each book comes a badge to
be worn by the enumerator on
the lapel of his coat, as au insigua
of his office. The biulge is made
of white metal, but it is not sil
ver, as thinsrs at Washington are
j
not done on the silver basis. The
design of tho badgo is that of the
coat of arms of tho United States
with tho inscrii ition. "United
States Census, l'.tOO."
Should objection bo made in
answering any oi the questions,
a note of the name should bo
made aud the fatrenorto d to the
supervisor. Enumerators must
not accept any statement which
they believe to. bo false, oj id they
are charged not to communicate
to any person any information
obtained in tho discharge of their
duties. Enumerators tu -e cau
tioned uot to show theirso'.hedulos
or in any way give information
bearing on tho same. '
In canvassing a district, enu
merators have not the r.ight to
omit any d welling, e stablishmont
or residence, nor to enter -upon a
schedule of population tho name
of any fictitious person or per
sons, and lor a will ful falsification
of tho returns a In ie, not exceed
ing $5,000, and impi'isonmimt,
not exceeding two. years, may re
sult. In tho enumeration of 1Jio
population no enumerator will be
permitted to ncl sk? a canvasser
for newspapers magazines, or
the sale of any article, nor lire
enumerators p jrniitved to dele
gate their autlu jrily lo any other
person.
One Way To. Kevp Heuuti.'nl.
Hcauty mr.y bo preserved iu
women who nave livei 1 half a cen
tury or mom, if they "will learn to
become younger by looking upon
life iu a contented man nor. Nome
ouo hax sajd that so If respect
should make every w oman pro
servo her good looks, aud this
can only bo done by gl caning tho
best from life aud heJti ing others
to do tho (same.
TFKKISII TAHI.i: .MANNI KS.
The code of et iquetto observed
at a Turkish dinner strikes an
American us rather peculiar de
spite tho European atmosphere.
To the stranger iu the Ottoman
Empire, unused toaught save the
prosaic fashion of (lining follow
ed elsewhere on the Continent,
the Turkish methods of eating,
manners, etc., are somewhat sur
prising and a trial that ho doesn't
care to endure Very often, espec
ially if he happens to be a favored
guest.
The Ottoman uses notable, aud
chairs are an unknown quantity.
Instead, there is a huge wooden
frame built iu the middle of the
room, which stands above the
Jloor about eighteen inches, and
when the family assemble to
dine, cushions are brought,
placed, upon the frame, aud on
these the members seat them
selves tailor fashion, formiug a
circle around a large tray which
occupies the centre. To tho on
looker the company have tho ap
pearance of being seated-on the
table, ail although this is not
actually the case, the quaint dress
and posture present to his mind
a scene at once picturesque and
ludicrous.
The tray is a very large wood
tin, plated or silver affair, accord
ing to the social and financial
condition of the family, aud there
on is deposited a capacious bowl,
or basin of soup. About it are
ranged saucers of sliced cheese,
auci levies, caviare aud sweet
meats of all sorts; interspersed
with these are goblets of sherbet,
pieces of hot unleavened bread,
and a number of box-wood
spoons with which to drink the
soup.
Knives, forks and plates do not
figure iu the service, but each
one has a napkiu spread upon
his knees. Tho bowl therefore
is common property, like the
tubs of Rurgoo at a Kentucky
barbecue, and every follow arm
ed with a spoon helps himself.
When this is consumed, the bowl
is borne away, aud another great
dish takes its place. This time
it is a conglomeration of substan
tial all stewed up together, such
as mutton, game, poultry aud any
other seasonable viands desir
able; the mess has been divided
by the cook into small portions,
which are dipped up with the aid
of a spoon, or with the fingers,
if the latter happens to be hand
iest, which is usually the case.
It wouldn't strike the average
foreigner as being a very polite
mode of partaking of his food,
nor conducive to a hearty appe
tite, but it's the proper thing iu
Turkey, and for a host to fish out
of tho mess a wing or leg of a
fowl and present it to a guest is
considered a great compliment;
and for a Turk of high degree to
roll a morsel between his fingers
and then put it into the mouth of
a visitor, is looked upon as the
height of favor and good man
ners. That the uninitiated vis
itor would gladly forego such
demonstrative hospitality, it is
needless to remark, but to refuse
a bite thus oil'ered would be au
unpardonable offence, so ho must
swallow the dose' with the best
grace possible.
Small platters of various kinds
of food succeed the big dish, and
follow each other rapidly; fish,
pastry, cream comes, then per
haps stews of goose, turkey, pea
cock, vegetables, to be succeeded
by sweets again, without the
slightest regard to the program
roooguizod by most people when
taking their meals. The ordi
nary beverages are water, sher
bet and wine which is introduced
before coffee. A "pyramid" of
"pilauf" is always the crowning
glory of au Ottoman feast, and
brings the dinner to a triuiii
phaut close.
The dishes being all removed,
the attendants bring iu vases of
rose-water, basins, strainers and
embroidered napkins, and the ab
lutions, which by the way, also
precede tho dinner, being duly
performed again, the coffee aud
pipes are served. The members
rise and go away, or remain
smoking where they are, just as
they please, resume any occupa
tion that may have been inter
rupted by the meal, form a group
for conversation, or stretch them
selves on divans, generally con
venient for tho purpv-se of uup
ping.which is a predominant trait
iu the race. Tho Philadelphia
Record.
A CUY FKOAl TWO COI.ONII S.
One of the most popular novels
of the hour depends for its action
upon the interesting historical
fact that a shipload of English
maidens were sent from tho
mother country to the colony of
Jamestown iu 1021. A lady of
high birth, ward to the King,
smuggles herself on board the
vessel bound for Virginia, and is
chosen for wife by Master
Ralph Percy, gentleman, the he
ro of the tale.
The history of King James'
day is about to repeat itself.
England is now ougagod iu active
efforts to induce about three hun
dred thousand English girls to
emigrate to her several colonies
in Australia and New Zealand,
where husbands are said to be
anxiously awaiting them. The
utmost diversity of station exists
among the candidates for matri
monyfarmers and tavern-keepers
predominating. The bar
maid and the governess, the city
bred girl and dairymaid will be
equally sure of homes. Several
Australian papers teem with edi
torials calling upon young women
in all parts of the world to hasten
to the golden laud of bliss. One
journal coutaius a heading couch
ed in the Macedonian cry: "Come
out and marry us!"
The statistics furnished by tho
antipodean philanthropists, who
are assuring English women that
they had better go to Australia
to become wives and mothers
than remain at home to die old
maids, are adroit aud almost con
vincing. They show, by figures,
that twenty women in every hun
dred iu England today cannot
hope to secure husbands. The
reverse of the picture demon
strates that, twenty-live men in
every hundred in Australia can
not by auy possibility be married
unless polyandry is sanctioned.
Women are just that percentage
shy! These figures show that iu
Australia proper there are exact
ly 2."i", (": more men than women!
Of course, some members of this
majority are ex-convicts,'who em
igrated at the expense of the
government; but even they may
bo made happy, for somewhere
in England arts women with
equally bad records who want to
start over agaiuinauew land
aud end their lives in peace and
honor.
It may gratify the people of
Croat Britain to learn that this
movement to seud young wouieu
to tho far East has the approval
of the Right Hon. "Joe" Cham
berlain, who is doubtless anxious
to know how the idea can bo in
troduced into South Africa when
Kruger is conquered.
Another pathetic appeal from
would-be husbauds comes from
South America. A large English
communistic, agricultural colony,
located in Paraguay several years
ago, has attained such a measure
of success that the colonists now
invite eligible youug women to
leave their English homes and
join the enterprise. The grant
from the Paraguayan Covorn
meut exceeded twenty-live thous
and acres of highly fertile land.
The drudgery and toil of break
ing the sod, building the houses
and planting tho orchards is fin
ished. Nothing remains but tho
enjoyment of this llowor-and-fruit-laden
paradise. Idyllic
pictures are drawn of open-air
life in this sub-tropical laud, and
financial assistance is promised
to all respectable girls who wish
to make the journey to South
America. Wo believe that Amer
ican candidates will vote for Par
aguay. These two-e.-periiiieuts iu col
onization will be watched with in
terest by our .statesmen, wo fore
see, at an early t'.ay, tho same con
ditions in Hawaii aud our island
in the Saiiioa..'i groupto say
nothing of the Philippines and
Porto Rico. Tho ' plan worked
very well iu King .lames' time;
why shouldn't it be equally ef
fective now? The Philadelphia
Times.
Hy the bursting of an emery
wheel in the Laird malleable iron
works, at Huntingdon, Thursday
afternoon, Oliver L. Stewart, sec
retary of tho corporation, was
killed. A piece of the wheel pen
etrated his heart and produced
instant death. Mr. Stewart was
the candidate of the Huntingdon
county Republicans for state
senator in tho Thirty-third dis
trict, composed of Huntingdon
and Franklin counties, having
boeu nominated, a few weeks ago.
"iu; s so oiiligim;.
" I can't make out how i! is
that Jim .Johnson always gets
such gooil lares," said Harry
Smith, the carpenter's .son, to
another boy, as 1hy were rut tim
ing home oi.e a f.-ernonM. And
Harry was not the only or." who
thought thus, for Jim's luci; was
the tall; of ihe neighborhood.
Jim was certainly no pattern of
cleverness, of beauty or s',.!vngl h;
but, for all that., if vex i.uilo Hue
lie always had good pas, good
wages and a good eh s racier.
When he let I , ne employer to
go to another il, wan generally
said: "I would not jurl .. i ! ! him,
if I could help it; he is a good
boy, and so obliging."
This was the secret of his good
luck- he was "so obliging." Did
tho merchant or the wagoner
want an errand hoy, or did any
one want a job done at, a moment's
notice, it was only to get a sight
of Jim, and it was as good as
done; for Jim would hurry
through his business in order to
help.
When he was at home, he kept
the wood-box full of wood, and
his mother never had to ask him
to bring iu a bucket of water,
and many other little things did
ho do iu a cheerful manner so
that ho was a great favorite. And
if he saw younger boys in trouble
he would try to help them out;
aud he put on his shoes, after
having taken them off one pour
iug rainy night, to walk" two
miles to the towu for a parcel
containing a new gown the car
rier had neglected to bring to the
kitchen girl who was crying her
eyes out becuuso she could not
have it to wear next morning at
her sister's wedding. Hut it
was not so much what Jim did as
how lie did it that was so agree
able. l.arb Wire Drops About Fitly Per
Cent.
The wire trust seemed to have
the trade wholly in its hands
autl its control of prices seemed
to bo absolute. Prices had been
put so high that profits were
enormous or would have been if
the public had continued to buy
at the inflated prices fixed by
the trust. But people stopped
buying beyond their immediate
necessities. Fanners, for ex
ample, quit getting barb wire for
fencing, finding it too expensive.
So of plaiu wire and V.'ire nails.
The result was over-producing -an
accunimulation of wire and
nails in the hands of the trust.
The trust was accordingly oblig
ed first to close a large number
of its mills and to refuse to re
ceive further deliveries of steel
due them on contracts.
At first this action was sup
posed by many to have been tak
en for stock-jobbing purposes.
Hut it had a genuine cause in the
distressed condition of the trust.
The board of directors have
further startled the public by
authorizing heavy reductions of
prices, tho trade being notified
of a reduction of $1 per keg on
wire nails, $1 per 100 pounds on
barbed wire, and DO cents per loo
pounds on plain annealed wire.
It was desired to work oil' in--cuininulated
stocks by conceding
reasonable prices.
A Woman's Awful Peril.
"There is only one chance to
save your life and that is through
au operation" were the startling
words heard by Mrs. I. 1!. Hunt
of Lime Ridge, Wis., from her
doctor after he had vainly tried
to cure her of a frightful cast! of
stomach trouble and yellow jaun
dice. Call stones had formed
and slit? constantly grew worse.
Then slits began to use Electric
Hitters which wholly cured her.
It's a wonderful Stomach, Liver
and Kidney remedy, Cures
Dyspepsia, Loss of Appetite.
Try it. Only 5 ceuts. (iuaran
toed. For sale by W.N. Dickson,
Druggist. .
At tho homo of Jacob llolsing
er, near New Franklin, May 1 at
11 a. m., occurred the marriage
of his oldest daughter, Ella, 1
Frank F. Luderor, a well-to-do
farmer and lumberman of Hart
man, Elk county, Pa. The cere
mony was performed by Rev. I.
M. Heaver, Marion, pastor of the
bride. This union was the re
sult of a correspondence. The
bride and groom hud uover met
until the day before their mar
riage. They have already gone
to Uartman where they will
make their future homo.
Ki l l s HY WHICH TO ULSI-.
Find your purpose and fling
your life ont to it. Try to be
somebody with all your might.
What is put into tin? first of life
is put into the whole of it. Start
right.
The first thing to do, if you
have not done it, is to fall in love
with your work-.
Don't brood over 1hc past nor
dream of tho future; but seize? the
instant and get your lesson from
tin1 hour.
Poverty and hardship have ev
er been the great schoolmasters
of the race, anil have forced into
prominence many a man who
would otherwise have remained
unknown. .
Necessity is (he priceless spur.
(Jive a youth resolution and the
alphabet, and who shall place lim
its to his career?
Don't wait for extraordinary
opportunities; seize common oc
casion and make them great.
A great opportunity will only
make you ridiculous unless you
art? prepared for it.
The lucky man is the man who
sees and grasps his opportunity.
The world always listens to a
man with a will in him.
The man with an idea has ever
changed tin? face of the world.
Find a way or make one. Ev
erything is either pusher or push
ed. There is nothing small iu a
world where a mud creek swells
to au Amazon, aud the stealing of
a penny may end on the scaffold.
JOSH HILLINGS' PHILOSOPHY,
Ofallkreated things, animate
or inanimate, we find no fools ex
cept aiming mankind.
The man who told us "virtew
iz its own reward," might have
added that vice waz, too.
Tin? mail who fully under
stands a subjeki, iz ulhvuss satis
fied to use the simplest terms to
explain it.
The man who tells yu that
j theie isn't an honest person liv
: ing, huz studdyed hiz own karac-
tor too well.
j If yr. e:,pekt to keep yure
! friend, you hav got to see all his
j virtews with both eyes, and hiz
j hidings with oik?.
j It would boa good trade if we
could banish about one-huff the
j learning out ov the world, and
j Mibst'uute common sense iu the
i place ov it.
It, iz a grate deal eazier to be
sassy than to be sarkastik; but
thare iz meiiny krilieks who have
not diskovered the difference yet,
and probably never will.
Tho world has allwuss longed
for sensashuns. If a man could
invent a uew Punch and Judy, ho
would be admired more than tho
one who could make one barrell
ov Hour go az far az two.
m- hi:si:nti:d.
Joseph Springer protested on
ly mildly when his wife Rachel
made him do the cooking, and he
submitted when she added to his
duties the family washing and
ironing, but when slit? beat him
with a poker for having failed to
properly slarch one of her white
skirts before going to his daily
labor one morning he turned and
sued tho partner of his joys for a
separation.
His soul, trampled so king iu
the domestic dust, was up in
arms. lit? had blistered nose
and knuckles over tho kitchen
range aud had chased the family
underwear up aud down tho
washboard at the gentle Rachel's
behest, but he shrank from the
indignity of chastisement.
His cast? was placed in a law
yer's hands and a Deputy Sheriff
was selected for tho difficult, not
lo say dangerous, task of serving
the papers upon Mrs. Springer.
Springer accompanied the depu
ty for purposes of identification.
Tho papers were served, but as a
result Hit? husband is in bed
nursing a painful laceration of
the scalp, while the Deputy Sher
iff displays a bumped and dented
visage like a Door war map.
The Presbyterian church, of
Morcorsburg, has the unique dis
tinction of bearing upon its rolls
of membership, tho uames of tho
parents of two presidents, two
mistresses of the White House
and ouo president of tho United
States.
WHAT AM;,U(:,
I f the oflici;,ls), ,
i"i'iisi.e.i i
the relative ,-Sllli
wine and in (
the United Sa,s
Fi'!,;';" ". ,,,;;.
root, it is ii)),,,.,.,,,
cans are by -MM,K'
ate of the I',,,,,.
T1," H is (,s.m,
average ;,.,.,.,,, (
nually over uj,,,,
as the liver:,;.',,
about twonly-six.
pared with a tl!j.
twelve and a mif
country; wlnl,. tb,.",
United King,(,m '
sorb some thirty.,,,
the amber fluid 'p,.
twelve i!ioi)tli.s
It is trueth;,,,!,,,
""ly a little i vt
of beer peril,;,,. b
"miipnon ,, stl.;
oeerageS is
for each cili;-.i.n, vl
iean consilium,,,, :
nine-tentlis .if a ,
French, liioi-eov.i-,
the rate of mirly
gallons per d,,,
more than seventy i
as the individual i,
here. The indiviili;
tion of spirits in ,
laud and I relaud m
the United States lr
fifteen per cent.
Like other static
with social and sun.
tors, these lig,-es a
of absolute Veriticuti,
probably relied n
lions with a reasnna
fairness, and theyt,
that Americans arte
ate in their use of fe
distilled beverages t
or of the hi;;,ly ch
nations.
LA 1 1)1(1
Written r,ivhl kcH;.
Mi's. Clem ( 'llesuf
town attended Sun, I;
Fairview on Sunday.
Mrs. Marie bid.
with nervous i-nsti-;f
Mrs. T. F. Davis in
II. Ed wards are still,
H. A. Lyon is still i.
ble health!
Ross King imtl I
who have brt-n o
Kearney Ihe past wi
Week' at their l'esp'V
M. L. Kirk gave th,
Fairview chun-ii :i n
last week.
Tho Taylor Seine!
met at Luidig selnl
afternoon lo iimliP
to repair Laidig scli'
to transact oilier Ihisi
The Sun's Kcliij
The total eclipse of '
May L'H will It" vh
Southern states, an.:
lessor l iigeleW, f '
States Weather Hun
an article in Applet" i
Science Monthly f"i'
are fortunate to have i
homo in our own c
time." Many l'"i'l'L
come to the I'liit1'1'
make observation.
The track is jU j
wide in all p;irts, aud .
tion of the eclipse v;
ouo minute ami tw'h
near New Orleans t" 1
ami forty-lour s"11'1'
folk on the cent nUi"'
No other ellipse tr,
cur in this country u
I'JIK, when or.'' wl" :
Oregon to Florid.
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