7 FULTON COUNTY NEWS. Published Every Thursday. 13. W. Peck, Editor. McCONNELLSBURG, PA. Thursday. May 31, 1900. Published Weekly. 51.00 per Annum in Advance. AOVIKTIMINU KATB4. Per witmre of K lines S tlmeH t BO. l'er Kquure efieh Mulweiiuenl. Irmertlon.... (W. All mlverilemenln luaerted for Iuhh than three mom in oeurxed by tho mjuitre. 8 iiiom. fi mm, 1 yr, One-fourth column tin.oo. IJO.uo. tiMim. One-hulf oolumn i.i. 4o.(). M.. One Column ..X. NiMO. n.W. Nolhlnv Inserted for lew thnn (I. 1'rofeNHlonnl C'nnls one year V. Little lieimle's Dictionary. A hat is an article to keep a follow from catching cold in his hair. A coat is what we have to wear so's we won't have to cut pockets in our skins. A necktie is a thing to keep a man's chin -from dirtying his shirt front. A vest keeps the rest of the shirt from getting dirty. Pants well, you've got to wear pants or stay at home; that's all. They are what make some men look bow legged. Stockings are thing a feller wears so's he won't have to go barefooted in his shoes. Shoes are what keeps a feller from wearing his feet out. THE CENSUS. IT IS TO BE THE MOST COMPLETE EVER TAKEN BY THE GOVERNMENT. QUESTIONS TO HE ASKED. The telephone girl is governed by ring rule. McConnellsburg, Pa., wants water works. They are a good thing, but take our advice and let the town own the plant. Morgan Messenger. A little boy in Georgia, who wrote to Santa Claus for a pony, was wise enough to add; "Post script. If he is a mule, pies ty his behine legs.,, The Methodist General Con ference by a vote-of 432 to 238 abolished the time limit of pastor ates. This is a very important movement in the evolution of Methodism. "Gnat fever" is the new scien tific name for malaria,since it has been shown that it is through mosquitos that the disease is con veyed to human beings. The farmers in parts of Bucks county are complaining of a very destructive insect that eats off early truck as fast as it comes through the ground. They can not find out exactly what the in sects are. The latest Vanderbilt engage ment, that of Alfred Gwynne and Miss Elsie French, is the realization; of love's young dream, the parties to the contract hav ing boon sweethearts since their childhood. It is stated that this country last year exported more meat products, leaving out sheep and mutton, than all the rest of the world combined. The amount was nearly $200,000,000, and the great crops of Indian corn are the foundation of the trade. An exchange tells us that bur rowing animals are driven out of their holes or suffocated by a Californian's compound, which is formed of sulphur, tar and pe troleum, applied by a fibrous, in flammable material, being ignited and inserted in the burrow by a pair of slender tongs. Go to the nearest river or pond and with a small net (a piece of mosquito net will do) collect two or throe dozen small fishes and put them in your sistern, and in a short time you will have clear water, the wiggletails and water bugs or lice being gobbled up by the fishes. Allow the fish to re ' main in your cistern and the wa ter will liever become foul. Many persons having dollar bills in their possession are ex amining them carefully to see whether the description printed on the paper of a silver certificate which the Government is calling in. This is series B on bill No. 21, the 21 being found in the wreath on the back of the note. lust above the letter "m" in m America. The note is being call ed in because the Government has learned of the existence of counterfeit of it. The item stated that there was a premium of $10 on the note, but who is to pay the $10 has not been learned. As it will be an advantage both to yourself and to tho census enumerator, that you should know in advance of his call just what questions you will be ex pected to answer, we give you the following list. Unless you give the matter some thought before hand, you will not be likely to give very satisfactory answers to some of the questions especi ally is this true of our farmers who are asked for so much in formation. Go over the list and writo out an answer to every question that applies to you, leave it with some member of the family, and then when the enumerator comes he can from your paper get very quickly the information, whether you are at home or not. POPULATION SCHEDULE. 1. Surname, Christain name, initial. 2. Residence, street, number of house. 3. Relationship of each mem ber to the head of the family. 4. Color of race. 5. Sex. 6. Age at last birthday. 7. Day, month and year when born. 8. Are you single, married, widow, widower or divorced? 9. Number of years married. 10. How many children? 11. Number of children- living. 12. Sex of these children. 13. Where were you born? If in the United States give state and teritory; if of foreign birth, give name of the country only. 14. Where was your father born? Your mother? Same con ditions apply to this question as the foregoing. 15. If of foreign birth when did you come to the United States? 16. How many years have you resided in the United States? 17. Have you been naturalized? How many years since you be came a citizen? 18. What is . your occupation, trade or profession? This ques tion applies to persons ten years of age and over. 19. How many months during the year are you not employed? 20. How many months have you attended school? 21. Can you read? 22. Can you write? 23. Give the main facts con cerning your education. 24. Do you own the house in which you live? 5. Do you rent tho house in which you live? 26. If you own the house is it free or mortgaged? The same questions apply to farms. FARM SCHEDULE. 1. Names of persons conduct- in" farm. 2. Postoflice. 3. Color of race. 4. Tenure. 5. Is the farm conducted by owner, tenant, salaried "superin tendent or overseer. 6. Total number of acres, June 1, 1900, in farm, including all out lying or separate meadows, pas tures, wood lots, marshes, etc. 7. Number of acres, June 1, 1900. of unimproved land, i. e., land which has never been plow ed, mown or cropped, including land once cultivated but now grown up in trees and shrubs. 8. Number of acres, June 1, 1900, of improved laud including all not reported as unimproved. 9. Number of acres in this farm Juno 1, 1900, owned by tho occupant. 10. Number of acres rented or leased, Juno 1, 1900. 11. Value, June 1, 1900, of en tire farm, including all owned or leased land contained therein, to gether with the value of the build ings and other permanent im provements. 12. Value, June 1, 1900, of all the buildings on the farm. 13. Value, Juno 1, 1900, of all implements and machinery be longing to tho farm, including all ordinary implements, all wagons, carriages, sleighs, harnesses, etc., and all apparatus for making butter and cheese, for ginning cotton, for making cider, wine, sugar, molasses, and sorghum, for drying fruit, and for thresh ing grain, or for sinllar pur poses, together with tho on gines and other motors for pro polling tho same. 14. Estimated value of all farm products sold, consumed or on hand for 1899. 15. Amount expended in 1899 for fertilizers. 16. Amount expended in 1899 for farm labor,cxclusive of house work, including the value of board furnished. 17. Number of acres irrigated in 1899, by ditches from natural streams. 18. Number of acres irrigated in 1899, by pumped or artesian well water. 19. Grains and seeds corn, wheat, oats, barley, rye, buck wheat, flaxseed, kaffir corn, clo ver seed, grass seed. Acres har vested, quantities produced and values thereof. 20. Hay and forage wild, salt, or prairie grasses, millet and Hungarian grasses, alfalfa, or Lucerne, clover, other tame and cultivated grasses, grains cut green for hay, forage crops, total hay and forage crops. Acres harvested, quantities produced and values of same. 21. Miscellaneous crops Cot ton, rice, tobacco, hemp, hops, broom corn, peanuts, dry beans, dry peas, potatoes, sweet pota toes and yams. Acres harvested, quantities produced and tho val ues. 22. Sugar, molasses or sirup, sorghum, sugar cane, sugar beets and sorghum cane. Acres har vested, quantities produced and the value. 23. Value of all the farm pro ducts of 1899 reported on this schedule which have been fed on this farm to animals and poul try. 24. Average number of pounds of cotton in a bale. 25. Number of bales of cotton ginned on the farm. 2G. Tons and bushels of vege tables and small fruit produced in 1899. 28. Total number of acres de voted to raising small fruits and vegetables other than potatoes, sweet potatoes, yams, and sugar beets in 1899. 29. Square feet of land under glass in propagating houses, greenhouses and hothouses; for propagating, developing, and forcing the growth of vegetables, fruits, plants and flowers. 30. The value of all vegetables other than potatoes, sweet po tatoes, yams and sugar beets of all fruits and nuts,excepting pea nuts, raised in 1899. 31. Value of all wood, logs.rail road ties, telegraph and tele phone poles, fence posts, mater ial for barrels, bark, resin, and other forest products cut or pro duced on the farm in 1899, wheth er sold, consumed at home, or on iiand June 1, 1900. etc., pro- Dozens of eggs produced in 1899. Total value of all eggs produced in 1H99. 46. Hoes and honey. Number of swarms or hives of bees on hand June 1, 1900. Total value of bees on hand Junel, 1900. Number of pounds of honey produced in 1899. Number of pounds of wax pro duced in 1899. Total value of honey and wax produced in 1899. HUN DAY ON THE VELDT. H EK WATCH WENT WRONJ. The Iowa School Library Law. The State of Iowa has just in stituted a school library' law, which provides that every school district must lay aside annually a sum of from 5 to 15 cents for each child of school ago, the money to go for the purchase of books for a library. During the school year the bwks are to bo shelved in the school house, but during vacation time they are to be kept for the use of the pupils in the house or office of some person se lected by the School Board. As the books may be loaned to per sons who are not pupils, it is sug gested that during vacation the school libraries be kept in the village store, where people are apt to congregate. In this State we have no such law, and there are many districts that are woefully in need of such provision. Of course, in the large cities and the towns of important size there are public libraries in plenty. But that is not where the need or rather the use of such a law as the Iowa statute would be most felt. It is in those country districts where facilities for acquiring an education are extremely limited and where op portunities for securing books are practically non-existent. We spend millions to give the public a chance to educate itself, and then we turn the pupils loose without providing them with any chance to continue their self-im provement by reading and learn ing tho use of books. In the sparsely settled portions of counties of this State the value of small and well selected libra ries would be instantly felt!,n'n Iowa tho choice of the librrreeg to limited to a list prepared Vt would perts and in this way the ,ne appropriated will be cer? aginia being satisfactorily spent, P enn sylvania might learn a lesson from herWestern sister. Philadelphia Inquirer. s6. Cider, vinegar ducod in 1899. 37. Acres of land devoted to raising flowers, seeds, trees, plants, etc., and the amounts re ceived from tho sales in 1899. 38. Farm animals. Number and value, June 1, 1900, of all the animals on the farm, whether be longing to the occupant of the farm or to others. 39. Pure-blooded animals. The number, Juno 1, 1900, of all pure-blooded animals, recorded or eligible to record, on the farm. All animals reported under this head should bo reported under 38. 40. Received in 1899 from the sale of live animals which were raised on the farm. 41. Market value of tho moat and other animals that in 1899 were slaughtered on the farm, whether for homo use or for sale, together with the receipts from the sale of the hides and carcass es of animals dying from disease or accident in 1899, 42. Dairy products of 1899. Report, as sold, all milk, and cream delivered to co-operative creameries and factories. Where milk or cream is sold by the pound. 43. Total value of all milk, cream, butter and choose produc ed in 1899, and consumed on tho farm. 44. Wool, mohair, and goat hair. Pounds shorn in fall of 1899 and spring of 1900, and tho value of the same 45. Poultry and eggs. Number of fowls over three months old on the farm June 1, 1900. Value of the poultry of all kinds and of all ages on hand . . . June 1, 1900, BELDOR, Va. The weather for the past month has been cool and dry. Grass wheat and corn need rain. J. W. Frensley, aged 84 years, was buried at Swift Run last week. Mrs. Fannie Lam.of near this place was also buried Tues day at the same cemetery. Mrs. S. L. Baugher spent last week visiting her parents at Rose Brook, Green county, Va. Rev. J. II. Brund, preached Sunday night in the U. B. church here to a good congregation. F. R. Vawtdr, foreman of the Beldon Stave Co., is in West Vir ginia looking for a location where he can buy timber to move this fall. Amos Kensley is quite ill with grippe. A. I. Powell of tl is place is now keeping books for J. E. Lee brick, at Elkton, Va. The Sunday school at the Christian church is well attend ed. Rev. S. L. Baugher preached last Sunday at Pimple Hill. Mrs. A. P. Davis is and has been visiting her daughter for three weeks at Elkton. The Sunday School Convention of the Virginia Central Christian Conference is in session this week at Leaksville. Tortured A Witness. Intense suffering was endured by witness T. L. Martin, of Dixie, Ky., before he gavethis evidence: "1 coughed every night until my throat was nearly raw; then tried Dr. King's Now Discovery which gave instant relief. I have used it in my family for fouryearsand recommend it as tho greatest remedy for Coughs, Colds and all Throat, Chest and Lung troubles. It will stop tho worst cough, and not only prevents but absolutely euros Consumption. ' Price 50c and $1.00. Every bottle guarau toed. Trial bottle free at W. S Dickson's Drug Store. Every man on entering the army is asked his religion, and according to his declaration ho is marched to a place of worship every Sunday. The war otlice recognizes four denominations: Church of England.Presbyterian, Wesleyun and Roman Catholic. Chaplains of each denomination are maintained during peace and accompany forces on active sor vice. Moreover, the government supplies every soldier with a Bi ble. Divine service is held every Sunday on campaign whenever possible. It is, of course, in the open air, and in hot countries the service is held in the early morn ing. At the appointed hour the bugle sounds, the men fall in arms with rifles, side arms and carrying ammunition. They are inspected by their officer, and pa rade off, according to their de clared religion, to the various places appointed for each denom ination, the Anglicans to one place, the Wesleyans to another, and so on. At each place the men form up in three sides of a square. On the fourth side a small desk is erected by placing a big drum on three kettledrums. Over the top a red circular cloth, provided by the government for the pur pose, is thrown. Here the service is held. In the Anglican service a shortened form of morning prayer is read, and a five-minute address given. Owing to the absence of hymn books singing is rarely possible. The whole service hardly lasts more than twenty minutes. It was a dear girl who bought a watch of a jeweler, who war ranted it for v, year. In a week or so she was back. "My watch does go quoorl.y," she said as slio began fumbling at her dress. In a minute there was a littlo rustle and then a click on the floor. She picked up tho watch quite as a matter of course and passed it to the jeweler who stood aghast. "It keeps all sorts of time," she said sweetly. The jeweler suppressed his feelings and only remarked mild ly: "A watch needs very careful handling." "Oh, I'm ever so careful with mine. I always carry it inside my drcss.so that it won't get scratch ed. I ought to have brought it here before, it has been going so badly, but I left it under my pil low the other morning, and Mary changed the bed, and it got into the laundry. It wasn't boiled, you know; just soaked a littlo while." "I fear, miss, wo shall be oblig ed to charge you for adjusting tho watch. It seems to be in a bad way. " "Oh, I think it is too bad. It was warranted for a whole year, and here I've had it only about a week, and I have hardly used it at all." London Answers. SwKct , DUBLIN MILLS. May 23. James Hcefner, who is employed in David McClain's store at Saltillo, spent Sunday with his father. David Knepper bought a valu able gray horse from David Wine gardner. Bert Winegardner has some fine sheep he would like to put out on'the shares. William Heefner is hauling bark. Lee M'Clain and Mrss Sipes vttended church at Huston town J'nday night. riagfdam Locke is employed on ftirt Stevens' saw mill, sawing lath. Joshua Heeter is learning tho weaving trade. B. S. Winegardner was the guest of Catharine Locke recent- Aride from Winegardner s to New Grenada and back, a dis tance of six miles, for 25 cents. C. E. Stevens has been work ing in Huntingdon county the past week. B. S. Winegardner called at Locke & Wright's on Tuesday last for his daily smoke. Ben Stevens and Miss McClure attended meeting at Hustontown Sunday night. David Knepper made a busi ness trip to Clear Ridge recently. Locke & Wright our hustling hucksters have their wagon at tho shop for repairs. William Henry and wife "were the guests of Bert Brown last Sunday. Edward Stevens called at James Gossnell's Sunday even ing. Jacob Winegardner has sold most of his lime and now has a large book account. Mr. and Mrs. Andy Fraker went to Three Springs last week. Thomas Stevens, William and Wilson Fields and Joseph Ches nut are engaged in McConnells burg. Miss Teresa Fraker was visit ing in our community. Winegardners aro on tho sick list. Shouts Roasted Alive. A large double strawstack on tho farm of Charles Eckstine, near Hagerstown, was burned. Seven shouts weighing over 100 pounds apiece, which had sought shelter under the stack, were burned to death. The stack was only about 60 foot from the large barn, but a northwest wind fan ned the flames iu an opposite di rection and thus prevented great er loss. Tho fire was caused by a spark from an engine used in sawing timber. The cries of the shoats as they were being roasted to death were pitiful and could bo heard at a great distance. Echo-Pilot, WHIPS COVE. May 22. Miss Blanche Mel lott, who spent four or five weeks with her sister Mrs. Thomas Starr, of Crystal Springs return ed home last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. George Winter, of Union township, attended the funeral services of Win. H. Lay ton. Service was conducted by Rev. May at the lower church last Sunday. There was preaching at the Whips Cove church last Sunday night by Rev. James Troutman. His next appointment is on the second Sunday in June at 9:30 A. M. At that time there will be Children's service. We hope there will be willing workers to help conduct the services; tho Sunday school at the above nam ed churc h is moving along nicely with great interest and good at tendance. Miss Ella J. Holly and Mr. J. Dingly were married Tuesday the 16th, in Cumberland, and thnn started to New York, where they expect to spend about three weeks visiting Mr. Dingloy's rel atives. Miss Blanche Mellott and P.V? Barton were visiting Miss Cora Clovenger and brother one even ing last week. Miss Mellott has been staying with her sister Mrs. Star, for quite a while and made many friends while here. She returned to her homo at Locust Grove yesterday. Mr. J. B. McGraw is home again. Be is agent for a patent gate which ho is selling in Mary land. Commissioner Mellott came to the Valley last Friday for a load of lumber. LAID1G. May 24. Some of our young people attended the Christian church in Licking Creek on Sun day. Will Keebaugh is recovering from scarlet rash. Albert Edwards is sick with measles. N. E. M. Hoover made a busi ness trip to Chambersburg last Friday. Be was accompanied by his mother to Mercersburg. Several of the members of Fairview Epworth League lent a hand last Wednesday and cleaned Mrs. J. II. Edwards's house. Vegetation shows a beautiful green appearance since the rain of Saturday. W. H. Nelson, of McConnells burg, and brother D. A. Nelson, of Ayr,passed through this town ship on Friday. Hiram Laidig and J. W. Laidig each hauled a load of wheat to Foltz last Friday. It is said that a new industry is that of lullaby singers, Young women who are studying vocal music turn their growing talent to small account at least by going to nurseries two or throe times a week to sing to the children at bedtime hour soft croniug lullabies. Cultivation of t,c Tho delicate beauty lightful fragrnnon of t),' pea have made, it fll,((!4t one's favorite. A loosed uiese ueauties .s,vs ahs uothiug to be (l,!si,.0(1 beauty -loving eyn. Tosu with them they must be ', very early and in good J!' ii one wisnes to liavo fjne blossoms, dig a trench six deep, put in two in,.iIPS ( decayed manure, cover th a little earth and sow the on this in a row, loavin "mv"- viw iui;iil's apart u.em Willi about two in(.t soil, and as the plants gJ up uiu w-eucnes with rich j Give wire netting for J uu uio oiossoms with aim ing hand and allow no form. Such treating plenty of water, will gjVe', iusion oi tno largest and sweet peas until front deed they are altogether and desirable but will not I with the minimum of can nasturtiums require, This Year's Straw Hai There is not much diff, between last year's hut , one now on exhibition, r that tho crown is slightly and the rim loss broad, bound edge hat which som ers tried to introduce last has been droppod. The black band will beg. ly worn but fancy bunds college colors and the dark with white polka dots will some demand. Panama in Alpine and sombreros' have been brought from St ern points in largo quan and hatters hope to a lurg iness in that lino. These range in price from $10 1 The latest thing iu the Hue alpine hat made of split ba which is much lighter tlia Panama hat aud darker in These hats were brought t market by Knox from M and are the Philippines' fir? tribution to our world of ion. BURNT CAIilNS. May 23. The rain of Sat. evening was of great ben our crops aud gardens. Grandpa Dorau is quite by spells. Some clays he w to walk down town, aud p laid up the next day. He years old. James Miller and son of burg, spent Saturday wit former's brother, S. AV. Mi! our town. Miss Ella Schniittle, of Gap, spent last week with C Doran's. Mrs. George Dorau aud '1 ter Annie will start Wedm morning on a month's vi Chicago. Illinois. Rilla Doran, of our tow Monday morning toatteudn at Rock Hill. UiHa ' 11 promising young lady audi teacher. Harry Clyrnans is athoii' vacation from Business C at Chambersburg. He ' turn to Chambersburg in ' month. Tho Sunday schools o. town are preparing forCl Day services the M. 0B' 3rd audthePresbytoriiin""1 Charles Waters and " T i.,..,n. Inst i. l ,,f l.io f.itlier. Clf lilt? tjl Jiia recently took unto hiinsfl "better half." Mr. Campbell IVtiW"0, town, is erecting u ue M" A Woman's Awful P1 "There is only " ,cllJD save your life aud that's"' i:..ii ,.,.. ihe sta: wm-rla ViHfirrl hv Ml'S. I ' i 4- T! Wis., fr""1 III UUUU IVIUU, . doctor after he had vuiui) to cure her of a frigid stomach trouble aud yd 0 ; dice. Gall stoues hl and she constantly g1"1' Then she began to "sU j Bitters which wholly cur ( It's a wonderful Stoma mody. wuu niuuvj - - . Dyspepsia, Loss of A' Try it. Only SO cent t,id For sale by Druggist. "Whe-e-e-e!" squealed J the peacock spread his chicken is puttiu' roller." wwMKMMttttHMw swum mtw fc,Mwr m
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