, FULTON-GOUNTY- NEWS;
t t PANAMA.
' I have never tseen poor people
so poor as they are in Panama,
writes a Panama correspondent
oC the Cliicago Chronicle. Many
of tli em do not eat bread at all be
cause they canuot afford to buy it.
Thoy find a cheap substitute in
rico. A plautuiu which grows
wild in great profusion aud which
can bo obtained by little exertion
and no expense is another staple
article of food among tho very
poor. The favorite dish among
the lower classes is a sortof meat
, and vegetable soup. For a few
pennies they buy a handful of
scraps and undesirable pieces of
meat at the butcher's, which is
the same class of stuff that is giv
en away as dog meat at our mark
ets, aud this is mixed with vegeta
bles, probably the cullings from
refused stuff, also, and the whole
boiled into a sortof porridge. The
pan or utensil containing tiiis
questionable mixture will then be
put upon the table more fre
quently the floor and after it has
cooled sufficiently tho whole fami
ly will gather around, with forks
and spoons, and the way they go
after it is a literal example of "ev
ery fellow for himself aud the
devil take the hindmost."
Fou r to (J cents per day will pro
bably be sufficient to meet the
scant requirements of grown up
persons among this element, with
an allowance of half or less for the
youngsters. Clothes do not en
ter into tho bill of expenditures
at all, because very few are need
ed, aud the cast-of garments of
other people may be utilized to
meet all their requirements in this
way. Tho childern forge around
the neighborhood with the goats
and the buzzards and seem to be
quite as successful as either in
tho scavenger line, for like both,
they are always eatingsomething.
It must not be understood from
tho foregoing that" all the people
of Panama are poor lacking in cul
ture, for this would be far from
tho truth. There are many fam
ilies who import their meat from
Chicago and their wines from Eu
rope. There are many beautiful
homes adorned on the outsido by
the lavish ornamentation that na
ture so willingly provides in this
latitude, it sne is but given a
chance to show her handiwork,
aud furnished with taste and ele
gance within. You meet men
who are well dressed, who can
speak several languages and who
will discuss Uucntly the big topics
that are engaging the attention of
the rest of the world. Most of
the women of the best circles are
Latins or have been brought up
according to the Latin standard,
and this means they are good
women, devout in their religion,
devoted to their family, neat in
their attire and affable in their
manners.
Neither is Panama, unclean and
poverty ridden as it is generally,
lacking in physical charm. Na
ture h.as a way of training a green
vine to ornament every rotten
stump.and hero she has done her
best to deceive you by llingingher
green banuers everywhere, by
hanging up gorgeous flowers that
uod to you from their ponderous
stems, by sending monster but
terflies with brilliant coats Hit a
cross your path, by putting birds
with flashing crests and crimson
wings iu all the trees to amuse
you with their antics and charm
you with their serenades. At
uight when the sea breeze is blow
ing the mosquitoes and tho foul
odors inland, and the stars are
blinking at each other across the
great spaces, it is hard to realize
that you are in a laud of disease
aud decay, where death is unusu
ally busy in sharpening its sting
and feeding its victims to the
gravu.
LANTERN SET BARN AFIRE.
Tho explosion of a lantern set
lire to and entirely destroyed the
bank barn of James Staymau of
near JUonersvillo. Mr. Staynian
had gone Into tho barn to do
some work and to get his team
roany to go v the mountain.
While in the stable the lantern
exploded mid in a short time it
was a mass of Damns. Ttv ho
i efforts ho succeeded in saving
uis live stock. A ouantitv nf
,'"y, straw and some farming Im
plements were consumed with
l"o huildinsr. Mr. Kt.m, i,o,i
,po ia8urauce ou the barn and
fMou tho coutonts in theLuri
,au tirtj insurauce company. '
MARRIAGE NOTICES IN OLD
In searching the liles of some
old papers recently the writer
camo across some very unique
marriage notices which are well
worth preserving. It was cus
tomary for the editor to make
some personal allusion to the
wedding, not in the news column,
but immediately following the an
nouncement. Sometimes friends
would attach gags and queer dog
gerel, very uncomplimentary to
the newly wedded pair, and some
of the editorial comments were
enough to place him in peril had
it not been that tho bridegroom
rarely saw tho notice until long
after the honeymoon had waned.
In the New York Weekly Mu
seum for June 1, 1814, appeared
the following :
"On Saturday, May 14, at
Charlton, Luther Marble to Miss
Sophia Stone."
To which the editor appended
the words :
"A very cold hard match."
On March 27, 1815, this notice
appeared in the Museum under
the heading "Nuptial:"
"In Charleston, S. C, January
81. Mr. Stephen Lyon, of New
York, to Miss Rebecca Lamb.
" 'The happy time at length's ar
rived In Scripture days foretold,
When Lamb and Lyon doth unite,
Embrace and keep one fold.' "
Another Museum. nuptial no
tice read thus :
"At Blooming Grove, Mr. John
Reoder of this city, to Miss Eliz
abeth Tompkins, of the former
place.
" 'One volume of the "Rights of
man"
From maiden errors freed her;
She saw the title, liked the plan,
And soon became a Recder."
In the New Haven Athenajum,
of August 6, 1814, there appeared
a notice which naturally attract
ed attention because of the
straugo appropriateness of the
names of all parties concerned.
The editor, evidently a wag, ap
pended a few words, the whole
reading as follows :
"Married, at Peterville, August
l,bytheliev. Dr. Cannon, Mr.
G. Powder to tho amiable and ac
complished Miss Sparks.
"Ed. We are apprehensive
that Sparks among such combus
tibles as these will produce an ex
plosion at Salt Peterville.' "J
In another issue the writer
found the following nuptial no
tice :
"On June 24 at Hempstead,
the Rev. William Heart to Miss
Lydia Moore, of this city.
" 'Whoever heard the like be
fore, - She's got two hearts
And he's got Moore.' " -
A witty and punning notice
from over the water announced
the marriage in Great Malvern of
Mr. Nott, the pickle maker, to
Miss Burnett in these words :
"Burn it," cried Nott, "it makes
me smile."
As well as feverish and hot :
My wife she loves me all the while,
But still declares she loveth
Nott." Johp De Morgan,
Printers' Ink.
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POISONED THE COW8.
"If you don't make the things
right which you made wrong I
will return and send your dwell
ing and barn in the air in Bmoke
in addition to what you will find I
have done. An enemy." Thus
read a note pinned to the barn
door on the farm of Elias Shug
hart, north of Newville, Cumber
land county.
Shughart went early to the
barn and on opening the door he
found that some person had cut
all his harness into tine shreds,
smashed his buggy and wagon in
to splinters, killed a calf and poi
soned several of his cows aud
tried to poison his horses with
Paris green. Tho cows were
found in time to save their lives
and the poison was discovered in
the watering trough before tho
horses drank.
Next morning a furthur 1 evi
dence of malice was found. Mra.
Shughart took some wood from
the pile near tho barn and soon
after she had placed it in the
stove of her home, the powder
with which the kindling had been
loaded exploded, and the stove
was blown to pieces and the room
wrecked. Mrs. Shughart was
not near the stove and the larger
of flying bits of iron passed,, but
she was struck on the head by
several pieces of stove plate and
deep cuts were inflicted.
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How to Dry Napery and Preparo II
For the Ironing Board.
1'fang your linen to lrv, using
two lines cfniqianilivcly close and
puiiillol for your tablecloths; ulso
for sheets. Throw one selvage sida
of your tablecloth over one line to
ward the other, allowing it to hang
down about a quarter of a yard and
leing careful to pin it in a short dis
tance from tho ends. Take the oppo
site side of your cloth and throw it
over the other line facing tho first
line and pin it in tho same manner.
This will form u sort of bag and
will prevent to a considerable extent
the wild blowing of tho tablecloth
in windy weather. After the table
cloth is thoroughly dried remove it
from the line and prepare to damp
en it. A whisk broom is excellent
for this purpose. Table linen, in or
der to bring out tho bright gloss
that makes it so attractive, should
be dampened very considerably.
Sprinkle the tablecloths very freely,
being sun; tlnft the selvage ends or
hemstitched borders are thoroughly
damp. Uoll up tightly, patting the
roll frequently to spread the damp
ness. The napkins and doilies
should be arranged alternately one
upon the other, first a napkin dry
from the line, then one which has
been wrung out in warm water, then
a dry napkin, and following it' an
other wrung out in hot water, and
so on. Then roll tightly together.
Woman's Home Companion.
To Mak Jelly Right.
Whatever fruit is used, cook un
til soft; then let it drip from a sus
pended sack made from thin but
strong material. Never squeeze it
with the hands. Give it time, and
the juice will drip through into the
receiving vessel, which should be an
eurthen bowl. Put the juice into a
porcelain kettle and over a brisk
tire; boil twenty minutes. At tho
same time place on an earthen plat
ter the quantity of sugar you will
be likely to use; set it in the oven
and heat through thoroughly, leing
careful that it does not scorch or
discolor. When tho juice has boiled
briskly twenty minutes from the
top of the stove, remove and meas
ure it and allow as many pints or
quarts of sugar as there are of the
condensed juice. Stir all together
and boil up about three minutes.
Strain into a pitcher, till your jelly
glasses and let stand until next day.
Exchange.
A Nursery Hammock.
As the udvancing season shuts
little children more or less indoors
a hammock in the nursery will be
very helpful for the inoiher or
nurse. It may be adjusted from
the window sill across a corner of
the room to a strong hook iu the
wall. Knit with two large wooden
needles, using imieraino or other
strong cord of one or two colors.
Cast on twenty-live stitches and'
knit plain or with any preferred
fancy stitch a strip live feet in
length. Knit four such strips and
join with an overhand stitch. Now
fasten the ends to wooden horns,
which can easily he fashioned. Knot
a fringe of the cord on tho edges
und across the bows. For u baby's
hammock cast on fifteen stitches
and knit the strips not more than a
yard long. Country Gentleman.
To Call the Children Home.
"A policeman's whistle," says tho
mother of four small boys living in
a suburban town, "solves the prob
lem of how to call the children
home with the least expenditure of
vocal energy and precious time. Of
course this would not answer in a
city, where bluecoats abound, but
here or when off in the country it
is most ellieacious. A child can't
make excuse that he 'didn't hear' if
anywhere within the radius of a
half mile, and there is something in
the insistent note of the whistle that
brings them scampering with as
much celerity as those who followed
tho Pied Piper of Hamolin."
Warmed Up Meati.
To make warmed up meats appe
tizing there are various commodi
ties which ought to always occupy
a place in the pantry. Have u small
jar of onion butter, a bottle of cara
mel, a glass can filled with browned
flour, a jar of finely rolled bread
crumbs, Worcestershire sauce, cel
ery salt, mucc, buy leaves, a bottle
if Oscar sauce, tabasco, cayenne,
;tirry, catchup, canned mushrooms,
papriku, kitchen bouquet and horse
radish, 'i'lie secret of appetizing
food is good flavoring, and a fre
iiuont varying of flavor has more to
uo with it tempting table than a
large butcher bill.
Sycamore Furniture.
When one wishes something light,
little different from the enameled
bedroom furniture, there is some
thing new in furniture which can
not be found everywhere sycumore
finished in the natural wood. These
et are simple in design, being
made on straight lines, with tall,
slender, square posts, tapering at
the eniL.
FARMING
IN THE SOUTH.
The I'aiweuKer Department of III. UlilmU
Cootrul Kullrovd Company la UhuIdh monthly
olruulara cuooarnluK fruit urowloK' vegetable
irunleulnv. atuulc ratalnK, dairying, etc, In the
Slutea of Kentucky, Went Teuueanee, MIm.1
alppl, aud Loulalana. Every Farmer or Home
aeeker, who will forward bla nam. and addreui
to the undenila-ned. will be mailed free, Uircu
aro Kim. I, . , 4, and i, and olhera aa they are
puullnhed from month to month.
E. A. RICHTER,
TRAVELING PA88KNQEH AGENT.
PARE BUILDING, PITTSBURG, PI
When You Come to
Chambersburg
Just goip Main street till you come to Queen street,
liiglit at Bloom Bros.' corner turn to the west half a
block and you will come to a modern 3-story cream
colored brick building. Step inside aud you will And
the nicest rooms, and the largest stock of good furni
ture and its belongings, to bo seen in tho Cumberland
Valley.
You will llud many articles hero that you do uotsee
in other stores. There has been a furniture store on this
spot for 75 years and yet there are many of the younger
people and some others who don't know it. That is the rea
son we are telling you about it.
About a block farther, on the bank of the Conococheague,
whose water drives the machinery, you will find our facto
ry.; where with skilled mechanics and seasoned lumber we
can make almost anything you may require.
COME TO OUR STORE aud look around Much to
see that is interesting even if you dou't want to buy. We
want you to know what it is and where it is.
Open till 8 o'clock in the evening now Saturday till nine.
H. SIERER & CO.,
Furniture Makers
i Chambersbure, Pa, O
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The World Moves
and so does the machinery iu the
Willow Grove Woollen. Mills
at Burnt Cabins, Pa.
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confident that he can please
their work.
Manufacture of Carpet and Wool Carding a speciality.
Wool Batting for Haps none better.
Carpet Chain always in stock.
I will take in wool and work at the following places :
Booth Brothers, Dublin Mills; A. N. Witter's, Waterfall; W.
L. Berkstresser. Orchard Grove: W. 11. Sneer, Saluvia;
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to Lynch's store at Crystal Springs: Jackson's store at Akers
fZ ville, P. J. Barton's, Hustontown, uud Huston's store at
Clear Judge.
I will make monthly visits to these places during the
season, and will receive work aud return it.
Thankful for past favors, and soliciting a continuance
of the same, lam, respectfully,
U. H. HERTZLEU,
Burnt Cabins, Pa.
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PULTON COUNTY NEWS
is the people's paper
$1.00 a Year in Advance.
t YOU NEED ABUG6Y
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A Bran New Palling Top
Buggy with Full Leather
Trimming, Spring Cushion
aud Back, Thousand Mile
Axle, A Grade Wheels, Pat
ent Shaft Couplers and Fiuo
ly Finished throughout for
ONLY $50.
Largo Stock to select
rom.
I am also handling Hand
made Buggies aud Wagons.
W. 11. Evans,
i Hustontown, Pa. X
on Queen Street,
over SOyears experience, and is
all who may entrust him with
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BAKERY
D. E. Littlk, Phopkiktou.
Fresh Bread, Rolls, Cakes,
Doughnuts, and Pretzels on
hand all the time.
Free Delivery in town on
Mondays, Tuesdays, Thurs
days, jind Saturdays.
For Parties, Weddings, Ac
we aro prepared on a couple
of days notice to furnish all
kinds of cakes &c.
Your Patronage Solicited.
D. E. LITTLE.
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