THE FULTOjB COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURG. PA.
WOMEN AND TOBACCO
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Italy It justly proud of her navy, which ii powerful and up to date. The
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ITALIAN FIELD
Bible Fatt for 8aUrt.
-Officers of the Red Cross liner Florl
which arrived yeiterday from St.
John's, N. F., said the vessel had been
very unsuccessful und taken only 2.000
eala, against 27,000 taken in the win
of 1913-14.
While the Florlzel was on cruise the
260 sealers had much leisure and the
only reading matter on board was 14
cDles of the Wlble and 17 copies of the
Common Prayer book. By the time
'be Florisel returned to 8t John's the
aulers were ready to argue with Billy
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ROAT FLOTILLA
GUN IN ACTION
Sunday on any chapter of the Bible
from Genesis to Revelation, the offi
cers tald.
Fourteen fishermen arrived from St
John's to take part In the fishing at
Newport this summer. New York
Times.
Fatalism of the Orient
"He called you 'Your Serene High
ness,' " expostulated the Grand Vizier.
"Well, what of It?" queried the sul
tan, "I'm as serene as any of the
other rulers, ain't If
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HENRI SCHORREMANS
Henri Schorremans, now chauffeur
Of me lilllj Ui UtJlfelUtU ttllt fuiUiClljr
dispatch rider, was once the meaiiB o
savins; the British general staff fron
being ambushed. On recommendutloi
of the British officers King Albert hh
decorated him with the Order of Kin,
Leopold. He recently visited his wlfi
at Sheffleld. England.
Bit of Conceit
Our brave Joffre was examining .'
map under fire. The map was held bv
a young subaltern, a boy of slxteei
from, the military school at St. Cyr
Hang! S-s-s! went the marmltes am
Jack Johnsons and whistling Willies
for so they call those shells, you know
and the boy could not help startlnc
and trembling as be held the map
and this lost our brave Joffre bit
place.
The generalissimo was vexed when
he lost his place three or four times
and he said to the boy soldier:
"Volla, you are too conceited, dodg
ing the shells like thatl Do you sup
pose the Boches aim those expensive
shells at you? You are only a little
boy soldier. Do you take yourself for
a cathedral?" Washington Star.
No Encouragement to Trlflers.
"Do you think business ought to be
kept out of politics?"
"Not exactly," returned Senator
Sorghum. "A man ought not to go
Into politics these daya unless he
means business."
Oil and Dirt Color.
Redd Ian't that the suit of clothes
he used to play golf In?
Greene Sure thing.
"Had 'em dyed?"
"No; he's running an automobile
now."
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The cruiser Moroslnl, one of the crack vessels of the Italian navy, firing her 305-mlllimeter guns.
MORE GERMAN RESERVES ON WY TO FRONT
Members of the German landsturm, recently called to the colors, on their
r the front and accompanied by mothers, wives and sweethearts.
DUKE OF THE ABRUZZI
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The duke of the Abruzzt Is com
mander-ln-chlef of the naval forces of
.aly.
Rebuilding Bridges.
One of the most gratifying results
3f the present war excitement In
treat Britain U the action of the
house of lords providing for a gen
eral strengthening of the bridges
long the main roads of moior traffic.
These bridges were mostly under the
management of the big railroad com-
mnles, and the heavy truck traffic
did not appeal to them enough to
cause them to expend either money
or labor in strengthening the bridges.
The heavy traffic In motor trucks for
the British war department has
brought the question of strong orldges
vividly before the people, and strong
pressure Is being brought by the
courts, officials of the government
and the press on the railroads. The
result is that bridges are rebuilt all
over the country.
A Square Deal.
When the Jury of a western court
found the accused guilty of the crime
charged, the prisoner rose In the
dock and dramatically exclaimed:
"May heaven strike me dead If I
am guilty!"
The Judge waited a tew minutes,
and then said:
"Prisoner at the bar, since Provi
dence has not seen fit to interfere, the
sentence of the court will now be pronounced."
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' ITALIAN CRUISER IN ACTION
FINANCIAL MAGNATES AS PRIVATES
Some Idea of the Eerloufim?Rs with which the war is being taken In Cana
da may be had by the accompanying snapshots made recently during the
review of the Montroal forces by the duke of Connaught. Men of large
affairs are taking their military duty serloiiHly and are drilling In the ranks
as simple privates of the home guard Beginning with the man at the right
next to the officer with his back turned is Sir Frederick Williams-Taylor,
general manngor of the Bank of Montreal; next to him Is A. E. Holt, general
manager of the Royal Trust company, and the next In line Is A. D. MacTler
of the Canadian Pacific railway. The
of Connaught, whose face Is lighted
Frederick.
ALPINE REGIMENT ON FRONTIER
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Alpine regiment of the Italian
Austrian frontier.
New Name for Cigars.
In one of the German papers re
cently there was a reference to Bis
marck herrings. Bismarck cigars, etc.
It appears that there are also Bulow
herrings, which run the Dlsmarcks
very close In popularity, and also
Bulow hams. It is suggested that
the failure' of Bethmann-Hollweg to
associate himself with any comestible
la due to the length of his name. But
an enthuBlastlo admirer of Hlndenburg
has been selling cheap cognac as Hln
denburg schnapps and grog as Hln
denburg tea. Also a doubtful mixture
of various intoxicants has been chris
tened Hlndenburg coffee. It seems
rather sad that the vendor of these
concoctions, which were sold in
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way to a station in Berlin to entrain
officer second from the left Is the duke
with a smile when he recognlies Sir
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army behind a snow barricade on the
opaque cups, should have been reward
ed for his loyalty by one month's tin
prUonment for Infringing the alcohol
Ic prohibition. Manchester Guardian.
His Tip.
Flatbrush What can I do with
those chickens that come Into my gar
den and eat up the seed?
Bensonhu -st Wall, If you hsve s
gun this is the open season for chick
ens.
Admitted.
Mr. Bacon They say General Grant
accomplished a great deal without
opening his mouth.
Mrs. Bacon Of course; but you
must remember, John, be was a man!
Mother of Thomas Carlyle Was an
Inveterate User of the Weed
Snuff Commonly Used by Pio
neer Women.
"As a matter of fact, Is the use of
tobacco by women more common now
than It was a century ago? The moth
er of Thomas Carlyle was an Inveter
ate smoker, and as her habit In that
regard is not spoken of as singular in
any way the Inference Is that smoking
among decent Scottish women of the
peaHunt clans was rather general,"
says a letter to the editor of the R-39-ton
Herald. "Whether they smoked
In church or not, who knows? Their
husbands did so, when they had a
mind, if we may credit Sir Walter
Scott. When I was quite young I saw
an American woman, born about the
time Washington died, take out her
pipe after breakfast, fill it and Join
my father In a good smoke while they
discussed tho problems of reconstruc
tion. She came from North Carolina,
but was a native of Pennsylvania.
Many of the pioneer women of west
ern New York and the Ohio reserve
took their tobacco In the form of snuff.
I recall one old lady, born Just a cen
tury ago, who used to go all to pieces
if through some mischance she missed
her regular ration of snuff. As I re
member that old lady I think I should
prefer making love to a girl that
smoked cigarettes rather than one
that took snuff other things being
equal. It Is curious that the few wom
en I have known or heard of who were
habitual users of tobacco lived to the
ripest kind of a ripe old age near the
century mark with their natural
forces unabated clear to the end. And
they were all extremely pious.
In "The Shoemaker's Holiday" (first
published In 1599 or 1600) Hodge, one
of Eyre's Journeymen, asks Eyre's
wife, Margery, if she will "drink a
pipe of tobacco." Margery answers:
"Oh, fie upon It, Roger, perdy! These
filthy tobacco pipes, the most slavering
baubles that ever I felt. Out upon it!
God bless us, men look no like men
that use them." Pbrynne m his "HIs-trio-mastlx"
(1633) says that it was
customary to offer tobacco pipes to
ladles at the theater. Tobacco was
smoked by women In the time of
Charles II. Jervln de Rochefort, whose
"Travels in England" were published
In 1672, wrote: "The supper being fin
ished they set on the table half a
dozen pipes and a packet of tobacco
for smoking, which Is a general cus
tom, as well among women as men;"
and he told how school children were
taught to smoke by their teacher.
Mary Frith, the "Roaring Girl." on
whose life Middleton's comedy of that
name was founded, boasted that she
was the first woman In England to
smoke. She was born about 1584. Her
portrait printed li the 1611 edition of
the comedy represents her puffing a
long, thick-stemmed pipe.
Time In Europe.
Despite the war, a conference is to
be held to attempt to standardize time
on the railways of Europe. Anyone
who has traveled even a little on the
continent will know how bewllderlngly
diverse are the railway times of dif
ferent countries. Dutch and Spanish
railways keep time of Greenwich, and
so did those of Belgium until the "con
quest," when their timetables were
synchronized with the German. Our
three enemy countries, together with
Italy, Switzerland and Scandinavia,
keep railway time Just one hour ahead
of us. Bulgaria and Roumanla are two
hours ahead, and Russlr. two hours
and one minute. Other countries have
time standards of their own, differing
by half-hours and half-minutes. Lon
don Chronicle.
Afraid Idea Might Spread.
An English Tommy, taken prisoner
by the Turks in Egypt, was asked by
a Turk:
"Where did you get your watch?"
"Bought It," said the aoldlor.
"But you stole the money to buy It
with, didn't you?" asked the Turkish
Tommy.
"No, It was my pay."
"Pay I Pay for what?"
"For bolng a soldier."
"What, do you get pay for being a
soldier?" exclaimed the Turk.
Thereafter, English prisoners were
kept in seclusion.
The Helpful Cloud.
A blaok cloud makes a traveler
mend his pace and mind his home,
whereas a fair day and a pleasant
way waste his time, and that stealeth
away his affections in the prospect
of the country. However others may
think of It, yet I take It as a mercy,
that now and then some clouds come
between me and my sun, and many
times some troubles do conceal my
comforts; for I perceive, If I should
find too much friendship in my Inn
in my pilgrimage, I should soon for
get my father's house, and my heri
tage. Doctor Lucas.
Chocs a Drink.
Here is another drink for the ab
stainer from Alcohol "choca" "a
genuine cheering cup that unites in
itself the sustaining properties of the
solid with those of the liquid, a cup
that dissipates fatigue and renders
life pleasurable.' So said Voltaire,
whose favorable beverage it was at
the "Cafe Procope." Choca is made
by mixing coffee with milk and Choco
late. It is served steaming, frothing
hot, and usually sipped with a spoon.
Napoleon also delighted in the mix
tureLondon Chronicle.
Even.
The conscientious girl worried-'to
much over having paid for two' egg
with bad money that soon the uncon
scientious girl also developed a con
science. "It really Is too bad that yon cheat
ed the poor man," she said, the next
time they met "I think I feel almost
as bad about it as you do."
"Oh, don't worry," said the conscl
sntious glrL "I am glad of It now.
Both the eggs were bad."