THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURO, PA. KEYSTONE STATE or $ 11 SHORT of: Wor ews ORDER In This Dopartmont Our Readers In Fulton Oc Around -the Aorld AIt:h -the O; Tills Is not a pile of coal, but 11 huge licnp of ten tluil is ln-injf blended front. There ore 4-S.OOU pounds In tho limp. bA'-; -: J,trtv-m 1 11 1 111 1 1 1 Here Is ii view of I'.ei'llu In tlie Christinas t;lfts iiml Imsincss seonis 1- ' ' ' i 4 M -.-.-m-stA ;.:..' 'W . r; T". 7? ,W.T v... ;..:M - M : V Ilk r ,w : .;:.::..:,::.... H 1l CANOE MADE OF AMERICAN OIL CANS inn ii ' it ti.. a? w.'n.v, Ornphle repreNi-iitiitloii of what neei-Kslty will n tinpllsh. The Hohller hud to cross Lake Iiolrun to fullill bis orders. I.aUe Iiolran Is too wide to swim across, and thero vw no mii'lcrial present that looked as If It could be molded Into n contrivance that would take him across the lake. He took h few wooden boxes and several empty American oil cans and built this canoe. He succeHsrully crossed the hikiv PIGEONS STILL USED IN THE GREAT WAR Although tho t lend ics and dllTerenl liyhtlnn lines are connected by tele phone, telegraph ami wireless, and other convenient methods employed In ending dispatches, the pioneer of the class Is still at work. l'lj!eons nre necessary adjunct to an army. The photoRi-upli tdiows a pigeon house on wheels In northern Mncedonlsi. of BLENDING TEA FOR BRITISH ii j uimi '- ''MI''""'""'."'WJflMt-A,. tf'illlHWWt I hum , A CHRISTMAS SHOPPING IN BERLIN r mmt liolidny wen son diuin; unrllii'e. The lively. n.,r 5 r ' ! - k Jt& 1 M Jay fiCSf fiuiflM" .... x.v Mi v i j-x--.,. ',Jt """ 11 fc.' 4 y '2' I r it- tA I till K t - i....t. riivrx 1 History iVIalclne: Happenings. SOLDIERS in London fur Knglish soldiers nt the liootlm along the streets lire filled vl ill OLDEST AND YOUNGEST Lloyd Cornell, aged sixteen, and .lames McCarthy, iip-d sixty-one, of the United Slates navy, were given shore leave lo visit their home folks, hut instead they went to Washington nod called 011 President Wilson. They claim to he the youngest and oldest men, respectively, on active service In the Atlantic fleet. Fighting for Reputation. "You were something of a lighter," remarked the shade of General Hur goyne. "I Just hud to be," replied the shade of Oeorge Washington. "There were circulating so many stories about my being so good and truthful and so far above nil human foibles that I had to do something to show I wasn't a molly coddle." Matter of Locality. "This paper tells of a woman who was murdered In cold blood," said the fussy man. "Now a statement of that sort Is simply ridiculous." "Not necessarily," rejoined the wise guy. "The victim may have been a lloston woman." Lunch Money. "1 see you are advertising airship stock nt 0 cents n shnre." "Yes, madam," assented the urbane promoter. "Would you sell five shares?" After thinking It over n moment he said that he would. Louisville Courier-Journal. I u r siI r iri 3 iy-MB I Hellish olliciul photograph taken t-iiiii ii inillriiry roiul. The Scuts tiro it lis 11 11 1-1 a 1 1 1 11 t lo tin deeds tluy i liMtrmtTfti - ' - - This phot.iriipli, tiiken Just In-fore ml vii nee on the Koiiiiianliin cai'ltiil. -GETS BIG LIFE INCOME HA4SjttHAsVtfVSjAHUfiitfllbJlBV Kdward IS. McLean, sou of the Into John It. McLean, publisher of tho Washington Post and the Cincinnati Run ulror, has effected n compromise with the executors of the McLean es tate by which he Is to receive tho en tiro Income of between $700,(KK) and f1,KMMiU() n year for the rest of his life. Tho Income Is considerably aug mented now by war conditions. Mr. McLean will also control both his aewapa per. Comparing Expretsioni. ild you see the pleased expression on Mrs. Itrown's face when I told her she didn't look any older than her daughter?" said Mr. ltadway nftcr the reception. "No," said Mrs.' Kadwny. "I was looking nt the expression on her daugh ter' ace." 1 rt rty and Elsewhere era on tho Trail HIGHLANDERS IN FRANCE WIDENING A ROAD on tin; western 1'io.n, show! tig Seotcli eager to ( 1 14 J 1 1 . Ko.nl liiiiWii ig is not lo expect to 1I0 Intel' AUSTRIAN ARTILLERY IN ROUMANIA - iM atonal 'i "irt" iirtt inwinin miiniiiiiirir"" the niptine of liiirhnu-sl, kIiows iiii FRENCH MOTOR MACHINE DIGS TRENCHES I'pper: Side view of the .powerful French tractor which builds trendies and constructs breastworks as It travels along. Lower: Itear view of the tractor, showing huge scoops which remove dirt, mid other parts of the mechanism which does the work of scores of men. TAKEN FROM EXCHANGES Mexico's largest Iron deposit Is that of the Cerro del Mercado, near Mil rango. A mountain tMO feet high, 4.WH) feet long and t.100 feet broad Is said to be almost a solid mass of Iron. Bolivian railways substituting wood for coal, owing to higher prices of coul, resulting from (lilllculty of obtain ing ocean transportation from the Uni ted States. Records disclose that for several cen turies an infusion of nutgalls treated with sulphate of Iron composed the on ly known ink. Agriculturists have succeeded in raising a brown cotton in Hgypt that Is stronger than any heretofore produced there. . . May journey Highbinder lit work ill l-'raturt! broad- doing tlieir liking. 11111I tlie.v lire only g - r'.. , A . A-.a Atistrliiu buttery in tietloii dinliii; tho The manufacture of toys for Ittit Ish children Is to he encouraged as H Caiindiaii Industry. A collection of the toys most In demand In Kngland will he sent to Caimihi as samples. A new ' elect rle heater looks much like n desk telephone, 'lids apparatus can lie used to heat a i m, or It can be so placed as to serve as a foot stove. A new, especially designed gas burn er Is intended for table use. A grid dle can be used on tills burner, ns well as another attachment which toasts bread. A table containing iCVJ separate pieces, all of which are detachuble, has been made by a California mail. The only tool employed lu the work wus a Jack-knife. . Latest Doings In Various Parti of the State. PREPAREDFORQUICKREADiNG Farmer Finds $1,343 Pot ' Sellnsgrove. After having post poned from time- to lime the destruo tlon of a stump nuar hi barn erer since he bought the farm three years ago, S. II. Kline, residing three miles went of McClure, Snyder county, de elded that for excreta he would re move ths stump. He had worked only a little while when his pick struck an earthen Jar, and gold and silver coins rolled out on the Know. Kline labored with feverish anxiety until be had ex tricated the Jar, then he guthered up the spilled coins and clutching the jar In his arm galloped his horse to the bank. When Cashier Uenfer told him his find was $1,343, the excited old man fainted. Half of It was la paper money of thirty years ago, of the Miillin Nutlonal Dank of l,ewts town, and the First National Dank ot Sollusgrove, and In good preservation. Kline paid $1,400 for the farm. Peo ple of the community are at a loss to explain who secreted the money. Farmer Killed By Tree. v Altoona. As a result of being Vuck by a falling tree, Scott Kncppcr, aged thirty-three, a farmer near Three Springs, Huntingdon county, died nt the Konrlng Springs Hospital. While on his way over the mountain after buying sheep, tho high wind blew ths tree over on him, fracturing his skull. He became bewildered and fell Into a ravine, where he lay unconscious twenty-four hours before being found and rushed tl the hospital. Snyder Is Schuylkill Solicitor. Pottsvllle. State Senator and Auditor General-elect Charles A. Sny der will continue as a triple office holder, being re-elected County Solici tor at a salary of $1,800 annually by the County Commissioners. The sal ary, which was Incressed by an Act Introduced by Snydor four years ago, was an Increase of eighty per cent over the compensation previously paid. Kills Self, Not Rabbit Stroudsburg Suffering from a skin disease which baffled treatment, David Fmale went to his barn to kill a rab bit, having been told that rabbit grease was good for his trouble. Load--Ing his gun, he slipped on the Ice, the gun discharged, killing him almost In stantly. Smnle's wlfo, after watting some time for his return, made a search, and discovered her husband on the ground In a pool of blood. Gems Tied To the Door Knob. Altoona. Iteturnlng from church Christmas morning, Mrs. Patrick W. Finn, wife of a wealthy contractor living In a suburb, found a neat little package bound with red ribbon hang ing on tho door knob. Opening It, she found It contained the diamond rins and brooches, worth approx imately five thousand dollars, which had been stolen from her home on November 10. v. j Horns For Christmas, Sued. Heading. Declaring that two days before the time they had fixed to go to church to arrange to have their wedding bans proclaimed, after a year's courtship, the defendant sud denly went to Detroit and broke off the engagement. Miss Clara D. Penny packer brought suit against John Itatajctak for $5,000 damages for al leged breach of promise to marry. Ex-Guardsman Falls 35 Feet Wllllamsport.-J. H. Hnflett, a mem ber of Dattery D. First Pennsylvania Artillery, Just home from border duty, was Injured seriously when he stepped from a trolley car and fell thirty-Ova feet through a bridge. He was con ductor on the early morning car and stepped off to throw a switch ahead of the car. which at 111 was on the river bridge. Blind Man Dies In Rainstorm. Carlisle. His heart falling from worry, when he wandered from the Cumberland County Home and could not And his way back, Elijah DuS, eighty-five, fell dead, when an attend ant Just had reached him. Duff Is blind and wandered away in the midst ot a heavy rainstorm. He had been at the home some years and was an old soldier. Luifrrs County Attorney At Front Wllkes-narre. Thomas nutklnwlr., Jr., formerly University of Pennsyl vania football star and later Assistant District Attorney In Luierue county. Is fighting with the French army, ac cording to a letter reclved here by Attorney Charles E. Keck, an old) friend. Found Dead Along Railroad Tracks. Lancaster. The bodies of two men snd the unconscious form ot another believed to be Injured fatally were found by a track walker along the tracks of the Pennsylvania Railroad near Dlllmyer. Lancaster county. It Is believed nil wers struck by a pass ing train. BRIEF NEWS ITEMS. Following the success of the Vi sade against gambling devices In cigar stores and pool rooms, a movement haa been beguu In Carlisle for the en forcement of the Dlue Lsws. Bundling their three-months-old son so that he would not take cold while they were driving a mile to a neigh bor's home, Mr. and Mis. Wilbur Shults, of Madison Township, upon ar rival, found that the boy had smother ed to death. : i t
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