THE fULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURG, PA.
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jn Thlo Department Our Readers In Fulton County ahd.Elaewhere May Journey
Around the NAorld Alth the Comoro on the Trail
of History INlalclne Hoppenlnffa.
FRENCH TROOPS ADVANCING TO FORWARD LINE
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KP'iicli troops on tin- mud moving up; Itrltlsh Tommies uIho ready to ndvimco wutch them puss.
COOKING UP A SAVORY MESS FOR THE FIGHTERS
AMERICAN CRUISER BROOKLYN IN VLADIVOSTOK HARBOR
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lirlliKli tind l-'rciwli "cookli's" pn-imrlnt; a IfinplliiK n'pusi fur turnery oinrudi'M. Tint woods nitccu tliolr tlroa
from di-tiM'llon, lint tin'' can't tmttlu up tliu mivory odors tint iiiuk.' Ilio liunt;ry fi'llowH' moiitlis wutiT.
MME. PADEREWSKI AND HER POLISH NURSES
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Tlir fnltnl Snip's irulsiT f.rooklyn In Ilic harbor of Vladivostok hflplni; to protect vulualde Htores mid imitntalli
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GOING AFTER PHOTOGRAPHS OF ENEMY
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I'li'ii'iraplilMK trip, Hie KHiincr licliiK ready to protect It.
GIRLS BUILDING PLANES FOR OUR NAVY
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(irotip of I'ollsli nurses, members of the Polish White Cross, who were reciulted through the efforts of the presi
dent of the Polish Whlto Cross, Mine. Helena Paderewskl. These .'17 women form the hist unit of Polish nurses to
KO overseas.
KATHLEEN X. PHILLIPS
SHOOTING UP A GERMAN BATTERY
Mrs. Mallle A. Robertson has been
appointed policewoman In the state,
war and navy hulldliiK Washington,
where nearly (MM policemen and guards
are on duty. The women employees In
the building are her charges.
Militaristic Youngster.
I met a rather forlorn youngster on
the street, with his head hl'h, tint
his Hps (pilverliik', and asked what lie
wanted, without nppearliiK to notice
his emotion. He said he could not
hud his father. Ho was Just around
the corner from home, so 1 look blm.
A mall In khakt came out to meet liliu.
lie stooped down to pick the child up
and as he did so the hoy said: "Muddy,
lost my quarters ami I don't like this
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'I he work of women and Kil ls In airplane factories bus proved n boon to
""' iiuMoii'h war Industry, since the makliiK of pluneN Involves tint tlltlnit and
"S!,,mlilli.i; of a jsieut many small purls. These ulrls tiro helping to build
llVl'ilaaes for the navy In a factory near Washington.
THE WORLD OVER
"N"' Imadle of n new pocket knife
' unfolded to form a six-Inch
riiV.
-N days from lintclilnu n silk
"nii hiereiisex 4,(KH) times Its orlulnul
A Colleetlnil of phniioKruph records
Stainless Hteel rutlery oontulnn
nbout 1H per cent of chromium. Tim
use of this liiKi'cdlcnt In the manufac
ture of steel for this purpose has been
temporarily stopped.
Accordion to ii Kcolnttlcnl survey
estimate the I'nlled .Stales uses about
lll,',NHl ounces of tine platinum ti n mi
nt I v, of which only nbout Km ounces
Real Thing In Muzzlet.
"I'd like tu look at hoiihi dog inuz
xles," said the man ciitci'lux the store.
"Yes, sir," replied the clerk with I hi)
Incipient mustache. "There's u very
good muzzle, sir."
"And can a dog chew with this muz
xtu on?"
"Oh, yes, sir."
"Rut can't blto?" '
"Oh, yes, ho run bite, hut ho can't
bltu olT more than lie can chew, sir."
. "'I forms of siteech Is bclnu made jure Mined In the country, th rest
I'url wiontlst. I heliiK Imported.
Han Makes Nett In Tree.
J. A. iMinlelH of Silver LiiUc, Conn.,
boasts of a hen which lays cgK ! "
nest In u willow tree, ten feet from
the Krounil. An cinployeu of Mr.
Panlels saw the lien cackllnit on n
brunch of thu tree recently and dis
covered mi ('Kit In tier lofty nest.
Klncu then Mho him t n lnyluK retf-
u.urly In thin unusual place,
Miss Kathleen X. Phillips, Itrltlsh
Red Cross nurse r ally arrived In
San I'rniiclsi'o on furlough utter three
years on the front In Kruncc. She
relates storlcM of (ieriuan utrocllles
she personally witnessed In P.c'lcluiu
mill I'nince. She wears the rcculu
Hon hrnwii seme off-duty Ulllforiil of
the Itrltlsh Red Cross nurse.
United States Raise Bulbs.
Amoni; many things the Hulled
States has learned to do for Itself Is
the ralsltn; of seeds, hulbs and plants
formerly Imported from Kurope. When
It became dllllcult to procure n.uleus
from Rolnlum uud tulips, hyacinths,
narcissi, etc., from Holland, Americans
begun to experiment with culllvntlng
tliese bulbs and plants In their own
country. And they've succeeded. They'll
be utile to restock the bnrren llower
Hardens of Kurope later on. The I'll
clllc coast lias proved the. most ml
vantaKcous rcglou for this new Indus
try. Willing to Pay for His Fun.
"I'm piln' Hwlmmln'," nnnounced n
small .South side boy the other nlnht.
"oh, no, you're not," replied Ids
mother.
"Rut why nntr
"Recause I'll rIvi ynu n pood spnnk
liiK when you Ket liuck," expliilmsl thu
mother conlldently.
"Tliut's fulr vnouiili," dei-lded ttie
liov, llylnn nut of the door with his
bathing suit under Ids nrm.
A Ciiuudlun kuii lirluu on u licrmun trench mortar buttery.
WITH OUR ENGINEERS IN FRANCE
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This photograph shows n 'J.Vton lilt with tvo Ainerlcaii cranes. Ameri
can engineers are iinloaillnir locomotive parts from freight ciiik In France.
HERE AND THERE
The parsee Is a unit of distance
made use of by astronomers. It Is
eipml to "O,(XHUMH,()()0,IMMI,IMM miles
and Is the distance traveled by Hunt
In three and ii third yeuM.
A dolnchnble wire handle prevents
a new sipiare paper drinking cup col
lapsing. of lCiiK'Hsh Invention Is a slot ma
chine that prints the fact that postage
has been paid on letters Instead of
iilllxlna stumps.
Wlflle Lyman Ketner, I inn of Addi
son Ketner, of Schuylkill Huven, was
coastliiK down the steep mountainside
south of tliut town, the chain on his
bicycle broke and he. was thrown a
distance of thirty feet, fracturing bis
ukull.
When a Bide car dropped off n mo
torcycle on the stute road uenr Cedar
SprliiKs, Mrs. William (. Smith nud
Oleiin Sliver, of this city, und M'ss
Helen Cruhiim, of Sewlckly, were se
verely Injured, All were unconsci
ous when they were picked up.
The I'nlted Slovak Societies of St.
Oeo'rjje, f I.nnsford, who have Jurt
celi-hrated I heir silver Jubilee or twen-ly-llfih
anniversary, and who have so
nobly responded to the call of their
udopied country, both In men and
iiionr,;, durli v the present world war,
ndopti-d a resoluilon In wh'i'h they
r w' their loyalty to America.
AlthoiiKh iilliely-one years old. Mrs.
Mary CofTmiin, of Scottdale, spends n
jrri'iiter portion of her time In an uutu
wlilch she runs herself. While llmin
dally nlili, she will etnplny no chauf
feur, as she declares all men able to
run an nuto are able to (ltit und
should do so.
At a hearlni; before Justice of the
Peace NJirlil Inhale, Mrs. Tluward l.ee
diiui, of JMIsiiii, was Unci $10 anil
costs for ciilehlnir a neluhhor's cat,
I i 1 1 tr It In a i m ir ami dropping it over
tin' bridge at N'eshiimlny.
Mary. Ihe four-year-old daughter of
Mr. ami Mrs. Adam Rymshii, of Free
land, dleil from scalds received when
she ucelileiilally fell Into a tub of boll
Inir water at the home of her parents.
Residents of .Marietta have applied
for a charier for the Marietta Sill:
Manufacturinc company und have
leased a large building and purchased
looms with which to equip ll. They
will maimfneture khaki cloth In addi
tion to silk.
York county fanners have complet
ed Ihe planting of their tobacco ami
the outlook for a big crop Is said to
be bright.
While at work on n Pennsyivnnhi
railroad train at Kverson, Israel Shaf
fer, a lirnkcuinn, aged ihlriy-one, was
shed by an uiilclenllf'ed person. The
bullet entered the left thigh, but no
xerloiis coiiseue!ices are anticipated.
The police are searching the surround
ing terrliory for the miscreant.
Ooorge Rumble aitd l-Mward Reed,
two iiierchanls of Schuylkill Haven,
bine returned from a hunting trip on
which i hey were attacked by n large
mother fox, which sailed Into then
when they icached Into n hole If) the
rocks to lake her two young- ones.
They killed her after n light ami
brought the I . : 1 1 , - foxes home.
C lug all the way from Ihe Philip
pine Islands to serve tils country,
James J. Jones, of Mlllerstown, enlist
ed in the marine corps and has gone
to Paris Island, S. C. for training. He
w as a supervisor of school work In the
islands.
Thomas Iunn, eighteen years old of
Rrow iitown. near Wilkes Rarre, was
elect i tiled In Ihe cellar of Ills homo
while turning on an electric switch.
The cellar was damp from n nljaln.
Ininn had removed his shoes, and In
his stocking feet went Into Ihe cellar.
He touched the switch ami a heavy
charge of electricity shot through h's
body. He died within u short time.
There appointments of ftVsi lieuten
ants In the reserve mllltla were an
nounced: l.ysle Riiltermore, Councils
ville, Company (!, and Lester M. Smith,
Homestead, Company It, third infant
ry. The slate draft headquarters hm
announced places open for voluntary
Induction of men who are gas plant
workers. They are to he senl to Wash
ington for training.
With live alleged murderers In the
county Jail, at New Caslle, Sheriff J.
II. r.nyd has taken additional precau
tions lo prevent any attempt at Jail
breaking. A member of the suite po
lice has been detailed lo guard duty
at tin- Jail at night.
Or. Thomas Kern, of Slatlng'on. an
American prisoner In IJermany, writes
his mother, Mrs. II. W. Kern, thai he
Is well and that he Is teaching Rus
sian prisoners to speak Illigiish.
Lithuanian residents of the Mount
Carmel section, id' whom there are
hundreds, adopted resolutions at ll
meeting there pledging their loyally
o the t'niled Stales and the cause of
Ihe allies.
Heads of trolley lines were mini
limiieil before the Montgomery county
fuel coiimilsslo:i ami told lo use n min
imum of coal and eliminate unneces
sary cars ami slops.
As a resiill of the conllseatlon of
dangerous llrearms on the I'tint'th of
Julv, the Alleiitown police have more
than half a bushel of pistols ami re
volvers oiv their hands.
Miss Kva M. Pollard, of Waukesha,
Wis., will tench commercial branches
In the Klmtnokin schools.
I 'oris I. Carter, a llve-year-ohl Reth
lehem child was accidentally pushed
Into a bonllre while playing with other
children ami badly burned.
Olio i:isen!ohr & Rros., of Windsor,
received an order to ship ."0.0H0 cigars
at once to the Y. M. C, A. In Trance.
Alleiilown police arrested William
Heft on n el. urge of maliciously d
Hfoylng llower beds In neighbors'
gardens and he was held for court.
The population or Oil City Is
now T2, -ID. This Is a gain of r.'U'J
during the past I wo years. Franklin's
poulatlon i:i,00:t, ii gain of Sill In
two years.
The Slate Ree Keepers' association
met nt tin- apiary of Or. K. K. Sterner,
along Ihe Wrlghtsvllle pike,
Raukln Commissioner l.afean Issu
ed a call for statements of stale hanks
und trust companies as of June "0. ,
The Muh health department has
approved the application of the 'Wy
oming Valley Water Supply company
for the cons" met Ion of a large reser
voir at Tomulcken.
pr, K. II. Cooper, for more than fif
teen years ore of Banbury's leading
physicians, bus been recommended for
a commission In the medicul officers'
reserve corps.
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