T2I FULTON OOT7KTT ZTXTTS, McGOHHILLIBTOO, fJL FULTON COUNTY NEWS. Published Every Thursday. B W. PECK, Editor and Pioprlotoi AkCONNELLSBURG, PA. NOVEMBER 21, WW Published Weekly. $1.50 per Annum in Advance. ntarod t the Poitofflos MoConnnlliburg P tiieeoDd-olau mall matter. No Rest No Peace. There's no peace and little rest for the one who suffers from a bad baok, and distressing uri nary disorders. McCjnnells bur people recommend Doan's Kidney Pills. Ba guarded by their experience. Riley Peck, shoemaker, Mc Connellsburg, says: "I was troubled - with my kidneys and soreness in my back. I was diz 87 at times and my eyes were affected. I had to got up often at night oq account of kidney weakaeis and I was all tired out in the morning. I'wo boxes of Doan's Kidoey Pills, procured at Trout's D.og Store, gave m great relief and Ihiven't hadanv symptons of the trouble since " P- tee 60c, at ail dealers. Don t siujpiy afk for a kidney remedy get Doan's Kidney Pills the same stnat Mr. Peck bad Poster Milburn Co, Mfrs, Buffalo, N. Y. Advertisement. One of Germany's Problems. Germany afford a magnifi cent Held for such a jib of do mestic housecleaolag as the wld has rarely seen. AU wen ki.owo, the Empire is b federation, not unlike the Uuited State-, in which the Kingdoms of Prussia, Bavaria. Saxony and Wu-ttemoerg have as co-pan i.tM no astonishing number ol grand duchies, electorates, archbishoprics, palatinates and principalities the very names of which are unknown to most Americans. These have ever been most tenacious of their rights, and their insistence upon the maintenance of their ridicu lous little court3, with privileges and perquisites hauded down from me dieval days, has given riso to what is known in Ger. ma poli'.ics as particulansm,an exaggerated form of States' rights, in which the welfare of soma absurd little possession, covering perhaps only a few square miles, has been by its ruler and people above the true interests of Germany as a whole. It was the great work of Bis marck tha he succeeded in bri bing all these patty kings, grand dukes, princes and other nondescript heads of govern ments into a federal govern meat, of which Prussia has al ways been the head. It is high time that this heterogeneous mass should feel the freshening brecz-ssot revolu tion. Dispatches from Berlin already tell of the establishment of republics in the four king doms named. There still re main many States to be brought up to date, with all their trum pery rulers and courts abolished and the people given their full riehts. In the interest of more .ffipinnt povernment. some of these survivals from the Middle Aees ought to be abolished en tirely. This will be one of the problems of the coming uer many. Particularism has been a sou -ce of weakness to it With tho Uohenzollerns and Wittle- bacbs gone, the new republican spirit ought to make short work of some of the otter useless para sites who have for centuries been living off the people and giving little or nothing in return. What Mikes' the Rumble of Thunder? Why does thunder ramble? The putb of a lightning flunh through the air may be aereral mile In length. All along thla path the sudden expansion of the heated air a true explosion sets up an atmospheric wave which spreads In all direction and eventual ly registers upon our eara aa thunder. Since the lightning dlHcharge la ulitioKt Inatantaneoua, the sound wave In pro duced at very neurly the aame time long the whole path. But the aound wave travels slowly through the air. Ita speed Is approximately 1,000 feet per second. Thus the sound from the port of the lightning's path that is nearest to us reaches us first, and that from other parts of the path after ward, according to their distance. In termittent clashes and booming effects re due chiefly to Irregularities In the hape of the patik Popular Sclsou Monthly. OARS LOOTED BY DARINGBAHDITS Millions of Dollars' Worth of Goods Are Stolen in Transit. FREIGHT LOSS HEAVY Head of Protection Bureau Plans Campaign to Run Down Men Whose Plunder Reaches Enormous Figure. New York. Freight car robberies hove become so frequent since the out break of tho war tlnit the railroad ad ministration, which has undertaken the toNk of suppressing the spread of such crimes, Is launching a national campaign to put to an end the prop erty loss which, la 11)17 alone, amount ed to $.'10,000,000. Many of these rob beries have been accompanied by mur der. Acting on Information that the New York city district Is a "Mecca for freight car robberies," Phillips J. Doherty, manager of the property pro tection section of the law division of the railroad administration, Is con ducting a personal "clean up" from the metropolis. Doherty announces thot the cam paign Is national and that concerted action already hud accomplished Im provement In big centers, such as Chi cago, St. Louis nnd Memphis. Accord ing to Doherty, however, "the most difficult and most Important situation exists In 'ew York." Enormous Increase In Robberies. Tho work of breaking up the freight thieves Involves, besides the co-ordination of the police forces of the railroad organization, the thorough and active co-operutlon of peace of ficers in all the cities, towns and vil lages, as well as of railroad employees. Manager Doherty, who has made a close study of freight stealing, de clares that the robbery of freight cars has Increased enormously In the lust few years. lie cites an ofllclal report that 1910 losses amounted to more than 110,000,000, Increasing to fully $.10,000, 000 In 1917. It Is his opinion that tho losses for 1918 mny reach $.19,000,000. Corrective measures have moved rapidly. In a few months more than 300 Individuals hnve been Indicted and several long penitentiary terms have been Imposed. Among those found guilty were two policemen In a West ern city, who were arrested In full uniform while conniving at the rob bery of freight cars. In 01 convic tions during the last two months the penalties have ranged from $."0 fines to 21-year prison sentences. The new plan which the railroad administration will put Into effect will enlist directly the active serv ices of more than 17,000 officers of the law, whose efforts will be directed by bureaus acting under the authorities Many Robberies Have Been Accompa nied by Murders. from Washington. The prosecutions for car robbery are to lie carried Into the federnl courts Instead of Into tho state courts, wherever possible. Land Pirates Worst of Criminals. "These car robbers are the worst of criminals; they are land pirates and vandals, without a vestige of patriot Ism or conscience, who seize upon war conditions to plunder the needed re sources of the nation," Manager Do herty suys. "They always go armed, ready and willing to murder guards, and generally use bribery also to win the connivance and betrayol of rail road employees, who ore tho trusted custodians of property. The courts should not deal with these as ordinary offenders, whose misdeeds ore due to weakness of character." His Dream Came True. Rteubenvllle, O. Edward Nicholson dreamed that Charles Swesrlngen. night watchman at a nearby plant, had been shot by robbers. He leaped t of bed and rushed to the building. He wos relating his dreom to Swear In gen when a rifle bullet crashed through a window and wounded the eight watchman. Forefathers Had No L'uxurles. People who comploln because they cannot get some of the little luxuries they used to enjoy before the war might do well to remember that their forefathers lived without sugar till tho fourteenth century, without coal till the fourteenth, without butter on their bread till the fifteenth, without to bacco and potatoes till the sixteenth wPhoiit ten, coffee and soap till tho seventeenth, without umbrellas and lamps till the eighteenth, and without trulns, telegrams, telephones, gas and machines mi the rlnefeoth. 111 I1 Iff" H j I DUTIFUL WIFE GOES HOME TO MOTHER Misunderstanding Causes New Husband Some Anxiety Calls Police. Oklahoma City. Okla. Married at eight o'clock, brldo gone fifteen min utes later. This was the fate of a young Tulsa bridegroom. After leaving tho church the coupU drove to the hotel where tho bride groom had registered, i He left the bride In the lobby with these words: "Now you stay here while I go and Inck. Then we'll get out to your mother's and stay a few days." When ho returned to the lobby she was gone. Thirty minutes' frontIC search followed. Then he thought of the police, so called In Chief Nichols, Tho chief thought n moment. "May Thirty Minutes' Frantlo Search Fol lowed. be she's out to her mother's," he told the distracted bridegroom. Ten min utes later they were la each other's arms. "I thought he said: Til pack my grip and you go out to your mother's,' " she explained. "I thought it was fun ny, but supposed he knew his busi ness I didn't" PRISONER SENDS BROKEN LEG OUT FOR REPAIRS East Liverpool, O. Charged with dallying too long with the "cup that queers," John II. Mer cer was arrested. During the process of arrest his leg was broken. As a con sequence he paced his narrow cell at the city prison with dif ficulty. An acquaintance visited him. "Here," said John. "I've broken my leg. Take It down to the blacksmith shop and have a piece welded on It, so I can walk smooth." The friend carried out Instruc tions. The leg was wooden. -o-o TRAIN CATS 'FOR HUNTING Not Even Burbank Has One Thing on This Officer From the State of California. Onklnnd, Cal. Kobert Tyson, assist ant probation officer, Is the owner of two felines. Clinkers and Cinders. They accompany him on his pre-dny-light trip through his orchard. At the report of a gun thoy dash off to get their p'ey, seldom falling to re turn with a bird. To such a remarkable degreo has Tyson trained the hunting Instinct In the felines that It Is necessary to warn guests not to slam tho doors In the house. IIo explains that on one occasion the noise of a door slamming was mistaken for the report of a gun and the cats started out In search of prey. This mistake cost him two pet gos lings. Thief Takes Church Auto. Seattle, Wash. Here Is a person ab solutely without fear unregenernto and who played with fire unafraid. This fearless person stepped Into a runabout standing at a curb In tho downtown section of Seattle. The car Is the property of the Itev. W. A. Wil son. It bore the words on each door: "First Presbyterian church." On the driver's seat were two Hlbles. The thief probably sat on theso as he drove away. 8leeps While Standing. Morysvllle, Cal. Dan Kelly, arrest ed on a misdemeanor charge, went to sleep standing up In the court room. Called upon for on explanation, Kelly, who has only one natural leg to stand upon and one wooden one, declared that he had .aufforwl with asthma for tl.e post ten years and had to sleep standing up. lie snld he was so accus tomed to dosing In this position that he forgot he was In court. Cod in Nature. Stiire than ever we need to appre ciate the works of Ood as shown In the material world. A blue sky, flick ering shadows on the grass, the grace In the fllght'of a bird these things should give us the sense that Ood Is still In the world. Let us listen to the voices of the brook. Let us watch the waves of the lake. We may or may not know what Is on the further, un seen shore, but wo can build mental pictures of great beauty. There are thousands of beautiful pictures all around us If we have eyes to ice and out to appreciate them SAVED BY GIRL LASHED TO MAST Crew Rescued After Thrilling All ' Night Experience in Lake Storm. HOLDS HEROIC VIGIL Signals Bring Succor to Helpless Craft on Lake Michigan After All but Daring Young Woman Are Exhausted. Chicago. Lashing herself ' to the mast of a disabled boat In the gule that swept Luke Michigan, Miss Mar garet Sturdy, daughter of Mr. uncj Mrs. Joseph V. Sturdy of 115 Kust Chicago aveuue, malntulned an heroic vigil until dawn. Theu the American Hag she was waving us u signal of distress brought succor. The bout was several times on the verge of foundering. This was the story brought to (Mil cugo after Cupt. A. F. P.rown and lifs crew of tho South Chicago coast guard station had responded to Miss Stur dy 's signals und rescued both bout and passengers. Tim boat, which was eight miles out In the lake, was towed In. Aboard It, resides Miss Margaret, were her parents und u crew of two men. j From Portland, Me. They had brought the bout, a (10-foot sailing yacht with an auxiliary gaso line engine, from Portland, Me., whore; Mr. Sturdy purchased It for Mrs. Sturdy somu weeks ago. It Is named the Mikado. The voyage had been uneventful save for a few minor squalls until they encountered the storm. Kven then they would have made Clilcago safely had not the gasoline engine be come disabled. The Hulls were use less In the high wind. They drifted all night, Miss Sturdy told a reporter, while tho crew tried In vain to repair the engine. Toward midnight the violent pitching of the bout caused Mrs. Sturdy to become III. She fulled to respond to emer gency treatment and her condition was such that the services of a physi cian were urgently needed. Girl Guards Vessel. ' The strain of keeping watch for passing vessels, working with tho en gine, and battling the storm exhaust- Was Tossing About Like a Cork ed Mr. Sturdy and his two-man crew, nnd they succumbed to sleep about three o'clock in the morning. Tho duty of guarding the little vessel thereupon devolved upon the daugh ter, y I Tho storm showed no signs of abatement. Big combers were break ing over the deck and tho Mikado wus tossing about like a cork when Miss Sturdy took the vessel's Ameri can Hag und fought her way to the mast, Just abaft the bow. Using a coll of hempen rope, she bound her self to It and remained there until ubout five o'clock, when Cuptuln ' Ilrown's lookout sighted her distress signals. NEW SWINDLE IN CANADA Crooks Impose Fines on Farmera for Having Too Much Food In Possession. Vancouver, B. C County police In the fanning sections of British Colum bia arc hunting for a number of clever crooks who have been imposing fliies on farmera for having too much meat, flour or other provisions on hand. One farmer reports having been fined $25 by one of these supposed Inspec tors who had been fed by the farmer and housed all night At breakfast tbu visitor was served with bacon. The fine was then Imposed for serv ing bieat on a meatless day. Is Meanest Burglar. Springfield, III. Police hero are searching for Springfield's meanest burglar. He recently broke Into two homes end rifled baby banks. One yielded $.1.30 and the other 130. Noth ing else was disturbed. Careful of Speech. "Is the fiicully of your college well organised?" "Very. We haven't a single professor who would dare to make n statement of fact without first having It approved by n trust magiikto or a corporation lawyer." Life. Carbons In Aro Lamps. A group of European electricians eclded, nfter experimenting, that bet it results were obtainable by placing lie carbons In arc lamps horizontally nd one slightly above the other. DRINKS EVIDENCE; is sent to Jail Shaky Prisoner Grabs Bottle When Bailiff's Back Is . Turned. San Diego, Cul. When John Itylan was taken Into court on a charge of boot legging to soldiers, a quart bot tle of whisky was produced as evi dence. Tho prisoner stood before the Judge trembling und shaky, not because he was frightened, but because he was shy Ills "morning's morning." There lay tho bracer before him ; the bailiff's buck was turned and John counted well on the dignity of the court. Itlght before the astounded Judge and to the delight of the rail birds TSJL He Actually Grinned at the Court he seized the bottle and drank half of It at a single gulp. A police ser geant yelled to the bailiff: "Hoy, Oscar I bo's drinking all your evidence I" As the bailiff Jumped to the rescue the prisoner hastily put the bottle down, then the bulllff collapsed Into a chair to try und grasp the horror of the situation. The court held his dig nity. This was the psychological moment for John. He grabbed the bottle again nnd drank the remaining pint. He felt better and the evidence was all gone; he actually grinned at the court. With carefully selected words his honor made It plain that Mister Itylan gets no t more refreshments for six months. FAMILY IS ALL MIXED UP Woman Gums Things Up by Marrying Father of Son-in- , Law. Marysvllle, Cul. Family relation ships were all tangled up here when Mrs. Junet Tray nor, whose daughter Is tho wife of Frank Hremer, married A. O.'ltreiger, her son-in-law's. father, Mrs. IJremer, Sr., has room for uncer tainty as to whether her daughter's husband Is really her son-in-law now or her. stepson, while her own daughter Is also her daughter-in-law by marriage. Mrs. Ilremer, Jr., Is also having her troubles, as her mother has to serve also us a mother-in-law und her husband Is at tho same time her step-brother. 30-O--0-0- DOUBLE-BARRELED STORY OF MOTHER-IN-LAW WOE . ' Oakland 'Cal. Kmma Clay pool has linp granted a divorce from Thohitts It. Claypool ou testimony that his mother as well as hers lived In the same house with them nnd that his mother held views that weru contrary to her own mother's. So far us the court records show, the only trouble seems to have been between the two mothers-in-law. -o-oo-o-o-o-o- PUT IT UP TO THE STATE Parents Unable to Agree on Name for Child Ask State to Decide. Toledo, O. There's trouble In a household in the vlllnga of Sylvnnln, not far from here. A child was born to this family re cently. The husband was alone In the homo when the state enumerator called. Tho mother wnnted the child to have one name while the husband desired It to carry another through life. The futher won. Now the mother has appealed to the state department of vital statistics, asking that the child's name be chanc ed so ns to conform to her wishes. State officials have failed to uneartb any law authorizing such action. Thief Steals Tombstone. Oshkosh, Wis. How a thief could steal a noo-pound tombstone and get away with It Is something that Is pus sling county officials. Relatives who erected a granite, tombstone to the memory of Christian Klclnschmldt, pioneer farmer of Black Wolff, report ed the theft The Hardiest Palm. The hardiest, palm at all common is California's Traehyenrpus excelsus, known as the windmill palm. Not alone Is It hardy In withstanding low temperatures, but It Is tough and will enduro rough treatment. Never Quite 8atltf!ed. It dootn't mnke nny difference whtit n womitn Kt'tn, tbcre li iilwnys some tblnj n little more ponslvt the wlnhci she could have had. FAIR FOOD PRICES. For Fulton Courjty for tho Current Week, Approved by p,,od i Administrator John K. Jackson, Articles. B aeon, " Beans, Pea Beans, Lima Bread, store wrapped 1 lb loaf.. Bread, store wrapped lb loaf. Butter, Country Cheese, Croam Corn Meal, 10 lb bag Corn Starch. Egge Flour, Barley, por lb. ,', ' Flour, White Corn, por ib. ..... Flour, Rice, per lb Flour, Wheat, per lb Hams,.. ... , . Lard, Country Outs, Rolled Rice, Salmon, Pink Salmon, Red Sugar, Granulated B ickwheat Flour , Rusins. seedless Hominy ttlW$S& Vd 4O0.qf7 Value 7.00 WA'-An JJ- Why Compare Beef and Coal Profits? Swift & Company has frequently stated that its profit on beef averages only one fourth of a cent a pound, and hence has practically no effect on the price. Comparison has been made by the Federal Trade Commission of this profit with the profit on coal, and it has pointed out . that anthracite coal operators are content with a profit of 25 cents a ton, whereas the beef profit of one-fourth of a cent a pound means a profit of $5.00 a ton. The comparison does not point out that anthracite coal at the seaboard is worth at wholesale about $7.00 a ton, whereas a ton of beef of fair quality is worth about $400.00 wholesale. To carry the comparison further, the 25 cent profit on coal is 3Vfc per cent of the $7.00 value. The $5.00 profit on beef is only 1 per cent of the $400.00 value. The profit has little effect on price in either case, but has less effect on the price of beef than on the price of coal Coal may be stored in the open air indefinitely; .beef must be kept in expensive coolers because it is highly perishable and must be refrigerated. Coal is handled by the carload or ton; beef is deliv ered to retailers by the poiyid or hundred weight Methods of handling are vastly different. Coal is handled in open cars; beef mutt be shipped -in refrigerator cars at an even temperature. Fairness to the public, fairness to Swift & Company, fairness to the packing industry, demands that these indisputable facts be considered. It is impossible to disprove Swift & Company's state ment, that its profits on beef are so small as to have practically no effect on prices. Swift & Company, U. S. A. Wanted, For Sale, For Rent, Lost, Found, Etc. KATES One cent per word for each Insertion. No advertisement accepted for less than IB cents. Cash must ac company order. Fou Sale, Span of horses rising five years old. Inquire of John Ilebner, one bait mile west of Lashley po8toflice in Union town ship. 11 21 It Small Fakm Wantkij Par ties having small properties tor sale from 5 to 20 acres, improved or not can find cash buyers by consulting. P. M. 'Pay Lou. t I Men Wanted Lahorcre, Car. pen tern Helpers, Mechanic Hel pers, Firemen, Trackmen, Stock Un loaders, (Joke Oven Men, and other help. Good wapen and steady employment Apply to COLONIAL IRON CO., Riddles bu g, Pa. 8 S8 if Retailors Pay Va per lb. 12 to 13o per lb 13 to l.'Uo per lb 7 ju V 42 to 45o per lb 30. per lb 60o 10 to 11 per lb ' 42o Clo . GJo Jlo $10.04' por bbl 33c por lb 30o per lb 6 per lb lie per lb ISc, 25o tD.87 to 110.07 cwt ' 7u lb 14u 6Jo Consumer P,j Cue per lb . IS to Klo ,)0P , Hi to lHo j..;r lb tt 8c 45 to Ode per lb 40 to 42u per lb 55c 13 to 14 per lb 41c , ' 8c 8c I4u Uo per lb (2IJ II, 38c jKir lb .40 32c per lb 8c per lb 14c to l1 per lb 21c . 30c lie to iii ib . 8c lb. l.HJ 7o FALSE TEETH 1.?.' i"kcn Bond 1'iirnid lmt or writii for piirtii'iil Domesllo Supply Co., Dept. 32, Blnghamton, K '- Administratrix's Notice. RMtntn of .!ihn(;ullithcr, lute of TuJ' lOWUHlilp, dUOUUHCU. .... . ..I ...In. muine 11 narany icivnn mill iriirnioi n"' tNtrutlon upon tliu hIhivh smuts huts K' (rintd lei the iinili.rNlKiii-d All pi-moi ' Ink aliilum uiriilriNt mild mints wi:i pri""'111 Ihem propurly Bullinntloiilisd tor mUli'ii'1"': ml tboa owluu the mint will plewis oU a ANNA M UAIXAlint. AUuiluUtmtn (VtO-IR-Dt, Fighting Door. All tho doors should swing MK enotiKb from the floor to clear "J ruj placed nimr them. And tli'7 should bo placed so thnt they will not Jnm nuiilnst one another. I know ol two doore In a hoimo thnt pcrHlst in l,w.LI.,.r bn..l.a 4.u na M nnCrf bill" lock horns In mortnl conibnt or W 1 deer that do tbls? And when th" doors lire In thnt ponltlon, you cnn( Ket out, but have to back out, R around another wny end sepnraw thorn. We don't intend having w doors like that In this houne.-narri I. Shurawsy, la House Dcautirui, . .
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