The Fulton County news. [volume], December 07, 1899, Image 5

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-J. TON-COUNTY NEWS.
oysC. FOR THOSE WHO
-( SUCCEED.
g for Mioho who Hitci'ci'cl:
(You there!)
ft whole iuccpssful orow, '
I In of the strong, iirrolo Htrlpp,
U a song for you.
Uio Is there here In this whole
vlde throng
hose honest oar I cun nhig my
2 song
if, (Stand up!)
irfc's my nillllonalre:
' " l(yaw here!'
' 'd sir, your wealth 1h great,
It ell you have scooped your for-
iune, man,
0 the loosened grasp of fate,
live picked up gold an the long
fears roll,
(while picking up gold you have
Iropped your soul:
(Go hack!)
re's my wlde-hrowed sage:
I11- . (This way!)
thousand years of lore!
)man, 'tis a goodly heritage,
you need a little more;
ave garnered all thoughts from
1 he four winds hlown,
, j forgotten meantime to think
'our own;
(Sit down!)
Ije's my artist friend:
(Step up!)
have given dreams to men,
ivorld of dreams you have bod
ed forth
i chisel, brush and pen;
Gu've lost the meat of the tough
forld's strife,
missed the juice of the vintage
flifo;
e(Step down!)
ithat old woman there?
(Sit down!)
las no lore or pelf,
is worked so hard for those she
ved i '
, las never thought of herself.
), step up in tho wole world's
lew;
!U joadani, this song is meant for
"'V (Step up!)
MANY USES FOR JUNK,
, AKEI) UP IMS LATIN.
to;
1ST S-
estern lawyer went into the
lit"
rs cate a lew clays ago.
I not always lived in the far
ad in his college days in the
as well enough acquainted
le French bills of fare of
New.. York restaurants,
t in his new home he had
;en about soup au pot gras
mme do terreala duchesse.
jt.that ho could not read
yt$t the delicacies on the
exasperated him, and he
ded to have fun with the
liing her e that I 'd care f or , "
i to the claw hammered at-
t. "We can serve you any-
'or dinner, sir," said the
confident that he could
his customer before ho got
h with him.
'e you sine qua non?"
waiter stared.
o-o, sir," ho answered.
at about bonmotsV Have
sir.";
in let me have some nice ig-
nis." That's good at this
, the year."
haven't got it. "
; iig me some tempus fugit
t's out, too, sir."
. , must have e pluribus u-
J : .
'i
Oitime the waiter looked
i ( "I've heard them speak
. t in the kitchen. I'll go
?
jrno back eiri)ty handed
jected. "Wo haven't got
itammered.
yyi
iago that I can't get any of
urn seasonable things. Try
ore and find out if they
oj0 bono publico.
udl Mr. Weaver," said the
fXf'iost crazy by this time.
aoW UJ can toll what you
. ' , I
ck, f'guest from tho west
2. aim by tho coattails.
, . ght,"saidhe, "and in the
111 iie bring me some roast
1 friod potatoes."
,iavo It!" yelled tho waiter
lOlfeht at hearing something
I(lli obtainable, and ho Hew
0 kitchen and came back
p beef aud tho jotatoes
filer d Weaver in tho wake.
p "-Ay aud the hotel man
lauaLd laugh at tho expense
Ini'ortunate waiter, who
elS S1" ho cllef int"okitch
1 o had struck a man who
!, SlK'Ve boon eating at Delmon
Oil. his lifo. St. Louis Re-
d:
worms can be obtained
Hit, to by wetting the ground
. pjblut'ionof blue vitriol or
' as, winch will brine
-Vt i urprising numbers
How Wornout and Dicarded
Metal is Utilized.
Old Horseshoes May Reappear as Razors,
and Battered Stoves May Go Up In
Skyscrapers Lucky Finds
In Junkshops.
The other day I wandered into
a largo yard containing great
heaps of scrap iron and old met
als of different kinds. Workmen
were sorting out the masses of
rusty, misshapen and taugled
metals, each of which evidently
had its particular value in the
market. I wondered what be
came of all the castaway metal
and what ieculiar transforma
tions it underwent. In seeking
some information on the point
from the proprietor of the place
he said:
"This business doesn't look as
if itpossessed any elements of int
erest, educational or romantic, yet
it has something of both of these.
Now, there's an old horseshoe.
It may shave a Mongolian in Chi
na, though what a Mongolian has
to shave I don't clearly see. Of
course it will be converted first
into a razor. I ship large quanti
ties of these wornout horseshoes
and wagon tires to the Celestial
kingdom to be worked up into ra
zors, knives and other useful do
mestic articles. The Chinaman
engaged in this particular indus
try gets 12 cents a day for his la
bor. These horseshoes aud wag
on tires are wrought iron and are
preferred to other forms of this
metal, because they are the most
conveniently handled.
"When you go across the bridge
to the borough of Manhattan, you
probably notice some of the new
110 or 80 story buildings going up
there and the big iron columns
and girders used in their construc
tion. You probably think that
those columns and girders are all
new metal, but it is likely that
they are not. They are scrapiron,
pure and simple, or may be mix
ed with some new ore in the re
casting of the scrap metal in the
foundry or rolling mill where all
tho scrap goes. Your discarded
kitchen stove may reappear in one
of the columns or girders of a sky
scraper. The owners of these
lofty buildings may think they
are getting new iron material and
may pay for it, but they are prob
ably not getting it. Perhaps
there isn't much difference iu the
durability of the recast metal and
tliQ new.
"When you are riding in a trol
ley car, yon may rellect that the
metal in the axles of the wheels
and in tho railroad tracks may
have formerly served in stove
grates. Sucharesome of the new
forms and uses which scrap met
al assumes.
"We dealers alight upon some
strange finds among the old met
al which we gather. I have at
home six solid bronze plaques, as
one of this class of finds, which I
wouldn't take $75 for. I've also
got at home au iron and bronze
aquarium, another of these pocu
liar discoveries, which I wouldn't
part with for $50.
"It is curious to think how such
valuable articles get into such
poor company as scrap iron.
Perhaps the original owners care
lessly permit them to get mixed
up with some old junk which they
disposed of to the junkman who
brings his collection of stock to
us, or perhaps they deliberately
throw them away through simple
weariness of their possession.
Then, agaiu, thearticles may poss
ibly be stolen and sold to tho junk
man. "There are other interesting
finds we meet with in our busi
ness. Not only the common but
the finer metals, such as jewelry
and silverware, fall intoour hands.
Possibly you'vo hoard your wife
remark ouo day that there was a
silver spoon missing, and she
might suspect that the servant
has stolen it. Hut the truth istho
spoon has accidentally gone as tray
and passed uuuotioed into tho ash
can or garbage tub and in the
course of time, possibly, we pick
it up out of tho dumps. Many a
spoon, knife fork with Tiffany's
or Benedict's stamp on it I have
bought at Darren island after be
ing taken out of those dumps.
Other stray waifs in this class
which I have gathered from the
Barren island dumps are silver
pocketknives and matchboxes,
gold and silver thimbles and duff
buttons, gold rings and a ladies'
gold purse which I sold for $20
as old gold. Some time ago a
ring with a transparent stone was
pickodoutof tho dumps. A bus
iness rival of mine just got ahead
of me in the purchase of the ring,
which he got for $10. The stone
proved to be a genuine diamond,
and the purchaser got $i.70 for the
ring. It looked like a ladies' en
gagement ring and the sympa
thetic thought struck mo that its
possibly fair owner was at that
moment suffering unimaginable
distress at its loss.
"So you set!," continued tho
dealer, "there are a few interest
ing and somewhat romantic feat
ures associated with our very
prosy looking business. " Brook
lyn Citizen.
A 1T.W OBSERVATIONS.
Judge 01 instead, of Potter coun
ty, has directed that all men con
victed of selling liquor illegally,
shall be compelled to work out the
tine of $500 at cracking stone on
the road at $1 per day. This pun
ishment will no doubt' keep the
liquor sellers within the limits of
the law.
You can tell a successful farm
er by looking at his wife's fruit
cans in the closet, says our ob
server. You can tell the dry
goods box statesman by the patch
es on his pants. You can tell the
slouchy woman by her shoe-buttons
and her hair. You can tell
the jN)ison serpent by the blue
ness of his tail. But the easiest
way of all, you can pick out the
enterprising merchants of the
town by looking at tho town pa
per. This is not divine revela
tion, but it is business, gospel aud
truth.
He stood before St. Peter and
meekly applied for admission to
the better land. "Cannot admit
you, sir." "Can't admit me!" ex
claimed tho dismayed aspirant.
"Haven't I lived a Christian life?"
'Yes, in the main." Haven't I
obeyed the laws of the land?"
"Oh, yes. " "What then has been
my offense?" "You wanted to
stop your newspaper aud instead
of dropping a line to the publish
er and paying arearages, you had
the postmaster send him a mes
sage to the effect that your paper
was refused. A man so contempt
ible would find no company in
heaven; please move on to tho laud
where they don't shovel snow."
You seldom hear the public say
anything in favor of their local
newspaior. But tho local news
paper is always favoring the pub
lic. And how quick tho local pa
per hears of it, if by accident an
error appears, but if tho public
or its officials make a blunder
they must not go in the local
newspaper, because the local
newspaper would lose its head.
Nobody but local newspaper ed
itors make blunders: the rest of
the populace doeth all things
well. A great many people who
know how to edit a newspaper
are somehow holding positions ou
the top of dry goods boxes.
How slow moves the old clock
in the school room. Surely it
must be nearly run down. Why,
it seems like half an hour since
last I looked, but it is just five
minutes. Totheschool boy think
ing of home and play, time seems
not to fly. but to creep with labor
ious aud snail like movement.
For years that old clock has re
mained on that identical shelf tick
ing swiftly tho hours of recess
and vacation away, ready to relax
into a tick slow aud solemn like
that of the death watch the mo
ment tho bell sounded for study
to begin. The old clock itself is
a lesson. How many who have
passed out of tho portals of that
old building, soon to bo torn down,
and in a few months will bo but a
memory. How many have gazed
with longing eyes at the old clock
wishing it would strike tho hour
of closing, when they could have
made the minutes fly on golden
wings of promise if they had but
diligently applied themselves to
their books. Yes, dear school
boy, you are welcome to tho les
son, aud when you are disposed
to gaze at the old clock in the vain
hope that you can make the mo
ments fly faster, turn to your
books and when you leave school
to face the realities that como in
tho battle for existence you will
thank us for the suggestion.
November, the eleventh month
of the year, has rounded out its
days. It was tho ninth under
Romulus, from whence it derives
its name. It originally consisted
of thirty-live clays which were
continued until Julius Caesar re
duced it agaiu to thirty, aud this
number it has ever since retained.
Our Saxon ancestors called
November Blut mount, "blood
month," the month of sacrifice,
because at this season tho heath
en Saxons made provisions for
the winter, and offered as a sacri
fice many of the animals which
were then killed. With tho in
coming of November we see the
departing of autumn the laden
skies and the fast falling leaves
attesting that we are on the thres
hold of winter.
The newspaper subscription
season is here. It comes annu
ally with the advent of cold weath
er, when people are forced to re
main in-doors aud appreciate a
good thing in what your editor is
doing to instruct and entertain
them. They then take time toex
amine the label on their paper,
and if the subscription has expir
ed, they call at the office and re
new, sometimes subscribing for
a year for a son or dnughter iu tho
west or elsewhere, who likes to
know whatisgoingonabouthome.
This sort of Christmas present is
more highly appreciated than any
other. We are here ready and
williug to accommodate the public
with the best we know how to
print.
HOW TIME IS I) All. Y COR.
RECTEI).
There is one man iu Washing
ton who at uoou every day stops
business all over the United
States and closes the telegraph
wires for a space of about three
aud a half minutes. This man is
the oue having charge of tho time
at the naval observatory. At
three minutes and fifteen seconds
before 12 o'clock each noon, ho
opens the circuit and connects
the electric clock of the observa
tory with telegraph wires. Iu
stautly all tho wires have to be
cleared and every second is
sounded by beats by the endu
lum of the clock. This gives
timely warning to all who are
waiting, to have their clocks or
chronometers corrected by wire,
and it conveys to all maritime ex
changes, time balls and every
place connected with tho naval
observatory all over the country
the warning that noou is up
proachiug. Tho pendulum omits
the twenty-ninth second of every
minute, so that observers who
aro correcting two or more chro
nometers can have tho time to do
so, and then the fifty-fifth, fifty
sixth, fifty-seventh, fifty-eighth
aud fifty-ninth seconds of every
minute are also omitted for the
same reason. When tho last
minute before noon is reached
the boats of tho last ten seconds,
or from fifty to fifty-nine, aro
omitted. But at exact noon the
pendulum swings, and this sig
nal marks and corrects the time,
This signal also connects all
the clocks iu 1h circuit. Tiieso
are located in all the largo cities,
iu railroad, steamship, business,
government and muuiciiloftices,
It drops tho timo ball at San
Francisco at !) o'clock iu tho
morning, there being three hours
difference in time, and so the
time at San Francisco is correct
ed three hours before noou. Not
only does tho electric device on
tho clocks record the correct
time, but it changes and throws
tho clock hands back or forward
to exact noon. Anyouo going in
to a telegraph office a minute or
so before noon will see all the op
erators idle because this one man
in Washington has stopped all
work until he reports the correct
time at noon sharp. New York
Mail and Express.
Somerset Herald: Great ex
citement is said to exist in certain
sections of tho county, notably in
the neighborhood of Berlin, over
the reported discovery of copper
ore in Allegheny and Fairhopo
townships. It is claimed that
specimens of the ore have been
shipped to Philadelphia, where it
was aua lyzed and pronounced a
flue quality, since when prospect
ors and speculators have been
tumbliug over one another in or
der to take advantage of tho sup
posed rich find. A Berlin goutlo
man, who owns about 1)00 acres
of land on which copper ore is
said to have been found, told a
Herald reporter that ho would
popper every man full of shot
that ho caught digging in his pre
serves. The ore is said to have
been found on the slope of the
Allegheny mountain.
G.W. Reisner & Co.
Extend ex
Hearty Invitation
g lo All Visitors to the
I -INSTITUTE-
imioto(;raiiih: clocks. OOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOCOO
m. i. .!... . 1 !....! I
j. lie lines ii iih' nuuiciu i.um- ir
corder for use in factories aud
other places of employmeut is
called "tho guv'uor," and it not
only registers the precise min
ute at which the employee ar
rives at his work, but it photo
graphs him neatly and expedi
tiously on a film, so that his em
ployer may boo just how he look
ed when he pressed tho button.
Many virtues are claimed for
"the guv'uor" by the patentees.
Its accuracy and simplicity of
operation are held to bo the chief
advantages which recommend it
to the favor of large employers
of labor. In point of size and
general appearance "theguv'nor"
is a good deal like a polished oak
portable photographic camera.
To insure correct results the
instrument must be so fixed
agaiust a door that the light, be
ing at the back of the employee
as he faces the lens, will fall
through a glass lid into the box.
That h the single condition of
success. All that is further nec
essary is for the employee to look
squarely at the lens, smile softly,
if he feels that way, and push the
knob that protrudes iuvitiugly
from the box. As ho does so he
will ring a bell aud expose a sec
tion of celluloid film, upon which
tho face of a small clock, showing
the exact minute at which he ar
rived will be photographed.
Immediately beneath the clock
face his own will be "fixed by a
sunbeam in eternal prime" for
future reference. For days
when there are no sunbeams a
sxcial contrivance has been pro
vided, in the shape of a regulator
at the side, marked "Fine, med
ium and dull," and a small indi
cator moved round to the proper
description will arrange au expo
sure to suit the prevailing atmos
pheric condition.
Each instrument contains
twelve feet of film, uiou which
288 pictures niay bo taken, and
for establishments with a greater
number of hands larger machines
can be supplied.
Apart from its pu rely commer
cial uses, "the guv'uor" promises
to furuish a highly-interestisg
record for anyone who may want
to turn up old films and see how
he looked on each morning of the
year. London Mail.
Wc arc now prepared to show
our Friends the Largest and
Best Selected Stock of
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
IN
FULTON COUNTY,
(a claim that is being1 extensively made.) Satisfy your
self about that matter. We will show you the
LARGEST LINE OR
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Lad
Wraps
Covers for Mattresses.
Covers for the mattress, which
most housekeepers now consider
an essential part of tho furnish
ing of every bed, are made of
strong white muslin with a flap
to button over at the foot. It is
better not to use tho unbleached
muslin since it is apt to give a
yellow tinge to the most snow
white linen. These covers are a
great protection to the mattress,
but they require frequent wash
ing, and after beiug exosed to
the dust and dirt all summer long
this is one of tho first things
which needs attention wheu put
ting a house in order. Tho mat
tresses themselves,, should they
require making over, can be sent
to tho upholsterer, who can gen
erally bo prevailed ujKtn to re
turn them tho same day. Mauy
ladies prefer to employ a visiting
upholsterer to do this work ul
der their direct supervision, but
it requires a room to be given
over to the puriose, which is not
alway convenient.
The queen of Euglaud, it is well
known, possesses wonderfully
beautiful hands, well shaped,
plump, white and unmarked by
those wrinkles ususlly seen on
the hands of a woman of her ago,
This absence of disfiguring lines
is attributed to her fondness of
kuitting. She is rarely without
her kuittiug needles, and the ac
tion of plying them keeps the
muscles iu continual play.
that Fulton countv has ever had in it. and at Diices as
low as is consistent with perfect goods. The range on O
Plush capes $2,50 to 13,00. Cloth capes as low as O
$1.25. bee them. Jackets, 4,00 up. We. have the
prettiest line ot
Ladies' SkJrts
to show you from 20 Cents to $2,00."
Dress Goods in Stacks.
A good Wool Suiting for 19 cents, well worth Uu cents.
See our stock of
Ladies' and Men's Neckwear,
Lots of new, nice things.
A matter of interest to all is good warm UNDERWEAR,
O for cold weather. We have it.
We have a case of SW dozen of
MEN'S SHIRTS and 5?
DRAWFRfi. at AH ppntc aniArp thnt lofu nf iumwIo wnn'l
be slow to ask r) cents for. They are perfect iu make and
fit, and in every way acceptable, Of course we have lots
cheaper, aud several lines of Underwear at SOc., 75c. and
$1,00, and up; Ladies,' from 20c. to 1,00. Children's 10c.
and up.
IMS SHOW JST'"'
WtHiiri tea m Tih
; fc. gJ (t&l)L
Tkhms of Couht.
The tlml term of the CnurtH of Pulton noun.
ty Id the yeiirKhull uommunue ou the TueMluy
followiUK the Heuomt Monuuy of Juuuury, ul 11)
U UIOUK A. m.
The Keoomt term comtnuiieeN on the third
Momtuy of Mitreh, ut U o'ulonk 1. M.
The third term ou the Tui.Mluy uext follow
Inv the Hcuoud Mouiluy of Juue ut 10 o'clock
A. m.
The fourth term on the Hint Monduv of Onto.
ber, ut t o'clock 1'. M.
Countv Offickks.
President Judxe-Hon. S. McO. Swope,
ANHOclute J udKCH Lemuel Kirk, Peter Mor
ton. Hrothouotury. &o, Frunk J. I.yuch.
DlHirict Attorney Oeorne H. UhuIoIn,
TreuHiirerThco Slpcx.
Sheriff Duuit.1 SheetM.
Deputy Sheriff JumeN Itume).
Jury CouimlNKlouern Ouvld Hull, Samuel H,
HookeuMiillu,
Audlloni -John S, Ilurrlx, U. H. Myent, A. J,
limherHou,
C'DiuinlNklouent L, W. CuunlUKhuiu. Albert
1'lew.luKur. John Sluukunl.
Clcrk-S. V, Kirk.
Corouer Thomu Kirk.
County Surveyor Jouuh I.uke,
Couuly Supmiuteudent Clem ("hennut.
AHorueyx-W. Scott Aleminder. J. NelMin
SI pen, ThomiM r'. Slomi. K MoN, Johuwion,
M. U, ShuOuer, (leu. H, OiiuUiK Jphu I'.
S pes.
A Word about SHOES
We have two lines of Ladies' and Children's Shoes that we
will stand against anything anywhere, price considered, for
fit, and wear, and appearance A general line, including
Men's, Boys', Ladies' and Misses', that will stand agaiust
any line, we don't care who produces them, or their price.
We are selling a very fair Children's Shoe, &-12 at 65c.
A first-rate Oil (train Shoe for womeu at SHc. Men's Boots
as low as $1.50. A very good one.
Ready-made
Gun
i
A larger stock than you
will find anywhere else in
town. We know the prices
are all right, every time.
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