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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-08
LORD COMING NEXT YEAR.
So Say the Adventists Of Springfield
and Worcester.

Springfield, Aug. 7.-Should the Ad-
vsntists who are now holding their an
nual camp meeting in this city be
right in their deductions drawn from
the world as they find it today, then
the Lord is surely coming before the
end of the present century, and Elder
Miles Grant expects him before the
snow falls this year.
Elder Hiram Munger, the sage Of
Chicopee, is daily attendant. Ever
since he can remember he has been an
Adventist, but his faith is today just as
CREST as ever, and he joins Elder Grant
in the belief that the end of the world
is at hand
The meetings are intensely interest
ing even to those WHO are not members
of the sect, aid they are well attended
The principal interest centres around
Elder Grant. He is a vigorous speaker,
and mas an original way of expressing
himself.
In an interview Saturday he said:
These are going to be the best meet
ings we have ever held. The services
will be full of illusions to the second
coming Of the Lord, for he is surely
coming l know this, because the many
things which are prophesied to come
before this event are now happening
The peace conference, the trusts, the
labor troubles and the lack of religious
reyivals all point to the second vista
ton. We are now in the fifth chapter
Of James. The first five verses of this
chapter are directed against the rich,
who are today represented by the
trusts. But the rich will howl and cry
and then destruction will come. We
have Y strikes now on in this country
thus fulfilling the Biblical prophecy.
There never was such state of affairs
IT look for worldwide revolution
The people can't stand this oppression.
The rich are getting richer and the
poor poorer, but it is the poor who will
be saved. The Lord will gather up the
righteous, and after a period of 1000
years they will be put upon a recreated
earth. This is the heaven the Bible
tells about"
When asked if he thought the Span
ish war was prophesied, he said yes,
but that it had little bearing upon the
second visitation.
THE war in the Philippines is also Of
little consequence, In connection with
this great event. said Elder Grant,
but the peace conference is Of the
greatest Importance. Why, the Bible
says, When they shall say peace and
safety, sudden destruction shall come
The peace conference hasn't any paral-
lei in the history of the world. 1t has
prepared the way for the Lords COM
ing"
Most of the adventists on the ground
believe, with Elder Grant, that the hour
is at hand, and everywhere can be seen
groups of men and women discussing
| the manner of the Lords coming They
| are not fanatical in their belief and
| they regard with compassion those who
| are inclined to question the interpreta-
-.
| lures.
The Adventists in this city are near
ly all adherents to Elder Munger's
preaching.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-08
MADE GOOD SHOWING.
East Brookfield Firemen Preparing for
the Webster Muster.

the Webster Muster.
East Brookheld, Aug. 7.-Steamer No.
/ was taken out tonight by the fire
company and a test was made and a
satisfactory showing was the result
ana the fire laddies are confident az
coming In among the first at Webster
sept. 1. The machine was stationed at
the Hume at the head of Lake Lash
away, along Main street. Steam was
got up IN minutes and 38 seconds
Inc men operating the machine Charles
Moreau and S. H. Cole, are confident
that much better time can be made
stream of 205 feet was thrown
which is satisfactory. considering the
SIZE Oh the nozzle and the size Of the
After the trial of the steamer the
regular monthly meeting was held
James Waller was elected a nennher
IN place OF Edward Butler, resigned
w. u. Bowen has been engaged to
drive the steamer to Webster. The
question of how the company is IN
set TO the muster was held over To an
ADJOURNED meeting to be held Aug. %
Edward Butler has resigned his nosj-
ton in the Otsego mills and will move
ms family to Enfield, where he has ae-
eepted position. ~
Elsie Stratton of Mechanic street ia
quite Ill with appendicitis, and is being
attended by DR.. Wheeler of Spencer,
Robert p. Grant, Jr., of Hartford
Conn, Is visiting in town.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-08

TO successfully act on the liver and bile,
take small dose
CARRIERS LITTLE LIVER PILLS.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-08
HOLDEN.

Holden. Aug. IF. w. Bascom has
gone to Philadelphia for short vaca-
ton.
A. X. Larned, who has been visiting
friends in town, has returned to his
home in Westminster.
H. w. Warren, wife and daughter
Helen, have gone to Block Island to
spend few weeks.
Work on the new buildings on Sun
nyside avenue is being pushed rapidly
The work must be done by Sept. /.
Mrs. Nellie Moore, who has been III
at her home, Is able to be out of doors.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-08
JEFFERSON.

Jefferson, Aug. IA party of Jefrer-
son young people have gone on few
weeks camping trip to the country
composed Of George w. Morse 7 w
David and Norman S. Fales, but they
will be Joined in few Gays by others.
Repairs are being made to the Eagle
Lake house in Morse square
The camping grounds on the eastern
side of Eagle lake are still covered with
tents of Worcester people. The latest
arrivals are Lieut.. Harry Young of the
Wellington Rifles and Mrs Young. They
are staying with Cortlandt Whittemore
and family of Worcester.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-08

nished. A new pole will also be fitted
to the vehicle.
Miss Sarah Mcdonald has started on
a vacation trip which she will spend
with friends in Worcester and Boston.
Miss Mcdonald is a devotee of trolley
riding, and will make the whole jour
ney on the electrics.
Bert Bush has gone to Kingston, N.
H, for two weeks vacation.
George B. Mullett of the high school,
class of &c. contemplates entering
Dartmouth college the coming term.
Harry Tucker of Worcester is spend
ing his vacation at his old home here.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-08
TRY ALIENS FooT-EAsE.

A powder to be shaken into the shoes
At this season your feet feel swollen,
nervous and hot, and get tired easy If
you have smarting feet or tight shoes,
try Aliens Foot-Ease II cools the feet
and makes walking easy. Cures swollen
and sweating feet blisters and callous
spots. Relieves corns and bunions of all
pain and gives rest and comfort Try Il
today. Sold by all druggists and shoe
stores for &c Trial package FREE. Ad-
dress Allen 0lmstod. lie Roy, N. Y.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-08

Clinton is connected by trolley with
the rest Of the country to a very salts
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-08
THE APPETITE OF A GOAT

is envied by all poor dyspeptics whose
stomach and liver are out of order All
such should know that DR.. Kings New
Life Pills. the wonderful stomach and
sound digestion and a regular bodily
habit that insures perfect health and
great energy. Only rs cents, AZ Brewer
& Co.'s drug store.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-08
To Cure a Cough in One Day
To Cure a Cold in One Day
To Cure Sore Throat in One Day
To Cure Hoarseness in One Day

Take CleveIands Lung Healer, &c. II A
by.
Brewer & CO.. So Front St. George &c.
Fairbanks, 24 Main St; Burlington Phar-
macy: Martin p. Waite. 10 Front ut.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-09-28
Skim MILK For Fowls.

While there is no question as to
the value of skim milk for poultry
and especially for growing chicks in
the spring and summer ana for laying
fowls, during winter, there is a limit
to which it,. can be advantageously
fed. BY very careful test it has been
found that skim milk fed to laying
fowls during the winter, when the
general food was abundant aud varied,
induced egg production and kept the
fowls in good condition without max
ing them fat. Barely enough of it is
had to go around at that season, but
III summer When there is n larger
quantity the fowls are inclined to
gorge themselves and not do the
proper amount of "hustling' on the
range. Tney soon grew too fat and
the skim milk had TO be shut Off 1t
is never wise, winter or summer, to
permit laying fowls to get the idea
that they need not work for any
portion of their living. Once they
get that idea there is trouble, and the
only way to break mp their laziness
and get them back to producing eggs
is to starve them until they are ready
aud willing to scratch for part
OF their daily food. Breeder and
Farmer.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-09-28
sieepy English Hallway.

An English soldier had a peculiar
experience not long ago. He was
ANXIOUS to make the journey from Ply.
mouth to Coalbrookdale, near Well
ington (Salop), and reached Birming.
ham all right. Hero he appears to
have got into the wrong train, for he
found himself at Crewe in the early
hours of the following morning.
The officials thei sent him to Nant.
wich, where he got the train for Well.
ington, but, falling asleep, was carried
to Shrewsbury.
Again he was put in the right train,
but he once more fell asleep-to be
awakened at Nantwich.
He was put right again, but this
time turned up on Sunday morning
at Birmingham.
Remaining there for that day, he
resumed his journey ON the following
morning, but with his usual ill-luck,
for he landed at Bradfords (Yorks)
He was sent from there to Stafford,
and succeeded in reaching Coalbrook-
dale on Tuesday morning. This little
trip had occupied him three days in
stead of one usually taken. STRAY
Stories
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-09-28
CURIOUS FACTS.

Game cocks in Porto Rico bring al
high as 500 each.
The chance oftwo fnger-priuts be-
ing alike is not one IN sixty-four bill
lions.
Milk weed-condemned as poison
in this countty---is staple article OF
food in Tyrol
The capital of Herzegovina has q
man named Gjugia, who is 100 years
old, and boasts of 1876 descendants.
Seal flesh, though perfectly black,
is matchless for flavor, tenderness, di-
gestibility and for heat giving power.
1t is believed to be bad luck to cut
the finger nails on Friday, and mani
curists say their business is lightes5
on that day.
Among birds the swan lives to be
the oldest, in extreme cases reaching
800 years; the falcon has been known
to live over 1G2 years.
A clock is being constructed for
Liverpool Street Station, in London.
The interior of its case could allow
five persons to dine comfortably.
The stairway leading to the tower
of the Philadelphia City Hall contains
59S steps, and is said to be the tallest
continuous stairway in the world.
Every inhabitant of the Austrian
village of Storbeck is chess player.
The children are taught to play chess
just as they are taught to read and
write.
The longest tunnel in the world is
that of st. Gothard, on the line of the
railroad between Lucerne aud Milan,
Italy. Its length Is nine and one
half miles.
There were in 1859 over three
fourths of million people living
south of Philadelphia, and Charleston
and Baltimore were the only cities OF
any Importance south of Phlladelp hia
Paul Brown, who died at his home
near Sedalia, Mo-, the other day, at
the age of los, was called the Miss
ouri Samson. When he was ninety
eight years old he carried logs six
teen feet long from n clearing to his
farm house, where he split them into
fence rails, On his one hundred and
eighth birthday he jumped over the
back OF a kitchen chair to show his
agility.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-09-28
Blue Jays Kill Chickens.

Clerk of Courts John Tate, who
lives in Capital Park, owns half in
terest with his brother in on incu-
bator and big brood of young chicks
During the past few weeks, on going TO
care for the chickens, they have found
numbers of them dead. Each chicken
had hole pecked in its head and tho
brains had been taken out. The
work was evidently not that of rats,
weasuls or Of hawks. so it was de-
cided to watch, and Mr.. Tate and his
sister took turns.
A couple of mornings ago, while
the sister was watching the chicks,
she saw couple of blue jays swoop
down into the coop. The chicks did
not run from them, evidently not re-
alizing they were IN danger. A blue
jay would attack chick and peck at its
head two or three times, invariably
killing it on the second or third
stroke, and then woald.pick the brains
out and fly away.
Since that time Mr.. Tate and his
brother have been watching the coops
and cunning for blue jays, with the
result that they have bagged num-
ber, and find that the chicken casualty
list is on the decrease. e.-Des Moines
Ia. Leader.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-09-28
Eggs From Harry Fowls.

As a fowl inherits the character and
weaknesses of it's progeuitors, it must
be accepted that the egg enclosing the
embryo, contains these within itself.
An egg laid by weakly hen will be
weakly, if such term can be applied
to it. Tho germ will be feeble and
probably the yolk and white will be
deficient in some special qualities. In
sending eggs by rail much sill depend
upon the hardihood Of the producing
stock. If from coarse, hardy birds
the germs will stand great amount
of knocking about before they will be
affected thereby. But il they are
from closely bred birds they will he
epSily affected and soon ruined. The
more inbreeding is resorted to the
weaker will be the germ .-Agricul-
tural Epitonist.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-09-28
The peldlers of san Juan.

Quite q lot of business is done in
the Porto Rican cities by peddlers.
The streets are full of hucksters, candy
sellers and ice cream vendors. Each
has his own cry and the walls ring with
them from daylight until dark and
after dark. Here comes man red.
ding chickens. He is yelling n cry
we do not understand, holding out as
he does so one of the three dozen
fowls he has tied together by their
legs and slung over his shoulder.
The chickens squawk as he carries
them along the street, and their shrill
cries are apparently in opposition to
his statement that he will sell fine
chickens for seventy-1ive centavos---
about forty-fve cents apiece of our
money.
But see those queer bundles he has
under his arm. He seems to be a
feather peddler as well. The bundles
are wrapped with iagua Palm bark,
aud out of their ends stick what look
like feather busters. Now he has
turned about and we see the other
euds of his bundles. Each contains n
live turkey, aud it is poking its head
ont of the bark. The turkeys are laid
fiat with their legs doubled up under
them The legs and wings are bound
around with strings, and the whole is
wrapped up in the thick bark of the
iagua palm. In this way he can carry
three or four turkeys, and at the same
time the dozen or so chickens he has
thrown over his shoulders. Frank G..
Carpenter, in Washington Star.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-09-28


/. A farmer who does not love his
business is no. likely to succeed.
Work 18th nc neart i'll it is not apt to
10 we'll doIe, for when the heart
strays the work flags"
.. logs and hominy are all right in
their way. But the farmer who pro-
yides these only or mainly for his
table supplies is not living up to his
privileges.
3. Run your farm to make living
from it, and you are almost sure to
get good one and make some money
besides. IT, you farm to make money
alone it is doubtful if you get either
4. Avoid debt as you would the pes
thence. If unavoidable meet it brave
ly and conquer it.
.. A farmers first aim should be to
make for himself and family com
Portable support. Then, like the
Dutchman in the story, let him try to
make money-honestly. if he can-to
meet the needs of the rainy day, so
sure to come some time.
6. II you want to keep your boy on
the farm interest him in the work by
giving him an interest in the results
of his labor. To add to his interest
provide him with suitable books, mag
azines and papers, and don't begrudge
him a well-earned holiday now and
then. These investments will pay al
most daily dividends.
7. The most profitable acre on the
farm is that devoted to n well-tended
vegetable and fruit garden.
8. Credit has killed more farmers
than it has helped Like temper, it
is an excellent thing to have, but be
careful and not lose it.
9. Concentrate your working capi-
tai, labor and fertilizers on one-half
the acres you are now tending and see
il farming does not pay better divi-
dends and cost less trouble
10. The forehauded farmer is gen
orally the full-handed farmer. He no
keeps well ahead of his work is master
OF the situation aud can take advantage
of every circumstance.
IL. The true policy Of the South is
not to raise less cotton, but to make
it at less cost, on "a smaller acreage,
more highly worked and fertilized,
and that, too, as surplus crop.-M.
Il. Boyton, in Home and Farm.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-09-28
plnnts Tint Seem to henson.

''Do plants think?" said st. Mary
planter. Have they powers OF rea-
son or any way of determining what
is going on acound them? The ques-
tions seem rather fantastic, l ADMIT,
but they are prompted by some very
curious observations made atm my home
only few weeks ago.
MY daughter, who is very fond Of
flowers, has morning glory vine
growing in box on her window ledge.
While watering it recently she no.
tlced delicate tendril reaching out
toward q nail in the side casing. She
marked the position of the tendril in
pencil on the wood, and then shifted
the nail about an inch lower. Next
day the little feeler had detected it.
self very noticeably, and was again
heading for the nail. The marking
and shifting were repeated four or
five times, always with the same re-
suits, and finally one night the ten
drill, which had grown considerably,
managed to reach the coyete' sup
port, and we found it coiled tightly
around it. Meanwhile another bunch
of tendrils had been making for a
hook that was formerly used for a
Thermometer. Just before it reached
its destination my daughter strung a
cord across the window sash directly
above. ~ was a choice, then, be-
tween the old love and the new, and
as morning glory always seems to
prefer q cord to anything else, il
wasn't long in making up its mind.
In very few hours the pale, crisp
little tendrils-which, by the way,
convey a surprising suggestion oI
human fngers-had commenced to lift
toward the twine. Next day they
reached it, and took such firm grip
that / don't believe they possibly
could have been disengaged without
breaking the fibre. Scientists are nc
doubt familiar with such phenomena,
and, If so, / would be very glad to
learn whether they have formulated Q
theory on the subject. TO me it seems
simply inexplicable. New Orleans
Times Democrat.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-09-28
WHY The sIlo IL PopnI.,.


As q matter OF economy in the stor-
age OF folders the silo has several adj
vantase9. More fodder can be stored
in given space than by any other
method now in use, says Professor c.
S. Phelps. of the Connecticut Expert
ment Station. The grain, stalks and
leaves are generally all packed in the
silo together, and thus are fed to-
gether, saving a considerable expense
for husking and grinding the grain.
More cattle can be kept on a given
area of land when silage is mainly de
pended upon than in the old system
of using dried folders. The farmer
can also be largely independent of
weather conditions in harvesting his
folders. Crops OF clover, for example.
can often be stored in the silo with
good results, when field curing would
be practically impossible. 1t also sup
plies the herd with an abundance OF
succulent feed at that season of the
year when it could not be as econom-
ically provided by any other means.
According to the testimony Of scores
OF the best OF the dairy farmers, the
silo is next to necessity in modern
dairying. 1t has come to stay and its
real merits are being better understood
and appreciated year by year. Ne
farmer who has given the silo thor
ough and systematic trial is prepared
to reject it and go back to the old sys
tenn. The use of the silo is on the in
crease and its merits will continue &c
be discussed until all dairy farmers
have been made acquainted with iii
advantages.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-09-28
Canker In Apple Wood.

A comparatively new disease has
within few years appeared in apple
trees. 1t is n canker, fungus
growth, which causes at first an en-
largement of the branch by apparently
raising the bark. Its second stage is
to eat away the substance of the inner
bark, causing hollow. Then the dis
ease progresses, often extending to
the middle of the branch, causing it
to blacken and die. After a few years
it extends over the entire tree and
kills it. The disease is at first often
mistaken for what is called sunscald,
and the twenty y-ounce and Sptzenburg
varieties, that are most apt to sun
scald, have generally proven most yul-
nerable to it. Beth these varieties
are deficient in vigor, and it is one
popularity of the disease that it pre-
ferably attacks old trees that have
roughened bark, which hold the spores
OF the fungus until they can work
their way down to the inside bark 1t
will not attack young, vigorous trees
1t is quite likely that the present prev
alence of the canker is due to the
great apple crop of 1896, which so
greatly weakened vitality in many
orchards that they will never fully re-
cover.
Though 1t is called apple canker,
other trees, including the pear and
ounce, are subject to it. The brown
rot which somewhat attacks apples
and pears will spread the disease il
some of the rot is placed in contact
with cut surface On Healthy tree.
This brow, rot of apples aud pears
was, we believe, known many years
ago. But it was before so much was
known about bacteria, and little atten-
ton was given to the rot, as beyond
destroying few specimens it had no
power to iniure the tree. Now either
the disease has grown more virulent
or trees are more susceptible to it
than they once were.
Wherever thiv disease is suspected
all orchards should be sprayed with
Bordeaux mixture. This will kill the
spores that are en- the limbs, and il
should be done if possible before the
tree is in leaf. When the canker be
gins to eat into the tree it poisons the
sap, and the fungus is carried al
through the limb. The effect of spray
ing with Bordeaux mixture is always
to produce a smooth bark aud (
healthy green color. II farmers will
not spray to save their fruit they ma.
at least be obliged to do so to saw
their trees from threatened destruc
tion by this new fungus disease =
American Cultivator.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-09-28

There are few farmers who do not
possess running water, spring or a
pond upon their lands waters which
could be made to produce not only n
luxury for the family but would turn
out big interest on the investment, it
allowed to. An unfailing spring, so
often used as an appendage to the
dairy, could be made to "double up"
by using it for small trout preserve
which would supply the choicest OF
fish, not only for the farmers private
table, but in the open market during
the proper season.