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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-09
BRIDGE MADE oE BAMBOO.
Yankee Ingenuity Quickly Conquered q
Phiilppino Stream


Major b. L. Cheatham, Of the First
Tennessee Volunteers, sends TO the
Engineering News, from Molo. Philip
pine Islands, very interesting nc.
count Of floating bridge constructed
by the American army in the Island of
Panay, which possesses some unusual
features. He says: The Iloilo River
ut Molo is 900 feet wide, twenty feet
deep, and has difference in eleva-
tion at high and low tide OF three and
half feet The orders were to "build
a bridge sufficiently strong for in
fantry and light artillery to cross; to
build it quickly and cheaply." As
there was no other material available
it was decided to use bamboo exclu-
sively, aud in the entire structure
nothing else was used-not even n
nail or piece of wire. Long pieces Of
bamboo were assembled in bundles of
fifteen and tightly bound with rattan.
These bundles supplied the buoyancy
for the bridge, and we're placed ten
feet apart, parallel to the current.
They were held in this position by
four stringers, which were securely
lashed to the bundles so as to form a
foundation for the roadway, ten feet
wide. On these stringers were placed
small bamboo, cut ten feet long, each
piece being tied to tho stringers by the
invaluable rattan. Over these poles
were laid n rough mating woven from
split bamboo, which made an even
surface strong enough to support a
horse.
A sufficient quantity of bamboo was
not on hand ct the start, and the work
was delayed somewhat in consequence,
but the bridge was completed in four
days by ten native workmen. Tho
total cost for material and labor was
S125. The banks at the place selected
were one and half feet higher than
tho water at high tide. In order to
allow carts to cross at all times, aprons
were made of bamboo, one end fast
ened to the bank and the other al
lowed to slip along two pieces of
plank, placed on the bridge for that
purpose. The bridge was guyed so
as to allow it to rise and fall with the
tide.
The success of this bridge would
seem to solve problem here, and our
experience shows conclusivoly that
with plenty of bamboo on hand regi-
mens can cross any river here in four
hours time.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-09
A HandIonnneh Gsnius

A certain Clevelander has in scme
way secured quite reputation for
literary work. He is supposed to do
lots of it andis looked upon with a feel
ing akin to awe by people who are not
literary themselves.
Not long ago sister of the genius
was asked concerning her brothers
work.
TITS funny / fail to see any of it,
said the questioner. Doesn't lie
ever write anything over his own
name?"
"I think you have been misin,
formed concerning my brothers
TALENT" said the sister coldly and
with great precision. "He never
writes anything for publication"
And she said it with an air that i'm
Piled that writing for publication was
q little too common for any USE
Cleveland ?lain Dealer
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-09
The Anti-Rut Agitation.

It must be plain to any one who
gives the matter thought that we
suffer enormous losses each year as
the result Of bad roads.
Earth is the poorest of all road
materials except sand, and earth roads
require more attention than any other
kind and generally receive less.
The fact that the Davis automobile
trip from New York to San Francisco
was abandoned on account OF bad
roads will make text for the good
roads people.
The best road for the farmer, all
things being considered, is n solid,
well-built stone road, so narrow as to
be only single track, but having IL
firm earth road ON one or both sides.
Where the traffic is not very extern
sive the purposes OF good roads are
better served by narrow tracks than
by wide ones, while many of the OBJ
jectionable features OF wide tracks arc
removed, the initial cost OF construc-
tion is cut down one-half or more, and
the charges for repair reduced in pro-
portion.
A mile of broken stone road, fifteen
feet wide, costs in the State of Massa-
chusetts about $500 per mile, while
a mile of the same width and kind of
road costs in the State of New Jersey
only $4,000. This is due partly to the
fact that the topography of Massa.
chusetts is somewhat rouqher than
that of New Jersey.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-09
Where the Farmer Profits.

We may say that it doesn't cost tho
farmer anything to market his crops,
because he does all the hauling him
self. True, but isn't his time worth
something? Suppose that in place of
every ton of wheat or hay or potatoes
loaded on his wagon he was able, as a
result of good roads, to load up two
tons, and to market the entire crop of
his farm with just half the labor and
in just half tho time which is required
at present, which would be tho case
with good roads, wouldn't the amount
of time he could save be worth some-
thing, and wouldn't it be worth saw
ing?
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-09
Names For Stores.

II your firm name is one that can
be easily remembered, by all means
use it for the meme OF the store.
Otherwise adopt an appropriate name
--one that fits your business. Select
a short and euphonious name. Do
not call your store the "Leader" when
You know that there is another store
better entitled TO it. But whatever
name you choose to use, stick to it.
If you give your store different
name than the firm name, use always
the given nameand not the firm name.
1t will confuse the public to try aud
have them remember more than one
name of store.-Shoe Retailer.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-09

when plowed under fill the soil with
the humus that helps to retain tho
moisture. Do not leave the ground
without seeding to some crop when a
crop has been removed. Nature's
plan is to keep the ground covered,
and unless you cover it with some
useful crop she will cover it with
weeds. The difference in soils is
shown in times Of drouth; the soil on
some parts Of my garden has been so
filled with humus by plowing under
heavy crops and heavy dressings of
stable manure that il conserves so
much moisture that the plants do not
Stop growing during an ordinary
drouth, while on other parts where
the soil is deficient in humus they
cease to grow.-Vick's Magazine.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-09
c,usc of slrealss In Batter.

+, An authority says that strealss in
butter are generally caused by uneven
sailing. In the farm dairy the best
way is TO sprinkle fine salt over the
butter while still in the churn, then
revOive 1t few times very slowly to
incorporate the salt with the butter.
The moisture in the butter will dis
solve the salt in few minutes and it
can then be massed aud the surplus
aprine pressed ont This finishes the
lob- Don't hold it over until the next
day and then work it. In creamery
practice the salt must be evenly dis
tributed aud then the butter worked
enough to make it uniform. White
humps in the butter come from abuse
Of the cream; it is not ripened uni
formly. A portion gets too sour and
partially decomposes. The remedy is
plain-avoid the cause.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-09
Interstate Ubject-Le.son Roads.

1t is the intention of many States be-
sides Massachusetts,, either by con-
Meeting their detached sample roads
or by laying down long lines to he
built as a whole, to establish State
roads upon the principal routes of
travel, which shall be object lessons
on large scale. The Legislature of
New York has frequently had under
consideration thesubject of a network
of roads connecting all of the county
seats by north aud south and by east
and west lines. The same or similar
plans have been proposed in Pennsyl-
vania, Maryland and California.
Other States have proposed to limit
these object lessons to single road
running lengthwise of the State or
two lines crossing each other at the
capital. Should these plans be put
into execution, it will be very impor-
tant that these roads in the different
States should be made to connect at
the State lines ani thus form inter
state roads,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-09
Automobiles and Goo I Roads.

The good roads movement" which
has been quietly and steadily pro-
crossing in the United States for sew
eral years, is likely before long to be;
come great Nationalist in politics.
The movement was first started by
the wheelmen, through their national
organization, tho League of American
Wheelmen, and hundreds of thou
sands of dollars have been spent by
this organization in agitating the
question. To the wheelmen will soon
be added a large number of owners OF
horseless carriages as ardent advo-
Gates OF road improvements. Los
Angeles Times.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-09

sccurel. The beyel as described con-
sists merely Of perpendicular slot
IN The center o; tho post. On each
xide of the slot the wood is cut away,
forming the bevel. Pho iron rods,
BIB, are inclined only enough to cause
the latch to fall back in place, having
been lifted when it struck the bevel.
i have slammed this swinging gate in
every imaginable way, but the latch
caught every time. Charles l.. Hill,
IN New England Homestead.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-09

I saw some time ago request for u
combination wagon ladder. stock rack, &,
etc. / send you sketch of mine, or
part of it, rather. Anyone handy with
tools can make it, and it need not
cost over two dollars for bolts and
iron. made mine, and would not
part with it for several times its cost.
Make it any length desired; mine is
16 feet-long enough for two horses,
and to haul 10 head of 200-pound
hogs. The sills G., Fig. l, are by
8, red elm, and the uprights A and B,
Fig 2, should be heavy at the bottom
and taper to 2 by 2 at the top. They
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-09
Women and Buzzard,s Feotbors

In the use of the long quill feathers
now so much in demand for women's
hats, those of the eagle are especially
desired. Those of either wing or tail
are used, and it is not uncommon to
see woman passing along the street
bearing on her hat the single tail
feather OF war eagle, much as the
Indian warrior Of old times used to
tie an eagles feather in his head.
However, the supply of eagles does
not at all equal the demand for these
quills and almost any long feathers
are used. Among these are the prim-
aries and tail feathers of the turkey
buzzard, bird which, as Mr.. Lucas
has pointed out, has hitherto been lit
tie pursued TO satisfy the whims of
fashion. We may wonder how long
this demand will keep up, and whether
it will result in the determination or
marked decrease in the numbers of
buzzards. The use of the feathers OF
this malodorous and notorious fowl on
the heads of women who are endeayor-
ing to be fashionably important is not
without it's humorous side. Forest
and Stream.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-09
Agriculture in the Public Schools.


Those who have taken time to thor
oughly investigate the matter of teach
ing agriculture in our common schools
seldom arrive at any conclusion but
that it must be done and the sooner
the better. 1t is not an experiment
by any means, as many suppose, for
other countries have long since
adopted it and it has proved to be
very satisfactory. In this country,
too, few realize the fact that an edu-
cation pays ON the farm as well as
anywhere else, but there are too many
yet who are welded to the old plan
OF teaching reading, writing and arith-
metic, and look upon higher education
as being unnecessary for the farmer,
and such thing as teaching agricul-
ture as being waste OF time, an un-
wise innovation or ridiculous i'm
possibility.
If the farmers Of this country only
realized how successfully agriculture
is now taught in France they might
be induced to give the matter more
consideration. 1t is carried on there
very systematically. The following
clipping from the Australian Agricul-
turist under the caption, "How Ag-
riculture is taught in France" gives
good idea of the system and of the ex-
cellent results:
'"The perfect system of agricultural
education in France has had much to
do with the wonderful improvement
in French farming. The federal grants
for this purpose are now about 200,-
900 pounds. The sociul and political
position of the farmer in France has
been advanced also, and the general
public appreciate the importance Of
agriculture. Agricultural teaching is
now given in France in seven differ
ent stages or degrees. /. There is
the superior instruction of the national
agricultural college. 2. The national
schools of agriculture. 3. The prac-
tical schools of agriculture. A. APP
premiership schools where boys and
girls are taught all the mysteries of
general farm work, fruit growing,
dairying, silk culture, agriculture and
fish culture. Then there are 10y mixed
schools, with professors Of agriculture
aud agricultural chemistry, and 10y
instruction in the fields, for all of
these schools have lands attached just
as though the schools in the country
in Australia had lectures on the agri-
cultural sciences illustrated by work
in the field. 7. France has carried to
great perfection her experiment sta
tions. The laborer has the farm
school, the small farmer the practical
school. those in better sphere of life
the national schools, while others who
desire to devote their attention to
agronomic science have The agronomic
institute which is truly polytechnic
of sciences physical, chemical and ma
tural. BY this means those engaged
on the soil are kept abreast with the
best and latest practice in agriculture,
aud are enabled to see and learn such
things as tend to the improvement OF
their condition and industry"
This is q complete and scientific
system, and cannot be carried out fully
in this country in present conditions,
but start should be made in each
district school which is, or should be,
the foundation and preparation for
higher education. Farmers Guide.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-09
: AGRICULTURAL.


i Hrtled cucumbers are sold by count,
and Che small ones are generally pre-
ferred- Hence close picking and fre-
qnent picking, 80 as to prevent any
from growing too large, is necessary
20 secure large crops. Sometimes,
however, q stray cucumber will hide
under the leaves until it has almost
ripcned ITS seeds. 1t is astonishing
now this lessons the yield Of the vine.
Yet IL is not to be wondered at, for the
perfection Of seed in almost all plants
exhausts their vitality very rapidly.
The cucumber vines should be handled
carefuliy so as not to loosen the roots
which some Of them send into the soil
from the joints. These are great helps
10 the vine. IT the vine is turned up
10 see what is under it some OF these
sids rootlets will be destroyed.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-09

DR.. Humphrey and were standing
on tho street corner, while he was
waiting for car. He suggested that
it was time to be moving over to the
other corner as the car was approach
ing. said there was plenty OF time.
But" said DR.. Humphrey, "I am a
little lame-like the captain you have
read about, who shouted to his men
in battle, Advance to that hilltop,
and then retreat; but, since I'm a
little lame, I'll begin to retreat
now. ."-Adyance.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-09
A Handy Gntn Lnicl,.

A serviceable latch is shown in the
accompanying illustration. When
She gate is swung to, the end of the
latrl strikes the beveled portion of
the post, c, and is raised q couple of
inches by means of the iron rods, BIB.
The post is beveled on both sides, so
shnt the gate can swing from either
way. Az the latch reaches the slot.
n, it drops into it and the gate is
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-09
Cartoons Drawn by nnssla's Empress.

Cartoons Drawn by Itussln's Empress.
In an illustrated life story of the
Empress of Russia in the Young
Woman, we are told that the Czarina
speaks five languages, and that riding,
painting, rowing, sketching, swim
ming and tennis are among her recrea-
tions. But one Of her fayorite amuse-
ments is in drawing caricatures.
Freed from the fear of the censor. she
INDUCES with her pen aud pencil in a
way which makes even Russian Min
ters tremble, drawing them in carica-
ture, which would mean death or
Siberia TO any other artist. She has
drawn the Czar himself-a solemn,
bearded, but bald infant in long
clothes, tied in an armchair and sur
rounded by host of grand dukes
and grand duchesses armed with feed
ing bottles, all insisting on feeding
him in different way. No wonder
the Gear is screaming at the top OF his
voice.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-09
One County.s E.perIence.

Mecklenburg County, North Caro-.
lima, not long ago began the con-
struction of a system of macadam
roads. 1t was customary there to
load up two bales of cotton on q
wagon to be hauled by mule team.
The mules could draw this load very
well during dry weather After
rain, when the roads were soft, the
load was too much for even a pair of
tough mules. After the county had
begun to build roads this load was
doubled several times, AID it was
found that the same two mules were
able to haul as much as twelve bales,
or six tong, in place of their former
load, which amounted to only single
ton. And more--the improved roads
made it possible to haul this load in
wet and dry weather alike, for, being
properly built of stone, they were lit
for use Immediately after a heavy
rain.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-09

A writer in st. Paul paper states
that he recently drove over piece of
road at Fort Worth, Texas, which was
treated last fall with q wetting with
crude petroleum. He says that dur
ing five months of drouth, when all
other roads were enveloped in dust,
this one was clear of it, and that when
heavy rain made mud of the dusty
roads this one remained dry and pleas.
ont
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-09
GOOD ROADS NOTES


Tho continuance of the toll system
is simply the perpetuation OF an oner-
GUS tax upon the people for the bene-
fit of the baldest kind of monopoly.
In various parts of the country toll
roads have been gradually abolished,
as their franchises have expired.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-09

N"ihsfNA aAAh0 ~ Ahh""
Shopping. shopping, shoppI
on without intermisslon, say
Words. Those who can pI
adorn their bodies with one
articles OF new clothing, but
preparations for a sumptuous
Is interesting to watch the shd
cially in the public markets, 4
avidlty with which every artltl
is bought Up. The butchers
perhaps, for the largest shaTI
tom. as flesh. especially smOi,
is In universal demand. Ha1
all classes OF the community
pensable for the breaking OF,
and the due celebration OF !,
Dyed eggs are In universal
The exchange OF eggs, acc
with kissing on the lips and I
the form OF the cross, accoml
gifts or exchange. The "kool [
"paska" have also to be bougI
koolitch is q sweet kind Of
bread. circular in form, in WI /
are ralsins. 1t Is ornamern
candled sugar, and usually
Easter salutation on 1t:
yozkress" CChrist is rlsen"),
surmounted with a large 81
paper rose. The paska Is
curds and is always pyraF
shape. 1t is ornamented
paper rose inserted on the
are sine qua non for the daH
ance OF Easter, but what relaI
may have. II any. to the Jef
Of the Passover 1t is difficu
although in many other resp
Is a striking resemblance to
Ice OF the temple in Jerusald
ritual OF the Russo-Greek CHI
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-09
rropsr Feeding OF EnslIngs.

PROPER Feeding ot Ensilnge.
Much of the antagonism against the
feeding of ensiage comes from the
way in which it is handled. Espec-
lally is this true in the feeding of milch
cows. The ensilage in tho hands of
careless men may become the sourc
of bad flavor and bad odor in the milk.
This food, when uncovered and left ex-
posed to the warmth of the COW stable
IN sunny days in winter, soon spoils.
A little showed into q corner begins to
rot and give out bad odor, which gets
into the milk at every milking time.
Observation has proved that much Of
the bad effect on milk of bad ensilage
came in this way, and that it had
never passed through the cows at ALL
In feeding ensilage only enough should
be taken from the silo Mt each feed to
satisfy the COWS and to be entirely
eaten up. III the weather is freezing
n little loft over would do no particu-
lar harm, but it is not desirable to
haye the ensiIage freeze. Even good
ensilage should be fed after each milk
ing and not before, for it has slight
ainell that is not gain to the milk if
At gets into it.
The entire surface Of the ensilage in
the silo should he removed each day,
so that none will get too old for use.
1t is also well to air the stable thor
oughly at least once day, aud be sure
that at milking time the dir is as pure
AZ it eau be in the stable. 1t is always
better to have silo outside of the
barn rather than in it, so far as the
milking times are concerned, but very
frequently there are good reasons for
making the silo a part of the barn.
d0 such cases extra precautions must
Dc taken in the handling and feeding
al the ensilage If tho milk is to DO kept
rntainted. Farm, Field and Fireside.
IrrIGatinG n Field of Celery.
From lay experience with irrigation
sn my farm have learned how to
Gconomize in the use of water by
anulching or shading the surface Of
she ground. L am now irrigating a
field of celery planted in rows with
alternate spaces between them of
fwolve and eighteen inches apart.
Aho Niuo bpuco IN muicueu WIN
eoarse manure, and the plants are
largo enough to shade the narrow
spaces. Irrigating this field once a
week keeps the ground sufficient
moist. while another, with the surface
exposed to evaporation, needs irrigat-
ing every day. In word, the lessons
learned are: Fill the soil with humus
10 enable it to retain all the moisture
possible. give frequent cultivation
during tho early part OF the summer,
then, when practicable, mulch the
surface not shaded by the plants.
1 hardly think we appreciate the
value Of cover crops, which when
plowed nnder I'LL the soil with humus.
When tho early garden crops. such as
pens, corn aud potatoes, have been re-
moved, il late crop does not follow
this year. some catch crop should be
nssd TO cover the ground. Where IL
will snryivc the winter, SOW crimson
slower aud it will save part OF your
Jsrtilizer bill the mex. year. On rich
garden soil. when the weather 10 fav-
Drablc. ii makes good growth.
Gximsoa clover, COW peas, or rye.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-09

What does the world do with 5000,
900 pounds of the seed OF plant COM
monty associated only with an esthetic
craze? Only very few men know,
and they won't tell. The secrecy which
envelopes the whole matter of its use
like the hist of stage burglar, sug-
gests that it is AM nsadulterant. 1t once
sold readily at ten cents pound, which
was the equivalent OF nearly 81 q gal
lon for the oil, and what oil can be
used for an adulterant at such . price?
The same man Crankni Who MaTtAd
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-12-02
LATER FROM GEN. OTIS.
bulk of the Spanish and American
Prisoners Are Mt HanGucd.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 2s.-Latcr in the
da, tbc following dispatch was re.
,,iyed from Gen, Otis
Fhp OREGON landed marines at Nipan
Yesterday Young's column was at
X.,nopraran 20 miles north OF San
Fcrrmdo on 2Sd, from which point it
MISSED rortb into the mountains.
rroops viii relieve the marines at
Nfouu ou thc 10Th. The bulk of the