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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-27
Catching Grows and Hawke.

1t Is most easily done with the com.
mon steel trap used for woodchucks,
etc. Watch for some particular spot
where crows are frequentlng for
something they like in the way of
food. and as quietly as possible place
one, or more If you have them, of the
traps, somewhat concealed by little
earth, securely anchored by strong
chain or rope. Sprinkle a few kernels
OF corn about for bait Then retire a
little way and watch the result. AS
soon as the birds return you Will sure
iy get one or more. Hang on pole
at any point you wish TO protect and
you Will not see any crows about there
the rest of the season.
Hawks are not so easily caught, but
with a little trouble some may be OBJ
tanned. Fix little platform upon Il
post set firmly in the ground and
place n wire box with few chickens
in it on top. Place the traps around
the wire cage, and If the birds are
plentiful and hungry some will be
caught. Hawks have the habit of
alighting upon objects near what they
wish to devour, and an extra post Il
little way from the chicken cage with
trap inyeniously fixed at the top so
the bird win not suspect danger might
be the means of securing some. "A. A.
Southwick, in New England Home.
stead.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-27
clvlLIZlNc ALASKA.


Dr. w. r. Harris writes as follows
IN Ainslee's Magazine: "In Alaska the
entire work of education is under the
direction of the United States Bureau
Of Education.
Alaska Is II big rock. covering 400 =
900 square miles. that Is covered will,
moss In the most barren places. II Is
the kind of moss that the reindeer eat.
The human being can live on moss,
also, but 1t is better to have the rein.
deer eat the moss and provide man
with meat and milk
"In the work of education In Alaska
the object has been to prepare the ma.
tlves to take up the Industries and
modes &C life of the States. and to in
duce them to discontinue their ancient
tribal customs. 1t had been obvious
from the beginning of the Govern
ment subsidies in 1886 that there
should be not only education in the
elementary English branches. but
also n training in the cmployments Of
civilized life. From the first at all
the missions established by different
religious denominations there was in
structlon In cooking. housekeeping and
clothes-making Then followed more
careful education in the trades of car.
pentering. blacksmitbing and shoe.
making, under the direction of the Bu
reau of Education. which subsidized
for this purpose the Presbyterian In.
dustrial School mt Sitla. 1t was be.
lievcd that If the natives of Alaska
could be taught to use the English
language. he brought under Christian
influence by the missionaries and he
trained in suitable forms of industry.
the increasing white population of
Alaska, composed of immigrants from
the States, would be able to employ
them In mining. transportation and
the production of food. II was found,
however. that In order to reach the
thousands Of primitive inhabitants of
Alaska, something entirely out of the
ordinary in educational methods must
serve as beginning The idea of in.
Producing herds of reindeer and of
persuading the natives to care for
them was first considered in 1891.
This plan was suggested by DR.. Shell
don jackson and Captain Healy. OF
the United States revenue cutter Bear.
Forty thousand natives engaged in
reindeer herdlng and transportation
would not only he brought a step fur.
ther toward civilization, but would
furnish the contingent needed to make
possible the mining industry. After
four years of experiments it became
certain that this project would prove
a success"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-27
How He wakes Up the rramps.

The policeman who makes the round
of Madison Square Park early in the
morning has a duty he rather enjoys.
1t is to wake up the tramps and loiter.
ers who sleep on the benches ''between
rounds" He has employed several
methods of arousing the sleepers. One
of the favorite ways was to walk close
to the benches and tired on their toes.
Another was to rap on their hats with
his club. The latest and most ap-
proved plan, affording more amuse.
ment to the sturdy cop than to the
unhappy tramp, is to hold small bot.
tie of ammonia under their noses as he
passes by In the early dawn. This
wakes them up quickly, and most ef-
fectively, and the bewildered express.
sion on the face of the suddenly
aroused sleeper is n real ray of sun
shine to tighten the way of the police.
man through day of hard work. such
as conversing with nursemaids, eating
apples and peanuts from the Italians
push carts and telling small boys to
g'wan. New York Mail and Express.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-27
A Cat wortI, Having.

H. g. Packard possesses n large mon
grel cat that has an excellent prospect
or becoming famous. The cat Is de.
velopinS into an excellent watchdog, il
the expression may be permitted. Sew.
erai times recently strangers have
been prevented from going to the
house by Tommy's hostile demonstra-
lions. The eat has a particularly bit
ter dislike for peddlers. and when any
one of the description appears there
Is an immediate attack. The cat
doesnt stop for prelimnarics. but spits
ami snarls and growls and deties the
world to come on. From II command
ing position on the highest top of the
porch lie Is master of the situation, and
the unwelcOme visitor is glad to re.
treat. Just what the cat would do
under contrary circumstances is I'M
known; no one has been brave enough
to find Out.-Santa Barbara Press.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-27

an aplary of sixty hives or more it
frequently happens. that several
swarms issue simultaneously, and, OF
course, always cluster together in one
huge mass. II the queens are at large
with the bees, the cluster will neces,
sarily be hived as one swarm, and the
queens will kill each other until only
one survives. To prevent this loss, |
practice in my home apiary method
with perfect success, which. while it
is not exactly II self-hiver, still comes
very near to 1t. A week or so before
swarming time l slip queen trap on
the hive. entrance of each populous
colony. .,i,A-7i
Just word about attaching the
queen trap, Fig. !. The directions
which accompany the trap are to fas-
ten Ii to the hive with two nails. 1t
Is not the best thing for Il beekeeper
to hammer on a beehive that is boil
ng over with bees, so ! invented the
cOntrlyance herewith shown, which
consists of two small pieces of fiat
iron bent at right angles and fastened
the trap with a screw, Fig. ,. To
fix the trap to the hive, slip the fas-
eners under the lighting board. No
atter how many bees are clustered
I'll over the trap, 1t can be removed in
IN instant without even n jar When
swarm issues, the queen remains in
nc trap confined in an apartment by
arself. l then remove the old hive
nd place an empty one in its place,
lso removing the queen trap with the
queen, and then sit in the shade and
watch results.
The swarm will invariably return in
from ten to twenty minutes and enter
the empty hive, for the bees mark the
location and come back to their old
stand after they have missed their
queen. l then release the queen and
let her run in with the swarm. l
have had three queenless swarms
hanging in one cluster, but they re.
turned to their respective hives. l
have also had them return and cluster
all on one hive. Such a mass of bees
could not all enter, 80 I take dust.
pan and brush and divide them.
could not always get the right bees
and queens together, but that seemed
to make little difference at swarming
time, when such intense excitement
prevails among the bees-F. G. Her
man, In American Agrlculturist.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-27
A Skillful Road Builder.

"There lives near my home" said
resident of Rockland, Me-, "a man
named Edwin Mcintyre, who leads Il
hermit life and has a queer hobby. One
of the prettiest and best kept pieces of
road in Maine passes in front of his
lonely retreat 1t has been built by
Mr.. Mcintyre, who for the last twenty.
five years has, when not otherwise en-.
gagged, employed his time picking up
rocks and stones near his home and
pounding them into pebbles, which
he has put in the highway. In twenty
five years time he estimates that he
has pounded 100000 stones ana made
them ready for road use. The town
authorities. recognizing the value of
the work, have for several years com.
pensated the man by giving him his
road tax. He claims that he has al.
ready placed on the road twenty cords
of these manufactured stones. Other
towns In Maine envy Rockland such
faithful and skilful road buldnr -
Washington Star.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-27
Whittier Than n Shirt

Inventors have power of abstrac.
ton which serves them good turn
on some occasions, and is liable to be-
tray them into strange statements on
others.
$50 you think you have perfected
your little machine at last do you?'
asked the lawyer Of his dreamy-eyed
client.
Yes, it's all right now; there is not
a flaw in It," said the inventor. But
| can assure you. sir, that when it
came to making the final test was
frightened. l happened TO see my face
IN the mirror when the thing was
safely over, and 1t was rs white as
your shirt, sir. In fact" he added.
bending an impartial gaze on the law.
yer's shirt front, "it was whiter-con.
siderably whittier, should say"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-27
oRoUTH.

Dead dead all dead beside tl.c drouth.
burnt brook,
shrouded in moss or in the shrivelcd
Where waved their bells, s,---from which the
wildbee shook
The dew-drop once, gaunt, in night
mare mass,
The rank weeds crowd; through which
the cattle pass
Thirsty and lean, seeking some meagrc
spring,
Closed in with thorns on which stray
The painting sheep have left that sought
the cool.
From morn to evening dearly wandering
No bird is heard; no throat to whistle
awake
The sleepy hush; to let its music leak.
Fresh, bubblc-like, through bloom.roofs OF
the brake;
Only the gray-blue heron. famine.weak,
Searching the stale pools of the min.
nowless creek
Utter its call; and then the rain.crow,
too,
False prophet now, croaks to the stag.
nant air;
While overhead, still as if painted
there
A buzzard hangs, black on the borning
blue.
Madison Cawein, in Harper's Magazine.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-27

l heard a very pretty anecdote the
other day of Sir George White, the dc.
fender of Ladysmlth, says T. T..
O'Connor in NJ. A, Il. Somebody was
asking him If he had ever contem-
plated the time when he might have
been obliged to surrender. He said:
mot very seriously" But then" OBJ
jected his interlocutor. you might
have perished to the last man." mo"
said White, "for that was impossible.
for l would have been myself the first
to die when 1t came to the worst point
never was able to eat a bit of horse
flesh. love horses too much"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-27

The hot sunaowers BY the glsring pike
Lift shields Of sultry brass; the teasel-
tops,
Pink.thorned, sdvanT with bristling
spike on spike
Against the furious sunlight Field and
copse
Are sick with summer; now, with
breathless stops,
The locusts cymbal; now grasshoppers
beat
Their castanets; and rolled in dust, a
team
. Like some mean life lost in its sorry
DREAM
An empty wagon rattes through the heat.
Where now the blue.streaked flags? the
flowers whose mouths
Are moist and muskyy where the sweet
breathed mint,
That made the brook bank herby? where
the South's
Wild morningglories, rich in hues, that
hint
At coming showers that the rainbows
tipty
Where all the blossoms that the wildwood
knowsy-
The frail oxalis hidden in its leaves;
The lndian-pipe, pale as soul that
ohe frecl,lcd touch.me.not, oad forest
rose
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-27
Thinning Fruit to XIII Insects.

Thinning Fruit to XIII Insects.
In thinning out the fruit IN the or.
chard during summer growth the TO-
liage and fruit left on the trees are
not only benefited but the general
health OF the trees also. In my own
experience have found that this
practice when judIclously followed
has distinct benefit upon the health
of the trees, and hence enables them
to withstand the ravages from insects.
This Is point that has not been em-
phaslzed much, but If you go into any
orchard where thinning out Is prac-
ticed you Will find that insects are
less destructive than In another where
the let.alone method Is adopted The
insects are destroyed by this process
In two ways. When you make trees
grow vigorously and thriftlly you
make them less susceptible to disease.
Thus the yellows will rarely attack a
peach tree in good condition, nor the
blight and rot appear on apple and
cherry trees that have an iron-likc CON
stitutlon. One way recommended for
tilize and cultivate the trees so they
will be strong and healthy. The more
important effect that thinning out
fruits has upon the tree diseases and
insects is in the destruction of the
larvae of the insects in the wormy
and immature fruit Now the larvae
of the codling moth produces the
wormy fruit on apple trees. and if
these deformed apples are pulled off
in the thinning out process scores of
would-be codling moths will be killed.
The plum curculio produces the wormy
plums and cherries, and by destroying
this immature fruit we kill them.
There are many other injurious worms
and insects that are killed in this i'm
mature fruit, and thus the seasons
crop of destructive insects Is limited
by just that number. Usually this inn
mature fruit never amounts to much.
but eventually drops ON the ground
and dries up. The insects and worms
then emerge forth and breed new
crop.
In thinning out the fruit from any
trees all the understood, worm-eatcn.
deformed and unshapely fruits should
first be selected when very young.
They should all be destroyed by fire
or some other way so that the larvae
of the insects will not escape. Throw
ing them away or burying them mere
ly gives the insects another chance to
grow and mature. 1t is only after the
poor fruit has been destroyed that the
thinning process should be extended
to the better class. Usually 1t Is bes-
ter to thin only a little at time, for
sometimes the fruit with worms in
them do not show any defect until
quite large. If the thinning out is all
done one does not feel like pulling off
more fruit toward the end BY lcav-
Ing on the tree rather more fruit han
you intend to let mature you have n
chance to destroy those in which de-
fects appear very late in the season. -
s. w. Chambers, in American Guilt
vator.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-27

The base of this derrick should he
made of 3Xl2 stuff, fourteen feet long,
the centre crosspiece of 3xS and tho
outside crossplece of 2xS, all mortised
in rs show in cut and securely bolted
one bolt at each corner passing
through foot of brace, which should
be made of 4X4 stuff The post (e)
may be either round or square df
square SxS is mono TOO largo, and
should be nine or ten feet high.
The pole (a) should he thlrty-hve or
forty feet long, depending upon the
size of stack or rick to he made, ana
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-27
Thaokersy and the sugar NAPLES.

Apropos OF the lapses of writer's
there is one by Thackeray, to which
| have never seen any allusion. In
the iifty-second chapter Of the "ylr,
glnians," George Warrington. in tell,
Ing of his escape from Fort Duquesne,
says: Now, the leaves were begin,
ming to be tinted with the magnificent
hues OF our autumn. At this
time OF year the hunters who live in
the mountains get their sugar from
the naples. We came upon more than
one such family camping near their
trees by the mountain streams" |
was born in Vermont. and when, in
my early youth, ! struck the passage.
my head reeled for good long time.
Boston Transcript.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-27

Twenty barrels of unleached wood
ashes would usually weigh about 240O
pounds. This amount would supply
MS much potash as would be furnished
by from 250 to 300 pounds murate of
potash. Double this quantity of ashes
might he used if the soil were quite
seriously In need of lime, although
such an amount would furnish more
potash than would be required imme-
diately. Better results would be So
cured by narrowing in the ashes than
by blowing them under Professor Ii.
j. Wheeler of Rhode Island.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-27
On the Edge ofan Aby.,.

In the second concluding chapter OF
his notes on the Hartman expedition
"A Summer Holiday in Berng Sea"
John Burroughs describes In the
century more or less thrilling expert.
ence on the island of st. Matthew.
The highest point Of the island was
ehVeloped most of the time in fog and
cloud. While cropping his way upon
one OF these level SUBMITS, probably
hiteen hundred feet above the sea
which flowed at its base, | came sud
denly upon deep cleft. or chasm.
which opened in the moss and flow
ers M my feet and led down between
crtmbling rocky walls at fearful
incline to the beach. 1t gave one q
sense or peril that made him pause
quickly. The wraiths of fog and mist
whlriing through and over il en-.
hanced Its dreadful mystery and
depth. Yet | lowered about II re.
treating and returning, quite fascl
mated by the contrast between tbe
smooth howery carpet upon which
stood and the terrible yawnlng chasm.
When the fog lifted little and the
sun CLEANED out. looked down this
groove into the ocean, and Tennyson's
line In THE Eagle came TO mind as
accur" ely descriptive of the scene:
Ihe wrinkled sea beneath him crawls.
Another curious effect was the bottom
OF the sea visible long way out from
shore. The water seemed suddenly
20 become shallow; or else to take on
a strange transparency; the color and
conformation of the rocky floor were
surprisingly distinct.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-27

should be of good stiff timber. White
oak is good, and seasoned elm first
class. Slab of butt end to save hand
ling unnecessary weight. Have your
blacksmith make fork (b), and tit
in old buggy spindle on top of post
for fork to work in. The piece (c) is
made of straight grained 2x5, hinged
to post and bolted to pole. The two
hooks for pulleys are made AZ Illus
trated to bolt through pole and short
end to enter shallow hole to prevent
pulley jumping OF.
The derrick should be set to the
windward OF the stack, and II 1t does
not swing over stack when load Is
clear of ground tilt tho far corner Il
little by putting block under 1t. If
properly made and used II win be n
valuable addition to the haying ma
chlhery for those who stack their hay
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-27
Tbs Fellow who Earned "

Mrs. DE Plalne-"l am 50 w
with my photograph ina. .
bought you IA little prcseh' a.
Photographer (nodestlyl.n, .,.tlu
don't deserve such ''s '""l
madam. Give 1t to that S'"'
over there.
"Does . he assist your ,s
"Yes, he does the retoucH'
York Weekly.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-27

He looked at her surprised and eager
'"Do you really think she might have
cared for meT'
"Oh. YOU ought to have told her
ought to have asked her" she repeated
"Well-now you know why | went
away"
EYES"
when heard Of her-her-hef
death"-he could not bring himself to
say her suicide-"there was nothing
else for mo TO DO II was so hideous
so unutterable. TO go on with my ole
life. In the old place, among the ole
people was quite impossible. l want
ed to follow her. to do what she had
done. The only alternative was to fly
as lar from England, as far from my
self. as | could"
Sometimes Mrs. Kempton con
fessed by-and-by. sometimes won
dered whether, possibly. your dlsnp
pearancc could have had any such con
nection with Mary's death--it followed
II so Immediately. / wondered some.
times whether, perhaps. you had cared
for her. But couldn't believe tit
was only because the two things hap.
pened one upon the other. Oh, why
didn't you tell her? 1t Is dreadful,
dreadful"
When he left her she still sat for
4 little while before the fire.
life is chance TO make mistakes
a chance TO mike mistakes Life is n
chance to make mistakes"
1t was Il phrase she had met In n
book she was reading the other day.
Then she had smiled at It.. now il rang
in her ears like the voice of a mock.
ing demon.
Yes, q chance to make Mistakes"
she said, half aloud.
She rose and went to her desk. un.
locked drawer, and turned over its
contents, axl took out letter-nn old
letter, for the paper was yellow and
the ink was faded. She came back to
the fireslde unfolded the letter. and
read II. 1t covered six pages of note
paper, In small feminine hand. 1t
was letter Mary Isona had written to
her, Margaret Kempton, the night be-
fore she died, more than thirty years
ago. The writer recounted the many
harsh circumstances of her life. but
they would all have been Dearable. she
said. save for one great and terrible
secret. She had fallen In love with
a man who was scarcely conscious or
A - -I,a
ian music teacher, had fallen in love
with Theodore Vellan. 1t was AS il
she had fallen in love with an inhahit-
ant of another planet; the worlds they
respectively belonged to were far
apart. She loved him-she loved him
and she knew her love was hopeless
and she could not bear It, Oh, yes! she
met him sometimes here and there. at
houses where she went to play. and to
give lessons. He was civil to her he
was more than civil-he was kind: ne
talked TO her about literature and
music.
He is so gentle, so strong, so wise;
but he never thought of me as a won.
ana woman who could love, who
could be loved. Why should he? If
the moth falls in love with the star,
the moth must suffer nm
cowardly; | am weak; am what you
VIII; but have more than l can bear.
Life is too hard-too hard. Tomorrow
L shall be dead. You will be the only
person to know why l died, and you
Will keep my secret"
"oii, the pity of 1.-THE pity of it.'
murmured Mrs. Kempton. Il wonder
whether ought to have shown him
Mary's lettcr?-Wayerley Magazine.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-27

Anxious Mamma-"Little Dick
stairs crying with the toOthach
Practical Papa Take him ro
the dentists"
II haven't any money
you won't need any money
toothache will stop before y0
'herc?"-Siray Stories.
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An Indirect Method,

"See here. Willetts, | hear .
you young fellows have OFs'"
suicide club
"You are the fourth man "
that remark on me. | don %
It started. All We have uo"v
club together to do our own =
while our wives are away =
nnOllS prpSS.
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OUR BUDGET OF uT,
NOTWITHSTANDING sroa,.
LOVERS Of FUN

The Pupils supposition-S.
ment--Patched = Kept n ca., nucal
Not All Settled-No Cha.' o"o'
AS Old as tho Hiis." re-, "
y visitor vowed he knew notbm,'
And so we were proudly ,'ILY cr,IY q
What caddies and clcek, ve.a yspl''hla
he straight of. we're VI
Our, protfered assistance Ji.l.a..
Asked: Where is tbc ,'o,lSSnihlnj
-. though he well knew '''' i
The game OF the ''bpw u.u
dies" '" 1lgha1
But he didn't-hc went q, H.,
You'll always find ion. 'uc m theot
caddies! '' "here
Detroit Preo :,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-27

Mrs. Talkso's husband was
an advertisement which asSel,I
"The mail is quick, the teIes'"pI
quicker, but the telephone S W,
and you don't have to wa"
answer" .ort
"Ah," he reflected, Sin one pot os
that reminds me strongly
TallSso. baltimore AmerlV"''
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-27

I'VE are just holding a love
said young Mr.. Linger, to Mr.
when that father of an enraseu
ter put his head in the parlor
way at 11.35 p, m.
II thought II must be u PROV
meeting" said the old geD'lem'
he Withdrew. Harper's Baz'E