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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 viii 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 self-hiver, still comes
very near to II. A week or so before
swarming time | slip queen trap on
the hive entrance of each populous
colony. cs,N-1l
Just word about attaching the
queen trap, Fig. /. The directions
which accompany the trap are to fas.
ten 1t to the hive with two nails. 1t
Is not the best thing for beekeeper
10 hammer on beehive that Is boil
'ng over with bees, 80 | invented the
cOntrlvance herewith shown, which
consists of two small pieces of fiat
iron bent ut right angles and fastened
J the trap with a screw, Fig, .. To
fix the trap to the hive, slip the fas-
eners under the lighting board No
latter how many bees are clustered
I'll over the trap, 1t can be removed In
IN instant without even jar. When
swarm issues, the queen remains in
ne trap confined in an apartment by
. arself l then remove the old hive
nd place an empty one in It's place,
lso removing the queen trap with the
queen, and then sit in the shade and
watch results.
The swarm viii 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 THEN
queen. / then release the queen and
let her run in with the swarm. |
have had three queenless swarms
hanging In one cluster, but they re.
turned to their respective hives.
have also had them return and cluster
all on one hive. Such mass of bees
could not all enter. 80 I take dust.
pan and brush and divide them. I
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
Pretty Anoodoto OF GenoraI white.

l heard a very pretty anecdote the
other day of Sir George White the de-
fender of Ladysmlth, says Il. T..
O'Connor in NJ. A, II. 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.
I never was able to eat bit Of horse.
flesh. I love horses too much"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-27
clXlLlZlNc ALASKA.
What Our bureau OF Education is Do.
Ing For tho NatIxaa

DIR. w. r. Harris writes as follows
IN Ainslee's MagazlDe "In Alaska the
entire work Of education Is under the
direction of the United States Bureau
of Education
Alaska is big rock. covering 400.
900 square miles. that Is covered with
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
tives to take up the Industries and
modes CO 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 training in the employments of
civilized life. From the first at all
the missions established by different
religious denominations there was in.
struction in cooking. housekeeping and
clothes-making. Then followed more
careful education in the trades of car.
pentering. blacksmithing and shoe.
making, under the direction of the Blu
reau of Education. which subsidized
for this purpose the Presbyterian In.
dustrlal School at Sitka. 1t was be.
lievcd that IL the natives of Alaska
could be taught to use the English
language. he brought under Christian
influence by the missionaries and be
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 DIR. 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
u success"
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 crosspicce of 3xS and the
outside crosspece of 2XS all mortised
in as show In cut and securely bolted,
one holt mt each corner passing
through foot of brace, which should
be made of AKA stun. The post (e)
may be either round or square Gf
square SxS is none TOO large, and
should be nine or ten feet high
The pole (a) should he thirty-tive or
forty feet long, depending upon the
size of stack or rick 10 he made, ana
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ThacEersy and ,hs sugar Maple,

Apropos OF the lapses of writer's
there Is one by Thackeray, to which
have never seen any allusion. In
the tlfty-second chapter Of the "vlr,
ginians," George Warrington. in tell
Ing of his escape from Fort Duquesne,
says; Now, the leaves were begin,
ning 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.
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The Use OF Ashes.

Twenty barrels of unleached wood
ashes would usually weigh about 2400
pounds. This amount would supply
MS much potash as would be furnished
by from 250 to 300 pounds murlate of
potash. Double this quantity OF ashes
might be 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 Sc
cured by narrowing in the ashes than
by plowing them under. Professor H.
j. Wheeler of Rhode Island.
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On the Edge of an Abyss.

In the second concluding chapter or
his notes on the Hartman expedition
"A Summer Holiday in Bering 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, l came sud
denly upon deep cleft. or cbusm
which opened in the moss and flow.
ers at my feet ana led down between
crumbling rocky walls ut fearful
incline to the beach. 1t gave one n
sense OF peril that made him pause
quickly. The wraiths of fog and mist
whirling through and over it en-.
hanccd its dreadful mystery and
depth. Yet | hovered about IT, re.
treating and returning. quite fasci.
mated by the contrast between the
smooth, fiowery carpet upon which I
stood and the terrible yawning chasn.
When the fog lifted Il little and the
sun CLEANED out, | looked down this
groove into the ocean, and Tennyson's
line III THE Eagle" came to mind nv
accur" ely descriptive of the scene:
The wrlnkled sea beneath him crawls.
Another curious effect was the bottom
oil The sea visible long way out from
shore The water seemed suddenly
20 become shallow; or else to take on
II 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
OUR BUDGET OF UTl
LAucHTsa-PRovoKlNc sros,s
LOVERS Of FUN

The Pupll's supposlt,o,v
ment--patched - Kent a c. nneol
Not All settiod-No C,".o' o"o'
AS Old as the Hins," r,, "
a visitor vowed he knew no,br..
,,;a,nd And 50 we were proudly % cy,I.7 q
what caddies and clcck, vs. rsp,a'nla
he straight off were W
Our proifered assistance Ji.J.,..
Asked: Where 4, III. ''Nuea,lnlni
-, though he well knew ''c i
The game OF the bray u,u
dies" '" hlghal|
But he didn't-hc went ON H..
You'll always find tc, %" 'no Ibcot
caddics! "' where
Detroit FREQ h.
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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. IT was So hideous
80 unutterable. TO go on with my ole
life, In the old place, among the ole
people. was quite impossible. 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.
fcssed by-and-by. sometimes won
dcred whether, possibly, your dlsnp
pearancc could have had any such con.
nectlon with Mary's death-lt followed
II so Immediately. / wondered some.
times whether perhaps. you had cared
for her. But l couldn't believe it-it
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
n little while before the fire.
Life is n chance to make Mistakes
chance TO mike mistakes. Life is n
chance to make mistakes"
1t was phrase she had met ln
book she was reading the other day.
Then she had smiled at 1t; now 1t rang
in her ears like the voice of a mock.
ing demon.
Yes. n chance TO make Mistakes"
she said, half aloud
She rose and went to her desk. un-
locked n drawer and turned over it's
contents ansl took out letter-an old
letter, for the paper was yellow and
the ink was faded. She came back to
the fireside, unfolded the letter, and
read IT. 1t covered six pages Of note
paper, in a 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
man who was scarcely conscious or
her existence: she, little obscure Ital-
ian music teacher. had fallen in love
with Theodore Vellan. 1t was as if
she had fallen in love with an inhnbit-
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 1t. 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 wom
ana woman who could love, who
could be loved. Why should he? II
the moth falls in love with the star
the moth must suffer I nm
cowardly; | am weak; | am what you
VIII; but have more than can bear.
Life Is too hard-too hard Tomorrow
L shall he dead. You will be the only
person to know why l died, and you
will keep my secret"
Oh the pity of 1.-THE pity of itr'
murmured Mrs. Kempton. Il wonder
whether | ought to have shown him
Mary's lcttcr?"-Waverley Magazine.
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Never Known to Fail.

Anxious Mamma Little DICK
stairs crying with the toOthach
Practical Papa-"rakc him ro
the dentists"
II haven't any money
"You won't need any money
toothache will stop before go
'herc?" Stray Stories.
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Thinning Fruit TO XIII Insects.

Thinning Fruit to Kill 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 judlclously followed
has n distinct benefit upon the health
of the trees, and hence enables them
to withstand the ravages from insects.
This is n point that has not been em-
phaslzed much, but II 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 thriftily 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-like con
stitution. One way recommended for
combating fruit tree diseases is to fer
tilize and cultivate the trees so they
will he 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 codllng moth produces the
w0rmy fruit on apple trees, and IL
these deformed apples are pulled of
in the thinning out process scores of
would-be codling moths will be killed
The plum curcullo 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 i'm.
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.
III luluuluS Oul lnP lIull lTOlu 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 beg
ter to thin only 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 Oh the tree rather more fruit han
you intend to let mature you have a
chance to destroy those in which de-
fects appear very late In the season.
$. w. Chambers, in American Guilt
vator.
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 on butt end to save hand.
ling unnecessary weight. Have your
blacksmith make fork (b). and fit
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 as 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 a
little by putting block under 1t. If
properly made and used It will be a
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

See here. Willetts, | hear !
you young fellows have orso"
suicide club"
you are the fourth man "
that remark on me. l don y
It started. All we have uV"v
club together to do our own =
while our wives are away
apolls Press.
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"Your Honor" said the lawye
client acknowledges that she
the book agent with a piece OF g
but she pleads that 1t was d
mistaken identity"
"How's that?" asked the Jud4
"Well. she thought 1t was nc
band" Baltimore American,
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81 WISH" said the housewife
had grudgingly given him a pld
cold vlctuals, instead OF thankId
you could tell me something thai
drive away cOckroaches"
Ever try this pie on 'em, MAJ
lugubriously inquired Tufford \
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-27

"Wc are just holding Il love
said young Mr.. Linger, to Mt,
when that father Of an enraScd
ter put his head in the parIo'
way at 11.35 p, m.
II thought il must be Il prV'
meeting" said the old geIllleH
he withdrew. -Harper's Bazar
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Tn. Fellow who Earned ~ ~

Mrs. De Plalne-''l an 50 W.
with my photograph lnat at
bought you a little prrsen'' 81
Photographer (modes'ly, ,.n..tlu
don't deserve such '' ,ont
madam. Give 1t to 'ha'
over there.
"Does he assist your ,,,os y.
Eyes, he does the retoucn'D'
York Weekly.
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Mrs. Talkso's husband was :,
an advertisement which asSrl"'
"The mail is quick, the teIss'"r 'aI
quicker, but the telephone y =, ", |,
and you don't have 10 wa"
answer" oort
"Ah," he reflected, "ill ou' ~
that reminds me strongg
Talkso." baltimore America
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-27

Ncwlywcd What is the rlpht
to do when your wife asks vc
money ana you haven't got ItF"'
Olctlmer-"Oh' there is po
thing to do under those crcumst
Anything you do win he wro
Puck.
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His Only Resnnrcc.

Wife-"John, you don't mean
me that you shot this poor littl
with that great big gum"
Husband-"Ycs. dear: I'm sol
say | had to do. couldn't ge
enough to put salt on his tall
adelphla Press.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-27
"As Old ns the IIitIs

I'm Il Hill. sir one of the
families in the country"
Il never heard Of the HuI
being among those Of ancient lin
What. You never heard
well known prOycrb, As old
Hills!"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-27

"The difference between the co
the milkman," said the gent
with a rare memory for jest
that the COW gives pure milk.
There is another difference
torted the mllkman. The cow 4
give credlt."-IndianapollS Pres
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-27

When waiter in a San Francisco
hotel was offered $40 month. with
board and lodgings to go into house,
hold service in Honolulu, his answer
was that he could not afford the
change. because his tips far exceeded
tho proposed wages.-Chieago Times
Herald.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-27

George" said Mrs. Ferguson'
lands sake. straighten up, 1
worse hump-shouldered than eye
Laura" retorted Mr.. Fcrgusor
satisfied with having married
reform me. When you try to re-
me you are undertaking TOO md
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ProteotIon For Tho Cabbage Plant.

A very simple method of protecting
the cabbage plant from the ravages
OF the cabbage worm has at last been
discovered. 1t consists in sprinkling
powdered red pepper on the plants
when the dew Is on While the worm
grows fat on hellebore, ashes and
other insecticides, he cannot stand
cayenne. This remedy. while new.
has been tested enough to establish
its claims to merit.
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"Thcy have madc Il upl ! ,bo
was all over between tbom ' "
Yes; but they were 30 sorrr -,
it all over that they concIndaI :.
tt all Uvcr."-Puck
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Guest -"Do you ah-do von
shirtwaist men our of vo,,. Sv'
rantg" '"u'
Head Waiter no. sir. W.
them out" wv
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she-"I heard that Won ,,i,
minded you of the North por'
try to deny it,"
Hc-"Of course I did. yop
sought after you know"
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when | grow up, Gracic." ,h.
boy said, "l'll marry YOU"
when you grow up. Willie"
piled, "you'l get down on yopr
and ask me. c."-Chlcago Trii,r,,.
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She Did the coii's''r, :. 90,

"You say your wire ~
weight in goldr
~ do. SIR" taxes
"Are you willing to pay ''N
at that valuationT ,,,oiog
This, of course, was prlnsl rlas,,csl
down to an extremely prau''u pa ouI
but 1t feazed the husoa"'
Il minute. ,,od n
"My dear SIR he repllsu, st a /
ready paying taxes on mel ner 81 she
valuation than that !, anc cbIcago
the collections herself''--OD''
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Almost a Self -Hiver.

There has been great deal said
and written on the subject of SELF
hivers. and great deal of experiment.
Ing, too, but so far we have not
reached any degree OF perfection. In
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-27
AGRICULTURAL.
The Successful Dairyman.

Dairying Is business. and some
farmers will succeed where others fail
because they have more energy and
intelligence, adherlng strictly to bust.
ness principles. The dalryman who
gives particular attention to the care
of his stock will always be repaid for
his labor with large yields and greater
profits.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-27
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y ~ Q5Syi} Q2zSy2i}N
MISCONCEPTIONS.

IIEODORE VEL
Ian had been
out of England
for more than
thirty v g r $.
Thirty odd years
ago the set he
lived i'm had been
startledand mys-
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-27
Edible saawaad.

Dulse Is an eatable seaweed. 1t has
fiat, palm-shaped leaves.
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In the meadow. The writer stacked
ten acres of good clover last year in n
little over half day, with no one else
on the stack from beginning to finish.
You would never dream there was 20
much hay in the stack, It was 80 well
well packed by the dropping Of the
heavy loads.--Orange Judd Farmer.