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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-11-29
now to nnre I;lrd. An winicr.

1t Is not so wild question as it at
first seems to be, whether we may be
able to have birds with us quite freely
all winter, and to increase the number
Of species that viii give up migrating.
believe that 1t is pretty well under
stood that birds do not leave the
north on account OF the climate. so
much as because Of a decrease of the
food supply Those varieties of birds
which can live upon the eggs of in
sects, and weed seeds, have adjusted
iSemselyes to a permanent home with
us by changing coat and color. We
have found that the thrushes are also
quite willing 10 stay all winter. At
least a few robins remain wherever
there are warm shelters and plenty of
food
1t Is worth our while TO consider
the conditions essential to the increase
OF these winter neighbors. l find that
the food most relished by the thrushes
is the berries OF the mountain ash.
Other species OF birds drop down in
flocks, on their way north or south,
and dine from The same trees. 1t is
astonishing how much food single
tree can furnish. And yet almost any
farmer can easily find room for a half
dozen of these trees. For the pine
grosbeak the high-bush cranberry is
preferable. / suggest the planting of
evergreen windbreaks, and the larger
supply of the trees and shrubs that
/ have named as an experiment. ]
have had robins with me all winter.
But other winter birds have been more
scarce than usual.-E. T.. Powell, IN
New England Homestead.
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Orchard Culture.


\ large apple crop such as we have
this year always encourages the plant
ing of more orchards. ANA we suppose
his year will be no exception. In set
ting an orchard man has many years
to wait before he can receive any re
turn from his investment, and during
all those years he should give good cul
tivatiOn, fertilization and care in the
way of pruning or training, which is
the better word, because it expresses
the better way. When this has beer
done properly and the trees begin bear
ing he has an investment which will
give good returns for many years il
the care is kept up. Ii is then false
economy TO take any chances in the
start by purchasing cheap trees, or by
carelessness in preparing The grount
for them. Thoroughly decide on the
varieties to be set, selecting such as
are adapted TO the soil and climate
from among those that are in demant
in the market. Buy only reliable
party, who can be depended upon tc
furnish healthy, vigorous trees, true
to name, and see that they are taker
up with care. To obtain such it may
be necessary 10 pay little more thar
some would sell for, but scrub stock
In an orchard Is as bad as elsewhere
on the farm.
DO not commit the mistake of max
Ing the land too rich, or of putting
manure into the hole before setting the
tree, but have the land in good condl
tlOn, say as good as for n corn crop
Give it good cultivation while the trees
are growing, avoid the small grain
crops, but growing corn, beans OF
peas, roots, tomatoes or squashes be
tween the rows to get some pay fol
the use of the land ana for the Labor
OF working II each year. 1t Is easy
from the above list to make rotation
that would last until the trees well
filed the ground, or II 1t does uot there
are others, like small fruits, which
might be added, or even crop OF
chickens. The fertilizer used for these
hoed crops would feed the trees also
and 1t would be placed Just where the
trees most needed 1t. beyond the ex
tremity of the branches, to tempt the
feeding roots to extend out after thell
food. Whatever crop may be choser
do not crowd the trees with 1t. While
the ground will need working cleal
to the trunk of the trees. 1t is better
that there should be space enough t
work there after the crop has grown
too large TO cultivate among. He wh'
does this will probably guard agalns
borers and other insect pests. and vii
have an orchard that will give botl
pleasure and profit. Massachusetts
Plouglvnan-
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Corsica.

In the main. Corsica, where It has
no French officials to leaven its poll
ties, Is still Corslcan rather than
French; and in the mountains the old
spirit OF independence is far from
dead. For these and other obvious
reasons, France is bound TO keep ac-
live garrlsons in the island, though she
would do better by much with the
more acceptable chains of maternal
administration. More railways, drained
marshes, increased education, and a
daily steamboat service would bind the
island to the continent in seif-interest
and gratitude. AS 1t is, 1t is scarcely
too much to say that Corsica is only
kept from open revolt by the element
OF prosperity brought to her by the
tourists OF wlnter.-Chambers Jour.
nal
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ENCOURAGING THRIFT.
a Business Man who Has Found That IL
PnXa.

rays
81 always have confidence in people
who save a little money out OF their
salarles," said prominent Western
merchant. "and 1 do what l can 60
encourage habits of thrift. 1 employ
about seventy-flve clerks In my estab-
llshment,to whom pay weekly sala-
rles ranging from $40 to $40. Natur-
ally enough more of theln get the for
mcr than the latter amount, but they
are none the less worthy on that &C.
count. In the beginning. when 1 en-
ploycd only two people, lived pretty
close to them, and | knew how thrift.
less they could be when they were not
encouraged to be otherwise | have
discharged more clerks for that sort
of thing than for any other cause.
They spent their salaries, large or
small, as might be, in reckless fash
ion, and let debt accumulate quite re-
gardlcss of the rights of creditors. AS
my business increased, and with 1t my
profits and my force of people. L be-
gan TO give the matter more study,
and In the end, when | felt able to be
of material assistance in encouraging
thrift aud honesty, proposed IL year
ly recognition of those who would
save something out OF their salaries.
1t was small at first, but was so sue
cessful that to-day / haven't n clerk
who has not some kind OF bank ac.
count, and not one who wlfully re.
fuses to pay his debt. When we get a
new one who refuses to take advan-
tagc of the opportunities afforded we
let him go ut the end of his iirst year.
"My present plan is to double tho
savings of all clerks who receive $40,
So and S1j week. to add twenty-five
per cent. to all who receive from SIS
to S2J, and ten for those over $50. 4
clerk on SO week or under cannot
save much, but as a rule that class OF
clerks have no one TO maintain but
themselves, and il one cannot save
more than S25 out his years labor, It
is rather pleasant for him 20 get $25
clear profit. Those who receive the
larger amounts usually have families,
and their savings are not large, but
whatever they are they are comforta-
bly, increased. One Of my $l200-a-year
clerks, with wife and two small chill
dren. save Sl00 last year, and my
check for hundred additional was
deposited to his account the day after
New Year. a young woman in
charge of department at $500 a year
has almost paid for nice little cot
tage in the suburbs out of her extra.
md so the list runs on through every
branch of the business. l make it Il
condition that all current obligations
must be met at the end of the year. so
that the savings are actual net profit.
Every year some of the clerks are not
entitled TO any extra. but IL this is the
result of sickness | assume part or
all of the doctors bills You may say
it costs something for me to do it, and
YOU are right. But | have the best
class of clerks in the city and as n re-
suit | have, the best class of custom
In the city, and I guess / don't lose
enough by 1t to necessltate an assign
ment at an early date" and the mer-
chant smiled with very evident salts
faction -WDShinptOn Star
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HOW Mexirans Make Ice.

In one of the highest valleys of Oak.
aca, Mexico, Mt an elevation of 5000
or 1000 feet, there Is a tlourishing ice
Industry, which Is based on the well.
known principle of the reduction Of
temperature by radiation of tempera.
ture during the night. The ground Ia
covered with n large number of wood.
EN- troughs, which are filed with wat
er. and during the winter nights film
OF Ice not more than one-eighth of an
inch In thickness Is formed. This Ice
Is repoved on the following morning.
shov%ed into holes In the ground, and
then covered with earth. 1t rapidly
solidiles and is then cut into blocks.
and sent by mules to the cities below.
where II Ii readily sold.--San Francis.
co Call.
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rhn plTcroncc In nnirIes.

Governor Hoard reports difference
,n the annual profits between two
patrons Of creameries managed by him
)f S2J.6S per COW on account of the
difference in amount of production,
one herd averaging n gross income Of
sGJ.GS per COW while another averaged
only $35, the first netting $50 in cx-
cess Of the cost of keeping and the
second only So.
The Kansas Agricultural College in
some Investigations in the summer Of
1898 at the Merlden creamery, found
That the poorest COW averaged $I54,
and the best Que S42o0, making a diff.
ference Of SG45j. Tile average per
cow of the poorest five herds was $9.4i
and for the five best. $33.7l, differ
rnce of $24.3O.
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DanRers of "aishm Gnmc.

The eating of high" game is un.
doubtedly attended with risks, aud the
poisonous effects are probably due to
the toxins produced In the earlier
stages of putrefactiye process. The
advantage, of course, of hanging game
Is that the flesh becomes tender and
decidedly more digestible than when
1t Is quite fresh. The ripening ph =.
cess however, may mean the elahek.
alton OF toxins. 1t Is curious lit
that game can be made to look "rIut"
and green by injecting into the frsoh
1esh potassium sulphide.
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WHY SOME MEN cRow- AL.
Lcnsth OF Limb and Body Are Indications
ofUnnnturaI Growth.


The biggest living man Is Lewis vii.
klns. who is now arousing great inter-
est in the scientific circles Of Europe.
wilkins was born on q farm near st.
Paul. Mimi, in 1874 When he was
but ten years old he measured six feet
In height, and now has grown to the
tremendous height of 107K inches
just three-quarters OF an inch less than
nine feet--and weighs 364 pounds.
There have been other tall men and
women before wilkins, and scientists
have strlven In vain to account for
these freaks of nature. Only lately n
plausible story has been put forward
by French physician, DR. Marie, who
says that giantism is nothing more or
less than disease. This disease gen
orally occurs in patients between the
ages of eighteen and thirty-iiye. and is
first called acromcgaly 0rom two
Greek words meaning enlargement
of tho extremltles'O. If the patient Is
not attacked until after he is eighteen
the ends of the bones in the arms and
legs are enlarged and prolonged slight
ly. but If this disease has attacked Il
child at or soon after birth glantism
Is The result. The bones are prolonged
all clong their length, grow unnatur-
ally, and the result is Il giant.
When You see big man 1t is, there
fore, Il question whether he is unusu.
ally strong or whether he is n sufferer
from acromegaly. All giants have not
been acromagalc, according to DIR.
Marie. lie mentions two giants in the
French army who did not belong to
this class. One was Charles Freut, n
cavalry soldier, who was six feet
eleven inches, and another was Mar
nat a drum major In the Nineteenth
Regiment of infantry. who measured
six feet nine inches.
Perhaps the greatest giant who ever
lived before wilkins was Charles
Byrne. an Irishman. He measured
nine feet two inches. His skeleton Is
still preserved, proving beyond ques-
tlon his enormous size. He was prob
ably acromegalic.
Other giants were Constantine, born
at Zurich, Switzerland, eight feet one
inch; Herold, born at Leipsic, seven
feet five inches. and Lady Emma,
eight feet one inch.
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Her Knowledge of Chinese.

n young woman at watering place
this summer made IL reputation as q
profound llngust in rather odd man.
ner. She called one day mt a Chinese
laundry, where she had left II shirt
waist, but 1t could not be found, as
there was no entry in the book of
hieroglyphs corresponding TO her pink
slip. After half hours search the
Chinaman found the entry. A mis-
take had been made, the entry crossed
out and new set of hieroglyphs in
tiny characters placed below. She
was told that that waist would be
Numbered immediately and she could
get it the next day.
The next day the young woman
called for it, accompanied by three
other young women. At the seashore
the excitement OF visit to the Chi
nese laundry is not TO be despiaed. The
Chinaman to whom the pink slip was
presented was not the laundryman of
the day before and he experienced the
same difficulty in finding the ldenti.
flying characters, finally saying, Not
in book" The girl answered calmly,
IL can find It," and the Chinaman al
lowed her to take the book. Turning
the leaves until she came TO one that
had an entry crossed out, with another
in tiny characters under It, she handed
1t to the Chinaman. "rhere it Is" and,
to his surprise, he found IT,
You only lady l know spik Chi.
nese" he said. And the other girls
looked upon her with admiration
Kansas City World.
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which should be made OF two and n
half or three inch strips of board
screen wire netting is firmly tackled.
For the legs to be fastened IN the bot
tom frame, take four pieces Of strap
iron from foot and half 10 two feet
long. Through one end OF each iron
drill two or three holes for screws.
Fasten these to the bottom side OF the
frame with Inch screws and then with
a wrench or some other tool bend the
legs in such way as to leave a space
of from Il foot TO eighteen inches be-
tween the frame and surface of the
stove. On the upper side und near the
corners of the frame, drive in small
nails so that they penetrate the wood
deep enough TO leave an inch in length
sticking up. Over these slip four
thread spools. BY driving correspond
Ing nails into the bottom side of the
second frame to slip down into the
spools, It is held in place. The third
frame is fastened In the same way
and as many more as desired can be
added. The frames are high enough
above the, stove SO as not to Interfere
with cooking The fruit dried In this
way Is OF a good quality. and the
work can be done as rapidly as In q
hgh-prlced eyaporator.--J. l.. Irwin
IN American Agrlculturist.
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Value of Good I,onds.

1t has been figured out in New Jer
sey that land values tend to rise
thirty per cent. in value wherever
good roads are introduced, irrespective
of other natural benefits. They are
invariably the forerunners of other i'm
provements. such as the electric rail-
ways, free mail delivery, increased de
mand for country residences and SO
on. They create far greater social
unity, they spread intelligence, they
give to the isolated citizen political
Significance not otherwise attainable.
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high priced feeding stuffs. Hay was
n short crop in this country, and
straw will be high. While we have n
good crop of corn, It is not excessively
large, and the usual reserves have been
used up very close. Exports tend to
increase. and the feeding demand at
home viii again be large. There Is
reason to believe that the price of corn
will rule fairly high all season. Such
conditions should lend TO better caro-
of corn stover than has been given
by many in the past.
The amount of stover from an acre
of land varies so much with variety
and latitude that figures are not sat.
isfactory; but in what may he called
the centre OF the corn belt we may
count upon one and one-half tons uf
stover from an acre OF fairly good
corn. Two-thirds Of that, or one ton &,
will be eaten by stock with relish and
experiments by scientific men show
that the part eaten is just about rs
digcstible and nutritious as an equal
weight OF timothy hay. That is to
say, we should place about the same
value upon the stovcr of an acre of
land as we do upon ton of hay If
wanted for feed. This is in accord
not only with the experiments of sci
entists, but also with the experience
Of thousands of practical farmers. For
horses ut hard labor the stoyer is I'm.
ferior, but for idle horses and for
cows It Is superior. Viewing the mat
ter as Il is, no stover needed for feed
until midwinter There are better
ways within the reach of every one.-
David in Farm and Firesdc.
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Nrr. ohnmberlaIn,s orch,a.

On the DUAL dcs Fleurs, in Paris,
Mr.. Chamberlain saw one day Il rare
orchid.
"How much?" asked the future Min
ister."
"Twenty pounds, monsieur; it is the
only specimen in France"
Here is the money" replied Cham
berlain. and, drawing the notes from
his pocket, he took the flower tore 1t
to pieces and trampled 1t under foot.
saying, II have 1t in my own collec-
tion. and object to Frenchman hav-
ing a duplicate. Paris Letter to Tou-
louise Express,
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A Cook Stove Eraporntor.

An evaporator is luxury few farm
Grs can afford unless they intend go
ing into the fruit business TO quite an
extent. The Illustration shows cheap
and handy evaporator within the reach
OF ALL The frames are made OF any
size desired, 3X4 feet being handy di-
mensions if the stove is large enough
to- accommodate it. over the frames,
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FARM and GARDEN.


on land where briers grow natural
", it Is difficult to eradicate them.
Pastures may be oyerstocked with
sheep, which are fed extra. and In
this way cleared up, but moving them
off each year will not run them out. A
few Angora goats are undoubtedly the
best means to clear them up. The
goats will ent briers and brush in pref
srGnce to grass.
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a=
Injured to Di.,,,,.-

Jack, you ought to stroi
your writing table"
"Lemmc alone, Julia. Il 7
stralghten up this table | cor
n thing on it until it GOT Al
up again."--lndlanapolis Jour
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Singular watch Charms.

Miniature Bibles are worn as watch
charms in Russia. They are each one
inch long, three-fourths Of an inch
wide. and three-eighths OF an inch
thick, and contain the first five books
of the Old Testament. The text is in
Hebrew, and can be read with tho aid
OF q magnifying glass.
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The Ideal

The sweet notes Of lnr
from the girls room on 'u'
low.
I'm saddest when | slNs'
words. j
"Most women are sTOWi1
ic on the floor above "OyY
can't sing and talk at 'ne Y
Detroit Free Press
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-11-29

A common and practical way of
building root cellars is shown in the
illustration. This method of con
struction is commonly used in the
great potato growing sections of the
country. EXcavate by means of n
scraper, and then set up the retaining
walls. The upright pieces ut the sides
should be two by -four studding placed
not more than four feet apart. The
floor may be of plank, or may be sim
ply OF earth. If no planks are used,
the studding should have the lower
end imbedded In the earth TO prevent
it from slipping.
The siding may be of inch boards
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Source of His InsplratiI

The poets eyes flashed as
woman's footsteps upon the
"Ah," he unused, "tlS shC
splrationW
And fell to writing again
For he had heard the 10
his landlady, aud his board
duc.-Harper's Bazar
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PLACED at disadvantage.

The farmer who is compelled to use
bad ronds when he is able to get 10
market, generally finds 1t forestalled
and himself obliged to ship to some
distant point, while the farmers along
the railroads of the Far West or on
the good wagon roads Of Ohio, Indi,
ana. New Jersey and Canada are sup.
plying his home market.
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DUR BUDGET or !:
'AucHrEe.pRovoxlNc srog
LOVERS OF FUN

Amendment His ona,,.r rerr
Conjecture-Inured =. ,uca'l'
He Disposed of Him, r,. D''1s| ,,1
For your thoughts. mi,,
So, ! will gladly give tbia n'lS'
said The youth, as he held r..
We'll, I think one i'n kis, Up a 2
Answered the maid "f 'i'ss
many" "om q
Chicago D,gy
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u pity authors who bovo
such sedentary lives" ~
"Scdentary! You don't col
publishers a sedentary life a.
Chicago Record. w
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"Ycs, sir" said the return
diker, zone Of my dogs-jus ,
mongrcl-sayed my life"
"And you We're not hearlle,
to sell him, were your they
Nav. / ate him."-Ipt
Press.
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Scryant--"Thcre's a man n,
says he is hungry and hos n,
Mr.. GotroX ASK him wbI
daughters 1t is that he wants
be another one of those fopo
men."-Judgc.
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Suffering Employer writ
ter)-"B- B-b-b-boy, hand me q |
bl-"
Office Boy "a blotter sil
wish?"
Suffering Employcr-"Ne
n-n-n-now; the ink has ddI
IIarper's Bazaar.
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eyes. I advertised for y 4,
The coal dealer, throwing ont
What qualifications have !
Il can lie a little, siro r.,
boy, timidly. Answers.
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He Got Bigger Help|

Lady of the House Oaal'1III N
tive-year-old who, WIN j
had been invited to dInnyp
little man, how did you j
dinncrT" If,
Youngster-"Pretty wen.
we don't have any De''', ',,I
home; but | always sc' O''
-Berliner TageblatI'
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"Nov that you are mar1
her intimate friend, do Y
TO hyphenate your name ana
self Mrs. Plumb-Dulf|
mo" replied the lovely \
n Shy glance at her fond !
young husband. TINS is
soliGation. It's an aDso'l]
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well, umbrellas boro , |
ming said Mr.. Snaggs. M, ~
shower. a'
Perhaps you mean an and
swered Mrs. Snaggs
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at is n Ruhens. is 1t nOt?'
visitor, turning from au inst
the painting to the hostess,
"My husbands name" rel
Gaswell, with cutting dlstht
William. It's his all right 4
paid $1,000 for 1t. Chicago
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Mrs. Fusslnnge AN sorts
are going around about thI
inscs."
Mrs. Snoop-"No wonder,
been living in the neighbt
month and nobody knows
about them. Puck.
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"Did you ever gei ''"''
the revivallst. /
"Well, l should say ''
of it," replied the mall, ,,. ,i,
"a hundred and thlrgcI ,,.,,l
of rellglonl" cried the r'''1
did you get thaty
"The only way tina, !, 1,,] =
men ever get religion W ID
II married it."-ClllcHs'
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The village OF Neodesha, Kan, was
recently visited by n tornado, and at
the end of the excitement n farmer
living in the vicinity stuck his head
out of his cyclone cellar aud found
that his choicest field was occupied by
a strange house of small dimensions.
He could not identify the building as
belonging to any of his acluaintances,
and up to date all his efforts to do so
have been unavalliug.