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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-29
Short and Useful Pointers.

Ducks do better on soft succulent
food
It's the hens that are kept scratch
ing that lay the eggs.
The cow stable and the mllk-room
should not be together.
There is no loss whatever In send
ing clean eggs to market
A change Of feed is oftentimes n
good thing for a milch cow.
Improper feeding is the cause of
ninety per cent. of the horse diseases.
Too many farmers fail to see the inn
portanee of watering their stock
properly.
The pig, in order to turn in the most
profit, should have as few setbacks
as possible.
Hens can't shell out the eggs unless
they have something to make the
shells out Of
It's the pigs thai have the run OF
the pasture that are the healthy and
profitable ones.
The daily ration of the farmers
family should contain more fresh
eggs and poultry.
While planning your land for the
different crops to be grown next
spring be sure to rotate.
No matter how much farm work
there is to be done, 1t will pay big to
give at least some attention to the
hens.
Don't give the milch cow water to
drink that Is ice cold, II is said that
cows prefer warm water even In sum
mer.
Keep the houses dry In which the
stock are confined. Dampness WIN
do more harm than low tempers-
ture.
This ought to be a good time 10
buy thoroughbred stock, as breeders
! do not care to winter too many ami
| mails.
The hens will appreciate a few
chopped onions. and IN most cases
viii pay well for them In the shape
] AZ excs. 1 ~ ',-'-A Is
4 ~ |*~ III Il 01|I IN 81 .||t 49,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-29

J. II. Brakeman brought 10 the Jour-
nal Office Il land grant 10 property in
what was formerly Virginia. The
deed is signed by Governor Patrick
Henry at Richmond on the oath day
OF April, 1886, and printed on sheep
skin. The land consists of 230 acres.
and is now located on Back Creek,
Garrard County. Elk miles from Ian
caster. Mr., Blakehan got the deed
from John Saunders, who lives in
Cnrrard. Mr.. Saunders married q
granddaughter of elijah Walker.
60 whom the deed was assigned, and
who was the grandfather OF Mrs. ]. ii.
Blakcnan The deed is yellow with
age and tho writing barely eligible. :
Jessaluine OAy) Journal
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-29

Hot Petroleum For Road Making.
California has discovered a new
method of making good roads. 1t is In
the use of hot, crude petroleum as n
cementing material.
The art of road making is proba-
bly, more important than any
other. one of mans accomplish
ments. 1t is only in recent years that
Americans, outside of a few of the
older settlements, have begun to ap-
preclate the full commercial and So
cial advantages of good roads. and to
encourage their building through lib
eral appropriations OF. public money
from State, county and township
treasures.
No sooner was such work begun
than there arose serious questions in
many localities as to what material
was best for the local production OF
good roads.
Where stone was cheap and plenti-
full 1t naturally became the accepted
rond-making material. but even in
such sections a stone road is not al
ways the most satisfactory. Earth
roads. made of sand or gravel, which
contain good cementing material, such
as proper admixtures of loan. clay or
iron ores. make roads much smoother
and more pleasant to drive over while
not so likely to be unpleasant from
dust.
Such roads are much cheaper to
build, for hardly a locality can be
found which does not contain some
handy bed of fair road-making ma
terial. In many sections the natural
soil is all that is needed to make good
roads for fair weather use. Such roads.
however. are sure TO suffer under the
stress of winter rains and frosts and
summer droughts, and break up badly.
Such was the situation in Fresno
when the working of California's new
oil find made petroleum cheap and
suggested its use on the roads. The
idea probably came from the use OF
petroleum refuse on railroad tracks to
keep down dust. Using the petroleum
hot is a new idea.
The hot oil cements the sand, loan.
clay and gravel and makes the road
bed both dustless and waterproof. 1t
makes the roadbed material pack un-
der a heavy. use and its qualities i'm
prove as the doses of oil are repeated
Reports from San Bernardino Coun-
ty say that 1S0 barrels Of oil year
are used per mile of road, and that
even at $1.10 barrel the oil is found
cheaper than sprinkling with water
for keeping down the dust, while all its
other advantages are, as 1t were,
thrown in.-New York Journal.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-29

Most Valuable Diamonds.

There is no little fiction about the
famous diamonds of the world, and
their value Is largely fictitious. They
are few in number, cannot be repro
duced, are everywhere highly priced
and can be bought only by the very
wealthy. The Prince Edward of York
diamond, sale to have been bought by
4 New York firm for 100000, is
thirteenth in the list OF large diamonds
given me by an importer. There aIe a
dozen different lists. If We may be-
l,e,e what is told with straight faces,
the largest OF all the diamonds in ex-
istence is the Braganza, It's weight
being no less than 1850 csrats. 1t
is uncut. and its value is actually set
down at SOL. .050,000l It is now
among the crown jewels oe Portugal.
1t is thought that this diamond. which
Is the size OF hens egg, Is In reality
q white topaz.--New York Press.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-29
shncn LIke orered nnIsIe..

Sheep are very fond of the oxeye
daisy either as pasturage or hay. and
will eat them SO closely as to kill
them out. In some parts of England
they sow the seed of them to make n
sheep pasture. Those who have fields
where they prevail might do well to
pasture them with sheep one or two
seasons, then plow up and sow the
seed of better grass. We have eradi-
Gated them by two seasons of liberal
manurlng, keeping the land in hoed
crops and then reseedlng, but they
would come in again as soon as the
land became poor again.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-29
Whnn tho Cows Pay.

The difference between paying
and non-paying dairy cow is some
times so apparently slight that it is
not noticed by the average person.
Here are two animals which look
almost identical. Both are healthy,
good eaters and good mixers. But
one has a persistent tendency to
yield just little mere milk per day
than the other, and IL anything 1t is q
trlHe richer In butter fats. Moreover,
careful observation shows that this
COW keeps in milk little longer than
the other. Now, these points could
not be noted without some attempt
at keeping accounts. The record of
every animal on the farm should be
kept Gaily, and In this way compari-
sons can be made. Now, suppose one
COW thus gives about n quart of milk
a day more than another. and extends
the milking period over much longer
time every season. This difference
added up and converted into dollars
and cents would show at the end of
the year that one animal paid good
profit while the other barely paid ex-
penses.
This condition of affairs Is just
what can be observed on many farms
to-day. The dairymen may be ex-
p1ts in their line, and they have
bJught the question of cost OF feed
i!g down to the point where little
further improvement can be made.
Yet there Is such difference In the
relative yield of the animals that the
profits Of one must be cut down in
order to make up for the deficiencies
of others. So extreme are these cases
at times that there Is difference Of
one-half some years between the ac-
tual profits of two different dairy
cows. The difference is due entirely
to causes that can be remedied. Grant.
ing that both are fed the same. and
very satisfactorily and economically,
the cause of the difference in the yield
must be found In the cows themselves.
Nesting Arrangements.
Az stores whore candy is sold. one
can buy fbr few cents the light
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-29

| She said that she was sure you world
not recommend anything that wal
wrong; that you would advise her us
II you were her own father. and she
hopes you Will stand by us. We shall
be married tomorrow. before MIR.
Meadows Is up. Very thankfully.
Harry Conrad"
The old gentleman brought the no.s
with him to the table. opened Il out
before him, adjusted his spectaclcs
and read 1t over and over again.
"Td give f10 note" he said
chuckling, "to see the old fellows
face when he hears how Harry has
done him.
1t was the custom of Mr.. Sheldon
to read his newspaper ut breakfast,
while waiting for his only child and
daughter. who, little spoiled by
oyerindulgence, was generally late.
But this morning Matty was later
than ever.
The banker had read all the foreign
as well as the home news. and even
reperused Harry's note and still she
had not made her appearance.
"The lazy puss" he said. at last
Then he looked up at the clock. Half
an hour latcl Now. this is really too
bad. john" he cried, addressing the
man servant at the sideboard. "send
and see why Miss Sheldon doesn't
come down. Tell her" with n severe
air. "Im tired of waiting"
John came back in about five min
utes looking very much flustered.
'If you please. sir" he stammered.
Miss Sheldon's not In her room, and
the maid says that the bed looks as
If 1t hadn't been slept in all night"
The rich merchants jaw fell.
He started up, with II cry of agony.
to go and see. Bu, he was prevented
by the footman appearing at the door
with telegram.
"a telegram" cried the merchant,
unfolding it with trembling hands.
what can It mean? Has she been
found dead anywhere?"
This was the telegram:
"Denr Father-Harry and I were
married Mt eight o'clock this morning.
| would not consent to an elopement
till Harry assured ne you had advised
it, and had shown me your check as
proof. He says you promised to stand
by us,sand | know you pride yourself
on never breaking n promise. We
wait for your blessing. Matty.'
"Well. neverr' calculated Mr. Shell
don. when he had recovered breath.
"The impudent. disobe-"
But here he stopped-stopped, and
mopped his bald head, which, in his
excitement, had broken out into great
drops of persplration. He remembered
that he had himself advised Harry
to elope, and that, IL the story got
wind, he would be the laughing-stock
of the town. includlng-hardest cut
of all-Mr. Meadows. He remembered,
too. that he had but one child. and
that she was all in all to him.
SO he accepted the inevitable and
telegraphed back:
"You may come home, and the
sooner the better. so as to keep the
fifty pounds for pin-money Tell
Harry he's too sharp to remain n
clerk. and that l take him to-day into
partnership. Only he must remember
that partners never tell tales out OF
school. God bless you! ii. sheldon
The runaways returned by the next
train. The marriage proved, too, an
eminently happy one. The story never
got out. We only tell it now in con-
fdence. e.-Woman's Life.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-29

Captain Oliver Young, of the Eng
lish Navy, when lieutenant on board
Her Majesty's ship Beacon, in the
Egyptian campaign, was laid up In
hospital, and, being reported dead and
buried. stone was erected to his
memory at SualSlm, where 1t still re-
mains. II is one Of the humors OF
English red-tape that the War Office
requested his executors 10 forward a
guinea, the cost Of engraving his name
upon the stone. -.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-29

In good condition, as only rich land
will produce some kinds of weed. One
of the surest indications of good soil
Is when pig weed nourishes. AS the
land should not be required to pro-
duce two crops Mt the same time no
farmer should allow weeds TO make
headway at the expense of the regular
crop.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-29
AGRICULTURAL
Observation-Disclosures


Plaster Is white and clean. 1t does
not injure animals. not being caustIc,
like lime. When used In the stalls
II Is an absorbent. and gives the stable
a better appearance. 1t Is also bene-
fetal in the manure, and Is Of itself
plant food being considered q
special fertilizer for clover.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-29
A Handy Fodder Sled.

Hauling shocked corn fodder or cane
from the fields Is hard and tedious
job where the hauling is done with Il
wagon and rack-the usual method.
Then. too, the tearing down of the
shock, the throwing of it upon the
rack and the unloading of it again
break off the lenves and dry stems.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-29

ment. and having no corners or open
joints. as do boxes, there is no place
for vermin to hide about them. This
is a special point in favor of the use
of such pals as nests, for the or
dinary nest is usually a breeding
place for these troublesome pests
American Agriculturist.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-29

but large. wooden pals In which
broken candy and certain grades OF
chocolates are shipped from the fac
tory. These pals make excellent hens
nests when hung from two hooks In
the manner shown in the cut.
Such nests can be taken out of
doors. emptied and cleaned In n mo-
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-29

The army allows about $4,000 pounds
OF food d year Tor fifteen men. hut In
the Arctic regions people ont at least
a quarter as much more. It costs ~
a month more 70 feed d man in Green
land than in New York. "
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-29
TAKING HIS ADVICE.


Il. SHELDON was the
principal merchant In the
important manufacturing
town of TOrmOnt Hn n1.nr
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-29

AZ stores whore candy is sold. one
can buy 'pr few cents the light,
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-05-16
Pupils Final Examination.

The next final pupils examination
will be held at the courthouse In
Cooperstown, Friday, May "a, 1901.
Pupils should provide themselves with
paper, pens and iuk and should be on
hand promptly at o o'clock.
CLARA FEIRING,
Supt. of Schools.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-05-16

or any old thing to the ball game to-
morrow-May 17th-FARGO VS..
COOPERSTOwN. Take your mother
in-law along, too, and help swell the
crowd.
Billy Welsh arrived last Wednes-
day and will make Cooperstown his
headquarters. for q few months as ex-
pert for the Plano company.
Andrew Hoiem, who used to preside
behind Hammer & Condy's meat mar
ket counter in 1899, returned to Coop
erstown Monday and is again at the
old stand. Andrew Knows how to cut
you juicy steak or prime roast.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. A. Haskell desires
the Courier to extend for them to the
many friends who have SO kindly
aided them 80 substantially since and
during the fire their sincere and hearty
thanks. ga friend in need is q friend
indeed" and they realize and appre.
ciate this saying at this time from the
depths of their hearts. Odd Fellows
lodge especially showed their brother,
~ love which cements the links ol
Friendship, Love and Truth more
firmly between the donors and the
brother towards whose aid and com
\ fort they 80 generously contributed.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-05-16
REPORT OF THE CONDITION or THE
FIRST NATIONAL MNk OF COOPERS-

1Oul.
AT COOPERSTOWN, In the state of North
Dakota, at the close OF business Apr. 24th,
1901.
RESOURCES.
Loans and Discounts. ............... 69O74 20
Overdrafts, secured and unsecured 2O5 o.
U. s. bonds to secure circulation. 10000 90
Premiums on q. s. bonds ...... 337 so
Banking-h house furniture aad fixtures s612 AZ
Expenses
Due from national banks mo reserve
aSenL.. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. o&t4 w
Due from state banks and BANKERS
Due from approved reserve agents
Internal revenue stamps .....-.... 21S 66
Checks and other cash items ...... 1888 6s
Notes Of other national banks. 1910 90
fractional paper currency nie3lfiS.
cents. $50
Lawful Money Reserve in Bank viz:
Specie 27O1 II
Legal-tender notes.. 800 90
Redemption fund with U. S. treasuf-
er 6 per cent of circulation).. 500 90
Total, m31M 50
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in. .......... $4,000 90
Surplus fund Observation-Disclosures. go 90
Undivided profits less expenses
and taxes paid .................... 1923 %
National bank notes outstanding. 10000 90
Due to state banks and bankers.
Individual deposits subject to check 1905 40
Demand certificates Of deposit...... 600 90
Time certificates of deposit. 1Os6s IA
Certified checks .................. 465
~I,~
Bills payable, including certificates
of deposit for money borrowed. 5000 90
Total 1884, 50
State Of North Dakota, GO
County of Grfggs,
], H. A. Langlie. Cashier of the above
named bank, do solemnly swear that the
above statement is true to the best Of my
knowledge and belief.
II. A. LANGLIE, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 10th
day Of May 1901.
lSealI GEO. B. CLARK.
Notary Public, Griggs Co., N. D.
Correct Attest:
re. COOPER,
J. J: + +, H sAITM. Directors.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-05-16

To Cure a Cold in One
Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinins Tab
let's. All druggists refund the money
If it fails to cure. E. w. Groves
signature is on each box. 25c.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-05-16
8 ~ .r

This signature is on every box Of the genuine
Laxative BrOm0- Quinine Tablet,
the remedy that cures celd In ono day
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-05-16

their show window. Now is the time
to call and buy your gopher poison
at rock bottom prices.
The Messrs, Brueske, of Wimbledon
were in the city again last week look
ing up the electric light business. The
Courier had no conversation with the
gentlemen, but we are informed that
they have decided to return right away
and install an electric light plant at
this place. They claim tohave all kinds
of encouragement and a promise of
sufficient patronage to warrant them
in putting in the plant. Cooperstown
needs an electric light system and we
believe that there is q good opening
for the right person, but we hope the
town board will go slow about grant
ing franchise to anybody unless it
is to some responsible party who has
the means and get up to give US sub
stantial and satisfactory system. We
want no 2x4 institutions in this town.
A poor one is a detriment to us.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-07-15

and enlisted comp any No. 80 and
registered for a claim IN theLawtcn
district.
The regerestry Office force. to-
gether with the military At Fort
Sill deserve special meHtion Tor
the able manner in which they are
conducting the business at that
station. Several men and . few
women were arrested and put in
the guard house during the week
for perjury, gambling, selling lqu-
or etc.
After registering, we visited the
original red store Two miles south
Of Sill, then the Indian school three
miles south OF sill, also Lawton.
four and a half miles south of Fort
Sill. This county seat is nicely To-
Gated on a high, rich prairie, some
what rolling. There are no tents
or buildings whatever on the town
site.
During our stay at Lawton, we
became acquainted with Mr.. Mar
tin Beaver. of Santa Anna Tex.
who has the contract Tor building
the land Office at Lawton, which is
to be a one-story frame, 20 GA
f., to which building the registra-
tion Office will be moved In about
two weeks. The government has
a force of men engaged in digging
a well 30 feet deep and 10 fee. a.
crss on the land Office block, which
will supply all the water necessary.
We left Sill Saturday and at
that time there had been 112 co.'s
OF 100 each, and it was estimated
that by closing time Saturday night
10, 900 applicants would be regis
tered. Upon our return we spent
we speAt the night with Mr.. and
Mrs. II 7 Lincoln where we were
royalty entertained We feel that
the outing did US good we will
now put the harness on and get 10
work.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-07-15

1t is reported that a train load
Hunns and Scandinavians was re-
ceived one day last week at FL Re-
no, who stated, in the best U. s..
language they had had stored in
their +" grips, that they wanted
TO register. His ExceIency was
a little non pIused for the time,
but with his usual foresight, point
ed out to their interpreter that in
the Presidents proclamation no
provisions for the registration Of
ali the old world. Mars, Jupiter
ct al, and with his index finger
pointed down the railroad track.
At a late hour the train pulled
out in the direction Of the coffee
fields Of old Mexico.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-07-15

The Sulphur Journal makes q
dusty appeal for a number OF
churches to mix up with the 50.
looms and gambling joints. Com
petien is the life Of trade and II
looks like an agreement could be
reached whereby the one could
do business one week then alter
nate.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-07-15

If the United States were q huge
funnel. with the smaller end az New
York, SO that all things from all sec
tions could scramble in at one end and
land with a certainty at the other, the
business men Of New York might not
be engaged. as they are az present. ia
what threatens to be the last strug-
gle 10 prevent the general trade CEN
ter Of America from sloping to the in
terior Of the continent. says Arthur l.
Street. in Ainslee's.
Twenty or more years ago nearly
everything gravitated toward New
York. Boston. Philadelphia and other
cities Of the North Atlantic section
The raw products Of every portion of
the west, from Utica to Denver, tum-
bled over themselves to reach the man
ufactories Of the east The retailers
Of the west. from the Monongahela to
the North Platte and the Sacramento,
sent their orders for pots, pans, hoe
handles and groceries to the jobbeFs
Of the Harlem and the Schuylkili.
The farmers Of the west shipped their
wheat and corn from the Mississippi
valley to the shores of the Hudson and
the Narragansett to purchase their
plows and their hay-rakes. But in the
latter portion Of the seventies the
process began to stop. and Il has beer
stopping ever since. The food stuff
and raw material OF the west have
found that home is a good place to
stay. Grocers and furniture dealers
and clothiers and shoemakers think
that freight charges saved are better
than trademarks Of old firms on the
Atlantic.
Woods grown in the forests Of the
northwest and the south are turned
into haryesters and wagons and office
desks in the vicinities of their birth.
The man in the west does his business
in the west. The man in the south
does his business in the south. New
York is simply submitting to law Of
geography There are mountains and
rivers between the west and the south
and the north and east. and commodi-
ties Of trade, like human beings, climb
or swim only for necessity OF for
sport. Grain refuses to go up the Blue
Ridge in order to get down 10 the At
lantic, because it can reach the ocean
at the gulf or the great lakes with
half the effort. Orders for metal OF
cloth balk at the mountains and the
distance to the east and north, because
they have found that they can get
what they want in the nearer fields Of
Birmingham and Superior and North
Carolina.
As Col. J. N. Lowe. Of Kansas City,,
put the thing rather aptly some years
ago. in a speech made in reply TO q
declaration by railroad managers that
the diversion OF trafhc to the gulf was
to be checked:
"It's no use. The nat has gone
forth and all the managers in creation
cannot stop it. Western grain will not
submit to climb the mountaina and be
hauled 1900 miles down 70 seaport
when II can reach deep water on .
down grade in half the distance. For
. quarter OF century the west. like q
gigantic AldeFney COW, has been stand
ing, stretched across the continent
With her hind feet In the east, and we
are getting tired OF ell this and pro-
pose TO change ends"