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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-07-18
A Demand For Good Horse.--..

Demand For Good Horset4p~.~
The excessive drain upon the supply
of horses for military purposes i'm the
last few years has practically de-
pleted this country's number of good
horses, and there exists to-day an act.
ual shortage which cannot be made
good for several years. The demand
has been chiefly for heavy horses
those suitable for cavalry and for
dragging heavy provision trains.
Horses that would answer the re-
qulrements for these purposes have
been shipped to South Africa, Manila
and Europe in great quantities. 1t
has been impossible to meet the needs
Of all requirements because of the lack
of suitable animals. The demand now
Is for heavy draft horses, good ami
mails for horseback riding, and even
for roadsters. Breeding and rearing
of any of these must return good
profits to the farmer or owner. Horse
flesh in the last few years seems to
have recovered from the low 6epres-
sion 1t reached few years ago. Then
the animals reached the lowest stage
of Generalization possible, but the
losses sustained by owners of horses
then were not wholly an evil. There
was some good that came out of It.
Not the least of these was the cleaning
out of all the poor and inferior ami
mails that had been accumulating in
the country. Years before the depres-
sion prices for horses had been so good
that people paid exorbitant sums for
pretty inferior horseflesh. Breeders
found that they could sell almost any
thing they raised, and In a few years
the country was flooded with poor
horses. The depression in prices
cleaned out these inferior animals.
Some were shot, others froze to death
on the Western pralries and some were
shipped away. Only the man with
good horses decided that he would not
sacrifice his stock, and he clung to his
favorite animals.
Now the country Is actually de-
pleted of good horses, and there never
was a better time to breed. The type
of animal that is needed should be an
incentive to every owner of good horse
flesh to raise some for market. Poor
horses will never again pay in this
country. If the present boom contin-
ues it will never include the inferior
animals which a few years ago found
a market. If one cannot raise animals
suitable to do their work well in the
world, it will be better to abandon
the business entirely. The farmer
with fair intelligence, who has good
stock to begin with never had bet
ter chance to make money from rails
ing good horses, and the time to begin
is when the supply is low, and the
country Is depleted of stock.-E. p.
Smith, In American Cultivator.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-07-18

1t has been frequently stated that
the editor of n country newspaper
works harder for less pay than any
man of similar ability in his commu-
nifty. There Is no doubt some truth
in this, but it is far from being a fair
statement of the case.
A similar statement might be made
to apply to the country doctor or law
yer, and with quite as much truth.
There are poor editors, poor lawyers,
poor farmers, poor merchants and SO
not have to look far to discover the
why's and wherefores.
Just a mans ability to get a few
hundred dollars together for printing
machinery does not make him an edi-
tor, any more th9A the purchase of a
few bottles Of pills and boxes of pow
ders makes a man doctor. There
must be something more than mere
name.
No doubt the country editor does
work hard. and in very many in
stances he works in the dark. If he
gets out a poor newspaper he must
expect to be i'll paid. and generally it
is the editor of poor newspaper that
does the hardest work.
Fortunately there are very many
editors of country newspapers who
do not come under this head, and in
every instance it will be found that
they are live, hustling men who run
their papers on business principles,
and are not satisfied with putting
"any old thing" in type just so long
as it will fill the required space.
Backed up by brains there are hard
er roads to travel than publishing 4
country newspaper. but without at
least a normal supply of gray mat
ter it is tortuous and full of snares
and pitfalls. Fourth Estate.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-07-18
LABOR AND INDUSTRY
! ton oi gold IS worth s6az,ors.

A ton OF gold is worth S627,or5.
London has 100000 night workers.
The French Alps now possess So fac
tories.
Great Britain's coal fields cover oooo
square miles.
Americans are the greatest coffee top
ers in the world
Nearly all the tram conductors in
Valparaiso are women
The strikes that occurred in the Unit
I'd States last year cost the country, il is
said, between S4co,ooo,ooo and $780,
100000.
One-half OF the worlds production Of
coffee berries comes TO the United
States
The length OF life OF. tradesman IS
two-thirds that OF farmer.
Philadelphia department stores close
at D. m. daily; Saturday. p. m.
Every week more than hillion dol
lars is sent out OF the United States in
payment for coffee.
Laa year Germany and France TO-
eelhcr only consumed hall as much coli
Zee as the United States.
In Norway girls are required by law
to become proficient IN Knitting bak-
ing and spinning before the are eligible
tot matrimony-
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-07-18
Good Roads a Neoes.itz.


With many expression Of apprecia-
tion for the warm hospitality extend
ed by the business men of Philadel.
phia, the convention of the Southern
Industrial Association adjourned to
meet next year in Memphis, Tenn
Before adjourning the following reso-
tion was adopted:
Whereas, The territory of many of
the Southern States is entirely or
largely remote from water navigation.
and
Whereas, The more prosperous coun-
tries of Europe have realized from the
earliest periods the vital Importance
of good roads, and that much of their
prosperity depends upon system of
fine roads, and,
Whereas, We of the South realize
the great disadvantage under which
we are marketing our valuable pro.
duets; therefore. be it
Resolved, That we the Southern In.
dustrial Association in convention as.
sembled, do hereby earnestly urge
upon the attention of all good citizens
Of the South the importance of the
improvement of the roads. and do
hereby memorialize the Legislatures
of the various Southern states to take
up this important matter and to enact
such laws as will tend toward the bet.
terment of the roads of their respect
I've States.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-07-18

Ave minutes later Andrew entered the
drawing room.
But contrary to all expectations, the
conversation did not become war Of
words; on the contrary. the girls fresh
gayety disarmed Andrews anger at
once. His preconception fed before
her dimpled smiles and her gentle
voice, and he soon fell under her
charm. forgetting his anger in his adj
miration of her graceful movements.
the penetrating timbre of her voice, the
sparkle of her wit.
The hour for the tea had long passed
and Andrew was still there. He had
lost all desire to run after Mrs Laton,
that faded doll whom Rosamond-as
he was forced to admit to himself
had portrayed so truthfully.
And esconced once more In the
depths of her armchair. Mrs. Harmon
smiled kindly smile, and silently re-
garded the young people. who for their
part. looked at one another with looks
that do not deceive and in which the
old aunt read with joy the hope of a
happy nion.-Waverley Magazine.
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rha Highe.t-prloea stamp.

A stamp sold the other week for
e227, the highest price ever realized
in a public salesroom for any one
stamp, although Messrs. Puttick &
Simpson. at whose rooms 1t was sold
tell us that they have another copy
unused which win shortly be offered
for sale, and is expected to fetch up
ward OF f400. The stamp is the first
issue of Roumania used for the prov
ince of Moldavia in 1854, blue on blue
paper, with the arms Of the provinces
and the value, ejghty-one paras. equal
to about I'd in our money. Incredible
as 1t may appear, there are other
stamps believed to be of even greater
value than either of, these. London
Onlooker.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-07-18
Penalty For Neglected Higl.ways.
yHHE Postoffice Department is
~ trying to use the rural free
delivery experiment as an

"HE Postoffice Department ls
It' trying to use the rural free
delivery experiment as an
argument In favor of good
roads, and where the experiment has
failed to improve the bad roads along
the routes the service will have to be
abandoned.
The department has gone over the
records to see how many routes were
interrupted by the condition of the
roads last spring, and has sent out
notices that unless the roads are i'm
proved to prevent similar interruption
this spring these routes will have to
be abandoned. The records show that
n great many routes were interrupted
from one to seven days last spring.
There were forty Of these routes in
Iowa. twelve in Illinois, ten in Wis
consin and n less number In other
Western and Southern States. The
record against Iowa Is not so bad as
it seems because that State has a
great many more rural free delivery
routes than any other State, and. like
from bad roads which cannot be inn
proved.
The department admits that 1t will
have to give some consideration to the
difficulty in building roads in Iowa and
Illinois, where the depth of the soil
makes it almost impossible to con-
struct roads that will be passable at
all seasons of the year. 1t is admitted
that there are routes in Illinois and
Iowa where everything possible has
been done to make good roads for the
greater part of the year, but during
the spring freshets these nay be i'm
passable for n few days.
The order is meant to apply to those
routes where the people are Indifferent
to the condition of the roads and have
allowed them to become impossible
through neglect. The inspectors will
report on the routes that are inter-
rupted this spring, and where the in
terruption is due to neglect of the
roads they will be abandoned. Where
the interruption is due to conditions
which cannot be overcome the depart
ment will make allowances and con-
tinue the service.
But the department regards rural
free delivery as an argument and an
inducement to build good roads, and
wherever the people are Indifferent to
the advantages of the service the de-
partmnt holds that the experiment is
a failure. The demand for rural free
delivery is greater than the depart
ment can meet with the appropriation
by Congress, and it will favor those
communities which show most appre-
citation by building roads over which
the Government can send mails with
the least possible interruption
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-07-18
~
Watering,
irouE<

On the other hand, this lane cuts off
direct communication with a much
visited field of truck and small fruits,
and to avoid the continual opening of
two gates. we hit upon the plan shown
in the engraving, whereby both gates
open inward. and while temporarily
opening a passageway to the field they
close the cow lot, as in Fig. 1. Mid
way between the gates Is set a block
for them to strike against, with
shoulder a little lower for them to
rest on when in this position. Then a
four-inch hook is fastened in the for
ward edge of one of the gates, and in
the other gate. two staples to receive
it, one on each side, so that whichever
gate is thrown back first there is a
staple in place to receive the hook.
To make the gate close flush with
the fence on the outside, the latch
must be such as to pass the post. This
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-07-18

II the late spring after the ground
| has settled, the roads should be pre-
pared for summer travel by being
shaped up With the road machine" or
road grader" When this work is
done, the ground is comparatively dry.
and consequently the heavier road
scraper is required and can be handled
on the roads. 1t Is somewhat unfor-
tunate that this tool is ordinarily
called a road grader. since the name
has possibly led to a misconception
as to an important use of the machine.
AS an instrument of road construction,
this machine is used to give a crown
to the road; but as an instrument of
maintenance, it should be used only to
smooth the surface and restore the or
iginal crown. Apparently some opera
tors assume that the machine is not to
be used except to increase the crown
of tho road. Employed in this way
the crown is made too great, and big
ridge of loose earth is left in the mid
die of the road which only slowly con-
solidates and which is likely to be
washed into the side bitches to make
trouble there. since the introduction
of the road machine there has devel-
oped strong tendency to increase the
crown of the road unduly. Doubtless
the object is to secure better drainage
of the road bed, but piling up the earth
is an inadequate substitute for the
drainage. Side slopes sleeper than
just enough to turn the water into the
side bitches are detriment. Other
things being equal, the best road to
travel on or to haul a load over is a
perfectly fiat one.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-07-18

q 1t Is much easier and much better
in every way to keep only one breed
of fowls. 1t may. perhaps. cost
trihe more to get good start. but
when once on the right road the cost
will be no more, and the satisfaction
one gets from well kept flock of pure
bred fowls, to say nothing Of the
money side of the question, is sufti-
Client incentive for ones guidance
Take. for instance, flock of 100 pure
bred Barred Plymouth Rocks, all ex-
actly alike, and what prettier sight
could one wish? And this does not
apply alone to this breed. There are
dozens of others equally as attractive
and as profitable.
Several pure breeds run together
soon develop mongrels; possibly no
doubt they are superior to the old-tlme
barnyard fowls, but mongrels just the
same. They cost as much to feed. and
require as much attention in every
way as the pure breed. while they arc
neither as good layers or table fowls
as are the pure breeds. Keep only one
breed. and let that one be some good
standard variety that you fancy most.
Home and Farm.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-07-18

Where farm has but one well and
the stock must be watered from the
same pump that supplies the family,
the following suggestion may prove
helpful. With us. in order that the
cattle may have free access to water,
Il lane leads directly from the cow lot
at the rear of the barn to the watering
trough, thus avoiding the inconven-
ience of twice or three times a day
having to drive them through the
barnyard intervening between the
house and barn. There are no gates
to open and the yard is not made un-
slightly by the cattle.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-07-18

When Il n not practicable TO give
this care, the door is simply taken off
at noon and replaced at night. Almost
all the hens lay before noon. and the
sitting hen is not apt TO be disturbed
after dinner. have frequently bought
sitting hens from people who did not
care to set them. If hen Is carefully
moved after dark. there is seldom any
trouble about her sitting in the new
quarters Dana, in New England
Homestead.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-07-18
iIS,1
An Excellent Compound.

Fish oil Is the basis for nearly all
the compounds for destroying lice on
stock and also for preventing attacks
from flies and mosquitoes. An excel
lent preparation is todlssolve an ounce
of naphthaline Dowdered) in pint
OF kerosene (Which may require sew
eral days., and add it to one gallon Of
fish oil. Next add gill of spirits tur-
pentine and a gill of crude carbolic
acid, placing the mixture in jug for
use when wanted, always shaking well
before using. The mixture may be ap-
2!ied by spraying or with sponge.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-07-18
Presented Himself to Be Hanged.

Lord Wolseley tells an amusing
story of his experience with Abel
Erasmus, the Boer, who has just come
into the British lines in South Africa.
In 1879 Wolseley was making a cam
paign against Sekukini, the chief of
the Bapedis near Swaziland. After
he had captured the chief and put
down the rebellion. he asked Sekukini
how he dared make war against
great power like England. The Kaffir
replied that he had been urged on by
Erasmus.
Soon after, at a public dinner at Pre-
toria, Lord Wolseley made a speech. in
which he said that If he ever found
that Erasmus had melted the chiefs
to war he would hang him.
A day or two later a tall, bearded
Boer appeared at Wolseley's office,and
said to the secretary, Sir Henry Brack-
enbury:
''I am Abel Erasmus, and have
very important business to transact l
have heard that Sir Garnet Wolseley
has declared that he will hang me
whenever he can lay hands on me, so
I have come to be hanged"
The secretary admitted the adyisa-
bility OF consulting Sir Garnet, who
was in the next room, and it happened
that the general was busy and could
not stop to discuss other matters, even
so important as hangings. According
ly he returned to the Boer, and paci-
fed him by suggesting that the bus
mess could stand over for day or
two. Erasmus felt that he Lad dis
charged his share of the obligation and
departed in good health and in better
temper.-Youths Companion.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-07-18
One Use Of Trailing Vines.

Many trailing vines can be used for
covering bare spots on the lawn around
the house or under trees. English ivy
will remain uninjured ON the ground.
even If the winters are too severe for
1t when trained on walls. Put the
plants four or five feet apart. making
the ground very rich with well-rotted
manure, which should be worked into
the soil.
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Live Stock.

Chicago. - Cattle - Good to prime
steers, SIS. 2sa6.4o poor to medium, So. 10
a5Is; stockers and feeders, weak, S.. so
a 400; cows, s.. 5oa4 so; heiiers, S. 5oa
500; Gamers, $2,ooa2.4 30; bulls slow,
81 4oa4 40, Hogs-Tops, $6I2H; mix
ed and butchers, $5.7oa6 o7H; good to
choice heavy, $s.Ssa6I2H; rough heavy,
$5.7oas 30; light, $s.7oao.oo; bulk OF
sales $sSsa6oo. Sheep - Sheep and
lambs steady; good to choice wethers,
$34oa4. 90; fair to choice mixed, $3.ooa
365; Western sheep, $3.3oa4. 10; year
lings, $3oSa4.25; native lambs, $3.ooa
500; Western lambs, $3.2sa5oo.
East Liberty, Pa.-Cattle steady; ex-
ira $s.ooa6oo; prime, $5.65as,7s; good,
$5.3sas.ss. Hogs active and higher;
prime, heavy, $6.Ioa6.Is; mediums and
Workers. So. Ioa6,I2H light Workers and
pigs, $6:osaoIo; common to fair York
ers, $o.ooa6.o5; skips, $4.7sas.75; roughs,
$4.25a5.6o. Sheep low; best wethess,
$3.7oa3,8o; culls and common, I.soa
$50; yearlings, s.. 5oa4.5o; veal calves,
S6.eoa6.5o.
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AGRICULTURAL.
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The woodpeckers. which are sup
posed to destroy trees by drilling,
really destroy the insects in the trees,
thus performing service by saving
the trees. They should be encouraged
to remain in the orchard, as the very
fact that woodpeckers are at work is
evidence that they are needed on the
trees. 49,.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-07-18

1t is the settled opinion of road ex-
perts that farmers would better aban-
don dirt roadmaking unless they do II
scientifically. II the dirt roadway be
left to itself 1t becomes hard packed
at least In the course of years, while
the elaborately graded and good-to-
look-at. but insuficiently drained han
diwork Of the unscientifc roadmakers
falls an easy victim to the first severe
rainy season, because 1t has not had
time to be packed by trafiic.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-07-18

For soft-shelled eggs give limo water.
Fowls thrive best in high dry locali'
ties with a sandy soil.
When chickens are droopy or weak
look for lice.
Light, nutritious and easily digested
food is what confined fowls require to
do well.
One way OF losing money is to keep
a lot of cockerels long after they have
ceased to grow.
Under usual conditions n variety Of
food is better than any medicine that
can be given fowls.
The main thing in raising early
broilers is to get them to weigh two
pounds as soon as possible
Water enters largely into the COM
position of an egg and it is therefore
necessary that hens have plenty of 1t,
pure and clean.
Where hen houses, nest boxes. roosts
etc, are properly looked after there
is no such pest about as vermin to at
tack the little chicks. Then why
neglect the poultry yard and suffer the
consequence?
Young hens are, as rule. not de-
sirable mothers, but IL the farmer ex-
poets to hatch with hens he must train
a few Of his last years pullets to set
and take care of the young in order
that he may not run short Of good
mothers. for they are half the battle
in poultry raising.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-07-18

Any woman who win fatter man
to his face Is either In love with him
OF elise is perfectly willing to be.-Neu.
York Press. 'l|t
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WHY DO YOU HURRY SOP
OH man with eager eyes

Oh man with eager eyes
Why do you hurry so?
In your haste to gain the prize
You miss much as you 90;
You hear no song birds sing,
Nor stray in fowery places:
You never stay to bring
Glad smiles to weary faces
Why do you hurry so?
Oh stay a little, stayl i%
Why do you hurry so?
There are blossoms along the way
That never again shall blow;
The grave is at the end
OF the way that you are taking
Stay little, friend,
And soothe some heart that's aching
Why do you hurry SOP
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oh maiden with deep eyes,
Why do you hurry so?
A world Of sorrow lies
Out where you long to go;
You put your books away
And coil your braided tresses,
And, turning from wild play,
Are stately in long dresses
Why do you hurry so?
Oh stay a little while,
Why do you hurry so?
j see you sweetly smile.
And heaven is here below;
But oh you long TO flee
From youth and maiden glory,
To grieve too late and be
The pathos of the story
Why do you hurry SOP
Chicago Record Herald.
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Setting Hens In the Poultry House.

Setting Hens In the Poultry House.
Other things being equal, a chicken
hatched in early April is worth twice
as much as one hatched in June. 1t
costs little more to raise 1t, but on
the other hand an April chicken Is less
likely to be troubled with lice. A pull
let of the medium sized breeds
hatched in April ought to begin laying
in October. and will produce eggs
when they are high, while late pull
let reserves her energies for providing
eggs when they are low. The cocker
els of the early hatch are ready to eat
or sell in the early fall
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-07-18

ClitterIng generalIties seldom pro-
drce the gold of truth.
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