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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-22
..-.--.~r What 1t Means.

An eminent authority on agricul-
ture says that the farmer in any
community having hard roads, which
will enable him to market his crops
upon any day in the year, can. by
watching the markets and taking ad-
vantage of good prices, gain from
three to five cents on bushel on
his grain and from on,-half to one
cent a pound on his hogs over and
above what he can ordinarily get,
when. for weeks at time, he is mud
bound and can neither deliver his pro-
duce nor keep in touch with the mar.
ket. He goes further and says: "This
means an increase of the cash profits
of the farm from seventy-flve cents to
$1.50 an acre. There can be no doubt
that good, hard, every day in the year
roads are worth from 500 to 200 In
cash year for every quarter section
reached by them" If this Is true, 1t
WILL upon the same basis that manu-
facturers and other industries are
fioated, add from $4,000 to $4,000 to the
actual cash value of the farm.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-22
LABOR AND INDUSTRY

"Cern exports for the week sggrc-
gate ooo,7I4, against 6s3,oo4 last week:
and 2,8oo,7s4 in this week year ago.
Fort Worth has 10 unions.
There are $4,000 union merchants.
Philadelphia is TO have labor tenn
pie,
Fort Worth has Weman's Lsbei
League.
Brooklyn bricklayers' laberers get So
a day.
nine hosrs.
Columbia, S, c. bricklayers won the
nine-hour day.
In New York the prices OF horses
have doubled,
Pawlucket, r. l., plumbers now work
eight hours per day.
Charleston painters were conceded
the nine-hour day
There are two union men IN the ST.
Augustine. Fla, City Council
Equality ILL.,, city laboreSs have keen
granted the eighi-hour day.
Alton. H.. City Council has eskab-
lished the eight-hour day for laborers
Wewanee, ILL.,, bricklayers secured
the eght-hour day without reduction IN
wages.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-22

may be called stoop or porch, though
usually consisting of a step or two
leading from the door to the ground.
The illustration shows how a simple,
inexpensive and shady porch may be
made. If 1t Is considered too expen-
sive to have this structure permanent
with regulation battened or shingled
roof, the framework only need be
erected, using for the roof q few yards
of protecting cloth, such as is used for
hotbeds. By stretching this tight and
at about the same pitch as shown in
the illustration 1t will shed water per-
fectly. A broad bench is placed at
one end of this porch and roomy
table at the other. Vines may be
planted in the rich soil at either end
of the porch and trained on cords or
narrow wire netting up over the roof,
to provide additional shade. If the
structure Is made permanent, hardy
vines - the honeysuckles, Virginia
creeper, akebia and clematis-may be
planted on one side and climbing
rose on the other. The first season
climbing ANNALS may be used to Sc
cure quick shade, using morning glory.
climbing nasturtlums and the like.
The good housewife will assuredly APP
preclate such a convenience, which
will enable her to do much Of her work
In the fresh, cool air, instead of in the
hot kitchen. The broad seat will be
useful when vegetables are to be pre-
pared or other work done which may
be performed sitting. Such a covered
porch is inexpensive, and may be made
by any one handy with tools.-New
York Tribune.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-22

tniutTH DdS WOTheu IeNO-
luton In all farming meth
DDS. Now a man can with
ease do the work In a day that used
to take him three or four days to per-
form. By means Of the improved ma
chinery and scientific methods the
progressive farmer has cheapened the
cost Of his produce by half; the per-
fectlon Of railway service takes his
surplus to the market In half the
time, with a freight charge of one
fourth the tariff of thirty years ago.
There is more money now In fifty
cent wheat than there was In dollar
wheat then.
In every field of human activity in
this country, save one, there have
been and are being made giant
strides to multiply productivity,
lessen cost and add convenience. Shall
we not expect ere long that the top
wire of main fences will connect with
telephones and join farm to farm, and
these, in turn, to the town at the rail-
way, the county seat and the cityl
But what shall we say of the roads
In these there has been practically
no advancement in fifty years. Wagon
transportation shows little, If any,
progress for century. Periodically
in every community the farmers go
out, and under the direction, or, more
properly, mlsdirection. of the path
master, plow up and destroy more or
less of the roads in working out their
annual poll tax. May we live to see
the end of this idlotlc practice. Many
of our main Travelled roads have had
more time and money thrown away
upon them in these annual fits of 'im-
proving than 1t would cost to build
and maintain n first class macadam
road. The necessity for good roads
is immediate and Imperative; expand
ing trade and the perfection of ocean
transportation have put American
grain into competition with the food
products Of Crlmea, India, Australia
| and Argentina. In all of these coun-
tries American machinery and meth
ods are no strangers, and all of the
economies known and practised here
are understood and employed there.
If, then, the American farmer is in
the future to hold the first position as
the feeder of the world, he must still
| further cheaper the cost of his pro-
! duce in the worlds market. There
may be various ways to do this, but
there Is one way so potent, so pro-
nounced and self-evident that it out
ranks all the others. and that Is to
build good roads, and thus reduce the
cost of transportation from the farm
to the railway by two-thlrds No less
an authority than the United States
Bureau of Agriculture finds that it
often requires one-fourth of the farm
produce to pay for carrying the whole
from the farm to the railway. The
Secretary of Agriculture says: mo
permanent prosperity will or can
come to agriculture without good
roads" The cost of hauling from the
farm to the market is three or four
times more than the cost of similar
service in Europe, and Is, at least,
three times what the cost would be
here with good hard roads.-New York
tribune Mgse
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-22
Relation of Salt to Dairylng.

Cows should be salted regularly, or.
better still, should have constant ac-
cess to salt.
The practice of sailing them once a
week Is not a good one, as most cattle
will lick little salt every day if they
can get 1t.
Thus provided they will yield more
and better milk than otherwise, and
will also maintain better degree of
health.
AS salt provokes thirst. the milch an
imal should have as free access to
water as to the saline mineral. or the
latter will do her more harm than
good.
Speaking of salt leads me to say
that some failures in dairy butter
making l have noted came about by
sailing the cattle and the butter out
of the same barrel.
In other words, coarse, insoluble
salt was used for the butter, when
only the highest and most refined
grade should be employed.
Salt that Is not soluble will not per-
meate the substance of butter evenly,
and thus rancldlty may be induced.
Again, grains of salt in butter always
detract from its appearance. and are
inimical to even flavor, from these
causes alone lowering its market value.
Let us say here that there are to-day
just as fine grades of American dairy
salt produced as come from England.
American milch cattle fed on Amer
lean grass produce butter salted with
American salt that is the peer of any
on earth, and is so conceded In for
eign markets.
In attaining this result, however,
one must utilize the best of every
thing, thinking not that poor or cheap
material can be introduced with i'm
punity to future quality.
l knew a dairyman once who, in a
spasm of economy (O sought to save
hfty cents by purchasing a cheaper
grade of salt than was his wont. and
later lost on his shipment of butter
thereby 81.
1t was one of the most effective les
sons he could have been taught In
practical dalrylng, exemplifying as it
did that cheap material always pro.
duces cheap quality. When 1t comes
to cheese making salt holds just as i'm.
portant a position as In other dairy
lines, |, e., that solubility and purity
are highly necessary.
The relation of salt. be It under.
stood. to all phases of dairying is a
highly important one, and because this
fact Is SO little appreciated accounts
for many dairy failures. George u.
Newell, In American Cultivator.
incubation has lowered fatal cases
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-22

A large proportion of the hay and
fodder produced on farms is stacked,
but hay stored in the barn will keep
In much better condition than when
stored In stacks. 1t is almost impos-
sible to escape loss when It is exposed
In stacks. Damaged hay will be
wasted by the animals, and there is
an additional loss In quality by expos
ure that may not occur In the NOW.
1t is better to sell the hay that cannot
be stored in the NOW than to accept
risk of the weather.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-22
More Afraid of Woman Than of Man.

The driver was beating his horse un'
mercifully. One or two men remon.
strated against such cruelty. but he
paid no attention to their appeals for
mercy. Presently woman hove in
sight. and he laid down his whip and
assumed an air of innocence.
THAT'S always the way" said by.
stander. 1T is queer how much more
afraid those fellows are of woman
than they are of man. They treat
our threats with contempt, ana seem
not to hold us in the slightest dread,
but just let woman happen along
and they quiet down and become meek
as putty. l suppose 1t Is because the
women really mean business, for 1t is
fact that two-thirds of the com,
plants turned into the Office of. the SO.
clety for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals are furnished by them. THIS,
Of course. Is In accord with the repu.
tation of the sex for gentlcness, but |
really don't think 1t speaks very well
for US men."-New York Sun.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-22
Government Miners and Assayers.

Next to our agricultural resources
the mining wealth of our land Is the
most important, and the agitation
made some time ago to establish
new department, with a Cabinet Min
lister at its head, to look after the
mining interests of the United States,
indicates how important this field has
become. In the assay offices through
out the country there are hundreds
of expert chemists and scientists who
look after the interests of those who
have mines. The man who makes a
fortunate discovery of gold or silver
does not have to go to q private con-
Germ to have his wealth tested. The
nearest Government assay Office will
do that for him without fear or favor.
When the assay Is made the poorest
miner feels that he has been justly
dealt with; but this feature of the
work is only one of many others
equally important. The Government
has its corps of mining engineers and
experts who examine new mining
regions ami report upon their obser-
vations.
In all these positions under the Ccv-
ernment some scientific training or
knowledge Is necessary as prelim-
mary. The fear or favor of political
pull h' less than in most ether depart
ments. The work Is all of scientific
or semi-scientific character, and n
mere political follower or ward hench-
man can hardly cut decent figure in
such a position. Consequently the po-
sitlons are in less demand than the
mere clerical ones.-Colller's Weekly.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-22

yard. If the horse stalls are adjacent
to the side door, the horse manure can
be thrown out into this open shed for
the hens to scratch over, little grain
being thrown into 1t. The barnyard
fence can be made fowl-tight as well
ns cow-tight, thus obviating the neces-
sity for separate poultry yard.-New
England Homestead.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-22
Barn Shed and PonItrv uors.

Ihe cut shows an addition to the
side OF a barn covering side door
and affording house for poultry and
an open shed for the poultry to scratch
In during the winter. 1t affords n
chance also for cows to find protection
during showers on summer nights
when they are confined In the stable
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-22
Met Half way.

Under direction from Washing
ton. a special agent of the Department
of Agriculture took up the questlo'
OF transporting road material with the
presidents OF ten of the leading rail
ways In Illinois. In every case they
expressed their Willingness to haul
road material for this purpose at nc
tual cost One president said we
will haul IT on any terms required
ana II cost isn't lvw enough the far
mers may lx the tarltf,'
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-22
Live Stock.

Chicago. - Cattle-GOod to prIne
steers, $5.6oa6.I5; stockers and feeders,
$z.25a4.oo; cows, s.. 5oa4. 40; bulls, S.. so
ago; calves, choice higher at $3.ooa
o.so. Hogs-mixed and butchers, $50
a5o5; good to choice heavy, S. .ooa
6o7H Sheep-good to choice weth-
ers, $3,6oa4.oo; fair to choice mixed
$325a3.6o; Western sheep, S3.25a4. 90:
yearlings, $375a4 30; native lambs, $2oo
asI5; Western lambs, $4.25as.IS.
East Liberty. .-Cattle-Extra, ST. sea
$50; prime, $5.soas.o5; good, ss.2oa
$40. Hogs dull and lower; prime heavy
$6.o5; assorted mediums, S6ooa6-o5;
best Workers, 500; light do, IS. ooas.oo.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-22
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! FARM and GARDEN,
Clean tho Roadside Of Weeds.

II is perhaps not the business OF the
farmer to keep the roadside clean by
cutting down the weeds that grow on
such places. but, as the seeds OF weeds
are carried to long distances by the
winds. the farmer who keeps the road
side clear of weeds will have fewer
weeds ON his farm.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-22
THE DESERTED SCHOOL.
ny nrouAnp nunroN,

There broods a pathos OF time long past
In every nook and every grass-grown
way;
The fences lean as tired out at last,
That once pent in so many lads at play.
The doors cape open, but one harks in
vain
For human voices or for hurrying feet;
The rusty weather-cock creaks out that
rain
Or days uncloudy come, or snow and
sleet
The gables droop, the windows, staring
eyed,
Do seem TO mock one pitying the place;
A thousand birds and flowers long have
tried
To put upon the scene summer face.
But spite of them, silence wide and
deep
Clings round the corners, sits on every
stone;
It is a spot for lingering and sleep,
For guessing other fortunes than your
own.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-22

or SPANS surface only thirty seven
per cent is cultivated, twenty-six per
cent. being pasture and forest, and the
rest wild aud barren mountain land.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-22

l people all the playground up and down
With rushing forms and sound of laugh
ter high;
l watch the light Of evening like crown
Upon the walls, till pales the western
sky.
I wonder how those sturdy limbs have
Jared
That since have wandered far as east
and west
/ wonder who from sorrows have been
spared,
strive to read the hearts that have
been blest;
And so my love would follow, one by one.
The life of each, and all its changes
know
Until the faces fade, as did the sun
That lit the players in the long-ago.
And I am left a solitary. all
My youth gone from me, in a daze to
take
Mid-manhood's burden up, until fall
Upon the beaten highway of Heart
break
The Criterion.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-22

lnoculatIon has lowered fatal cases
In cholera from ten to two Per cent.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-22
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r" HE perfection of farm ma
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The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-05-25
Proclamation.
Mayors Office, Town of Providence, Ii

Mayors Office, Town of Providence, La,
April 8, 1901.
Whereas, In accordance with the provis-
ions OF the Town of Providence and in &C
eordance with an ordinance of the Board OF
Councilmen, adopted at their regular ses-
sion held on April 4th. 1901, authorizing
the holding of an election for municipal
officers of said town and directing and au-
thorizing me to carry out the provisions of
said ordinance;
Now, therefore, /, ellis NJ. Franklin,
Mayor of the town of Providence. La, do
issue this my proclamation, ordering an
election for municipal officers of said town,
to be held on Monday, the Bird day OF June.
1901, between the hours prescribed by law,
and at the designated precinct within the
corporate limits of said town. for the
purpose of electing a Mayor, five Alder
men, Secretary, Treasurer and Marshal.
for the term of two years.
The Supervisor OF Registration is di-
rected TO open his books for the purpose OF
registering all persons residing within the
corporate limits entitled TO vote under the
law; and the Board of Supervisors are
hereby notified of the issuance OF this
proclamation as herein.
Given under my hand and official seal OF
the town of Providence, La, this the day
and date first written.
GIN. FRANKLIN. Mayor.
w. II. FISHER, Secretary,
April 10. 1901.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-05-25

the Daughters of the Confederaey
took the wreathes of flowers from
the memorial cross and laid them
gently, reverently, upon each hero's
grave.
The Rev. F. o. il. Boberg, of
the Episcopal church, concluded
the ceremonies by uttering a bene
diction, which fell softly and
soothingly upon the hearts of the
hearers, as the wreathes of
flowers had fallen upon the graves
of the soldiers.
Thus ended the beautiful cere-
monies conducted by the Confeder-
ate Veterans and the Daughters of
the Edward Sparrow Chapter.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-05-25
ELECTION NOTICE.

State of Louisiana. parish of East Carroll,
Town Providence.
By virtue of the authority in us vested by
law, and in accordance with the provisions
of the Charter of the Town of Providence,
an election is hereby ordered to be held by
the qualified electors OF the said town. on
Monday, the 3rd day of June, 1901.
between the hours prescribed by law, for
the purpose OF electing the hereinafter
named officers Tor tie term OF two years
tO-wit:
A Mayor.
Five Councilmen.
A Secretary.
A Treasurer.
A Marshall.
And we do hereby appoint the following
named persons for commissioners and clerk
of said election: Commissioners: j. l..
kennedy. w. A. Biount, jr.. and John A.
Montgomery. Clerk. o. p. Hamilton.
I W. G. McRAE,
w. E. DUNN,
j, N. TURNER,
Board Supervisors of Election.
April Is. 1e0I
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-05-25

alt is with good deal of pleasure
aud satisfaction that l recommend
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy" says Druggist A.
w. Sawtelle, of Hartford, Con. "A
lady customer, seeing the remedy ex-
posed for sale on my show case, said
TO me: Il really believe that medicine
saved my life the past summer while
at the Shore, and she became SO en-
thuiastic over its merits that at once
made up my mind to recommend it
in the future. Recently gentleman
came into my store 80 overcome with
collie pains that he sank at once to the
floor | gave him a dose of this
remedy which helped him. l repeat
ed the dose and in fifteen minutes he
left my store smilingly informing me
that he felt as well as ever" For sale
at j. S. Guenard's drug store.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-05-25

Gen. ]. Floyd King is heard from
occasionally, and hobs up now and
then. The Natchez Democrat says
that lin the April number of the
Washington %. CO. Town Talk is
published the argument of General
j. Floyd King, ex.member of Con-
gress from Louisiana, before the
United States Senate committee on
the District of Columbia, favoring a
Memorial Bridge across the Poto-
mac, and ordered to be printed.
The argument covers seven pages of
the clown Talk" and has been
characterized as one of the grandest
and most beautiful addresses that
has ever been delivered on the sub
iect."
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-05-25

As result of a controversy be-
tween Governor Heard aud the State
Board of Education over the kind
of books to be purchased for use in
the public schools and the persons
from whom the purchases are TO be
made etc., three members of the
board rendered their designations at
the request of the Governor. The
Governor is determined that only
the best books at the cheapest pri-
ces shall be purchased. Governor
Heard's action, in the matter is
being endorsed by the entire State.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-05-25

The United States is going TO
have the largest warship in the
world. ssAdmiral Bowles and 9th.
er officers of the new board of ex-
perts hold to the opinion that bat
tleships can be built larger, with
greater speed and carrying far more
formidable batteries than any ships
now afoat. There is every prob
ability that plans will be submitted
to Congress calling for at least
one l6,0o0-ton battleship mounting
four l9-inch guns, 16 s.inch guns
and 80 ainch, a battery not equal.
ed by any fghtingvessel ever built.
This battery would, in fact, surpass
the combined batteries of aimos,
any two armored cruisers, and with
a speed of 81 knots the new ship
would be the most powerful mon
ster OF TIE sea. 1t is proposed that
such vessel shall be $50 feet long,
or many feet longer than any vessel
Of the navy"
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-05-25
Time of Special

The return limit of the Excursion
Tickets from the stations beyond the
200 mile radius may be extended until
June 10 by depositing them with the
Joint Agent at Memphis between May
2S and June 3, inclusive, and upon
pay ment OF fee of so cents.
Inquire OF Y. d Nj. V. Agent for
rates. dates of sale and conditions of
tickets applying at your station.
s@-H you are going. notify your
Ticket Agent at once that sufficient ac-
commodations may be provided.
A. II. Hanson, Gen. P. Agt Chicago.
w. A. Kellond. Asst. P. A., Louisville.
VIM. Murray, Div. P. A, New Orleans.
John A. Scott. Div. P. A, Memphis.
l.. +. Montgomery, T. P. A, jackson,
Miss
John r. Hollis, T. P. A., Memphis
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-05-25

The Daily States says srhat at a
meeting of colored exservants who
were with their masters in the Con
federate service, was held in Mem.
phis few days ago at which an or.
ganization was formed preparatory
to taking part in the parade of the
Confederate veterans at the coming
reunion in that city. A number of
prominent colored men were pres
ent and much enthusiasm was dis.
played by all participating in the
meeting, There are hundreds OF
oolored men in the South who are
proud of having been with their
masters in the Geld during the Civil
War"
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-05-25

Samuel Flower, who got away
with sac, 600 belonging to the Hi
hernia National Bank Of New Or,
leans few weeks ago, has been in.
dicted. No doubt he will be con-
victed and serve about third of bis
time when he viii be pardoned,
the same as the other bank robbers
and wreckers of New Orleans.
Robberies will continue by presi-
dents, cashiers and others connected
with banks, so long as this pardon
ing business continues. They should
be made to serve their time the
same as any other criminal.