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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-12-26
Mrs. Blalne's Experiment Fails.

About year ago housekeepers all
over the country We're startled by the
announcement that Mrs. Emmons
Blaine. of Chicago, had decided to
adopt the eight-hour system in run.
ming her household. Her servants
were to go on and off duty in relays,
and Mrs. Blaine hoped, not only to get
better service for herself by the ar.
rangement, but also to make her do,
mestlcs more happy and contented
The result of the experiment was
disastrous, and has proved that the
housekeeping problem cannot be
solved in that way. even by the rich.
After six months spent in trying to
evolve practical results from her
scheme, Mrs. Blaine became a nervous
wreck. She closed her home and fled
to summer resort, where some one
else could run the domestic service
and she could look on.
Chicago papers are now reporting
that she Is back in town, much recu.
perated, but instead of returning to
her beautiful home, she has taken an
apartment in family hotel and most
of the long-suffering housekeepers of
the country are rather rejoicing over
her domestic Waterloo. - New York
Mail and Express.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-12-26
A War Against wrInkies.

Wrinkles are the principal witnesses
TO age. A person may have hair nearly
or quite white, but if the skin is fair
and smooth, they will look what they
are, prematurely gray. But you do not
hear of people being prematurely
wrinkled. although many truly are;
yet they are spoken Of as looking old.
Many young people have a disagree
able habit Of frowning and scowling,
and as they grow older the creases
formed will become fixed. Profound
meditation, deep study, worry and anx-
iety all cause wrinkles, and mostly in
the upper part of the face. OF course
we know that a face without any lines
would be expressionless, but there is
little danger of any effort ON our part
erasing too many; enough will remain
If we do all we can to obliterate them.
The skin in youth is not only firm but
elastic, and hence the momentary eX-
pressions, even If frequently repeated,
disappear, but in later years the elias
ticity is lost, and expressions oft re.
peated form permanent folds in the
in.-Woman's Life.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-12-26
COMMERCIAL REVIEW.
General Trade Conditions.

R. G. Dunn & Cos Weekly Review oil
Trade says: 1t is most fortunate that thc1
vageries of speculation are not always'
deleterious to legitimate business. Rail-
way stocks fell sharply, yet full rcturnsI
Tor November show that earnings were,
LIS per cent greater than in the safncs
month last year and I8I per cent. over
those of 1900. Industrial and traction
shares were even more violently dis,
turbed, yet the manufacturing plants OF
the nation we're never more fully occu'-
pied. Numerous labor controversies
have been settled, and the rate of wages
IS at the highest point ever attained
Retail distribution is of massive proper
tions. Raw material in the textile in
dustry has developed distinct hrmness.
Cotton not only retained the spasnodic;
gain that followed the Government re-
port, but made a further advance, and
indications of continued strength at
tracted liberal purchases by spinncrs-
Western grain producers and dealers
have expressed great faith in the future
Of prices, many announcing their inten-
ton to hold supplies until spring, when
the scarcity would be marked and quo
tations reach more profitable point
Failures for the week numbered z73
in the United States, against 24o last
year, and II in Canada, against 20 last
year
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-12-26

A great many persons are asking
whether fall pruning is proper. Many
of them desire to prune their fruit
trees, grape vines and berry bushes at
this time of the year, when there is
more time for it and moro comfort in
doing it than in the spring. In general
we are inclined strongly to discourage
the practice of fall pruning, especially
for the Northern States. With many
kinds of trees. cherries, for instance,
In cold situations fall pruning is dan
gerous and sometimes disastrous. In
extreme cases we have known strong,
healthy trees TO be killed by it. In
handling grapevines and berry plants
in the North there is also the further
objection that, in case any considera-
BILE winter-kllllng ensues, the bearing
wood may be so much diminished in
quantity as TO spoil next years crop.
If the pruning is delayed till spring
the winter-killing can mostly be seen
and allowances made for it. - The
Country Gentleman.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-12-26
Holding lin ihe MILK

This is peculiar vice and one af.
fected by many cows. Indeed, there is
scarcely herd in the country that
does not contain one or more cows
that are given TO the habit of hold.
ing up their milk. Such cows, as a
rule, are possessed of highly nervous
organization. They are quite apt to
take prejudice to certain persons as
mixers. or If spoken to harshly they
can easily be thrown into this unfor
tunate state of mind and BODY.
The easiest and surest remedy for
sueh habit that we have ever tried
Is to set palatable mess of food be.
fore the cow when we set down to
milk her. Her mind Is at once diverted
from the act of milking, and she let's
down the milk naturally and freely.
This one fact of holding up the milk
should teach every dalryman the i'm
portance of looking at the COW In all
of her treatment. from the mental or
nervous standpoint. The nervous sys.
TEN is the great governing factor in
all maternal functions, and a coarse,
british man who cannot see the force
of this truth has no business to handle
cows.-Hoard's Dairyman.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-12-26
Sc ed Wheat Per Acre.

At the Ohio State University and
Experiment Station they have for
many years been testing different
amounts of seed wheat per acre. The
first experiments were on rich bottom
land. Where they sowed FIVE pecks
PEI acre the yield was thirty -four bush
els, and where they put on seven pecls
they harvested thirty-seyen bushels, a
gain OF bushel for each peck of seed
1t was repeated the next year ON five
duplicate plots sown at each rate. In
every case the results were in favor
of the seven pecks per acre. it giving
enough larger crop to more than repay
the extra cost of the seed Tests have
been made on the same farm several
years since with varying quantities,
with the result that best crops were
obtained when not less than fiye pecks
or more than seven pecks were sown.
Having removed in 1892 to farm
where the soil is less productive than
that first tested, they have found the
most profitable harvests from the use
OF eisht pecks or more of seed. In un.
favorable Lessons the best results
there have been from nine to ten pecks
Of seed. While we cannot dispute the
correctness OF their tests. we think
some Of those who thoroughly At their
ground get better results from less
than seven pecks than from more,
and Il may depend for profit upon the
point of the comparative cost Of extra
seeding or Of extra labor In fitting the
soil.~rhe Cultiyator.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-12-26
LABOR AND INDUSTRY

The Marine Engineers Association
takes in the engineers on the trans At
lantc liners which are manned in this
country, and the present wages. based
on these demands, are as follows: Yes
sells of the frst-class-that is, vessels
of the largest tonnage chief engineers,
$3.50 month; first assistant engineers,
500 a month; second assistants, $50 /;
third assistants. $40. Vessels of the
second class, chief engineers. $I4s a
month first assistants, $50: second as
sistants. S7o third assistants. $50
Two miles from Caribou, Me. ON the
on the Aroostool, river. the beavers have
built dam of logs and mud $50 feet
long turning the river back upon the
Iowlands for distance OF three miles
and thus creating great lake. Trees
4 foot in diameter haze been Cit down
by the beavers, the branches trimmed
cff. and the trunks In some mystcrious
manner brought 20 The dam and SUB
merged. The dam Is better than u>ezV
on the rivcr that have been built BY Facr
aud the Carihou people are rather fr1'i4
,cf il. Over 900 beavers haye -
hard on this job for several 4.
pos qsscss;on Al vitarer>
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-12-26
Inairlduallty IN nairdresslng.

So far as clothes go there Is infinite
variety, which heightens the mystery
Of the fact that when you have seen
one modish woman you have seen all.
Coiffurcs are large factor In this de-
plorablc reiteration. And, not content
with having during the past few years
worked the high note to the point OF
weariness, we are now preparing our
selves to patiently and vigorously re-
peat the operation with the recently
resuscitated low dressing. Now, a
little bit OF both would be so much
more pleasing and really only reason
able, since different shapes Of heads
ana contours demand different Golf
fures Or there Ia a midway dressing,
more or less classical Arrangement
eminentiy becoming to a certain type
or woman possessed Of a pretty. round
ca head and hair preferably with a
natural wave In It and worn with a
parting Now that Is how nature has
construcled many Of us who during
tne past half decade have deliberately
violated all these good intentions by a
fltnIess scraping up Of our hair to the
summit of our heads and 80 deliberate
~ courted failure.
inevitably, and rightly SO, Ia there
MUCH weeping aud walllpg and gnashs
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-12-26
EPwORTH LEAGUE MEETING TOPICS,
December zo-Numbering Our Days-Psa. &c.

1t is not a problem of mathematics
to count the years is not to compre-
hend the meaning of life. Easy is
the estimate of days past, were it a
matter of arithmetic, but this is
pressing question of morals. 1t is
impossible to determine tomorrow,
for who knows what a day will bring
forth? 1t is not for you to know the
times and the seasons. Life will ap-
pear so grand, so short, so uncertain
that there will not be found in 20
years enough time to justify the waste
or misuse of single hour. In
measuring moments we count not the
number. not note their flight.
The past has many failures and mis-.
takes. For them we may mourn, but
not TO- be so depressed that no brave
struggle makes to regain. Weak
nesses. vacillations, broken VOWS, sins,
and vices may fill up the days gone
Henceforth, infleXible purpose to re.
DEEM, strong spirit to retrieve, eager
effort to recover self, and all is OBJ.
uained. To-day's success is the want.
age point from which we move to ac'
complishments that shall dim yester-
days exploit Yesterdays victory
must bring to-day's complete rout OF
every enemy and opposition. Each
moment we must make more of self
for God and men than we were the
moment before. One ceaseless duty
is to lessen vice and enlarge every
virtue. From crossing Jordan to TAX
ing Jericho, is the daily step of every
life, in grace, knowledge, letters. pro-
fession. trade. The submits of the
mountains. girt with glory and grace.
must be reached from the lodge OF
last night
Each moment brings its crisis.
Man must crowd the moment with
action or mar it for eternity.
Each opportunity comes. and life's
great comforts, hopes, issues hang on
action in that moment Buy it up,
as a wise merchant seizes a bargain.
How long halt ye?" The defiance
of Goliath was the decisive moment
in the career of a shepherd boy.
These events that seem to hold within
them all the fate of the soul for time
and enternity come to men. "rhere
is a tide'i the affairs of men"
"Once to every man and nation comes
the moment to decide,
In the strife of Truth with Falsehood,
for the good or evil side"
Act now: tomorrow may be TOO late.
Destiny is determined by the decision
made in crisal moments. So number
your days that you shall reckon the
future too uncertain to justify mo-
ments delay in coming to Christ. To
that Voice that PROSTATE Paul hears
on Damascus road what answer shall
he make? Wisdom crieth in the
gates, To-day if ye will hear his
voice, harden not your hearts" Live
with godly fear lest this be your last
on EARTH Does not wisdom teach
to-day" and "now?" Does it not
point TO Christ? To such holy wis
dom apply your heart.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-12-26
Horse Nature Like Human nature.

l know an old mare who is decidedly
shy and viciously tricky for her age.
She seems to dread close comradeship
and too much caresslng from human
hands. Yet the other morning. after
q vain attempt to smooth her long,
lean nose, l moved away and leaned
against the stall, my hand outstretched
upon the manger rail. And what do
you think she did? She came shyly
after me presently, and touched my
fingers lightly with her nose. 1 main
tained a discreet passiveness and she
grew bolder, mouthing along my hand
with her satin soft nostrils in a deli
cate, sensitive caress, light us the touch
of human motherhood. And then she
put out her tongue; exqulsitely soft
and warm it was, and gently Tapped
my hand.
Oh you old rogue! When I remem-
Der that winter day when you gave
me hard spill on the frozen earth,
and the other day when you viciously
bit through the flesh of my arm. what
wonder that l am amazed at such gen.
tleness! Yet I've no doubt horse ma
ture is very like human nature, in that
there is the good and the not so good
in all its composition, and we love the
one by learning to condone the other.
C. Grace Kephart, in the Horse Re-
view.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-12-26
The Hessian Fly.

Every one who grows wheat under
stands pretty thoroughly the ravages
of the Hesslan fly. The Illustration
will give the reader some idea of this
insect and its growth at various stages.
The plant at the left is an uninjured
stalk, the one at the right shows stalk
infested with the Hessian fly. 1t will
be noticed that this stalk is dwarfed,
the leaves withered and the stems
swollen near the ground.
In the illustration A indicates the
eggs of the fly; b the larva much en-
larged; G shows the pupa case; d the
chrysalis; Il the adult female, natural
size; II the adult female much en-
larged; G the male much enlarged; III
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-12-26
A Chenp SmolSehnuse.

Anyone having small amount of
meat to smoke and not caring to de-
pend on the neiShbors' smokehouse
can build one himself without use OF
hammer or nails. Simply take an old
hogshead and saw hole near the
bottom for IL stovepipe to enter. Get
an old cast iron teakettle and cut
hole near the bottom for draft. Now
procure at least five lengths of stove
pipe, ten better; less than five will
burn the meat. Set your hogshead at
least two feet above the level of the
kettle. Fill the latter with kindlings.
including some hickory wood and cobs,
and place the elbow of a pipe over the
top of the kettle. Start fire and hang
your hams in the hogshead The
damper should be used when fuel is
put in. This will do the work. have
used 1t for years. and find it practical
w. V. n. Rouse, in Orange Judd
'armer.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-12-26
A Girl of Spirit.

An eighteen-year-old college girl was
one of the contributors to the receipts
of the Kansas City live stock market
few days ago. Miss Mabel Whiting,
Of Harding, Neb.. was represented by
a load containing nineteen light
weight steers of her own feeding,
which sold for $5.25 per hundred
weight making her profit of more
than $500. She is the daughter of L. P.
Whiting, feeder and farmer of Hard
ing. 1t had been her ambition to go
to college Independent of any help
from him. She had planned to teach
school last year, but, following her
fathers advice, she bought a load OF
cattle and handled them herself. The
result of her experiment is that she is
about twice as well off financially as
IL she had taught school. Her father,
who was at the stock yards when his
daughters cattle were sold, was de-
lighted.
'It isn't that she had to do it," he
said. "or really needed to earn the
money. but it's the idea that she is
capable of earning her own living IL
II should ever become necessary. The
work was not drudgery and she spent
no more than an hour n day attending
the cattle. She had the rest of the
time to herself. In the winter she
she went to neighboring town three
times week and took lessons in dress
making.
''In the spring l bought q piano for
our home" said her father. "and she
has been taking music lessons all
summer. If she had taught school
as she had intended at first she could
not have made more than $50 a month,
nearly all her time would have been
occupied. and she would have been
away from home"
Miss Whiting has entered the Yves.
leyan University at Lincoln, Neb., as a
freshman. She started her college
course Independent of any help from
her family, and intends to pay her
way aD long as she remains there.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-12-26
Put Yourself in His Place.

How would you like to be your own
horse? Would you work yourself
six or seven hours without water when
the temperature is in the nineties? =?
Would you let the head of rivet
stand twisted in the harness till it
tore the skin off? Would you put n
bride on yourself that had n loose
binder which tapped you in the eye
every time you made a step? Would
you tie yourself up with a lazy or
slower horse which made you pull more
than half the load? Would you give
yourself water out of a Shiny box. or
mudhole in the creek where the pigs
and poultry battle? Would you feed
yourself dry corn seven days in the
week, and hay that smelled Of rats.
in manger on which the hens roost I?
Would you stand yourself, at feeding
time, ankle deep in your own excre-
ment, TO fight a million flies bred in
your own filth? What would you do
If you were your own orse?-Tennes-
see Farmer
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-12-26
CHRISTIAN HNDHAvoR TOPICS
December z9--Numberius Our Days-psa. &c.

Scripture verses.--Ps.. xxx, 4;
Heb. w., /; Heb, Kill, 1, 2; Phil, w.,
II; i Pet. l., 3d. l Tim. vi, 6-S; |
Tim. w.. 8; 2 Pet, ill.,, 1914; Matt
vi, 33, 81; | Jonn, H., 6.
Lesson Thoughts.
Lord, thou hast been our dwelling
place in all generations" Whatso.
ever Of good has been ours during the
past year has been by Gods blessings;
whatever disappointments, sorrows or
seeming misfortunes have come to us.
God has sent them in his infinite wis.
dom and tenderest love.
The time of our earthly life Is short
and uncertain. 1t is like grass which
In the morning flourisneth and
groweth up, and in the evening is
cut down. How necessary. then,
that we improve. while they last, the
time and talents entrusted to us!
Selections.
Watch, for the time Is short;
Watch, while 'tis called to-day;
Watch. lest temptations overcome:
Watch, Christian, watch and prayi
Watch. for the flesh Is weak;
Watch, for the foe is strong;
Watch. lest the Bridegroom knock in
vain:
Watch, though he tarry long,
We all have to learn, in one way or
another that neither men or boys get
second chances in this world. We all
get new chances till the end of our
lives, but not second chances in the
same set of circumstances and the
great difference between one person
and another is, how to take hold of
and uses his first chance. and how he
takes his fall il it is scored against
MIN. Beautiful is the year in its com.
ing and in its going, most beautiful
and blessed because it is always the
year of our Lord.
Time is life's freightage, wherewith
some men trade, and make fortune;
ana others suffer it 10 moulder all
away, or waste in extravaganza.
Time is life's tree. from which some
gather precious fruit, while Others lie
down under its shadow and perish
with hunger. Time is life's ladder.
whereby some raise themselves UP to
honor and renown and glory and
some let themselves down into the
depths OF shame, degradation and ig-
nomy. Time will be to us what by
our use of the treasure, we make it,
a good or an evil. a blessing or a
curse.
Suggested Hymns.
Holy Spirit, Teacher thou.
The Lord is coming by and by.
Take time to be holy.
Sowing in the morning.
Press on, press on, o pilgrim.
Work, for time is flying.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-12-26
Winter Care of pouItrv.

No one who does not take an interest
in poultry can expect many eggs in
cold weather or when the ground is
covered with snow. My experience is
Keeping the roosting place clean. good
shelter and n varied diet. To promote
laying, feed alternately wheat, buck
wheat oats, scalded bran sometimes
seasoned with pepper and occasionally
q little corn. Onions chopped fine and
mixed with their food will promote
health. also scraps from the table; and
thick sour milk placed where they can
get 1t is also relished. Where milk is
not at hand keep clean water within
their reach. Crushed oyster shell and
gravel and dust bath are necessary.
With this treatment hens will pay well
in winter.-Mrs. Il. Bates, in the Epi-
tomist.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-12-26

ing Of white teeth among those some
what short OF stature over the pre-.
scribed knot In the nape of the neck.
There is no denying TINT high knot
adds several cubits to curtailed
height. and at the same time imparts
an Importance and presence perhaps
otherwise lacking. Indeed, this is o
case In point in reference to more
choice and freedom in these toilet de.
tails of la mode. ever lenient before o
presentment that is becoming. Wash.
lngton Star.
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aMaNSs2 NEWEST
N..N FASHIONS
dS.Y2x227

Every variety of pompon is seen on
the new millinery.
Round ball buttons of gun metal,
however, have very good style.
Very slender stripes in white on
smooth goods are seen for the tailor
made costumes.
On simple shirt waists of flannel the
most satisfactory buttons. as far as
looks are concerned, are those covered
with the material.
A novelty In velvet ribbon trim
mings is the double toned velvet rib
bon; the velvet side OF one color and
the satin of another.
There are indications that big sleeves
are coming in again. Not alone coats,
but many blouses and tailor-made
gowns. show sleeves full from the
top of the arm to the cuff
Ornaments for the hair for evening
wear are pretty and varied. and arti-
fetal flowers are used quite as much
as aigrettes. plumes or bows A single
tieur de lis in velvet. studded with bril-
liants, makes a pretty bit Of hair or
namentation.
The crush belt Is of gray taffeta and
pretty tie Is of lemon colered chif-
fon. The skirt is made with tucked
fiounce. formed of two fiounces com
ing from the side and very high In the
back. The fiounces are edged with
gray taffeta bands.
A smart gown Is OF red nuns veil
ing canvas, having yoke OF Russian
lace and narrow reyers, and a tie OF
red velvet with a small gold dot. The
skirt is tucked all over iengtiwIse and
finlshed at the bottom with nine mar
row bands Of red velvet with gold dots.