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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-05-08
A Moonlit Garden.

The following bit of description is
from Confessions of a Wife," by
Mary Adams" a new novel dealing
with marriage. in the Century. 1t is
young woman who Is speaking, and
Job is her dog:
For Job and I went out into the
garden, and the world was as white as
death, and as warm as life, and we
plunged into the night as If we
plunged into a bath of warmth and
whiteness-and 1 ran faster than Job.
The yellow June lilies are out, and
the purple feurs-de-lis; the white
climber Is in blossom on the tree-house,
and the other roses-oh, the roses
There was such a scent of everything
in one-a lily-honey -iris-rose perfume
that 1 felt drowned in it, as If 1 had
one flower trying to become another,
or doomed to become others still. 1t
was as quiet as paradise. ran up the
steps to Ararat. and Job stayed be-
low to paw n toad. The little white
rose followed me all over the lattice,
and seemed to creep after me; it has q
golden heart, and such a scene as
cannot describe; it is the kind of sweet.
ness that makes you not want to talk
about 1t. The electric light in the
street was out, for this suburb, being
of an economical turn of mind, never
competes with the moon. There was
moon enough-oh. there was enough,
think. for the whole world! For
when that happened which did happen
it seemed to me as IL the whole world
were looking at me-"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-05-08
Cieanllne.s in DnIrYinr.

The dairy business is one that is
open to any enterprlslng farmer who
will make 1t a point to deviatc from
the methods now practiced on some
farms. A visit to many dairy farms
will disclose the fact that but little re-
gard Is given to matters that are essen
tlal to securing high prices. Cleanll-
uess in the stable is more important
than in the dairy. Cows are frequent.
ly MIXED with their bodies plantered
with manure. and even the teats and
udders are often filthy. Milking is
lone in hurry, and it goes to market
containing filth in soluble form which
the strainer cannot remove. All dairy
farms are not conducted in such a SLOW
anly manner, but there are hundreds
IF dairy farms upon which thorough
cleanliness is lacking. Each COW should
be kept clean, her hide brushed, udder
washed and the stalls made clean.
There should be no filth in the stable,
and the hands of the mixers should be
washed clean before beginning the
work of milking.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-05-08
A zooloRleal Stamp Aihu,n.

The latest novelty in postage stamps
says Golden Penny, is made to look
something like a menagerle. each page
being covered with bars. The only
stamps admitted are those which bear
design OF an animal-and there are
more OF these than one would imagine
at first sight. From the United States
come pony and buffalo, from La.
buan stag and a crocodile, Liberia
has hippopotamus and an elephant,
Newfoundland has a dog. a goldfish
and a seal, and West Australie re.
Joices In swan. The book is made
doubly interesting If 1t Is illustrated
with pictures of the trees aud foliage
belonging to each place. .-
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-05-08

here alive and well. took hasty
step toward him.
"'Good heavens. old fellowr | ex'
claimed. Where on earth have you
come from? Why. we all thought you
were deadr
81 was quite close TO him when !
stopped abruptly. Somehow | couldn't
move another step. He made no mo-
tion, but his eyes looked straight into
mine.
"'Do not let Dolly sail on the Ara
gon tomorrow. he said in slow, clear
tones that | heard distinctly.
And then he was gone-yes. Jack,
| know 1t is a very conventional way
Of ending up ghost story but | have
to tell you just what occurred, or at
least what thought occurred. One
moment he was there and the next
moment he wasn't. He did not pass
me or go out of the door.
"For few moments | felt daZed.
| was wide awake and in my right
and proper senses so far as l could
judge. and yet the whole thing seemed
Incredible Scared? No, l wasn't
conscious of being scared. was
simply bewildered.
"In my mental confusion one thought
stood out sharply-Dolly was in dan.
ger of some kind, and If the warning
was really from a supernatural source
it must not be dsregarded. | rushed
to the station. and, having first wired to
tx+ffa NJ 70 hA Atsnn
found that could connect with the
five-ffteen train for New York. took
it with the comfortable consciousness
that my friends would certainly think
had gone out of my mind.
81 arrived in New York at o'clock
the next morning, and at once drove
to the hotel where my wife. daughter
and brother-in-law were staying. l
found them greatly mystiied by my
telegram. 1 suppose my explanation
was very lame one. | know | felt
decidedly like a fool Gilbert laughed
at me and said | had dreamed the
whole thing. Virginia was perplexed.
but Dolly accepted the warning un-
hesitatingly.
"'Of course 1t was Uncle Charley.
she said confidently. we will not sail
on the Aragon now
Gilbert had to give in to this de.
clsion with a very bad grace, and the
Aragon sailed that day minus of three
of her intended passengers.
"Well, you've all heard of the his
torlc collision between the Aragon and
the Astarte in a fog, and the fearful
loss of life 1t involved. Gilbert didn't
laugh when the news came, assure
you. Virginia and Dolly sailed a
month later on the Marsellles, and
reached the other side in safety. That's
all the story. boys-the only expert.
ence of the kind l ever had" concluded
Davenport.
We had many questions to ask and
several theories TO advance. Jack said
Davenport had dreamed it and that
the collision of the Aragon and the
Astarte was simply a striking coinci
dence. But Davenport merely smiled
at all our suggestions; and as 1t cleared
up just about s. we told no more ghost
stories.-Waverley Magazine.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-05-08
She ForthnIth Ohered.

A story is going the rounds wherein
figure two well-known Columbus
ladies and a parrot Mrs. a paid n
special call at the home of Mrs. b the
other day and was ushered into the
living room by the maid of all work to
await the appearance of Mrs. b.
Mrs. B had come into the possession
of a parrot only a short time before
and had been keeping the bird in the
living room. Polly has a very good
command Of English, and appears to
know when to use it. Mrs. A sat down
with her back to the bird without no.
ticing it. and as Polly made no sound
she remained in ignorance of its pres
ence.
Observing a beautiful vase on the
mantel. Mrs. A arose from her seat
and, crossing the floor took down the
dainty piece OF bric-a-brac TO examine
II. She gazed on it rapturously, COM
pletely absorbed by its elegant deco
rations, when suddenly from just be-
hind her came the shrin and stern
command:
drop 1t! Drop itr'
Mrs. A obeyed and turned with a
scream to face the imperturable gaze
Of Polly, who sat in her cage with her
green head slyly perked to one side
On the floor lay the beautiful vase,
smashed to bits. At this most EN-,
barrasslng moment Mrs. b entered
the room. Before Mrs. A could explain
the situation Polly shook 1t out III
feathers and remarked.
You're it! You're itI You're itw-
Ohio State Journal.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-05-08
AT tHE SIGN OF The APPLE.

/ halted at pleasant inn
As / my way was vending
A rosy apple was the sign,
From knotty bough depending
Mine host--it was an apple tree
SO smiingly received me,
And spread his choice and sweetest face
To strengthen and refresh me-
Full many a gayly.feathered guest
Came thro' the branches sprnging;
They lightly few from bough TO bough,
Their merry carols singing.
Beneath the shade laid me down
And slumber sweet possessed me;
The south wind signing through the leaves
With touches soft caressed me;
And when l rose and would have paid
My host so open hearted,
He only shook his lofty head
/ thanked him and departed.
Helen Walters Avery.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-05-08
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FARM and GARDEN,


begin with box. putting earth into
It, then straw. then a handful of wood
ashes scattered over all. try the hen
a day or two on the nest egg. and il
she means business 1 take that away
and give her a full setting. If the
eggs have been travelling, let them
stand in safe warm place for twenty
four hours to put the germs in right
position when set. If you give them
to the hen just after the journey, you
will probably have spoiled eggs in
stead of chicks. Sprinkle the eggs
two or three times week to give them
necessary moisture. Feed the hen
every day, aud see that she returns
to her nest and is not disturbed
Z. Schoenborn, in the Eptomist.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-05-08

The phrase landscape gardening"
frightens many people unnecessarily.
says the Pilgrim The idea is abroad
that landscape gardening is only for
the rich, and that it requires more
land than plain folks have. The
trouble with this statement Is that 1t
contains a nine per cent. alloy of
truth" AS a matter of fact, garden
ing Is often really expensive business.
OF course, the large, open country like
view, which Is the glory of our large
parks. requires more space than city
lot; and IL one does not love gardening
and hires everything done, the work is
very costly. On the other hand, Il Is
wonderful to see what can be accom-
plished in small city lot by business
man who likes 10 work an hour or two
| day in the garden. Those who live
in or near the country are to be en-.
We'd. They can bring home the plants
| they like, and 1t need not cost them
anything In cash outlay. The fora OF
the United States Is one of the richest
in the world, and some of the happiesl
and prettiest homes In America art
surrornded by trees and shrubs pro
cured from the immediate neighbor
hood. The truth is that the principles
OF landscape gardening are entirely
applicable TO city lots, suburban yards
and farm homes as well as to publ,
parks and Newport cottages.
The principles of landscape garden
ing are three;
First preserve an open, central lawn
Second, plant in masses at the sides.
Third, avoid straight lines.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-05-08

Etons is black moire. Some lovely
watered effects are shown in this rich
fabric, and the Innings are usually of
ivory satin.
AS illustrated the garment is shaped
with shoulder and underarm seams. a
perfect adjustment being maintained
In the back.
The fronts are fitted with single bust
darts and cut away slightly at the
neck. The Eton terminates at the
waist line in the back and has n styl-
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-05-08
Old American Bottles.

In early American glassware the his.
tory of our national art progress has
been written. Choice and precious
indeed are the crude blue-green and
brown amber bottles made early in
the nineteenth century-the portrait
bottles bearing busts of Washington.
Franklin. Lafayette, De Witt Clinton.
Zachary Taylor, Kossuth and Jenny
Lind. Local decorative subjects on
many lines of idea were treated by the
first American bottle-makers; and the
most exquisite Venetian bottle cannot
outrank in value, to a patriotic Am.
erlcan collector, the primitive old
masks ornamented with Indians, Ma.
sonic emblems, the eagle, stars, flags,
log cabins. cannon and steamships. or
such outdoor themes as the seasons
BIRDS, fruits, trees. sheaves of wheat
the fisherman, deer, the gunner and
his hounds, and the first bicycle. The
earliest American railway. with a car
drawn by a horse, is historically cele
brated on q glass flask. as well as the
bold Pixies Peak pilgrim, with his
stan and bundle.-The Century.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-05-08
Gray Pongee.

Did you know you could buy gray
pongee this summer? You can If you
ask for it. and this gives another well
come change to the girl who is coming
slowly out of mourning and wishes to
add a blouse durable and valuable as
pongee is. and gray, an available color.
to her all black and black-and-white
wardrobe. Hitherto our pongees have
been of an ecru or yellowish tinge, but
the coming of gray is a decided advan'
tage,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-05-08
SHIRT WAIST COSTUME.

ish dip in front. 1t may be fastened
with invisible hooks and eyes, but is
usually worn open.
The regulation two-piece coat sleeves
have slight fulness on the shoulders,
fit the arms closely and flare in bell eff
feet at the wrists.
Machine stitching on the edges and
seams form a smart finish. Some of
the collarless Etons this season are
strapped with bands of the moire. and
others have black broadcloth figures
appliqued ON the back and sleeves.
To make the jacket in the medium
size will require two and one-half yards
of twenty-five inch material.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-05-08

berry is the secret OF landscape garden.
ing. In making nature-llke pictures
with plants. the lawn Is the fundo.
mental being. The lawn is compare.
bic to the painters canvas, while side.
planting is the frame of the picture.
The sprlnlSling of the front yard with
trees and flower beds is a common
mistake. Philadelphia Record.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-05-08

of the cover of bright red tucked in
pinch tucks, and above that the top of
plain white silk embroidered at inter-
walls with small palm leaves in red, out
lined with black.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-05-08

Shirt waist sets include not only col
lars and cuffs. but also bands or plas-
tron to ornament the waist front.
From the first simple beginnings of
hemstitched sets they have developed
into numerous other effects. The ma
terials used are as numerous as the de-
signs.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-05-08

of the fiounce. The mode may be de-
yeloped In batiste. pique. mercerized
cotton or duck. trimmed with lace, en-
broidery or stitched bands.
1t is also appropriate for serge, chew
lot, wool canvas or challie, which may
be worn for yachting and outing par
ties of all kinds.
To make the waist in the medir-n size
will require two and one-quarter yards
of thirty-six-inch material. To make
the skirt in the medium size VIII re-
quire six yards Of thirty-slx-inch ma
terlal.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-05-08

A very handsome lorgnette shows a
heavy raised design in brilliants on
ground of soft green enamel.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-05-08

The difiidence and nervousness
which attend a man in new position
pass away the moment he discovers
that his employer doesn't know any
,..o... fl.a. ~ loae Naxr yorl prasa
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-28

was dominant in the Nation and her inter
ests were jealousy guarded. Nowadays we
receive barely the crumbs from the rich
mans table.
This Is not spoken in a partisan sense
We are not writing of party policies or am
billions, but of political action in the large
meaning the action which is determined by
the preponderance of population for the gen
eral welfare of the preponderating element.
To illustrate there is now pending in con
gress an appropriation of 100000 to eradi-
cate foot and mouth disease among New
England cattle, while 100000 is about all
Texas representatives think it worth while
asking for an account Of the depredations
of the cotton boil weevil which threatens the
chief crop of the whole South. Yet the total
value Of New England cattle scarcely ex-
ceeds the value of one years cotton crop.
II conditions were reversed, if the South
we're the more populous and hence the more
influential in congress, a million dollars could
be obtained for boil weeyil work as easily
as $4,000.
And the argument applies equally to our
rivers and harbors, to revenue Legislation
and to all tho acts OF government which af
feet us in a material way.
We have the country, we have the re
sources. but we sadly lack the population
to give us the momentum that will make
us prosperous and powerful in the degree tc
which nature has entitled us.
The obvious thing do is 20 attract i'm
migrants, and the ways and means should
have immediate and earnest attention
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-28
POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE.

Lily Langtry owns a Nevada gold mine. said
10 he one OF the richest in the world.
Oscar Gorrell of the University of Oregon has
been elected instructor OF English in the Tune-
Wen institute at Annoy, China.
Andrew Simpson, the oldest democratic voter
in Baltimore, aged o. has Just made speech at
mass meeting in that city
Rev, w. Burdot of Belle Center. Ohio, travelled
900 miles to get home to vote He covered 1,6
miles by rail- seventeen by carriage 13o bv BIZ
cycle and seven afoot.
Hugh Dewitt a nonagcuaran inmate of the
Soldiers home in Lafayette, Ind. has carved his
own tombstone with a unique cpitaph and has
constructed a coffin to hold bis remains
John Il. McNicar OF Boston. the first white
child born north of the Arctic Circle has lust
celebrated his golden wedding anniversary He
was christened by Sir John Franklin.
Charles Becker, expert forger in the Califor-
MIA penitentiary, has press agent, who writes
that Becker is to be syndcated: also that the
banks offer him $500 a month not to forge anv
more.
Madame Chang. a Korean woman Of HIGH
caste. has arrived in California on mission for
her people. Her object is to learn American
ways, having done which she will return and in
troduce them in her native country.
When DR. Lorenz was in Baltimore. and nc he
about TO take his carriage in front Of his
hotel, well known citizen and admirer tooL
his solid gold watch from his fob and pressed il
into his hand telling him to keep it as a token
Of his admiration
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-28
STUDENTS OF FARMING.

Yes, it 'has been said that the majority of the
young men who have attended the Agricultural
and Mechanical college in the past have not enc
gagged m farming after graduation We recently
read this statement in a great Texas daily, and
IT is well known fact But the explanation il
any is needed, is that a large majority of the
young men attending not agricultural STU
dents az all, but take the mechanical courses
II IS not true, however, as some papers would
have US believe, that majority Of the agricul-
tural students do not engage in farming after
graduation Farm and Ranch
And it would not prove anything If 1t
were true-at least it wouldn't prove what
the critic implies, that IS, that agricultural
education is OF no practical effect
The Agricultural and Mechanical college
of Texas, like all such institutions, has had
to first educate public sentiment Most Of
them began as agricultural and mechanical
colleges in name only with officers and
teachers recruited from the old classical col.
leges and with courses of study but little
different from those OF the purely scholastic
institutions. In the process OF evolution
from the nominal to the real they took on
practical features by degrees as public senti-
ment demanded change and legislatures
were liberal enough to provide the money
for equipment.
In the meanwhile they attracted students
who naturally followed the bent of the in
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-28
SOUTHERN IMMIGRATION.

In calling an immigration meeting of rail
road, commercial and agricultural interests
to be held at New Orleans January Ia and
Is. the Progressive union of that city has
started a movement, which, if properly con
Quoted, will result in great good to the Gulf
States.
There Is an ever moving and seemingly in
exhaustible stream of people from the con
gested and infertile East setting toward
new fields of opportunity. They settled
Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado and the Da-
kotas, none of which can offer one-half the
advantages of soil and climate to be found
in this blessed Southern country, and lately
the stream has been turned toward Canada
cold and inhospitable Canada, with it's
nine months winter and all of expense and
enforced idleness that such climate in.
volves--wfTfte the balmy South, with its al
most perpetual summer, its successive crops
and its economy OF living, is making only
the slow growth of a natural increase in
population and development.
1t is time VS. were seriously inquiring why
this is so.
Something has been done, to be sure
much, indeed, in few quarters. Bat com
paratively speaking we are standing still
while regions without one-half the real
charms and opportunities are forging ahead.
And we should be concerned about it for
more reasons than pride of progress. Pop.
ulation is business. 1t enhances values, 1t
makes customers for merchants depositors
for banks, shippers for railroads and read
ers for newspapers. What we have to offer
of property or labor or talent or wares of
any sort is rendered more valuable by in
creasing the demand for it, and the hum
blest artisan as well as the richest capital
list is bound 20 receive his due share Of the
benefit.
And there is another point which escapes
the attention OF even the average shrewd
man of affairs. Prosperity is affepted largely
by political action, and so long as this sec.
tion is sparsely populated its interests viii
receive but scant concern from legislation
and government. Time was when the South
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-28
Houston, Texas, Sunday, December 20, 1902
80 PAGES TODAY.
MONROE DOCTRINE NOT INVOLVED.

Reference of the Venezuelan affair to The
Hague tribunal will avert possible conse.
quences very serious to this country. The
point IS amply exhibited by Englands
frankly expressed regret that the United
States will thus escape any sort Of RESPONSE
bility in enforcing the award by moral
suasion or otherwise. The English press
is quite complimentary to the presidents
diplomacy, but the compliment is amusing
on this side where It is known that Mr.
Roosevelt was only prevented from serving
as arbitrator by public protest
The apprehension that The Hague court
may in some manner consider tho Monroe
doctrine and render an uppyorable dlctum
is not well founded. Tho United States is
IN no wise n party to TIPS controversy except
as claimant with Qcher powers. This is a
question betwceH Venezuela and her
creditors. he>fMonroe doctrine IS ques-
ton betweenf the United States and Eu-
ropean poYers. Venezuela has not invoked
IT, nor have we thrust it into the case.
1t rs quite likely that the court, composed
SIT will be mostly Of European arbitrators
Z Snl be unfriendly TO the doctrine, but by
no stretch of authority can It be brought
under consideration. If It should be. the
United States Will have a clear right to sci
up the plea of ultra wires and utterly ignore
the deliverance.
The Monroe doctrine will never be arbi
trated, any more than the declaration of in
dependence or the constitution itself. II f
ia ever invaded. the assault will come IN an
other manner. 1t was perilously near t,
fracture this time but the fault lay Will
the state department, not with German,
and England. who had Washington's con
sent to act as they did. Another time the.
win not be permitted to so so far for w
have seen how a peaceful blockade" ma.
turn out TO be war with oppression and oc
cupatiou.