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The Holly chieftain., 1902-05-02
co,.lv.t.eu of orch.rd..

Professors of the Vermont station
have been investigating the orchards
of Addison county In that state. In
part their report states:
The statistics of culture. however,
show more strikingly the condition OF
the apple growing business in Addi-
son county. Out Of ~ representative
apple growers whose orchards were
personally examined by the agent Of
the Experiment station, only eight or
less than one-ffth. give any cultiva-
ton to the ground. The others grow
their apple trees in grass, and often
pasture or NOV the grass at that.
This 10 altogether wrong and unprot-
liable. 1t was once debatable ques-
ton whether an apple orchard should
be cultivated or not; but 1t is debata-
BILE no longer. The cash returns set
tied that. By way of comparison 1t
may be said that there is hardly an
orchard. large or small, in Grand Isle
county which Is not now annually cul-
tivated with the plow and harrow.
Probably the greatest reform to be
made In Addison county apple grow
ing lies in the cultivation Of the land.
Apples can be grown in sod. to be
sure; but 1t IL absolutely certain that
In ninety-nine cases out of hundred,
better fruit can be grown and q great
q profit realized II the soil is properly
fcultivated. Proper cultivation, accord
ing to the generally accepted doctrine
Of the time. consists Of plowing the
land early in the spring. and in lol-
lowing this with surface cultivation
with spring-tooth or cutAway harrow
every ten days till July first. By that
time the wood is done growing and
cultivation should be stopped. Then
cover crop Of clover. eight pounds to
the acre. or Of peas. two bushels to
the acre, or Of buckwheat. one bushel
to the acre. should be sown. The cover
crop holds Its place untouched till the
following spring, when 1t II turned
under at the annual plowing.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-05-02

A philosopher is man without
feelings and without regard for tie
feelings Of others.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-05-02
Broom Corn.

From Farmers Review: The proper
time to plant broom corn In the last Of
May and June. when the ground is
warm, SO seeds will soon sprout. Any
ground that will raise good corn will
raise good broom corn. Our soil Is
adapted to raise finer fiber than, the
soil In central Illinois. It should be
drilled from sixty to seventy stalks Der
rod and should be well cultivated, ~ a
farmer would ht.le corn. q. Mon
roe. Marion County. Illinois.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-05-02

] love to see little dog
And pat him on the head:
SO prettily he wags his stump
Whenever he Is fed.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-05-02

cocksfoot tDactyiis glomerata) II q
useful grass. 1t grows best ON deep
rich loans. It WI hear the silad4 Il
overhanging tre,s, tfs 7
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-10-23
EPwORTH LEAGUE MEETING TOPICS.
October 26-Treatlng a Gracious Invitation
LlghtB-Matt. n, lilo.

We study this week the parable OF
"The Royal Marriage Feast" Each
parable of Jesus teaches one great
central truth, while other important
lessons may possibly be drawn from it.
In this one the central truth is the
danger of treating lightly the gracious
invitation of God, and is illustrated
in the history of the Jewish nation.
The marriage supper Is the Gospel
blessings offered by Christ; the SER
wants are all Gospel workers. the in
vitsd are all who hear; and the ones
who made light of it" are all who
carelessly neglect and reject the call
to salvation.
Salvation is offered to us under the
type of marriage feast The mar
riage Is the espousal of the Church
by Jesus. The supper is the partlci.
patton of the Gospel benefits by all
men who will accept. The invitation
is in a double sense. In Eastern
countries two invitations were given;
one to allow them to prepare, and the
second to inform them that the time
had arrived. Thus in the parable the
guests now to be called had already
been bidden. So now the published
Gospel in the Scriptures bids every
man to come, and the ministry and
the Church are sent out to call men
to repentance whom the Gospel has
biddden. Every sermon, Christian
hymn, Gospel service, churchgoing
bell, and quiet, holy Sabbath is a call
to men. The Holy Spirit the Provi-
dences of God, the voice of con.
science, and all the forces of grace
enforce this call. And this Is to all
men. The highways" of life are filled
with multitudes to whom comes this
invitation. To all, both bad and
good" the invitation is given. The
invitation is to all. Come, for all
things are now ready"
AS then, so now, men "make light
of it." Some go their way to the
farm the shop, the store, or the place
of gain. And, alas! some, not con-
tent with this, entreat the servants
that issue the call in a spiteful man.
ner and sometimes even put them to
death. What a graphic picture of
mans unnatural rebellion against
Gods mercy and salvationl Thou,
sands of young people in close touch
with our Epworth Leagues, some of
them even associate members in it,
are doing this very thing. Let us
press upon these careless and thought
less rejecters of Christ the necessity
of accepting this gracious invitation.
The only admission to the marriage
feast is the wedding garment. What
Is this? Not his righteousness imput.
ed to us. but our own character re.
generated and sanctlied by divine
grace. And this no one need lack
Christ provides through his Gospel the
fitness of character which prepares
for heaven. All who accept the invl
tation will find the salvation which
transforms our nature into harmony
with Christ. The wedding garment is
the new man" put on in a genuine
conversion and religious experience.
This the moral man needs; and this
the worst Of sinners may receive.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-10-23

''That may know Him. Phil. 8: 10.
There is a great deal of difference between
knowing things about Christ and knowing
Him. Reading the court news does not
make you member of the court or ac-
quainted with the king. And a great many
might write lives of Christ who have never
known the living Lord. The difference be-
tween theology and Christianity is similar
to that between an essay on friendship and
the possession of a loving friend: theology
may furnish a good text book of the geo.
graphy of the kingdom of heaven. but real
Christianity finds you a title to all its re-
atty. So it is possible for the simple and
unlearned to come nearer to Christ by
means of personal love than for the scen-
tist to discover Him by analytical lore just
MS an infant may know the mother on
whose heart it lies better through person
ality than the most skilled anatomist could
by scalpel and glass.
Personality is the line of approach to
God. Men could find Him no other way.
and so He came as a person into our world
ana llved as person among us. We could
not understand the all-wise Jehovah, nor
comprehend the infinite Creator, and our
spirits were too dull to draw near to the
Father OF Spirits, but living man touched
us with His personality, and our apprehen-
slons and understanding went out on the
simple lines along which we come to know
V"A iClioNos anu lOs we lOuuu GOu III IUe
man Christ Jesus.
An lmpersonal religion is an impossible
one. Some men are so constituted that
they can satisfy their beings with the con-
temptation of pure mathematics, but most
are born with heart in them. Arguments
on the Trinity may be as food to some. but
most of us are not and will not be satisfied
till we taste of the living bread, the words
that fall from His lips and the touch of
His hand. 1t takes some long time to
find it out, and we all easily forget it that
folks and not furniture make home, and
the same is true of all things What worth
were it to us if in gaining the whole world
we must lose our friends? What are gold
and stones to smiles and hands, faces and
heartsy And if our friends form our fair.
est treasures what of this friend of sin.
ners? To know Him constitutes the per.
feet knowledge of God. the essence of all
JOY and the substance of all wealth
Seek Him. 1t is not books of meditation
we need, but meditation with our blessed
Lord. not guides to devotion. but taking
Him as our guide to whom we shall become
devoted as we know Him. The world
needs and we need. too, the living Christ
more than lives of Christ, this ever.present
personal Lord and lover the power of
full and perfect life. As true friends would
rather see all else go than lose one another
so you may see goods and fame and all
things of this changeful world pass from
YOU and still rejoice. saying. Christ is ALL"
Rams Horn.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-10-23

ways applaud when the shepherd
whips the sheep
A mans thinking powers will be in
Inverse ratio to his drinking powers.
When a man lives In Gods presence
he will not need to boast of It,
They who will not be their brothers
keepers are willing to be their execu-
tors.
The delight of heaven may be fash
ioned out of the disappointments OF
earth.
1t is easier to be eloquent over the
faults OF others than to be peniteni
over our own.
The human fly is apt to mistake ad-
hesion to. for possession OF the fly-
paper OF mammon.
The warmth Of the winters revival
does not depend on the frigidity of the
summer church.
One difference between the true
preacher and the talking machine is
that the latter can be purchased.
II is safer to trust your eyes than
your ears when man argues religion
while his wife carries in the water.
While there are freights OF duty no
vessel needs ballast OF care.
Fashion may hide the scars but II
cannot heal the disease OF sin.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-10-23
The Crusade in Rrinr.

There is an English total abstinence So
ciety among railroad employees which now
numbers 10000, and has been in existence
eighteen years.
The trustees of the hamlet of North
Bend, Ohio, have passed an ordinance max
ing the carrying of beer home through the
streets in pail subject to $50 fine, without
privilege of jury trial.
The United Kingdom Temperance and
General Proyident Association. of Eng
land, with record covering thirty-two
years-lS60- '97-shows an advantage Of
twenty-one per cent. in favor OF total alb
stnence.
To each 10000 of population, Chicago has
thirty-eight saloons; st. Louis, thirty
seven; Baltimore, forty.one; San Francis.
co, nlnety-two; New York, thirty-one:
Philadelphia, thirteen. ""fI
II is said that the German Minister of
Education has issued an instruction to the
national school authorities throughout the
fatherland, urging the necessity OF the pop
ular enlightenment of children as to the
deleterious effects OF the excessive con
sumption Of alcoholic liquors.
At the opening Of the Supreme Court Of
Newfoundland at Harbor Grace both the
Justice and the Grand jury congratulated
the people on the utter absence Of crime
in that large Judicial district, which cred
table state they attribute to the wise tenn,
pefanee legislation 90 well enforced.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-10-23
Earmsrs Keen Ia Eunlnsss.

Johnstone Bartlett, a lightningrod
agent, called on the prosecuting at
torney to-day and asked that warrants
be issued for the arrest Of twelve
Atchison county farmers, says the
Nebraska State Journal He says he
started out of Atchison a week age
with a team of good horses and o
new spring wagon, but that during
the week he was swindled out of ev.
erything, Iii trading horses, and was
compelled to walk back to town. He
did no business, and lost all his
lightning rods. The prosecuting at.
torney said that getting the best of q
horse trade was no violation of law,
and Bartlett left for the east. saying
bank presidents were easier than
farmers.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-10-23
Relative Values.

Not all the choices we are called upon
to- make are between an absolute good and
n positive disadvantage. If they were the
positive evil or a positive advantage and
problem of life would be much easier Ere.
queltly we must, choose between a higher
and lower good. or between greater and
less advantages. This indeed. would seem
to involve no perpleXity. As between such
alternatives we would say at first sight
that the choice ought to be almost as easv
as between good and bad. And vet it is
not. For one thing, it is often difficult to
tell what will prove to be the higher and
what the lower good, or in which of two
directions the greater advantage will be
found. In the second place, often a hesi-
tation in choosing because the greater ad-
vantage is remote and its realization must
be waited for and a smaller advantage, if
1t can be enjoyed at once seems to many
to be preferable. In addition, there are
the disturbing elements that enter into
our choices from temperament tastes,
likes, dislikes, sympathies, antipathies-in
short, from what is known as the personal
quation.-Lutheran Observer.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-10-23
Not Hector but Anoth.r

On one fine day in May, 1901. James
Mcdonald, a fisherman of Mallaig. in
the western Highlands of Scotland
took out three girls for a row in his
boat. Suddenly squall arose and
upset the boat in thirty feet of water.
Mcdonald contrived to get all three
lasses on to the keel Of the upturned
boat, and then swan to an islet some
forty-fve feet away. Here he removed
his big sea boots and heavier cloth.
ing, and then struck out for the girls.
whom he carried one by one TO the
rock. McDonald's noble action hay.
ing been brought under the notice of
the Royal Humane Society, that body
awarded him its medal.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-10-23
Ladies', .TaIIors Mot New.

There were. 1t seems. ladies' tail
ors" and tailor-made dresses In the
days of Queen Elizabeth. A contribu
tor OF the Tailor and Cutter has been
visiting Cumnor, ana was SHOWN a
letter written by the Inflated Amy
Robsart shortly before her death at
Cumnor house. which Sir Walter Scott
describes In "Kenilworth." It was to
Mr.. William Edney. tailor at tho
Tower and refers to the alteration Of
gown he was making for her, and
contains a promise to see him paid.
The unfortunate lady died before the
gown was finished, and the poor tailor
had to wait for five years before he
was paid by the earl OF Leicester.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-10-23
KnoMinp When to Stnn.

Knowing when to stop and stopping are
very different things. A man in runn-
is time to stop, but that doesn't stop him.
Many a man or woman has carelessy or
wilfully gotten into bad habit, saying:
ooh! | am one who knows when to
stop That is probably true. The day
will come when they will know very clear
ly that it is time to stop. but will not be
able to do so. 1t is like taking hold of the
handles of strong electrical generator
very easv to take hold. hrt very hard to
let go. The fingers OF habit are bent and
barhed like fsh-hooks; once in. they are
hard to get out. The really wise man con.
siders not only when to stop but also
when it is possible to stop. and he often
finds. in so considering, that the best time
Of all to stop is before one has begun to go.
Sunday Times.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-10-23

ply because they werc men nrfed with the
Holy Ghost; so that there can be but one
real test of fitness for such an Office.
feel very sure that we should expect a
Pentecostal outpouring Of the Spirit OF
God only when this principle is recognized.
IF the Holy Ghost is the life of the
church-as we find in Scripture: Igoh. 4:
81, 32-"Let all bitterness. and wrath and
anger, and clamor. and evil speaking. be
put away from you, with all malice, and
he ye kind one to another. tender-hearted.
forgiving one another. even as God for
Christ's sake hath forgiven you"-then we
are to be exceedingly careful with respect
to everything that would grieve Him in
the least. Ii is new thought to some that
the presence Of bitterness or wrath or an
ger would grieve the Spirit. Such is in
deed the case.
The Holy Ghost is TO work out in ns
that which Christ has ACCOMPLISHED for us
on the throne. There can only he one hin.
drance to the working out of this plan OF
God, and that is found in the church It.
self There is a solemn warning for all the
members of the church: | Thess. 8: 10
"Quench not the Spirit" Acts s: 30
But Peter said. Ananias, why hath Satan
filed thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost
and to keen back part Of the price Of the
land? Whles it remained. was it not thine
own? And after it was sold. was it not in
ceived this thing in thine heart? Thou
hast not lied unto men. but unto God.
And Anauias hearing these words fell
down. and gave up the ghost, and great
fear came on all them that heard these
things. And the Young men arose. wound
him up, and carried him out and buried
him. And it was about the space of three
hours after. when his wife. not knowing
what was done. came in And Peter an
swered unto her. Tell me whether We sold
the land for so much? And she said Yea,
for so much. Then Peter said unto her,
How is it that we have agreed together to
tempt the Shirt of the Lord? Behold.
the feet of them which have buried thy
husband are Mt the door, and shall carry
thee out" While men may not nowadays
have been stricken down as were Ananias
and Sapphira. vet it is true that because
Of the fact that we are living in a spirit
that is contrary to the Holy Ghost, we he
come dead spiritually. if not physically,
and it is a possible thing to so nearly
quench the Spirit that from the human
stGndooint there will be no life at ALL
Thus while the individual member of
the church may miss his reward and "be
saved. yet so as by fire." the Same thing
may be true Of the church as a whole It
would be a sad thing for the Bridegroom
to be disappointed in his bride.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-10-23
CHRISTIAN ENDHAvOR TOPICS.
October z6-"Treatlng a Gracious Invitation
lightly" Matt. xii. I.I0.
Scripture Verses. .-Rom. I. 20: ii. ],

Scripture Verses. I. 20 II. J..
3, IA. 15; III. 90: Luke xiv. 1S: John
Ill. IS, 10; Nal. iii. 2; Rev. vi. 16, II.
Lesson Thoughts.
Reasons and excuses are often very
different things. Men are often
ashamed of their real reasons for
their conduct, and for rejecting Christ.
and have to hide them not only from
others. but from THEMSELVES, by some
plausible excuses"
Men ask to be excused from God.
from heaven. from glory, from i'm.
mortality. from the company of
angels, from the noblest life possible
for man."
Some modern excuses Faults of
Christians. dullness OF the church.
pressure of business, cant believe the
Bible. time enough yet. don't know
how"
Selections.
Rabelai's witches had eyes that
could see very clearly anything at a
distance, but nothing that was close
at hand. Some persons mental eyes
are just the reverse. and they see very
clearly the values close at hand. but
are blind to what lies in the future.
Present possessions often hide an
eternal inheritance.
The din of the city streets can
down the chime Of the church bells
by busy ears. The love of money the
desire of promotion, the rush for so.
cial advancement and business sue.
cess are like band of music. which.
with roll of drums, blare of trump.
cts and crash of cymbals, browns out
the still small voice of God.
Bunyan tells how Christian on his
Journey saw man busily employed
raking together bits OF hay. wood. and
stubble, while over him stood n shin.
Ing angel. holding above his head a
crown of light. The perishable things
about his feet filled his vision so that
he could not see the crown which
might have been his. So men make
their strivings for things temporal
pleasure, ease, wealth, honor-ex.
cuses for their loss of things eternal.
Suggested Hymns.
Why do you linger?
o wand'ring souls, why longer roam?
Search me. o Lord, and try this heart
of mine.
Nothing but leaves.
Come to the Savior, make no DELAY
Oh! do not let the word depart.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-10-23
Fresh From God,s Mint.

All that God gives to us dav by day is,
as it were, a new creation. We never re-
,eived it before. 1t never was our need un-
til now. We may have received something
like it before, but that was not this, nor
Every days blessings are to each of us as
a special miracle from the hands of the
ever loving and the almighty God. As
John Bunyan says: Things that we receive
at Gods hand come-to us as things from
the minting house-though old in them
selves, yet new to us" What should we
do if our Father failed to give us current
School Times
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-10-23
Developing Character.

A good man said to his wife. who was
complaining that she was tired beyond
bearing by some persons with whom she
had relations in her daily life: ''My dear
you are not taking the right view of this
matter. You are forgetting that these
people are giving you great deal of helm
IN developing the finer qualities of your
character, You are sweeter, more seif-re-
strained and nobler, through the exercise
Of tact. tenderness and unselfshness to
them. You ought to thank God that He
mas gwen You just this discipline. MAR
garet Sangster.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-10-23
New Minlna sxstem

A goldbearins clay found in Santa
Cruz county. Arizona, is OF such
refractory nature that the usual meth.
ods of separation have failed abso-
lutely to extract the gold therefrom.
After practically every known meth.
cd had been tried and failed. the in,
senious scheme of drying the gouge
thoroughly and beating 1t vigorously
with club was adopted. with com,
plete success. This Is a mining sys.
tenn unknown in any other part of the
world.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-10-23
Tongue Reading.

Linguiutology is the most recSnt
craze in Paris. II one prefers to
call II glossomancy, well and good,
Under either name 1t means tongue
reading and 1t threatens to compete
with palmistry. A big tongue, It
seems, indicates frankAess; a short
tongue, assimilation; long tongue,
garrulity and generosity; narrow
tongue. concentration. and talent;
short broad tongue, garrulity and un.
truth. The man with q very short
and narrow tongue is liar OF true
artistic merit.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-10-23
THE RELIGIOUS LIFE
READING FOR THE QUIET HOUR
WHEN THE SOUL INVITES ITSELF.

Poem; Be Brave-Personslity is the Line
of Approach to God-An Impersonal
Religion is an Impossible One-The
Essence of All Joy is God.
Be brave, o Heartl Throw not away
Thy faith in God
Who made thee from thy mother clay
Yet loves the clodl
What if thy way seems hard and long?
1t leads to Light!
Nor can the craft Of Hate or Wrong
Prolong thy Night!
And il thou fall. and human arm
Refuse thee aid
Trust Him who keeps His own from harm
"Be not afraid"
F. L. Stanton, in the Atlanta Constitu.
tion.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-10-23

Faithfulness is the explanation of many
and the friendly assistance that may be
given all tend to further ones efforts, but
the persistent, undaunted faithfulness to
the labor in hand. in the very face of op-
position and hindrance and obstacles, is
that which conquers. The character that
is developed by devotion to duty, in life's
smallest undertakings, is being equipped
for glorious achievements. Therein is
found the secret of uccess.-Presbyteria
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-10-23

The grace of courtesy is not the least of
llfes charms Nowhere should it grow
richer than the church of Christ. A smile,
a handshake, a kindly spoken greeting, the
seat, such little things as these have often
gladdened an over-burdened heart. led a
life nearer to Christ and been the ''cup of
cold water delighting the heart of the
Master, Frightening the life of the recip-
tent and making the soul of the giver flow
with a consciousness of having helped the
Christ in His ministry of love to men,
'harles H. Moss.