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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-02-13
Buying or Renting a Farm.

1t doesn't make any difference
whether a man has small means or
can pay cash. the best policy is to
buy. Every farmer is ambitious. He
wants to own a farm--to have some
place to call home, even II 1t Is only
forty acres. The expenses are about
equal. buying OF renting. The rent
amounts to as much, and often more,
than the taxes, interest and repairs.
The renter has more money to put
into stock. but his possessions must
accommodate themselves to the farm
he rents, and this is often iuconvenient.
Or he must build extra fence, which
Is expensive. us the fence Is useless
when he moves elsewhere. Usually the
renter exchanges crops and stock for
money when he moves, which Is every
year or two. OF course he puts the
money in the bank and Is going to
save it until he can pay cash for n
farm. During the year he sees some
thing that he is very anxious to own,
and as the money is easy to get. it goes
Of course he is going TO have better
crop this year, and will make more
money on his hogs, and can easily re-
place the money, and more, too. 1t is
just as easy TO use 1t all as 1t is TO
use n little, and before the end of the
year it is all gone.
The buyer cannot do this. When he
sells crop, or a bunch of hogs, and
pays the money on n farm, it is there
to stay. He must deny himself many
things, but he who satisfies every
want will not have his labors crowned
with success. Unceasing toll Is the
parent OF success. II only takes about
half the year to raise the crop. Dur
ing the other half the renter does not
do enough to pay his expenses. He
makes as much as any farmer while
he works, but the buyer works while
the renter Is idle. The weeds need
cutting. the fences need fixing, the fer
tiiizers needs scattering, the bitches
need repairing, and many other things
need to be done, so that the buyer is
busy the entire year. Perhaps he has
less amusement, but amusement is
expensive.
a farm should have a good orchard
and garden of shrubbery. Neither
trees nor shrubs are costly, but the
renter does not put out new ones. nor
take care of those already on the
farm. The renter leads an aimless, un-
settled life. He has no definite aim in
view, and works in a haphazard, hit
or miss fashion. and it usually turns
out miss. The buyer knows just what
he has to do, and each day brings him
nearer the goal of his ambition. Half
OF the secret of success lies in having
definite aim and the other half in
unceasing toil.--G. l. Johnson, in New
York Tribune.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-02-13
Tx FRlkAS |NN
MAAG:Ae!sEiLleMA4l

Pretty things in mercerized glnc
hams are to be seen in pale blue with
woven rings in the materials.
most distinguished looking waist
for wear on dressy occasions Is COM
posed of pink mOusseline de sole and
all over embroidery IN - deep cream
shade.
An attractive hair ornament is
rosette of white maline or tulle. dotted
with black and silver, ard rising from
1t two white wings, the upper edge
touched with black.
Tiny Ivy leaves formed into n
wreath with a spray of the leaves
raised at the front and the whole
touched here and there with crystal
dew drops, is pretty ornament for
the hair.
some petticoats are made entirely
OF tucked silk. The tucking on the
skirt proper runs up and down and
on the hounce around. The hounce is
further trimmed with ruchings of the
silk and applications of lace.
One Of the new spring foulards Is in
a striking design of various sized dots
| on cream ground. The large dots.
| ABOUT the size of n quarter, are inter
mingled with smaller dots in black.
The same pattern is also carried out
In lavender and black OH a white
background
Waists for people who like plaids
are in tiny design. some in a bright
red and Others in bright green. old
| fashioned plaids of some inexpensive
muslin and simply made. The greens
are more attractive If anything than
the red, but 1t is doubtful if the color
washes WELL
Many pretty hatplns are being made
out OF those old earrings which most
people are burdened with and regard
only as superfluity; small canoes set
In gold, onyx, or comedians only re.
| quire strong pin attached to them to
turn them into useful as well as orna.
mental hatpins.
More shirt waists out and very 1T
tie new TO say about them There are
the same old styles. tucked yokes,
yokes where the tucks run the fun
length of the waist In two groups on
the two sides, one on either side of the
front and another little distance
from that There are box-pleated
yokes and yokes to waists buttoned in
the back which are tucked and have
applications Of heavy lace-these are
white waists-small pieces OF II set ON
at the lower edge of the yoke and AT
the base OF the collar. There is a lit
| tie more on the sleeves. ----------
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-02-13
Colder Than LIQUID Air.

DR.. Arsene dArsonval, member of
the FreLch Academy of Sciences, pro-
poses to announce his discovery of a
method of extracting from ordinary
petroleum oil a liquid absolutely un-
freezable at temperature of 205 de-
grees below zero, thus beating the
record for unfreezability hitherto held
by liquid air.
According to DR.. dArsonval, the new
petroleum ether" is destined to be
of the greatest Importance to scien-
lists, especially in chemical research.
permitting the construction OF ther-
mometers of a precision not hitherto
attained.
In his forthcoming communication
DR.. d. 'Arsonval will demonstrate other
valuable scientific uses of the new dis
covery. One of the Doctors collabora-
tors says that D'Arsonval is on the
point of succeeding in experiments
which aim at the use OF petroleum
ether for cooling the atmosphere OF
houses during the summer. a project
which exceeding cheapness renders
practicable.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-02-13
Medical Statesn,en.

Let us encourage a race of fairly
PAD medical statesmen, and then
medicine will shortly occupy a place
IN pubic esteem and sociologic in-
nuence that is otherwise absolutely
unattainable. In South and Central
America, and on the continent of
Europe, physicians frequently play
the highest parts in public affairs.
greatly to the benefit of the nation
and to the standing Of the profession
OF medicine. The same thing can be
done in the United States If physicians
are willing to follow the suggestions
herein outlined. We must find a proper
place for the term Medical States
man.'-Journal American Medical AS
soclatlon.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-02-13

Not only children, but many grown
up people. have trick of holding
pins in the mouth and of sucking the
lead of their pencils to add to the
facility of writing. Both habits are
exceedingly dangerous as well as in.
elegant
The swallowing OF pin is less to
be dreaded than the contaglon that
may lurk about the pin. Under its
head and about the point of a pencil
whole multitude of disease germs
may lurk, which. being given entrance
to the mouth, from there soon infect
the whole body thus causing Illness
or perhaps even death.
1t is through the mouth that most
malignant germs find their way into
the body, and therefore one would
think that 1t was hardly necessary to
warn people of the risks they are
running in using 1t as sort of third
hand. One would imagine that hardly
anyone needed cautioning against
holding money with the lips, and yet
an immense number of otherwise
cleanly people indulge In this dirty
and dangerous practice.-Washlnst
Star,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-02-13
The Everyday Child.

The mother aims at perfection for
her child without realizing what per-
fection In the child should be. Too
often the fond parent feels that the
dress makes the child, and conse-
quently adorns 1t In the latest and
showiest fashion, without realizing
that harm instead of good is done to
the child by hamperlng its actions or
making 1t over-conscious. The every
day child will revel in dirt. 1t accum-
ulates 1t by satisfying Its curiosity.
for its hands are into everything. as
well as its feet and knees and clothes.
He must get nearer to Mother Earth.
His instinct is unerring in this respect,
and his good nurse repays him thou
sand fold. DR.. Grace Peckham Muir
ray, in the Dellneator, says mothers
should encourage the mud pie making
and sand digging, and the dress and
clothing should be such that the child
would not be reproved for muddy
shoes, soiled and torn dresses.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-02-13
Why city Poor Are Not wretenco

Life is not necessarily altogether
miserable for those who have poor
clothing, poor food and narrow house
room. There still remain some sources
or happiness, not perhaps very many
out enough, where vice and drink are
absent, to make men cheerful women
patient and children merry. Grant
Ing then that family living below
the poverty line" is sober and re-
spectable-it would be manifestly
absurd to deny those virtues to n
good quarter of the whole population
what are the consultations omen TO
tnemE First of all, the happiness
derivable from the affections belongs
alike to all. though among the very
poor we think strong affection is gen
orally limited to that existing between
parents and children. Secondly. there
Is pleasure to be got from the gen
eral social life of n town. The fas.
cination exercised by the perpetual
procession of the streets is inconceiy.
able to those who do not feel 1t. but
almost all the poor do feel IL. How
many people does this fascination
draw from the country? How few
who have once fallen under its spell
ever tear themselves free from it?
Movement, light, company, "mates"
Tor the man, neighbors for the wo.
man playfellows for the children, all
tnese things a town offers to the
poorest OF her inhabitants. s.-London
Spectator.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-02-13
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Practical Hints.

Candled mint leaves are fashion
able substitute for mint bonbons that
are served at the end Of a dinner or
luncheon. A cooking teacher advises,
too, that a few added to lemon ice
impart delicious flavor.
Put tiny pocket for change and
small things in the lining Of the con-
venient large silk bag that many shop
pers and all club women carry nova
days, and you will wonder that the
sensible addition has never occurred to
you before.
A shampoo that is recommended for
flaXen hair-the shade that is most diff.
ficult to treats made of little
standard glycerlne soap melted in hot
water and with few drops OF am.
monia added. This, it is said, will
bring out all its light tones without
harming the hair.-Harper's Bazaar.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-02-13
RssponsihiIitx.

Eldrldge Reginald George, aged
twelve, fell down and broke his ankle
the other day. His father was away
from home, and his adoring mamma
was quite distracted when her darling
was carried into the house by park
policeman. Doctors were sent for, the
father telegraphed to and tremendous
to-do was in progress. but through it
all Eldridge Reginald George preserved
q sad and stoical demeanor.
Two days after the accident boy
chum was permitted to see him. The
visitor attempted TO condole with the
Invalid and especially inquired if the
foot hurt much. The anguished mother
was considerably cheered by her petted
sons reply, which she heard from an
adjoining room:
"Oh, don't care about the old foot,
he said, but it's hard on me to be
|, cooped up here when my fathers away
and there's no one to take care Of my
motherv'-New York Commercial Ad-
yertiser.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-02-13

iorsefadish Sauce-Scrape clean and
CRATE one stick of horseradlsh. Add
one gill of whipped cream, one dessert.
spoon of made mustard, one dessert.
spoon OF powdered sugar, one teaspoon
oil salt, generous dash of pepper and
tablespoon of vinegar. Mix well and
COOK Tor hye minutes. Serve cold.
Bombay Toast-Beat four eggs. Add
half q teaspoonful of salt, one table.
spoonful of chopped capers and a
dash or two OF cayenne. Put in a
saucepan two tablespoonsful of butter
and when hot stir in one tablespoon.
iul OF anchovy paste and the egg mix
lure. When it thickens take from the
fre, spread on thin slices of buttered
toast and serve.
tomatoes and Beef-Put half n can
OF tomatoes in u small pan with half
tablespoonful OF butter, one table.
spoon each Of minced parsley and eel.
cry one teaspoon Of minced onion, salt.
pepper and sauce TO taste; cook for
hye minutes; then put In slices of rare
roast beef; cover and let simmer q few
moments; serve on slices of thin crisp
toast.
Jeilied Neal-Select a knuckle of veal
OF any piece having large proportion
or gelatin. Cut into small pieces. cover
with cold water. add one onion. one
teaspoon salt and one saitspoon pepper.
Let 1t simmer until the meat slips
from the bone, the gristly portions are
dissolved and the liquor reduced to one
pint. Remove all the bones, strain
the liquor and season lightly with salt
paprika, lemon juice and thyme. Pick
the meat to bits and add to it three
tablespoons powdered crackers aud
enough liquor to make 1t very moist
Pour into mold and set In cool
place to harden. When ready to serve
turn from the mold and cut into slices
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-02-13
womsn rrsfer surf.es o.r.

Surface traction is for women.
They will not climb stairs up or down
II they can stay on earth. The men
will so up or down or anywhere to
get away from the women passengers,
SO that they VIII not have TO read
newspapers seven times over to avoid
seeing women to whom they should
give their seats. When the under
ground is completed 1t viii be good
thing for the men Of New York. who
can find plenty Of room over the
earth or under 1t in the cars. as the
women will stick 10 the surface roads
Just the same.--New York Press. -
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-02-13
Things TO ReIneInbcr.

The aim should be TO produce from
$50 to 200 pound pigs at six or seven
months old for the greatest profit. Keep
on friendly terms with your herd, cul-
tivate quiet dispositions. Have the
hogs so that you can handle them with
ease. Quietness and patience will aid
in doing this. AS soon as your hogs are
ready, sell them; yor have no further
profitable use for them ON the farm.
The man who keeps his hogs after
they are ready to so. expecting to get
more a pound. will be very apt to lose
money, while the one who sells when
the hogs are ready generally hits It,
The man with the good stuff and
who is not overstocked, reaps the
greatest reward. while the one who is
overstocked, of course, underfeeds and
fails to get out Of the business what
he should. A breeder who will ac-
complish anything by letting his ami
mails lose in growth has the expense
and no work done. The fault with the
young breeder is in keeping more
stock than can properly be cared for
There should be no difficulty in see
ing which is the right road to pursue
Jersey Hustler.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-02-13
Treating a Badly pralned Soil.

Drainage of heavy. thick soil, in
clined to be billy and uneven, is some
thing that is not always an easy mat
ter, but if one has such a farm, the
sooner he begins to make the improve
ment the better. 1t is waste of time
and money to attempt farming on
field that demands drainage badly, and
it is wisdom to abandon the farm en-
tirely or begin to drain it, l have
succeeded so well with a home system
of drainage with stones that it may be
worth recording. The soil was at first
quite full of stones, which / at first
picked off and piled in one part of the
field. A few stones would work up
TO the surface every spring, and these
i would also pick up. In the course of
a few seasons had a fairly good soil
without any stones to annoy me. But
the drainage was bad. The water
would settle In the soil and on the sur
face in the spring, and the land was
always late in getting into tillable
condition. II was cold and wet when
most other soils were warm and dry.
This made plowlng late, or II done
early a muddy and unpleasant task
The land sloped down in one general
direction. but there were numerous
depressions which collected the water
all along.
l decided to drain. l planned the
whole thing out on paper, noting the
general direction of the slopes could
not afford tiles or any expensive ma
terial, and so l decided to use the pile
of stone l plowed deep bitches across
the land, making them all run parallel
with the main slope. and cutting cross
bitches in the opposite direction. In
this way the whole soil Of the field was
drained so that the surplus water
would run into main bitches and thus
down to swampy levels. Then / pro-
ceeded TO ill In the bitches with the
stones, using the large ones first, and
placing them so that the largest posi-
BILE spaces would be left between. On
top Of these packed the smaller ones,
and ON top of them placed a layer
OF straw and cornstalks. Then l topped
II OF with six inches Of soil, bringing
the surface up to within few inches
OF the general level of the field. Now
this drainage works perfectly. The
soil 10 never clogged with surplus
water. l do not plow over the drains
but ! have permitted sod of grass
70 form on them to mark their course
The water following the line Of bitches
drains on below the surface. and there
Il steady outpour In the main ditch
in rainy weather. The cost was only
that Of my own personal labor.--C. w
M'nnsrs. IN American Cultiyator. -
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-02-13
Londonors Careless About Their Hats.


Any one walking about the streets
of London much must have noticed
what change has come over the
headgear of the population during the
last few years. At one time the top
hat was almost universal. especially
in the central part of the town. No
self-respecting city man or even his
clerk ever thought of coming into
London in bowler hat, and even IL
man wore short jacket he put ON
his silk hat, combination which was
truly horrible. In clubland, of course,
silk hats were always worn. and any
other sort Of headgear would have
attracted more attention than was
absolutely pleasant. But now things
have changed, and the top hat is
getting rarer and rarer in the London
streets. The men who always wore
top hats now wear bowlers, or some
sort of soft hat, while those who used
to wear bowlers now wear cloth caps
1t is very rare now to see a laborer
In round hat, whereas few years
ago a holman carrying a load of
bricks wearing this headgear was an
every day sight. The cloth cap is
now universal. The slackness first
began with straw hats during the hot
summers of the past few years, and
now on the slightest pretext men put
on the more comfortable if less smart
looking hats Soon the silk hat will
only be seen in Piccadilly, Bond street
and on the stock exchange, and 1t will
be interesting to see If badness Will
disappear with the hat which is said
to be one of the chief causes of it,
London Globe.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-02-13

hole for the fireplace should be about
two feet deep and at least six feet
away from the box. The trench for
the stovepipe should not be over one
half as deep, and dug SO that the upper
end of the stOvepipe viii come out un-
der the box near the centre an old
elbow joint makes this very easy to
cred with the loose dirt thrown out,
and the sides of the box banked up
with earth, its cracks even being calked
as much as possible, for notwlthstand-
ing all the precautions, enough smoke
will still escape to insure the neces-
sary amount Of draught
When the affair is completed and the
hams are all hung a fire should be
kindled In an old kettle or pan, using
corn cobs for fuel, since these make
the best material, not to mention that
they are easy to handle and VIII last
long. AS soon as a good smoke has
been started the furnace" should be
set in the hole prepared for it and
boards laid over the top, or, better, u
large piece of sheet iron, tin, or some-
thing OF that nature. BY banking this
up so as to keep the smoke from escap-
ing, one win be in fair way to have
some frst-class bacon. Several hun
dred pounds of meat can be smoked at
a time. and, let alone the economy of
this. the device is of inestimable value
as q safeguard against fire. Unlike
some kinds OF smokehouses. so-called,
1t harbors no danger whatever II
rightly made. OF burning a single build
ing on the fnrm.-New York Tribune.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-02-13
FOOL YouNcsNs.

Me an Bert an Minnie-Belle
Knows a joke, an we won't tell
No, we don't--'cause we don't know
Why we got to laughin' SO;
But we got to laughin' so,
We ist KEEP a-laughin.
Wind wuz BLOWN in the trees
An wuz only ist us three
Playin' there; an ever one
Ketched each other, like we done,
Sunintin' up there at the sun,
Like we wuz s-laughin.
Nothin' funny anyway;
But l laughed, an so did they
An we all three laughed, an men
Squint' our eyes an laugh again;
Ner we didn't ist p'ten'--
We wuz shore 'nough laughin'.
We ist laugh an laugh, tel Bert
Say he can't quit an it hurt.
Men l howl, an Minnie-Belle
She tear up the grass spell
An ist stop her yeers an yell,
Like she'd die a-laughin
Never sich fool-youngens yit!
Nothin' funny--not a bit!---
But we laugh SO, tel we whoop'
Purt' nigh like we have the Group
All so hoarse we'd wheeze an whoop
An ist choke a-laughin'.
james Whitcomb Riley, in the Century
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-02-13

We all know how untidy siciroom
becomes, and how annoying the dust
of the sweeping is TO the patient. '"To
remedy this said trained and capa-
BILE nurse recently, II put a little am
monia in pail of warm water, and
with my mop wrung dry as possible go
all over the carpet first. This takes
up the dust and much Of the loose
dirt. A broom will take what is too
large to adhere to the mop and raise
no dust. With my dust cloth well
sprinkled, l go over the furniture and
the room is fairly clean. limited
States Health Reports.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-02-13

Cascades of ruchings in mousseline
de sole, Liberty silk or chiffon are
graduated in bias lines of width from
are the finish to fluffy boa, and are at
present much preferred to the long,
straight stole ends, accordion-pleated
or plain. The softness of these plisse
boas makes them universally becom.
ing, except perhaps to the woman who
has no neck to speak of. Even then
the mousseline boa Is apt to be becom.
ing TO her couutenance. 1t softens the
severity of an elderly face.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-02-13
WIRE NETTING TO PROTECT YOUNG CHICK

apart so that the distance from the out
side Of each shall be just six feet.
Make the burrows $50 feet long
Stretch roll of slx-foot wire netting
along the burrows, fastening the edges
down with stones. This gives a long
run on both grass ground and plowed
land for the chicks, and hawks cannot
modest them. The coop can be set at
one end, the other end being stopped
with sod. The plan is shown in the
cut.-W. d. Maine, in New England
Homestead.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-02-13

A good example OF tailor costume
that relies on cut and outline rather
than superfluous trimming for its style.
is in mouse-brown cloth, with lines of
thick black chenille cord stitched
down with gold thread on skirt and
bodice. The top of the skirt has Il
narrow shaped yoke piece embroidered
in black and gold. The revers and
waistband are of modore velvet, the
reyers and skirt edged with narrow
band Of vison. A double row of gold
buttons fastens the bodice.