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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-09-06
WHOLESALE MARKETS.

Baltimore. - FLOUR - Steady at de-
cline and unchanged; receipts, Io,4o3
/ barrels
| WHEATON, and lower; spot, CON
tract, SI@SIH; spot, No. 2 red West
crn, 82dS2N; August, SIM81H; Sep
!ember, 81HM8rB; October, S26S2H !;
December, 84M@S4%' steamer No. 2
red, 74d74A.
cORN-Easy; spot, 6oa6oA; Aug
ust, 6od6oA; September, 5oH; year,
4oB@4o$; January, 482sd48M; Fcbru-
ary, 4SAd4SIz; steamer mixed, 5S0
OATS-Firm; new No. 2 white, &c
sales; new No. 3 white, 2od2oM new
No. mixed, 271z028.
RYE-Firmer; No Western, 620
62H.
HAY-Old, steady; No. timothy
and No. clover mixed, unchanged.
BUTTER-Firm, unchanged fancy
imitation, Iod2o; fancy creamery, 22M
20; fancy ladle, 1900; store-packed,
IoMI7.
EGCS-Firm, unchanged. 20.
CHEESE-Stcady, unchanged; large,
IIH; medium, IIM; small, IL.
SUGAR-Steady unchanged; coarse
granulated, 545; fine. 5.45.
New -WHEAT-Spot steady; ;
No. red, S6% elevator and 873s (. O. b.
ahoat; No Northern Duluth, o25s to
arrive f. o. b. ahoat; No. 1 Northern
Manitoba, S815 to arrive f. O. b. afoat.
CORN-Spot steady; No. 2, 6IA elc-
vator and t. o. b. anoat; No. yellow,
62; No 2 white, 62H. Option market
was without transactions, closing nom-
nally unchanged to 1Sc net higher; Sep
tember closed 6oB; December closed
52%.
OATS-Spot steady; mixed oats, 26
to 32 pounds, 2oG2oH; natural white,
80 TO 81 pounds, 3od3I; clipped white,
80 TO 40 pounds, 33H@35H.
RYE-Steady; No, Western, 64 c.
|. (. New York.
BARLEY-Steady; feeding, $4,000
c. i. t. Buffalo.
BUTTER-Steady and unchanged.
CHEESE-Strong. State full cream,
small colored, and white fancy, II; do,
fair to choice, IoA@IoM; large colored
and white fancy, II,
EGGS-Easy and unchanged; receipts
S,o64.
LARD-Firm; refined, firm; CONT
nent, 8.45; South American 900; COM
pound, $500.
COTTONSEED OIL-Firm; prime
yellow, 2oM@3oN
SUGAR-Raw, steady; fair refining,
33S centrifugal 90 test, 3 3I-3a@4; mo-
lasses sugar, 3B refined, steady.
PEANUTS-Easy; fancy hand-pick-
I'd, 545A other domestic, 3@5M.
POTATOES - Weak; Long Island
and Jersey, per 100 pounds, I5o0I.7s;
DO, round Jersey, per barrel. I.2561. so;
sweet potatoes, Jersey, per basket, $50
I,25.
CABBAGES-Wcak; fat dutch. per
100 4.oo@5,oo; Wakefield, 3.oo64oo
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-09-06
Anxious for His Divorce.

A Rhode Island lawyer who devotes
much OF his attention TO the procure
ment of divorces. tells the following (:
"One day last month there entered
my office prosperous looking Ger
man. who. without much preliminary
conversation, stated that he wanted
a divorce. Suffice 1t to say that the
mass of facts ELECTED from the appli-
cant would have served to obtain sew
eral divorces. At that, 1t was a toss
up as to whether the man or his wife
was the better entitled to a judicial
separation. So hinted to the German
that 1t might be well for him to al
low the woman to get the divorce.
She's woman, you know added.
and it would be wiser for both of
you
The man gazed anxiously at me
for some minutes. Then he exclaimed
excitedly:
You think | haf done enough to
her alretty, eh?'
Certainly answered l.
Because, he added, eagerly, If |
haf MT, den I'll go and hit her once
now!'"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-09-06

"Old" Gorton of Manchester was an
ardent disciple of lzaak Walton. On
one occasion he was sitting upon the
railroad bridge in company with some
of the young men of the town, pur-
suing his favorite occupation. The
fish did not bite well, however, and
one of his companions, becoming i'm
patient, unnoticed by the old man, got
up, wound up his line and started for
home, throwing a couple of fish into
Gorton's basket as he passed.
After time Gorton. too, tired of
his poor luck, prepared for dearture.
Lifting the the cover of his basket,
he looked in, counted his catch, and
said, with surprised and disappoint-
ed voice: why, had FIVE cunners,
and now there amt but seven! Where
the DEVILS tother two?"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-09-06
Harvard's President Appreciated.

Some years ago a physician was
summoned in haste to attend a patient
at ". On arriving at the island
and inquirng for a conveyance to the
house he wished to visit, he was di
rected to farmhouse Here the doc.
tor found man, whom he requested
to harness horse, at the same time.
in the interest of his patient, desir-
ing him to be lively
The man pleasantly and promptly
complied, harnessed the horse, and
was speedily driving over the road at
a good rate. The doctor discussed
farming, and was struck with the gen
eral information and conversational
powers of the driver On arriving at
the house half a dollar was rendered
tho man, but it was politely declined.
What is the name of your intelli
gent farmer?" asked the doctor, after
ne had finished his professional visit
What, the gentleman who brought
you to the house? That was Presi.
dent Eliot of Harvard"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-09-06
Poured Gold In His Teeth.

This story has come to light in q
police court. A young man from Chi.
cago arrived in New York, hoping to
obtain work as a waiter
He failed, and was arrested for
stealing a roll of cloth from a tailor
shop, in broad daylight. He pleaded
guilty to the charge, and told the fol-
lowing story:
All the money had was spent.
had no friend to help me get work.
pawned my overcoat and spent the
money got on it, except Is cents. |
spent that for a pair of jliers, which
used to to rip the gold teeth from
my mouth These cost me SIS and l
pawned them for $3.50, all could
get, and when that money was gone
] had to steal or starve.
II went to a clothing shop, picked
up roll of cloth in plain view of its
owners, and stood ten feet from the
door, waiting to be sent to prison,
where l would be sure of bed and
some food"
Recorder Goff paroled the young
young man and the officials saw that
he was sent to his home in Chicago
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-09-06
MUCH IN LITTLE.

A shipyard at Ominato, Japan, still in
operation, was established 1900 years
ago.
About 100000 persons are employed
in the coal mines of the world.
Germany's African war has already
cost the taxpayers nearly S5o,ooo,ooo.
China has 10 railways in operation
with total mileage of a,a35, or about
one-tenth that OF Great Britain.
No married man in Vienna is allowed
o go up in balloon without the formal
consent of his wife and children.
The Scottish Patriot announced the
other day in big type that in case OF
war between Norway and Sweden a
committee was ready to send at once
Loo Scots, fully equipped for the field,
TO aid NORWAY.
The Backus- Brooks Lumber Company,
of Minneapolis, propose to build a dam
across the Rainy River at Fort Francis,
Ontario.
The British First East Yorkshire
Regiment, which has been 20 years on
foreign service In the Far East, has
Just been ordered home from Burmah.
In Belgium the law of December IA,
1880 provides that children must have
one full day of rest each week. while
in the Netherlands Sunday rest is de-
manded for women aud children BY the
law of March S, 1880, and by virtue OF
the law of March !, 1915, no govern
ment work ia done on SUNDAY.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-09-06
TRY TO mlsLEAp DOCTORS.
Too Many Patients Refuse to Speak
the Truth as to Their Ailments.


II was late. the doctors patients
had either passed away or we're mend
ing, and he was sitting with mum.
ber Of his acquaintances in corner
OF the clubroom.
IT'S strenuous life we lead"
droned the man of medicine. "wits
the grim side turned uppormost as a
rule, but now and then we get
laugh out of it-a laugh with the lid
on, of course; we can't afford to show
we're amused. often wonder" he
went on, genially, why some of you
chaps ever send for a physician. You
don't tell him the truth once in twen
ty times. You're in a bad way and
you're sorry, and to hear you talk
I'd think your mouths were cold stor.
age boxes for butter. You suspect that
lobster or a rich sauce you ate the
day before yesterday is at the bottom
of the trouble. You know what's
curled up in you and you're fright.
ened out of a years growth for fear
I'll learn.
Accordingly instead Of taking me
into your confidence you tell me an
impossible story. And IL | cross-exam-
Inc you closely and hedge you in you'll
reluctantly admit that you've been
somewhat indiscreet. You smoked
four cigars Thursday and took six
drinks. Doesn't it ever occur to you
that | know by your flutters that you
smoked from breakfast to bed and
took sixteen drinks and six more for
good measure?
II ! were to believe you and dose
you for your ailment as you describe
1t you'd never get well. Now and
then have to give you strychnine
and -glycerine to restore the ac-
tion of the heart and to listen to you.
! might conclude that you'd had too
much pink ice at children's party.
AS ! hinted, we doctors get some
fun out of you, but what do you do
1t for? We were not always doctors.
we haven't always taken the best care
of ourselves and we're not FOOLS"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-09-06

poultry exchange gives the follow
ing excellent plan for roosts and nest
boxes:
zone of the most important arrange
ments in the poultry house is the pro-
per location of both roosts and nest
boxes, and the plan here described has
been found all that is desirable. Its
advantages are the placing of the
roosts low. the chance for Il dropping
board under the roosts and the location
of the nest boxes where it is quiet and
dark, a condition quite pleasing to lay
ing hens.
Make a frame of the desired length
and of width so that the nest box
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-09-06

R. G. Dun & Co.'S Weekly Review
of Trade" says:
Distribution OF Autumn merchandise
is in progress unusually early this year,
and the volume of forward business is
so heavy that the last half of 1905 prom
ises to establish a remarkable record
of commercial activity.
Current retail trade is well maintain.
ed, the urgency OF orders received by
lobbers indicating that dealers stocks
are becoming depleted, and there is lit
Tic complaint regarding collections.
More labor disputes have reached
settlement, and no serious controver
sizes are threatened, while in many sec.
tons the supply OF wage earncrs is in
adequate. Freight blockades and INSULT.
cient rolling stock cause delay, despite
widely extended facilities as compared
with last year, and this trouble will
probably increase as the crop-moving
season advances
Special reports regarding manufac-
turing conditions have been received
from about forty leading industrial CEN
tiers, and there is surprising unanimity
in the statements With scarcely an
exception plants are working close to
full capacity, with little idle machinery,
except where altrations or improvements
are in progress, and contracts on hand
far exceed those held at this date in
1904.
Equally gratifying is the confidence
expressed in the future, a prominent
feature of most reports. Encouraging
crop prospects provide a large share OF
the good feeling.
Failures this week numbered 100 in
the United States, against 2o5 last year
and twenty-seven in Canada, compared
with thirty a year ago"
"Bradstreet's" says:
Wheat, including flour, exports for
the week arc I,I7o,34o bushels, against
I,ooS,51o last week, r,oS4,333 this week
last year, 3,245,o56 in 1908, and s,436,
$50 in 1902"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-09-06
Advantages a OF Silage.

The difficulty of securing succuent
feed during the dry period of summer,
and also during the winter season. has
been met in several ways with varying
success. But for general feeding upon
most dairy farms throughout the Cen
trail States corn silage is the most eco
nomical succulent feed which can be
obtained for cows at season when
pasture is not available. When fed
with other grains so as to make bal
anced ration. it tends to heavy milk
production and is always very cheap
feed. BY the use of the silo, green
feed can be had at less cost than for
soiling, since with the silo corn may be
used to a greater extent. Professor
w. ]. Fraser, of the Illinois Expert
ment Station. states in a recent bull
letin. No. 101. that in Illinois corn is
the best single crop for slage, and
combined with cowpease or soy beans.
the feeding value may be somewhat
increased.
The time to cut corn for silage is
when fully tasseled, and when the ears
are just beginning to show the dents
on nearly all the grains. 1t is found
that at this stage the dry matter and
nutrients as well are at the highest
point. If ripe. silage will not settle
well into the silo, and so will not be
sufficiently protected TO prevent spoil
ing.
Corn for this purpose is most easily
handled by cutting with binder. using
a silage cutter and large knife TO take
the bundles without cutting the bands.
In filing the silo the leaves and stems
must be thoroughly mixed. and after
it is put in the shock well tramped
next to the wall. After filling, the
top six inches should be wet once and
tramped occasionally for week to OBJ
tain a compact layer, which will pre-
serve the silage.
Records of the cost of silo filling on
nineteen different farms in various
parts of Illinois show that the cost
ranges from forty TO seventy-five cents
per ton, the average being fifty-six
cents. OF 372 comparisons made be-
tween silage and unsilage milk, sixty
per cent. were in favor of the silage
mi.k,-Orange Judd Farmer.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-09-06

1t is better to raise eight good pigs
than twelve inferior ones. There will
be more money in the former than
in the latter, though they outnumber
them. Quality is more important than
quantity.
All troughs and feeding pens should
be kept scrupulously clean. Don't let
any food remain after they get through
with the food in the trough. 1t sours.
mouds, and is unhealthy.
Be sure the pigs have trough for
themselves that cannot be reached by
the mother or the other hogs. 1t
teaches them to eat and prevents any
shrinkage during weaving. 1t is a
lf-weaner.-Indiana Farmer.
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will be twelve inches in the space oc-
cupied by the hen. The side boards
are eighteen inches high at the back
and when covered with matched
boards, which form the dropping
board. it comes even with the floor in
front. Then fasten posts at either end
of the front on which the frame COM
posing the perches is to rest, fastening
this frame to the box frame, which
brings the perches level. The one
open side of the board frame is then
partitioned off to form the nests. which
are about foot square in the clear
This plan forms Il neat. compact. com
bined roost and nest boxes, and as it
is placed away from the wall there is
little opportunity for vermin to infest
It. The illustration shows the details
plainly, the drawing at the top labeled
two indicating the nest boxes, which
are shown in the main drawing by
dotted lines"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-09-06
Prntectinc Timber FROM Decny.

In a German periodical devoted to
architectural and engineering topics, a
writer named Nussbaum discusses the
best measures for seasoning timber
and for preventing the growth of dry
rot and other diseases to which it is
liable. He points out that for numer-
Gus reasons it is ineXpedient to fell the
timber when full of sap, and there are
many objections TO the plan which has
been recommended of leaving the felled
timber for several years in the forest
after it has been cut down, for it is
then exposed to the attacks of various
vegetable parasites and fungi which
abound in such places.
He advises that directly the leaves or
new fir needles have been formed
those trees which are hereafter to be
fcllcd in the autumn should be hinged
round by the removal of Il wide strip Of
bark. including the sap layer. This
would hinder the ascent OF moisture
from the ground and would cause the
foliage to extract from the trunk all
the sap and liquid particles in the
cells. Such procedure, moreover, en-
ables the wood to dry very rapidly
after being felled, and then the log
should be at once removed from the
forest and stored in a dry situation for
use. BY emptying the sap vessels in
this natural way the attacks both of
animal and vegetable parasites which
prey on the juices are avoided. d.-Trib-
une-Farmer.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-09-06

The queen Is fair and stately bee
differing from the workers both in
shape and color. She is longer than
a honey bee by one-third, and some
what onger than drone, but not quite
so big around.
The queen is treated with the great
est respect and affection by the bees
A circle of her offspring often surround
her, testifylng in various ways their
dutlful regard offering her food from
time TO time, ans all Of them politely
backing out of her way, to give her a
clear path Then she moves over the
combs. SO strong is the feeling OF
the workers for the queen, that If for
any reason she is removed, the whole
colony is filed with CONSERVATION and
dsmay. Her death, when II is too Late
in the season to raise another queen,
means the final extinction of the
colony.
A good queen will sometimes lay
from two TO three thousand eggs day
or nearly the weight of her own body,
and continue doing 1t for weeks in sue.
cessIon. At the beginning Of the season
the queen lays eggs III the worker cells
she walks over the combs, puts hel
head into each open cell as she comes
10 it, as though to discover whether
it is occupied or is in fit condition tc
receive an egg. ] have often watched
how faithfully she goes about hel
work. from an observatory hive, fol
hours.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-09-06

bottom board may be removed it is
hooked in place at each end, and over
the entire front is placed a sloplpg
roof, somewhat in form like the roof
of a veranIa. This roof furnishes
shade, and with the partly open front
and sides. there is plenty OF ventila-
ton. The pigs Craze all they wish
and then so into the pen to rest or
to get ont of the hot sun. At night
they occupy it very rarely, sleeping on
the grass. With the smaller pigs care
is taken to place the bottom board OF
the front in place and hook 1t at night
Any feeding that is done is given in q
trough at the side of the colony house.
The illustration shows the, construc'
ton of these houses. which should be
small enough so they may be placed
on a stone boat or sled and carried
under cover in the fall-Indianapolis
News.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-09-06
Mr. Maeoueen as a Mlnlster.

The Rev. Peter MacQueen tells this
story on himself: 1t seems that Mr.
Murphy, the famous temperance ora
tor, made one of his great speeches IL
the West Somervlle Congregations
church some years ago. At the close
of the service one of Mr. McQueen's
Iarishioners, a worthy Scot addicted
to strong liquors. came up to sign
the temperance pledge.
Mr.. Murphy talked to the Scotch,
man and asked him If Mr.. Mcqueen
was not brother Scot What kind
Of a minister is MIR. MacQueen 2"
said Murphy to the converted tippler.
Hes foin mon, that Mister Mac.
Queen; a grawn meenister that;
there's name O. this dom'd releegion
aboot him" replied the old Scotch.
man.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-09-06

When chicks are fed on cornmeal,
do not make 1t into dough. as it is not
sufficient, but with each mess Of corn
meal mix fresh milk instead of water,
creased Give the chicks variety of
feed, as they will eat any kind of seeds
or small grain. especially broken wheat.
The chicks are liable to get wet by
wading in the milk, although it is ex-
cellent. If this is not the case, the
milk will become sour and breed dis
ease. Mix the milk with cornmeal and
let the mess be eaten up clean; then
the chicks will relish it and thrive on
the mixture. Farmers Home Journal.
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BIRDS SENSE OF HUMoR.
Man OF Experience Awards Palm t.
Roast Duck.

Roast Duck.
Il was reading a magazine article
the other day-Tm always reading
something said the hardware mer.
chant, that had it that Dr. Kennedy
had discovered that birds have a sense
of humor. One of his anecdotes was
to the effect that a robin was feeding
her young with earthworms. when a
crow, Teigning amenesS. appeared on
The edge of the nest with open mouth
and claimed a share of the meal. The
robin looked the intruder over. picked
up bit of dead twig that resembled
worm. and hastily thrust it into his
throat. The crow was so greedy that
be nearly choked to death before he
realized that he had been deceived.
ran easily believe that. but I've al.
ways thought that the bird whose
sense OF hnmor WAS most highly de.
veloped was the duck roast duck
VIII have more fun with you in a
dumb, solemn KIND of way than any.
thing that wears feathers. don I
except women or Indians.
rive taken carving lessons and I
KNOW Just where the joints Of a duck
ought to be-, but they're never where
they ought to he; they're always
somewhere else What's worse, they're
never located alike in any two ducks
Again, 1t you have one duck you cant
make it 20 around. and if you have
more than Que there's too much. And
me way duckll bound and spring off
from the knife and go under the table
with YOU. If you're not careful. is won.
derful. A roast duck always seems to
say to me:
You've got me where can't do
lot to you, but you'll be sorrier than
am. at that, before we're through with
one another"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-09-06
DUST THE DEMON.

There Is something fairly demonia-
cal in the way coffee sometimes wreaks
its fiendlsh malice on those who use II.
A lady writing from Calf. says:
"My husband and l, both lovers of
coffee, suffered for some time from a
kery annoying form of nervousness.
accompanied by most frightful head.
aches. In my own case there was
eventually developed some sort of af.
fection of the nerves leading from the
spine TO the head.
81 was unable to hold my head up
straight, the tension of the nerves
drew II to one side, causing me the
most intense pain. We got no relief
from medicine. and were puzzled as to
what caused the trouble, till a friend
suggested that possibly the coffee we
drank had something to do with it, and
advised that we quit 1t and try Pos
tum Coffee.
I'VE followed his advice, and from
the day that we began to use Postum
we both began to improve, and in q
very short time both OF us were en-
tirely relieved. The nerves became
steady once more, the headaches
ceased, the muscles in the back of my
neck relaxed, my head Strengthened
up and the dreadful pain that had so
punished me while I used the old kind
Of coffee vanished.
1--WE have never resumed the use OF
the old coffee, but relish our Postum
every day as well as we did the for
mer beverage. And we are delighted
to ind that we can give 1t freely to
pur children also something we never
dared to do with the old kind of cof-
tee." Name given by Postum Co., Bat
tie Creek. Mich.
Postum Coffee contains absolutely no
drugs of any kind. but relieves the
'ofree drinker from the old drug poison
There's reason.