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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-09-27
CALLED ELIXIR OF LIFE.
Men of Emlnenee Testify to the
Worth of Buttermilk.

Men of Emlnence Testify to the
Worth of Buttermilk.
Assuming that you have forsworn
alcohol, and have found nothing to re-
place the glass of beer, try buttermilk.
In good condition, at its sourest, it is
genuinely refreshing, sharp drink
acid, but not thin like lemonade-nour.
ishing, hut not insipid like milk. II
is a harmless substitute for intoxi
cants, a remedy for tuberculosis, and
all pulmonary complaints, and bene-
fetal to the digestion.
Russian Koumss. nearly the same
thing, is sour mares milk. and 1t is
well known that the tribes who drink
1t are immune from consumption. Kou.
miss has consequently been largely
used as a cure for that disease. The
famous Russian Count Tolstoy, who
was at one time afflicted with tuber
culosis. attributes his cure largely to
the drinking of Koumiss in abundance.
while living in ten on tie Russian
steppes.
A famous English physician, Sir
Lauder Brunton, says of buttermilk
that it "quenches the thirst, supplies
food, and also contains a ferment
which, if absorbed, may be useful in
aiding the conversion of sugar into
Tactic acid within the body l am in.
clined to attribute the benefits occa'
sionally derived from the use OF
skinned milk to its possessing SINH
lar properties to buttermilk. But
consider the latter superior. When II
is allowed to become very sour, and
all its milk sugar has been converted
into Tactic acid, it would probably be
still better"
According to Professor Metchnikoff,
sour milk or buttermilk is a sort OF
elixir Of life, in that 1t Is a remedy
for "the slow intoxications that weak
en- the resistance OF the higher ele.
ments af the body"
Buttermilk is very easy Of digestion
and assimilation. In diabetes, where
milk is more or less Objectionable,
buttermilk can be safely given with
advantage. 1t is also given as a
refrigerant.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-09-27
FACTS WORTH REMEMBERING.

The word banquet" formerly meant
dessert.
California oranges are now sold ex.
tensively in London
The marriage rate for London is high.
.r than that for England and Wales a'
a whole.
Bathers at borough private baths in
London numbered 3,Io4,3S3; at the
winning baths, 2,s6S,so2.
A new high record has been made n
Stock Exchange. One just sold brought
$1,000.
The gas plant at Hull, England, is
uyned by the municipality. The cost
of gas to consumers in Hull is from Sc
% 90 cents per 1000 cubic feet inside
he city limits, and from o. to o5 cents
outside.
Although the Simplon Tunnel is SC
much longer than either the ST. Goihard
Or the Mont Gents, it was completed in
six and half years, while it took eight
years to construct the St Gothard and
I2 years for the Mount Gems. The dii.
ference in favor Of the Simplon was due
almost entirely to the improved rotating
drills now used in tunnel construction.
In the case of an arrested motor
driver at Haisham, England, the other
day the police swore that he was driv-
ing at the rate of S7H miles an hour
and they refused, under cross-examna-
lion, to take Off even the onc-half
Exports from Yokohama, Japan. TO
the United States for the year ending
June 30 last aggregated in value SAl.-
,s27,2so. The bulk Of this was made up
OF raw silk and silk goods, the value OF
the former having been $3I,o7Ao45 and
The latter $6,o76o33 Tea was also rs.
ceived in this country 10 the value Of
$780,. .o4o; curios, Sl,oos, $40; provisions
b426,65o; chip and straw braids, 1884,
46o. and cotton goods, $zoo,4ol
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-09-27
Where He Got Them.

Jones sat working at his desk when
a Hebrew flower peddler stuck his
head I'm at the door and asked II he
was going to the big Yale-Harvard
football game on the morrow at New
Haven, If so, he would guarantee for
81 a bunch Of twice as many viclets
as any one else.
The offer was taken, the violets
delivered and worn to the game by a
young lady who not only used them
that day but the following Sunday.
A few days later the Hebrew again
called, and Jones said those violets
gave excellent satisfaction, but If you
have no objections | would like to
know how you were able to sell so
many violets for so little money on a
day when they command high price.
His reply was, Il get 'em off
corpses."
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-09-27
Curing Alfalfa.

In curing alfalfa it is best to put it in
small cocks, which should be turned
several times. Two men should work
together at this, placing their forks
under one side and lifting together; it
is thus an easy and quick job. A
writer in the Rural New Yorker says
the main points to observe in the cur
ing Of alfalfa hay are, first. to handle it
while it is in wllted state before the
leaves are thoroughly dry. TO prevent
the loss of leaves. If it is put up when
warm, and allowed to stand in the
cock for twenty-four hours, it will con-
tinue the curing process without be
coming so dry as to lose on the subse-
quent handling after it is thrown out.
During cool and cloudy weather it will
take several days to cure.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-09-27

Tired, nervous and irritable, the
mother is unfit to care for her chill
dren, and hercondition ruins the childs
disposition and reacts upon herself
The mother should not be blamed, as
she no doubt is suffering with back
ache, headache, bearing down pains or
displacement, making life burden.
Lydia z. Pinklsln's Vegetable Com.
pound is the unfailing cure for this
condition 1t strengthens the female
organs and permanently cures ell dis.
placements and Irregularities
Such testimony as the following
should convince women OF It's value:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham
"Iwant to tell you how much good Lydia T.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has done me.
l suffered for eight years with ovarian
troubles. | vns nervous, tired and ir,
ritable, and IL did not seem as though could
stand Il any longer, as had Eve children to
care for Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound was recommended and it has en-,
tirely cured me. i cannot thank you enough
for your letter Of advice and for what Lydia
f. Pinkhams Vegetakle Compound has done
for me. Mrs. Ph. Hoffman, 100 Himrod
Street, Brooklyn, N. Y"
Mrs. Pinkham advises sick women
free. Address, Lynn, Mass.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-09-27

There is hardly farm in the United
States that docs not contain some
spot where a nice bed of celery could
be planted-even should it be just suf-
ticient for family use. We know of
one party who never was much at rails
ing celery, but made up his mind TO
learn something about 1t, and so read
up on the subject. The result was that
he planted a small bed, and not only
had sufficient for family use during the
best part Of last winter, but sold few
hundred stalks at sixty cents hun
dred, which more than paid him for
the cost Of seed and fertilizer, and also
netted quite neat little sum as a
recompense for his labor.-Weekly Wit
ness.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-09-27
AMBITION As A TONIC.
Il Is Well, Occasionally, to Depart
from the Beaten Track.


The world is full Of "beaten-track"
people who exist exactly after the
fashion of millions OF men and women
who have preceded them. New ideas,
new methods, new undertakings are
alien to them, and to move them out
of the beaten track would require lit.
tie less than a moral or material cy.
clore. Their gait is plodding, and
their motto Let well enough alone"
These people have their uses, no
doubt in the general scheme of things
mundane. They are important factors
in making life a severe discipline
They hold In check the enthusiastic
progressive and original people who
would otherwise run this poor old
world too swiftly.
Granted their usefulness, II might
be possible, and would surely be ad.
vantageous. for a smaller number OF
beaten-track people to serve the pur
poses for which they exist; and some
power evoked to transform the ma
iority Of them into progressive and
enthusiastic citizens of the world
Their numbers have far outgrown
the needs, while the ranks of the ad.
vance guard of humanity have grown
thin.
Our attitude toward the sluggish
and satisfied people ought to be one
of pity rather than scorn, perhaps, for
they are generally the product OF un.
toward circumstances. Physical or
mental or moral incapacity is respon.
slble for their apathy, and has left
them only energy or will sufficient for
the beaten track. They at least are
far above the degenerate and crimi.
nal classes In humanity's scale, for
these are too feeble in intellect and
will to keep even in the beaten track,
not to mention the power to blaze a
higher and finer way through the
world.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-09-27
LIGHTING LORE
AcETYLENE ExcELs AS AN lLLU.
MlNANT.
Gas For Lighting Formerly Confined to
Cities and Large Towns. Now In GEN.
eral Use in the Country.

Gas For Lighting Formerly Confined to
Cities and Large Towns. Now In Gen.
eral Use In the Country.
The satisfactory lighting of suburban
and country homes requires that the
means used shall be convenient, safe,
economical and furnish a brilliant. PEN
etrating. eiIulgent light.
Everybody admits that these are not
the characteristics of the candle or
kerosene lamp. which, formerly, were
the only feasible means of producing
light for domestic use in the rural dis
tricts.
For generations there was a crying
need. yearning for something better.
which was not satisfied. A few years
ago deliverance came in the shape of
the chemical compound, Calcium Car
bide. from which, by the simple appli-
cation of water. the gas Acetylene is
derived. Acetylene meets all the re-
quirements fully and admirably and is
being generally used.
Common lime and carbon in the form
of coke or coal are the raw materials
which. fused in an intensely heated
furnace. make Calcium Carbide, and
there is no difficulty in obtaining it in
any part of the country
The machine into which the Calcium
Carbide is fed and from which the
Acetylene is distributed through the
building to be lighted, is but little larg-
er than a thirty gallon milk can, and
of the same general form. 1t is easily
and cheaply installed, either In the cell
lar or in an outbuilding.
The light from burning Acetylene is
exquisite, and lighting experts agree
that 1t surpasses all other known illu-
mnants 1t does not faint the air nor
strain the eyes. and is not objection
able in any respect. Every up-to-date
rural residence should be equipped
with Acetylene light.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-09-27

1t is always important that the ground
be stirred after rains, where a crust
forms and starts rapid evaporation Of
the moisture. 1t is well settled now
that good dust mulch of two or three
inches in depth is one of the things
necessary in corn cultivation.
Formerly deep cultivation was prac-
ticed, but 1t is now seen that 1t was a
mistake. When the crop is three or
four feet high the ground begins to
mat with the fine fibrous roots which
extend from row to row, as shown in
the cut given on this page. When six
to, eight feet high these fine root feed
ers of the plant have made complete
mat between the rows. In deep culti-
walton, reaching down to five or six
inches, these fine plant feeders are
broken off, and growth toward matur-
ity is checked. OF course new tibrous
roots will form from those broken,
but loss is sustained and never fully
recovered. II is the same when calf
or pig has its growth checked by starv-
ing for food; it can never fully recover
the loss.
Even after the ordinary cultivation
IL completed, II dry season begins,
some kind Of drag or implement with
siugle horse could be passed between
the rows to break up the crust and re-
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-09-27
Not Wholly Crazy.

A supervisor of an insane asylum
directed one of the half-witted inmates
to whitewash the walls. The lunatic
did as directed and really performed
very creditable job. but for some un.
foreseen reason he had neglected to
whitewash a space over the clock.
THAT is very well done" said the
supervisor as he returned to inspect
but catching himself up short he de-
manded:
But why did you leave that space
over the clock?"
"Oh, don't believe in working
overtime" was the response.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-09-27
COMMERCIAL ksWtW.


r. G. Dun g.. Co.'S Weekly Review OF
Trade" says:
Industrial, commercial and agricu.
tural progress continue satisfactory.
Nothing has occurred TO weaken con-
fdence, the disposition being to extend
plans further into the future, and many
plants have their facilities engaged well
into next year. AS demand broadens
there is natural tendency TO enlarge
capacity, which adds to the already ex-
ceptional structural activity.
'Jobbers have secured mitch more for
ward business than at this date last
year, especially in dry goods lines, and
the frequent reminders OF autumn tenn
perature stimulate retail distribution OF
wearing apparel.
Thus far the weather has not been
cold enough to harm the crops that re-
main to be harvested and another week
OF favorable conditions should insure
an unprecedented yield of corn.
Railway earnings thus far reported
for September were 81 per cent. larger
than last years.
Each week brings better news from
the iron and steel industry, demand
broadening and production keeping pace
Failures this week numbered Io4 in
the United States, against PA last year.
and 20 in Canada, compared with FL a
year ago"
Bradstreets says the wheat. including
-four, exports for the week are I,oS2. 2.4o4
bushels, against I,Io4,2I5 last week, Q35.-
S34 this week last year, i,ooo,oS3 in 1908.
and 5,435,323 in 1902. Corn exports for
the week are I,226,o53 bushels, against
I,4o4,o62 last week. 42o15S a year ago.
7S7.IIo in 1908 and 54,ooS in 1902.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-09-27

The cut of corn plants in q row dis
tance apart shown on this page is for
the purpose of impressing the reader
with the Importance of better methods
of cultivation than those formerly pur-
sued, in other words to show the ne
cessity for shallow level cultivation
after the corn plant is few feet high.
This country has the only productive
and profitable corn belt in the world.
corn In the last five years have raised
the annual production to about 2,000,-
100000 bushels, and yet the average
per acre for the whole country is only
24.2 bushels. 1t is rather remarkable
fact that on the poor soils Of New Eng
land the average production per acre
Ia the largest This Is doubtless due
to the fact that better fertilization,
cultivation and seed selection Is prac-
ticed there. 1t Is very well known that
there Is great advantage in seed selec-
fion. Many instances of this have
shown that on the same quality Of
soils fifteen bushels per acre have been
produced more than where the work Of
selecting seed was neglected. Again,
1t has been shown that corn growing
on lands the previous year In legumin-
GUS crops has greatly increased in pro-
duction. p
The best corn growers now begin
cultivation with weeders or harrows
before or by the time the corn begips to
appear above the ground, this both for
the purpose Of destroying the germinat-
ing weeds as well as TO put the soil
in better condition for corn growth.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-09-27

From weaving time till they are from
six TO eight months old one should feed
the pigs to secure the greatest possible
growth and development of bone, the
frame work which is to carry the
muscle and fat necessary to success
full marketing. But very little carbon
aceous food should be given. Corn
has Its place during the fattening
period, but should be used very spar
ingly during the season of their
growth. / use skim milk freely in
feeding my pigs directly after wean-
ing. For various reasons l prefer to
feed 1t while still sweet. The pigs
seem to relish it more, and 1t is not a
source Of indigestion, as sour milk
so often proves to be. The milk Is al
ways mixed with shorts or wheat mid
dlings to the consistency of thick cream
and fed several times a day.
always provide pasture of some sort
for my growing hogs. They not only
grow faster ON green feed, but they
mature earlier, and where the pasture
is supplemented by skim milk and
ground grains the best results possible
are obtained. While the hogs are
growing they should be given the run
of a large wood lot with plenty OF
shade and water. Exercise is as nec-
essary TO their proper growth as proper
food. 1t Is we'll to have some succulent
crop, such as sorghum, sweet corn or
even field corn, growing, so that in
case the pasture provided happens to
run low, these may be cut and fed in
late summer or early autumn. l us
ually place the rapidly maturing shoats
on a corn diet gradually, but never
during the entire time do 1 withdraw
the succulent ration. They are given
green cut feed after they are confined
to the feed lot. / run the ear corn
through the shelter and shovel the
grain into barrels, where it is carried
with fresh water at least twelve hours
before 1t is to be fed. 1t is then dipped
out and placed in troughs, OF which
there is always a sufficient number in
each pen to prevent crowding. l have
always found that soaked corn is more
readily digested, and fattens more
readily than the dry grain. as the lat
ter is seldom so well mastlcated that
1t partly passes through Unchanged
Tribune Farmer.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-09-27
GET POWER.
The supply Come. From Food.

II we get power from food. why not
, strive to get all the power we can.
That is only possible by use Of skilful-
ly selected food that exactly 6ts the
requirements Of the body.
Poor fuel makes poor fire and a
poor fire is not good steam producer.
From not knowing how to select
the right food to lit my needs | suf-
fered- grievously for long time from
stomach troubles" writes n lady from
a little town in Missouri.
ut seemed us II ! would never be
able to find ont the sort of food that
was best for me. Hardly anything
that could eat would stay on my
stomach. Every attempt gave me
heartburn and filled my stomach with
gas. | got thinner and thinner until
literally became living skeleton, and
in time was compelled to keep to my
bed.
"A few months ago was persuaded
to try Grape Nuts food. and 1t had such
good effect from the very beginning
that have kept up its use ever since.
l was surprised at the ease with which
| digested it, 1t proved to be just
what / needed. All my unpleasant
symptoms. the heartburn, the inflated
feeling which gave me so much pain
disappeared. My weight gradually
increased from 0S TO 116 lbs, my figure
rounded out. my strength came back.
and l am now able TO do my house
work and enjoy it. The Grape Nuts
food did it," Name given by Postum
Co. Battle Greek. Mich.
A ten days trial will show any one
some facts about food.
There's d reason"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-09-27
A Giants Appetite.

A Khirgsse giant, who has been on
exhibition in Hamburg, was found on
the streets of that city on August 10
in starving condition. Some people
took him to restaurant, where he
ate three plates of beef soup, four
pounds OF beefsteak, three portions Of
ham and eggs, two heaped-up plates OF
potatoes and cabbage and fourteen
apple tarts.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-09-27
WHOLESALE MARKETS,

Baitimore.-FLOUR--I'irm and un-
changed; receipts, $3.50 barrels.
WHEAT-Quiet, spot, contract, 1915
G83H spot, No. red Western, S4H
dS4M; September, S3}sMS3H; October
83N@S4; Decemb.". S5MGiS6 steamer
No 2 red, 7o076M; receipts, 1904
bushels; Southern by sample, 6s,uS3
Southern on grade, 7o19@S4R.
CORN-Strong; spot, $50; Septciu-
Der, 58H; year, 5oA@5oH; january,
4oH@4oH February, 40; March, 40;
steamer mixed, 500; receipts, 2t25o
bushels; Southern white corn, s0d6o
Southern yellow corn, 5706o.
OATS-Frmer No. white, % sales ;
No. 3 white, 3IQ3IN; No. mixed
2oI5@3o receipts, 5I,52o bushels.
RYE-Firm; No. ? Western. 64d
64H; receipts, 1854 bushels
BUTTER-Steady, unchanged; fancy
imitation, IoCd'2o; fancy creamer,, 22n
22H fancy ladle, ISQ 10; store-packed,
1910.
EGGS-Firm, 22.
CHEESE-Firm, unchanged; large.
I2H medium, I2A; small, 1875.
SUGAR-Steady; unchanged; coarse
granulated, 5.45 fine, 5.4s.
New Observation-Disclosures 5000
bushels; spot stronger; No. 2 red, 8SH
elevator; No. red, So1a f. o. b. afoat;
No. I Northern Duluth, oIM to arrive
(. b. af1oat.
OATS-Receipts, I33,5oo bushels ex-
ports, 2o,5IS bushels; spot frmer; No. 2,
5oH elevator and 5oM t. b. afoat; No
yellow, OH; No. white, oi}4.
OATS-Receipts, I32,5 500 bushels; ex-
ports, 4,o4s bushels; spot firmer; natu-
raj white oats, 80 to 81 pounds, j2J3@.
80; clipped white, SO to 40 pounds, $50
81.
CORNM EAL-Stcady; kiln-dred,
3.o5@3,Io.
BARLEY-Firmer; feeding, SO c. l. f.
Buffalo.
CHEESE-Steady; receipts, I,4sS;
State, full cream small, white fancy,
IIM; do. fair to choice, II@IIH; do,
,olored fancy, II34 do. fair TO choice,
I@IIH; do large, white and colored
fancy, IIM; skins full to light, 21a@
10.
POTATOES-Irish, steady, I.37@2.oo
sweets, easy. I.oot0I.so.
TALLOW-Easy; city, "a; country,
CoTToNsEED OIL-Easy; pri-e
yellow, 7sH@a6.
SUCAR-Raw nominal; fair refining,
sH@3 3-Io; centrifugal, 90 test 33A@
s 1916; molasses sugar, 7BG2 1916;
refined quiet.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-09-27
sHE Ct 1T=fIIs

new the dust mulch, SO as to retain the
moisture for the benefit Of the ears of
corn while maturing.
The corn crop is likely to continue to
grow in Importance and value, and
some time in the future, II the demand
grows as in the past five years, we
shall, by careful seed selection, soil
preparation and cultivation, come to
grow an average OF forty TO fifty bush
els per acre, instead of less than twen-
ty-five bushels, as now. - Indiana
Farmer.