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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-12-27
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Russian Salad-A salad that is easy
to prepare when one has a garden is
mixture of several kinds OF cooked
vegetables-string beans, peas, carrots
and fiowerets of caulifiower mixed
with mayonnaiso into which heaping
teaspoonful Of dissolved gelatine has
been stirred, the whole put into small
individual molds. and turned out when
cold ON lettuce which has had French
dressing put over it,
Salmon Cream Soup-Pour quart OF
milk in q double boiler. and while heat
| ing drop q good sized piece OF butter
into frying pan and turn it into the
contents of q can of salmon steak after
removing the bones, skin and liquor.
1t is also better to shred the salmon
as finely as possible. When butter and
fish are thoroughly mixed turn into
the boiling milk. Thicken with table
spoonful Of -four made smooth with a
little milk, season With salt and pepper
and dash Of cayenne and serve.
Preserved Peaches-Take ripe but
not soft peaches and pour boiling
MdIcT ONtT 10 ldht OA lHt cklub-
Weigh equal quantities of fruit and
sugar and put them together in an
earthen pan over night In the morn
ing pour ON the syrup and boil it a few;
minutes, take off the scum and put
back in kettle When the syrup boiis
up drop in the peaches. Boil them slow
ly three-quarters of an hour and then
take out and place in preserving jars.
Boil the syrup fifteen minutes longer
and pour over the fruit.
Layer Cake-One cup butter (not a
large one), two cups granulated sugar,
three cups -four. three teaspoonfuls
baking powder. one cup milk mot
large onel. three or four eggs (better
when four are used, one teaspoonful
vanilla, Mix butter and sugar until
very creamy. Then add the beaten
yokes and whites of the eggs (the
whites having been well beaten be-
fore, next the milk, then the flour.
into which the baking powder has
been put. Stir well and bake In three
tins. CThis is for three story cake)
Apple Jelly--Use twelve pounds of
apples, six quarts of water and sugar.
Wash, wipe and cut the apples into
halves. then into quarters and remove
the cores. Slice them thin, PUT them
into a porcelain lined kettle, add the
! cold water, cover the kettle, bring 10
boiling point and boil gently for TWEEN
ty minutes. Drain carefully over
night; do not squeeze or press the bag.
Next morning strain this syrup. put it
into porcelain lined kettle bring
quickly TO a boiling point. boil rapidly
for five minutes and aud one pound Of
sugar 10 each pint of juice; stir until
the sugar is dissolved Boil quickly ana
begin to try" AS soon as II begins
to form jelly take 1t from the fire and
pour II at once into perfectly clean
tumblers. To try dip teaspoonful
into a saucer. qpd stand the saucer in
cold water or on piece OF Ice. Ina
moment scrape the spoon through II,
and II 1t is brittle. like jelly. Y hae
been boiled long enough. ADD thq
seeds OF two vanilla beans and pour n
once into tnmblera. Thpre ~ ~ uoxe
danger IL oyerboilIns thoR n pn1
boiling, & \. = "a +. T. 4 q.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-12-27
Grades of Swine.

Because hog raisers. it is stated. do
not always interpret market reports to
their full meaning. loss and disap-
pointment frequently ensues. and the
Department of Agriculture prints the
Following classlfications:
Prime heavy hogs-3J0 to 800 pounds.
Butcher hogs--1S0 to $50 pounds.
Packing hogs-200 to 500 pounds
Light hogs-125 to 22O pounds.
Pigs-65 to 125 pounds.
Roasting pigs--15 to 30 pounds.
These general classes are further
sub-classilied and also different types
of butchers and bacon hogs described
on the basis adopted by the markets.
The object of the above is to induce
farmers 90 ship TO the large markets
uniform lots of hogs which conform
TO recognized classes. Mixed lots al
ways ell at disadvantage. Specu-
lators take advantage buying several
carload lots. which they sort into var
ious classes and resell at a profit SIM
ply because they are properly graded.
Indiana Farmer.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-12-27
The jury that recently tried State
Senator Emmons for bribery. at Sacra'
mento. Cal. sat twenty-six days.
Phantom Doves.

A man who had been at work in a
shoe factory in Maine set hen one
day. He was told that the eggs were
'bantams," and he always was fond OF
bantams. ''It don't take scarcely moth.
ing to feed EN-" said he. "and I'm
much obliged to YOU" And the young
fellows in the same room in the shoe
factory, who gave him the eggs, smiled
among themselves. The eggs hatched.
and then the devoted bantam-raiser
hung over the "chicks" in rapture.
They were the most awful specimens
of bantams, though, he ever saw They
were the lankest and most insignifi-
cant and nakedest and fuzziest birds
he ever met In all his existence.
Seems to me-" proffered he, the next
day, as he stood at his work. that
them's mighty queer bantams. ! kind
of think they're some new breed
something sort of original, you know.
Such things does happen The boys
in the shop agreed, without much urg-
ing. to come up and see them. They
came In ones and twos and threes and
squads. and filled his hen house and
focked HIS premises. and after they
had all got there they gave the hen
fancier the bottom OF the plot. They
had given him setting Of doves eggs
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-12-27
EPN0RTH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 81.
What Have Learned This Year7---
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Our last lesson for the year Is q sol
emn review on the part of Moses of
the merciful dealings of Jehovah with
the people OF Israel. II is q splendid
thing to be brought up standing be-
fore our life and forced to count our
blessings" To take an inventory OF
the events, actions, and purposes of
a whole year Is advantageous. Busl
ness men do this In taking account
OF stock. SO the Christian ought
This lesson recognizes that there is a
peril In prosperity, and not always
safety in success. There was danger
to those lsraelities in getting TO their
goal in the Promised Land. There is
danger 10 us in temporal prosperity.
We sometimes lose spiritually when
we are gaining Temporarily. How has
the past year been to us spiritually
as well as in a worldly sense?
Looking backward" may not al
ways be a healthy nor profitable en-
ployment. But at the end of a year,
as a review of the results of life.
It may lead to new resolves. new ef-
forts, and new departures. It is nat
ural that we should do this at the
New Year. The business man bal
ances his ledger; the employee often
begins new engagement, the affairs
of men are at this time adjusted to
1ew conditions.
Our successes should teach It's to
expect great things in the future from
God. 1t should be a matter of great
encouragement to count up the vic
.ories of the past twelvemonth. Our
goals were high as we started out in
1905. We have realized some OF
Them. We have had success in the
Christian life. We stand at the end
Of the year with new courage and new
nope to begin another year. Let us
learn the lessons of courage, hope,
trust and faith which they should
teach us.
Our failures should be warnings
hat will be valuable to us in future
years. Wrong methods. wrong plans,
and even fairly good ones should be
abandoned for better and more effec-
tive ones. Learn the lesson, and then
resolve upon new plans which will
succeed.
Surely it has been a year of bless
ng-to you and to yours; to the
church and the League; to the COM
munity and the nation. Count up
your blessings. Let them teach you
greater love, more ardent zeal, a new
conservation. a better service Re-
cognize, as our Scripture teaches us.
that here are dangers In success, and
a constant peril in our forgetting
God. Redouble your diligence. and
become more frequent and earnest in
prayer.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-12-27
Shooting the Horse.

The colt comes TO the shop with a
good foot. The shoer begins to shoe
that colt. II begins by trimming the
foot. why trim the foot? One man
answered; ITO make the shoe fit"
There is the mistake right on the start.
The good Lord made feet long before
man made shoes. The shape of the
hoof must be understood. and the shoe
must be made to conform to that shape
or the result will be failure. Half the
art Of shoeing lies IN trimming the
hoof. Stop now; don't cut that heel.
n cuts 80 easily: It is 20 much hand
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-12-27

1t was long ago the discovery Of Eng
llsh farmers that bone manure, as they
call lime phosphate, was good for the
turnip crop. The turnips were often
fed on the land where grown, and the
field thus fertilized with the sheep
droppings was afterward sown with
wheat or other grain. Usually sheep,
given turnip patch to feed down,
were well fed with grain. or llnseed
meal, which made much richer manure
than would turnips.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-12-27

Sell the poor cows and buy no other
unless you know all about them.
Farmers lose more money by buying
fresh cows than from any other source.
They cannot judge of the capacity or
disposition of the animal until it has
been tested. and disease may be
brought into the herd unknowingly.
When she foundation of a herd rests
upon breed. and the farmer patiently
waits until he has secured cows of his
own breeding. the road to success will
then be easier.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-12-27

One of the annoyances OF cleaning
fluids is their invariable habit of leav-
ing a ring around the cleaned spot An
authority says that the proper way to
avoid this is to- draw ring around
the spot with the gasoline before rub
bing the spot itself. There are several
good cleaning fluids en- the market
which are said to be non-explosive. IL
gasoline is preferred. let it never be
used but by the most responsible and
care taking person in the house.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-12-27

Many people cling to sponges. al
though they are not supposed to be as
sanitary as rough wash cloths, because
the sponges cannot be boiled. If prop
erly cared for, sponges are really quite
sanitary. Only one person should use
one sponge, and the sponge when not
in use should be Kept hanging in the
air. An authority advises washing a
sticky sponge in milk which process
wonderfully renews it.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-12-27
Remedy For Loose Picture Nails.

As soon as a nail driven in the wall
gets loose and the plaster begins to
break around it,, it can be made solid
and firm by the following process:
Saturate a bit of wadding with thick
glue, wrap of much of it around the
nail as possible and reinsert the latter
in the hole. pressing it home as strong
ly as possible Remove the excess of
glue, wiping it cleanly off with rag
dipped in water. then leave to dry.
says Woman's Life. The nail will thus
be firmly fastened in its place.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-12-27
Seq of Annels.

Referring to the discussion in New
York over the sex of angels, the Lon.
don Standarfl remarks: "In old Eng
Iish paintings and stained glass, in
the works of Orcagna, and in the en-
craving by Albrecht Durer the an
geles are depicted as robust mascu-
line figures, magnificent In their
sturdy strength, irresistible power and
unspeakable solemnity.'
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-12-27

To destroy the sooty smell sometimes
noticed in a room where an open fire.
place or CRATE has been closed for the
summer, make a fire Of packed news
papers and ground coffee. The coffee
should be freely sprinkled among and
over the newspapers before they are
lighted. The heat extracts the aroma
and disinfecting qualities of the coffee.
which puriiies the room. while the
warmth engendered is very feeting.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-12-27

A dish mop is great convenience
in washing tumblers, cups and light.
clean dishes in very hot water. 1t is
especially handy for washing deep
dishes or those having narrow necks.
dish mop may be bought for trining
sum. or one can. be manufactured at
home by tying quantity of common
cord or twine 10 the end of a stick
from eight to twelve inches long.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-12-27

Matters!


The French have way Of making
even an inferior quality of table linen
look well without the aid of starch.
When the napkins are washed and
ready to be ironed they are dipped into
boiling water and partially wrung out
between cloths. They are then rapidly
ironed with as hot fiatiron as possi-
bic without burning them.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-12-27

drawings showing different capacities
or can you direct me to some one who
can furnish me with information de-
sired?
More than one style for the purpose
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-12-27
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR DECEMBER 81

Review or the Lessons For tho Last
Quarter OF the Year - Rend Psalm
cxxvi - Golden Text, Psa. ixv., IL =
Summaries.
The Florida agriculturist., 1905-11-15
Cleaning Up in the Small Town.

In the midst of the wilderness of
tracks that constitutes the transfer
yards of the Pennsylvania railroad at
a division point stands little house
that shelters a switchman. Usually
the little bit of land of such a ''shanty"
is cinder-covered or piled with the
waste of the work. 1t was with sur
prise, therefore, that | saw a fash
of brilliant floral color in passing
through the yard in question on a train
one hot July day. I recognized the
flowers as those of the portulaca
Inquiry proved that the switChman,
Mr.. Dull, is a true beautiful Amerl-
can. He told about his effort thus:
81 bought one packet of portulaca
seed for ten cents about six years ago.
The other switchman helped me carry
some good dirt to spread over the
cinders, and we made a bed and plant
ed the seeds. We all liked the bright
flowers and we gathered and kept
plenty of seed from them, so that we
have had more than enough to keep
up the bed, for we give away every
season abort five hundred little
plants
Here was the real thing: to make
beautiful where he could and then play
missionary to others. Mr.. Dull added:
81 wish the other yardmen would
make flower beds, too!'
Let us who believe in a more beau
tiful America settle down for steady
effort to a creed with these items:
I. We will have no dirty back or
front yards about our own homes, and
we will, by example and help, endea-
vor to have our neighbors also clean
up.
The Florida agriculturist., 1905-11-15

2. We will plant American hardy
trees, shrubs and vines and grow
clean grass wherever we can, and will
our neighbors to do likewise
3. We will join cheerfully, as far
is our resources permit, in organized
effort for clean and beautiful streets
anu highways, AMI will help any
movement for parks and Fairgrounds
with which we may come in contact.
4. We will endeavor to protect trees
from the unthinking attacks of cleo
trio polemen and will not permit the
setting of electric poles on our own
premises except in extreme cases,
and then under rigid safeguarding of
trees and of landscape beauty.
s. We will oppose the erection or
continuance of Objectionable advertis
ing signs of any kind, and will assist
in their removal by kindly argument
and by and by openly refraining from
purchasing articles so advertised.
e. We will fight the mosquito re-
lentlessly by cleaning up or oiling wet
places where it may breed, urging
others to do the same.
!. Finally, we will consider out
door beauty as worth while and ask
to have the children of America grow
I'D in greater love for the natural
beauty of their country.-Ladies
Home Journal
The Florida agriculturist., 1905-11-15

For the clouds that brought us SUM-
shine, for the sunshine with its
showers,
For the trees that nestle, murmuring
of birds and bees and flowers;
For the low call of the mother bird,
the whistle of the quail,
And the busy whirl of happy wings
as through the air they sail,
For the glow of summers happiness,
the dark of winters cold,
For the young with smiling faces, for
the patience of the old,
For the kindness born of sorrow and
the brightness born of gloom,
For the sweetness won from sadness
and the lives that learned 70
bloom,
Accept my thanks, o Lord!
For the wee chirp of the cricket, for
the music of the wind,
For the friends whose smiles of well
come bring pleasure keen to
mind;
For the tinkle of the cow bell as it
calls up memory's train,
For the twinkle of the dew drop and
the ripple of the rain;
For the pain that taught us sympathy,
the woe that cleared Our eyes,
For the heartbreak and the yearning
and the weary, long-drawn sighs
For the joys that came at last to bring
the message from above,
For the days of bliss that followed,
walking hand in hand with love,
Accept my thanks, o Lord!
For the soaring of the eagle, for the
silver sheen of mist,
That caresses haunting hill tops like
lovers smile, sunkissed;
For the dreams that beckon, waking,
for the dreams that lure, asleep,
For the castles that our fancy builds
and holds in faithful keep;
For all of these and more, far more
| raise my grateful praise,
To one who know and understands
the wherefore of Our days;
With thankful heart turn my eyes,
a-mist with happy tears,
Forward the gracious future as she
beckons down the years,
Accept my thanks, 0 Lord!
-Woman's Home Companion.
The Florida agriculturist., 1905-11-15
How Not to be Poor.


There is a common belief among
Swiss people that all Americans are
wealthy, the reason for this opinion
being that American travellers throw
their money to the four winds, but the
American is not always rich; and he
who lives luxuriously in Switzerland
must sometimes settle down to poor
folk S ways when he gets home.
He comes back to his native country
"a land flowing with milk and honey
where, if he would, he might get
rich. He leaves rugged, mountain-op-
pressed Switzerland, where, to gain
meagre living, a man must conquer
uncOnquerable nature; yet he leaves a
people better off than those to whom
he returns.
AS regards natural wealth, Switzer-
land is one of the poorest countries in
Europe; yet its private citizens are
well-to-dO. 1t is true, large fortunes
are rare, but poverty is almost un-
known; and the much-taiked of SIM
pie life-the genuine simple 1ife-is
actually lived by a good 17any peo-
lie.
Instead of fertile fields the farms
are, for the most part, mountain sides,
no adapted in their native states to
earning anything.
AS usual, the difficulties all resolve
themselves into matters of detail 1t
is ty small eco1 omies, by daily thrift
and constant care, that these peo
pie, whom nature would keep poor,
are mastering this money question.
The women of Switzerland know
how to help themsel yes. They can
Use their hands also. They have an
existence quite as important to the
family finances as have the men. There
is not one way, but many ways, in
which a Swiss woman may remain at
home. Embroidery is not all done by
machinery, but the most tasteful and
original designs come often from peas
ants. Lace-making is also practised
art, and the beautiful scarfs which
adorn the heads of the women show
that they have not lost their interest
in personal adornment. Wood-carving
and even parts of matchmaking are
done at home
Except in cities, each family has a
except in the cities each family has
garden; and it is a field of labor quite
adapted to men, women and children,
and a most wholesome and remunera-
tive field it is.
Not much meat is eaten. The chief
foods are milk, delightful cream and
good cheese One palatable and pop
ular dish is made of cheese curds
curds stewed in cream and then baked
in cream and then baked with little
butter.
There is not, so far as 1 could dis
cover, vestige of waste among these
people. Refuse from barns, poultry
houses and pig pens is carefully saved
and applied where it will do most
good. Wood ashes are fine for grape
vines. Vines that are pruned away
serve for ropes. Branches from thorn
trees make barbed fences. Slender
twigs, too small for the cook stove,
The Florida agriculturist., 1905-11-15

DAY. lie ekCHdLSS pIONCQ POPuidi,
not only in the town itself, but in
the neighboring towns as well. When
the accounts were settled, Helen her
self made sixty dollars. Of the con-
signors, the makers of the simpler
articles, plain underwear and cuffs
and various foods had Jared best
There were few articles to be returned,
and those had been handled so care
fully that they could still be used.
Many orders had been left to be filled
after Christmas Helen discovered
that the accounts must be kept with
the most SCrupulouS care, or almost
irreparable confusion would result.
She has planned this year to hire a
room in the centre of the town instead
of holding the exchange in her own
home. She will then solicit subscrip-
tions for several mapazines, and have
the agency for a good silver polish
and other marketable commodities.
The following is a good recipe for
mInCemeat, containing no meat fibre
nor meat liquor and is put up without
cooking: Take two pounds of finely
chopped suet, four pounds of grated
bread crumbs, four pounds of cur
rants, four pounds of raisins, five
pounds of brown sugar, one and one
half pounds OF peel, lemon, orange and
citron, six pounds of apple, weighed
after being chopped, two table spoons
full of cinnamon, two table spoOnsful
of cloves, one table spoonful of mace,
one table spoonful of salt and two
uarts of boiled cider. The ingred-
tents are blended without being boil
ed; put away in jars, set in a cool
nj all
ter.
Who has tried rubbing glycerine
over the window pane to prevent its
becoming frosted? 1t is often a relief,
especially if there's an invalid in the
room who depends on the outside
view for amusement
Few people seem to know the
American or Swedish sardines. We
like the delicate smoked flavor so
well that we prefer them now to the
French ones, and they are so much
cheaper, too.-Good Housekeeping.
Courtenay Merritt's Island, Fla,
Dec %, 1904.
E. o. Painter Co.,
Jacksonville, Fla,
Dear Sirs:
l have been 10 days late in check. L wish
tons more of No. 1 and ton of Die Back
but will not put in order until 1 get more
returns.
My oranges reported being the only
ones arriving in N Y. in excellent condition.
Yours truly,
NJ S. Sans.
The Florida agriculturist., 1905-11-15

are woven with cord to make win
dow shades and awnings. Mulberry
leaves feed the silk worms. The
forests are carefully tended, and the
trees are given, not only chance for
light and air, but are also protected
from worms.-Boston Cooking School