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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-12-27
CHRISTIAN ENDEAV0RN NOTES
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 80.
Our Purposes for 1862 Peter 8.
Daily Readinos.

Perseverance In the observance OF
the Quiet Hour.--Matt. 6. g.
Faithfulness in the Fellow Workers
Covenant.--2 Cor. 6. 1.
Fidelity in Christian Stewardship.
Il Pet. 4. 10.
Diligence in Bible Study-Acts H.
II.
Loyalty to my Church. Col. 1. "a.
'Ebenezer. IL Sam. Z. ~.
mo one can harm me but myself"
somebody has said We have learned
also, that the example OF none is so
powerful upon us as Is our own.
Therefore, II is well for us to look
back over the twelve months and
take account of stock" call oursel-
YES to judgment, and so make good
starting-place for another year. With
what good resolutions we began the
year. How well have we kept our
promises 10 ourselves and to our
Lord? The year has brought to us
many opportunities. but in the
abundance of opportunities life does
not consist. but in selling them. Null
titudes go through life meeting thous-
ands of opportunities but falling to
take advantage of them. and they are
as though they were not. Il is usu-
ally because they do not recognize
the opportunities. Sometimes we
have met persons on the street whom
we would much like to greet, but, be-
ing occupied in thought and having
downcast eyes, we have let our
friends slip by. A little later as the
others passed over the hill, or turned
a corner, we aroused, and cried,
why there go So-and-So; I'm so sor.
ry | did not see theml" But 1t was
too late. TOO late" shares with 'It
might have been" the distinction OF
being "the saddest words of tongue
or pen" Men have lived great lives
in dungeons who, had they been free,
and had the universe before them to
exploit, lacking the right quality Of
manhood, would have lived inglorious-
ly. Lies greatest opportunities come
only to those who have a right con-
ception of life, and that conception
involves the spiritual being, and re.
lationship to the world to come. II
this were not so. then only opportuni-
ties for getting rich, for achieving
fame in ones vocation or for opening
new avenues for pleasure-getting
would be worth considering. But this
is not true. We were made for spir-
itual realities and eternal destinies.
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fancy pigeons and has been bred in
the old countries for centuries. 1t
is a very small, chesty, proud and
jaunty little bird, with large, round, /,
bull" dark hazeD eyes in a head
large and broad, having high,
round forehead.
Its prominent, broad, round chest
is adorned with frill which extends
up to the throat or gullet. This
frill is composed of very fine feathers
growing awry or in all directions.
At the back of the head is a crest.
either she'll or peak, which is now
preferred. From this peak down the
back of the neck is "mane" which
extends down to the saddle, giving
the neck very broad appearance
from a side view
The Turbit is bred in all colors,
in sells and winged Sells are pure
white all over or any one color
throughout. The winged are white
except the wings, which are richly
colored and should have ten white
lights, meaning the ten longest
iNoNHtlS.
The standard colors are black,
red, yellow and blue. In blues two
broad black bars should cross each
wing just above the white flights.
The feet should be bright red.
At one time the Turbit was the
most fancied of all varieties of fancy
pigeons and was bred in great guam
titles and to a very high standard of
perfection. but of late years it seems
to have been forsaken by the expert
breeders, though some few have
stuck to it and have continued to
improve the type, which to-day is its
greatest quality
It's head has been most interest
ing subject of discussion lately, and
much has been written on the cues.
tion. In fact, 1t is doubtful If an up
to date Turbit fancier would hesitate
to pay any price for a perfect head
even though the bird had no other
qualities.
A good specimen is a very high
priced bird, and in this country there
are single birds worth $3.50. and in
England they bring even higher
prices.
1t is good breeder but hard to
get true TO type.-Feather.
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fabric which rivals that OF silk. A
good goat will produce from To 8
pounds of this class Of mohair, which
ranges in price from 25 to 40 cent?
per pound. according to the length,
quality and luster of the hair.
The most valuable service which
the Angora performs on the farm Is
In clearing brush land There IL
nothing that kills brush and trees
quicker than the constant nibbling
away of the tender leaves and bark.
which constitutes the best food for
a goat, although they will eat any
class of food that is fed to domestic
animals There Is no reason why the
Angora goat venison should not be
considered as dainty a meat as that
of the deer. II the health of the
animal isi criterion for the purity
and healthfulness of the meat, there
is no flesh food comparable with that
Of the Angora goat.
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Keen Hens at Work.

To prevent disease keep the hens
at work by making them scratch for
their grain food. Overlooking Is the
cause of bowel diseases in the sum-
mer, or, rather, too much concen-
trated food is given, and not enough
of that which is bulky. II the quar-
ters are kept clean there is little
danger of contagious disease unless
an addition is made to the flock by
bringing a bird from some other
farm. When new blood" is want
ed procure a sitting of eggs of the
breed desired, as it is very important
that when the coops are clean, and
the fowls free from disease, no fowls
fror. other places be introduced, as
a flock may thus be stocked with
lice or infected with disease.-Phila-
delphia Record.
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Workers for missions. Matt. %:
1920.
Money for Missions. - Cor. 9:6-1l.
Prayer for missions.--Luke 11:1-4.
Missionary obstacles. Acts 1876 IL.
Missionary triumphs.-Phil 1:12-lS.
Missionary promises.-Ps. 27:1-9.
Outline Of carey's Life.
He was born in Paulerspury, Eng
land, on August II, 1761
His father was a weaver, and for
twelve years the boy was a shoemak-
er.
He was converted by fellow ap-
prentice, and became a Baptist
preacher Preaching was his busi-
ness, he said, but he cobbcd shoes
Ito pay expenses"
He was great student, thorgh
very poor. and learned Latin. Greek,
Hebrew, Dutch, and French
Missions soon became a passion,
and he kept by his cobblcr's bench a
large, homemade map OF the world,
which he covered with notes regard.
ing the religion, population. and con.
dition of the different countries.
At a ministers meeting at Noting
ham he preached his famous sermon,
the text of which is this weeks
Scripture. His sermon outline was
Expect great things from God; at
tempt great things for God"
AS a result of this sermon the first
English missionary society (the Bap.
tist Missionary Society was formed
at Kettering, October 2, 1898, and
Carey was at once sent to India as its
first missionary.
Settling near Calcutta he earned his
living by experimenting an indigo
factory. Later he became professor
of Indian languages at Fort William
College, Calcutta, with a salary OF
$500 a year. He and his family
lived on 5000 year. and gave the
rest TO his missionary work.
Carey was an evangelist, a preach
er, and a teacher but his great work
was translation. This 'consecrated
cobbler,' as Sydney Smith sneeringly
called him. translated the Bible into
twenty-four languages and dialects OF
India, giving the Scriptures to 300,
100000 human beings.
He labored for years toward the
abolition Of the "suttec," the cruel
burning of widows on the funeral
pyre of their dead husbands. When
in 1929 the government sent him for
translation a proclamation fixing for
the suttee the penalty of homicide. he
threw off his gown, for it was Sunday
and he was about to preach and went
to work at once on the translation,
lest some life should be lost by de
lay.
The great pioneer died at the age
Of seventy three, on June 8. 1884,
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Tricks of the Types.

An amusing column in the New,
York Sun, entitled "Humors OF News
paper Type" reminds me of modest
collection in my scrapbook that might
add little to the happiness OF man
kind.
A kinsman of mine, a man of most
correct method, was rewarded for his
pains with the printing of his mar
riage notice in the death column.
Investigation of the Official conduct
of a postmaster occasioned the report
that he was acquitted of any Inter
national" wrongdoiAg.
Mr.. Bostock's return was chron-
icled as the homecoming of an IAN
nual trainer with new features to
show"
A coroner was KILLED" in Brooklyn
when he should have been called.
On the financial side wheat" was
depressed one day by weakness in
the steel shares and certain Curb"
stock recovered in the Subsequent
1eluge" (dealings).
An account of equestrianism In our
park related that morning was the
time when the "horseless" riders
were out in greatest fdece.
Shortly afterward the preparations
for the nuptials of young lady of
the greater city were described as
arrangements for her murder"
A case of marital infelicity under
the headline. "She is 1S--He is 49,"
was detailed In the body of the arti-
Gle with revision of her age as OS
and his as IS.
Last, but not least, the protrait of
a gentleman said to be engaged to
marry a famous prima donna was
published as Calves Finance. ~.
w II
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Farm Notes.

Don't plan to keep too many hogs
through the winter; they scatter too
many corn cobs about the place.
Draft horses are in good demand,
and will continue to be. The same
may be said of light harness teams.
Charcoal. or screenings or slack
from coal mines is good for hogs.
The auto may have frightened the
horse, but it has not driven him out
of business
The effectiveness of whitewash in
the poultry house is much increased
by applying it hot and getting 1t in.
to the cracks and corners. Always
add plenty of salt.
The best effect is produced upon
scalded poultry by dipping them in
to hot water after they are picked,
and then putting them into cold wa
ter until thoroughly cooled.
Times have so changed that no
careful poultryman thinks OF feed
ing much soft poultry food, nor of
placing 1t upon the ground. He
feeds dry food mostly. and puts it
into troughs or upon boards.
The currycomb and brush are two
articles which should be made daily
use OF In every stable. Yes. It pays
for looks alone. but. brother farmer,
do not consider looks anything but
the least part of the good derived
from 1t.
Feed the colt some oats the first
winter and give him a good start.
See how much better he Will grow
when on grass next summer. would
not like It much II oats were taken
out OF this world. II would be hard
to find another feed that would take
the place OF oats for horses. am
sure ! would hate to be without it,
., J. waterstripe. in American Cul-
| tivatsr.
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Are You Working For Temperance?


The great question. after all. in
temperance is not whether all people
are working in the same way, but
whether they are working in some way
for this urgent cause. People will
never wholly agree upon methods in
temperance any more than they will
in church policy It is useless to try
to round up all temperance sympa-
thizers in the fold of one society or
under the leadership of one reform
or one newspaper. This is not to
say that all methods are equally
good, for some are better than others
and some may do we'll for one set
of circumstances, but not for others.
The best methods must be sought,
with charity for those who differ
from us. And yet. the great, in
sistent moral question is not Are
you working in any way for tenn
perance?" but Are you con-
scientiously and prayerfully and def.
nitely working In some way to re.
form the drunkard, to abolish the
saloon, TO educate the children, tc
oppose the expectation of American
rum to American colonies-in a
word. to make the world a cleaner,
quieter, happier place to live in?-
Caleb Jones, NJ. D., in the Corner.
stone
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Bury the AppIes.

Keeping apples by burying them
In the ground proves successful when
other methods fail, provided every
apple is sound and free from blem-
ish when harvested The reason is
that the temperature in the ground
or mound in which the apples are
kept varies but little, and they are
always cool. The same results will
be obtained IL cold and even tenn
perature can be secured in cellar.
Philadelphia Record.
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Filter Trap For Cistern.

This is barrel placed between the
caves, spout and the entrance to the
cistern. In the barrel is float, and
above the float about eight inches
from the top is a diaphragm with a
hole in the centre. The head of the
barrel is replaced. but several vent
holes are bored in it. In the dia-
gram. the upper pipe represents the
supply pipe from the roof and the
lower the outflow to the cistern.
With every shower. the barrel being
empty, or nearly so, the first flow of
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-12-27
Plant GIoxinias.

II you want the most distinguished
flowers ever shown at lawn party,
or used for temporary porch decora-
tion, plant gloxinia bulbs bought in
November. They need to be potted
as quickly as you get them. Among
large, tender. bell-shaped flowers
they have no equals in purity of reds
and blues and beauty of throat spot
ting.
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water brings most of the impurities
(bird dung, leaves, dust and dirt,
etc.) off the roof and they are caught
in the barrel before 1t fills. When
the water rises as high as the dia-
phragm. the float closes the hole and
the pure water then rises and flows
into the cistsrn. After the rain tho
water in the barrel should be drawn
Off. 1t is useful for watering plants,
washing tagging. wagons. etc.
Ford Durfee, Newark, N. Y.
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Quite number OF valuable friend
ships have been hurried by the pic
ture postcard to a premature grave.
Absence does not make the heart
grow fonder when the interval ID
'brtdged solely by the receipt OF q
picture with cross on the sky line
and the worQh. I'VE are staying juat
under this mark; you can't ~ ne
iouse. Rapid Review.
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The Turhif.

The Turbit, as shown in the ac-
companying cut, is one of the most
highly priced of the family of toys"
of which it is the very foundation.
and from it were made all orientals
such as Frills in their numerous va
rieties. the Domino, the Nun, the
Priest and others.
1t is one of the oldest varieties of
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-12-27
SHE HAD.

did you ever hear anything so
idiotic as that talk of Mrs. Softer's
when she is addressing her baby?"
Queried one woman of another on the
street car.
"Yes. think I have" was the re-
ply.
Then, for heavens sake. what
was If"
II once heard fat man talking to
bis canary bird."--columSus Dis
sstch.
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Prlests to Other Sonls.

Every humble soul that sees the
Father, and lives inthat sweet vision
becomes a priest to other souls. A
sacramental power goes from tne
voice, the touch, the look. OF every
one who is himself loving God.
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INCONSISTENT.

"Yes, a big red bull chased her
and frightened her nearly to death. :"
II wonder what made him chase
hsr?"
Because Of her red parasol."
"Papa?"
"Well, SOM"
If the bull was red why didn't he
chase himself?"--Houston Post.
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Some preachers think they are
faying the devil because they are
raising a dust In the pulpit.
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Christ Must Tell

We want Bible and we want a
Christ to tell us what Is duty.
laren.
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MAD RUN WITH WILDCAT.

With a struggling wildcat held
tightly 10 his breast, John Sieh, a
farmer near Lake City, Iowa, ran
four miles for aid. The animal had
Ieaped at the farmers throat as he
was hunting quail in plum thicker.
The heavy collar OF his coat saved
Sieh. The farmer threw his arms
about the animal as its claws laccg-
ated his flesh and tore his clothing.
Then ensued fight for life between
the hunter and the wildcat. The
struggle required all OF Sieh's
strength. He was four miles from
home, and when he obtained grip
on the animal he started to run home.
Two neighbors killed the wildcat
with a bullet while Sieh still held it.
Sieh collapsed when freed from his
dilemma.--New York Herald.
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, At the theatre at Namur the per-
formers making their debut are ac-
cepted or rejected for further per-
formances by the votes OF the au-
dience, the artists usually appearing
In three different works before tAeis
fate u sealed.
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EPNURIH LEAGUE LESSONS
DECEMBER THlRTiETH.
Topic-carey and Missions in india.
lisa. 5+:2. 8 (the Text Of carey's
Famous Sermon.)

Workers for missions.-Matt 90:
1920.
Money for Missions.--2 Cor. 9:6-1l.
Prayer for missions.--Luke 11:1-4
Missionary obstacles.--Acts 1S:511.
Missionary triumphs.-Phil. 1:12-1S.
Missionary promises.-Ps. 27:1-9
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-10-26

There is 4 grimly humorous anecdote
Of the dying Yorkshireman who asked
his daughter for a Slice of the ham she
had just removed from the stove and
was refused on the ground that hams
not for thou; hams for t funeral" 1t
may be capped by one found in Pages
From Il Country Diary" book of
sketches of English country life.
A curate went one day to visit an
aged parishioner. a small farmer.
whose end was daily expected. Find.
ing him rather better on this occasion
and propped up in bed, he proposed to
read chapter of the Bible to him.
The sick man gratefully agreed. but
paid scant attention to the discourse
because he was constantly fumbling
under his pillow for some form of edi-
BILE which he mumbed with evident
satisfaction between his toothless gums.
AT last the curate stopped reading and
asked him what he was doing.
The old man smiled slyly.
why" he said in triumphant whis-
per, they bak't some sponge biscuits
AEGEAN moy vuneral an hid 'em In the
coopboard, but they don't know as
'ow l wound 'em, and"-with Il senie
chuckle of delight-'when l be gone
an they come to luke for 'em they
wun't vaind none on 'em left"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-10-26

were spent in his fathers barn, where
he gave performances for the benefit
of his youthful companions which af-
forded promise of what he was to do
in years to come. Speaking of his
work in the chariot race in "Ben-Hur,"
Mr.. Farnum once said:
"When | get through | feel that l
am the victor, but when the audience
applauds | do not like to bow, for |
feel that the applause is for the horses.
The effect of the race is different in
various cities. Often when | start to
pass Messiah a mighty roar goes up,
and ii is not at all infrequent for peo-
pie to stand up and shrek and cheer
in their excitement. | have heard per-
sons say that the chariot race affected
them more than any real race they had
ever witnessed. | account for this
from the fact that in 'Ben-Hur' the in
terest of a human being is at stake,
whereas in real race it is money.
"When in Chicago my attention was
called to an old man of about seventy,
who sat in the front row of the orches-
ira and watched me with intense in
terest throughout the first part of the
play. Some of the company thought
he must be a relative of mine, but |
had never seen him before.
"When we came to the race l saw
the old fellow stand up, and, waving
his arm wildly, he shouted: Beat him.
Benny! Beat him!
"Of course l beat him, and the old
man sat down perfectly contented."
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-10-26
THE WARLIKE MOROS.
They Prize Their Weapons and Would
Rather Fight Than Ent.

An inordinate military conceit is
dominant quality of the Moro. To him
there Is but one measure of defeat-to
wit, humiliation. If beaten, he ex-
poets nothing less; if he meets less, he
has saved1the day, perhaps won a vic
tory. They are all of one profession
arms. As children their first toys are
wooden arms. their first instruction the
play of the sword and the spear. What
ever else as men they may be-priest,
farmer, yobber, pirate, merchant, law
yer-they are always, first, soldiers.
For young man to lose his creese
means to lose his right to marry, and
it is the desire of all to die creese in
hand. In fear of loss they sleep on
these precious arms or with them tied
to the body. For the same reason their
cannon are kept dashed to timbers In
their houses.
Firearms, indeed, are their main dan
ger with civilized people. If they see
the opportunity thereby to secure such
arms, Moros can never resist the temp
tation to rob and murder To get them
they will risk all, lose all and never
whimper To them without the best
arms death were Observation-Disclosures R.
L. Ballard In Metropolitan.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-10-26

the speakers was Mrs Howe. She
climbed up Tie steep ana winding iron
stairway behind the platform and sat
during the whole meeting, which lasted
over two hours She made her address
n lt''.ar s.'.- showed that her inter
est ~ tie cause of liberty and prog
RES is no less than when she wrote
&c Rattle Hymn of the Republic"
I'D .ahored for freedom of the slave.
a'rs. Howe passed her birthday al
4er home in historic Beacon street,
Boston, surrounded by children and
grandchildren. She received dorai tol-
ems from all over the country. In tie
morning she went to church and in the
afternoon received friends Notable
among the floral gifts We're those from
the Greek and Italian societies of Bos-
ton Her husband, the late DR.. Sam
uel G. Howe, the philanthropist, whom
she married in 1913, fought in the
Greek struggle for liberty from Turk
ish oppression. and both husband and
wife were greatly interested also in
the Italian movement under Garibaldi.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-10-26

modern scientific study and expert
ment. His adaptation of this knowl-
edge to the purposes of fiction has
made him a field quite his own. He
does not believe in system in writing
fiction. He has tried it, and it does
not work well in his case. Sometimes,
he says, he will have three or four
good days and then will follow pc
riod of stupidity or Incidence.
In an unguarded moment he once
told an interviewer that he wrote an
average of 1000 words day. That
paragraph pursued him and haunted
him until he figured it up and found
that if he had written at that rate he
would have completed all his books in
one year, whereas their publication
covers a period of ten years. But he
sometimes destroys as much matter
as afterward appears in the book. In
his early manhood, when he was en-
gagged in newspaper work, he accu-
mulated a drawerful of ideas in an
ticipation of a period when he should
have time to work them up, but he has
never used one of them.