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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-10-11
Farm and Garden Notes.

The hen should never be fright
ened.
Vessels in which milk is fed should
be cleaned regularly.
Poultry and fruit are the two great
money makers on the farm.
AS rule the hens with the largest
combs prove to be the best layers.
Put fresh blood into the flock by
changing the ram at least every two
years.
The rape field in July and August
will help the young lambs and breed
ing ewes.
After the corn is laid by sheep can
often be turned into the corn field to
good advantage.
1t is a great mistake for q man to
keep sheep unless he thoroughly un-
derstands what he has undertaken.
Keep the hens tame. 1t is more
satisfactory taking care of them, and
there will be fewer hens with rupture
and broken eggs.
Yes; money talks. Here Is what it
has to say to the farmer: use me
instead of credit and | will buy you
more, and better, too"
AS prices for hay, grain and butter
rule now 200 pounds of butter will
just about pay the cows yearly board
bill. With the 30O-pounder it is diff
ferent.
Debt and discouragement are so
apt to go together that a mortgaged
farm can often be distinguished by
the neglected appearance of the
premises.
In no one direction would progress
come so surely and rapidly as that of
Increased cooperation among farm
ers. When farmers pull together
they Will prosper
Drain the swamps after you have
proved by careful estimate that the
work can be done without too heavy
expense. Dry the muck and use II
about the stable and barnyard.
Nothing is worse than shiftless-
ness, or so 1t seems st first thought;
but upon reflection 1t appears that
oyerwork, although far less common,
is at least equally hostile to full sue
cess.-American Cultiyator.
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Public Roads of NJaine.

In 1904 there were 25,52S miles
of public road in the State OF Maine,
of which 1886 miles were surfaced
with gravel and eighty-seven miles
with stone, making total of 1928
miles of improved road 1t will be
seen from these figures that nine
per cent. of the roads have been i'm
proved. By comparing the total
road mileage with the area of the
State, 1t appears that there was 0.S5
of a mile of public road per square
mile of area. A comparison of mile
age with population shows that there
was one mile of road to every twen-
ty-seven inhabitants, but only one
mile of improved road to every 29S
inhabitants.
The necessary funds for making
and repairing highways, "townways"
and bridges are raised by the voters
at the annual town meetings in
March. These funds are assessed
and collected in the same manner as
other town taxes, and are expended
by the road commissioner or COM
missioners, or by the selectmen, as
eacn town may determine.
Towns establishing State roads
may receive State aid to the extent
of one-half the amount devoted by
the town to the permanent improve
ment of such roads. Under the law
in force in 1904. no town could re-
ceive from the State greater sum
than 5000 in one year, but in 1905
this limit was raised to $500. in or
der to secure this State aid the town
must, before October /, have raised
and expended in the Improvement of
such State road, in a manner salts.
factory to the county commissioners,
at least 500 over and above the
amount regularly raised in the town
for highways and bridges.
The State has also, by legislative
enactment in specific cases, assisted
the poorer towns and plantations to
build roads and bridges In the last
twenty-five years such State appro.
priations have amounted to a total of
$176,S30.29. For the year 1904 the
amount was $11,4OO.
The average annual expenditure
for town roads for 10000 was ST..
377,196.14. The amount expended
on State roads by the towns in order
to receive State aid was S5O,312.O7
in 1904. The amount expended in
the various towns by the State was
S33,4S5.49. The total amount ex-
pended therefore by the towns and
by the State, including the States
special appropriation referred to
above, amounted to S1,472,393.70 cor
1904 BY comparing the total ex-
penditures with the total mileage of
public road and with the population
of the State, it is found that the
funds collected and expended for
road purposes, including roads,
bridges, sidewalks and snow ex.
penses, amounted to s57.67 per mile
of public road, or $2.12 per inhabit-
ant.-Maurice o. Eldridge, Chief of
Records. Approved: James Wilson,
Secretary of Agriculture. Washing.
ton, d. c., 1906.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-10-11
Dustless Roads.

How to bring about dustless high
ways is problem, the quick solution
of which interests all automobilists.
True we have such remedies as oil
ing, tarring, westrumiting, and the
latest is the use of calcium, but the
true Abatement of dust must trace
back to the construction and repair
of the road itself. On the other side
the question is just now receiving
unusual attention in England, where
a Dustless Roads Association has
been organized, its membership COM
ing substantially from the ranks of
the automobilists.
Secretary Vaughan, in calling at.
tention to the association, says: "The
trouble is mainly attributable to the
fact that the roads In many instances
are made or repaired with materials
which are easily converted into dust.
Our efforts are, therefore, chiefly di.
rected toward the elimination of this
fault by bringing to the notice of the
various road authorities concerned
the means by which improvements
may be economically effected. Be-
cause automobiles raise a large pro-
portion OF the dust that happens tc
be on the road than any other vehi-
Gle, they are frequently blamed for
the very existence of the dust, and,
consequently, have to endure much
unfair criticism. The Automobile.
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WISE WORDS.

The surest way to keep money in
circulation is to have family.
The borrower always seems TO be
able to wear better clothes than the
lender.
A boy doesn't have to know very
much to think he could get along on
a lot less.
A girl has peculiar habit OF being
very fond of a fellow when no Others
are around.
When a girl gets engaged to five
men in the summer she is sure she
had a lovely time.
Maybe widows can always get mar
ried again because a man feels sure
they are innocent.
Anyway it's just as cheap to raise
a vegetable garden as to try to pick
out safe investments.
A woman thinks she would have
a much better figure If she didn't
have such dainty feet,
It's awful nice the way something
gauzy can make a woman seem TO be
dressed when she isn't.
A young man is awful smart to be
able to earn nine dollars a week in
spite OF his college education.
Hardly anybody has good enough
disposition to be glad when he has
to subscribe for repairing the church.
A woman has such lively imagin-
alton she thinks paying to go to a
charity fair that has patronesses Is
being In society
When man and girl come In
from a dark piazza with her hair all
mussed up, it's a sign ~he won't
admit anything happened.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-10-11

There are vast differences in tho
forms and degrees of sin. and there
are vast differences between becom-
ing a Christian in early life, in ad-
vanced life and in old age. If you
have not already become a Christian
the practical thing is to begin now.
There is no moment so absolutely
sane and solid, so certain or alto
gether utlizable, as the present.
There will never be another moment
so golden as the moment you are al
lowing to slip away. The longer the
devil has you in his grasp the more
deadly the grip becomes and the se-
verer will be the struggle required
to secure your freedom in Christ Je-
sus. II | were an unsaved man, be-
fore all other duties | would assert
the supreme duty of saving my soul.
The supreme duty of life is to shake
ourselves clear of the domination of
sin by the help Of Almighty God.
But you say everybody does not see
It that way. 1t was so in the apostles
day, and here in the context It gives
the reason. "If our gospel is hid it is
hid in them that are lost" Do you
call blind man to give testimony of
the beauties of an electrical display
The devil has constructed many
kinds of wells to blind the eyes OF
men. These are the wells of selfish
ness, worldliness, pride of life, the
lust of the flesh, avarice and many
others, to pull over the human heart
My friends, there is no more fatal
mistake than to belittle and under
estimate the task of the religious life
and what has to be done in order
that a human soul may be recreated
in the likeness Of God. II is a task
of infinite delicacy, requiring divine
power and wisdom and one which, IL
accomplished, ends in glories as eter-
nal as the throne of God. Thank
God that If we get the victory the
victory is one that shall become
greater and greater, certain and
more certain in the midst of all this
conflict we wage in this world with
the enemy of our souls. was not
brought up to believe in the doctrine
of FINAL perseverance" but / honor
the doctrine and those who believe
in It, but since the day when I first
experienced the JOY of sins forgiven
I have been fairly good soldier of
Jesus Christ, and sometimes, in my
middle age I experience a JOY so
satisfying that I can scarcely contain
myself. That joy seems to he ground
ed upon this hope: that l am going to
win the last fight and obtain the final
victory that I am in an enemy's land
and assaulted by powerful foe who
hates me with diabolical hatred and
would ruin me when l am setting my
feet on the footsteps of the throne;
that, by Gods grace, I am going to
win and celebrate the victory within
the gates and at the footstool of Him
who sits upon the throne. God grant
that against all our spiritual foes we
may fight the good fight of faith
and lay hold on eternal life,"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-10-11
An Unsafe Investment.

It is not considered a good busi-
ness transaction TO invest all ones
capital in a single venture. Yet so
does every one who "layeth up treas
ure for himself, and is not rich to-
ward God"
Two business men met. One said
to the other: Have you heard the
sad news?" mo; what is it?" Our
neighbor, B, is dead" "Ah Is
is so? How much did he leave?"
"Au."
Practically that story is as old as
the race. No one of us brought any
thing into the world, and 1t is certain
that no one of us can take anything
out. We all leave all earthly possess
sions. Not every rich man is rich to-
ward God, else our Saviour would
never have uttered the parable of the
rich fool. We know what the man
said TO his soul, but 1t would be
worth a good deal 10 know also what
the soul would have said to the man.
Rev G. 3. F. Hallock, D. d.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-10-11
AIfnlfa Culture Don,ts.

George Purdy, successful alfalfa
grower of Kansas, gives the following
donts to prospective experimenters
with this useful plant:
Don't SOW any nurse crop"
Don't SOW on freshly plowed land,
no matter how nicely prepared.
Don't let weeds or grass get over
six inches high without clipping.
Don't clip or NOW when wet with
rain or dew. Don't let it stand if
turning yellow; cut it.
Don't SOW old seed.
Don't SOW less than twenty-five
pounds of seed per acre; one-half
each way.
Don't SOW on land that will not
raise 250 bushels of potatoes per
acre.
Don't SOW twenty-five acres; SOW
FIVE.
Don't pasture it.
Don't put any of the rotten ma
nure anywhere but on your alfalfa
plot
Don't depend on Culture" fakes
or soil from some distant field.
Don't let water ever stand on it.
Don't let it go If a thin stand;
disc in moro seed.
Don't be afraid you will kill it.
Don't replow the land; disc it.
Don't wait for it to "stool;" it
never does.
Don't try to cut hay until it takes
the field.
Don't sow on any land not we'll
under-drained. There are two va
rieties-yelow and purple bloom
otherwise the same
Don't sow the yellow
Don't leave your land rough; use
4 roller or a plank float.
Don't give it up.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-10-11
.EPW0RTH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY. OCTOBER IA.
Who is My Neighbor, and What of
Hir?-Luke 10. 2e-37.
Daily Readings.

The sum of Obligation to my neigh
bor Rom. 13 $40.
Setting a good example. Pet. 2.
Il. y.
Behaving wisely. Col. 4. 5, 6.
Pray for him. l Tim. 2. II.
Please him for his good. Rom.
Is. 2.
Must not keep his wages, or gos-
sip about him. Lev. 19. 1S, 1G.
Every man is not only neighbor
but brother to every other man; this
is the glorious democracy of the gos-
pei of Jesus Christ. In him there is
neither rich nor poor, black nor white,
bond nor free, barbarian nor Greek.
What a contrast this to the usual
views and practices Of men.
If all men are our neighbors and
brothers, then to them all we have
certain obligations that can be met
only by the daily wayside ministry;
only by sacrifice and loving service
in the effort to bring to every neigh.
Dor and brother the great blessings
which we enjoy, for, Thou shalt
love thy neighbor as thyse!f."
The road from Jerusalem to Jeri.
cho, full of ravines, cliffs, and cav
erns, convenient lurking places for
robbers, was known Of old and to this
day Is known as the bloody way"
Fit symbol is it for the worlds high.
ways along which pilgrims go to the
quiet of the grave \ poor fellow,
along that CORY way somewhere. fell
among thieves. Priest and Leyite
passing sheered away from the naked
wounded body of the traveller. But
a despised Samaritan succors the UNI
fortunate wayfarer with opulence Of
kindness and purse. "Who, of the
three, is a neighbor to him who fell
among the thieves?" asks the Saw
iour And the proud Jew was com.
PEELED perhaps because the service
represented had been rendered TO a
Jew, TO confess that even a Samaritan
may be ones neighbor. And the
Lord clinches the great argument in
his usual practical way by saying,
Go thou and do likewise" 10 as
given in the Reading for Tuesday and
what a transformed world this would
speedily become; ona in which all
men would love all others, none would
invade any others rights and none
would put a stumbling-block in an
others way.
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Sermons in NIinintnre.

WEAKNESS is the only condition on
which God gives rest.
Your devotion to Christ may be
known by your deeds for His people.
The discussion of the creed does
not excuse from its demonstration.
Believing about the Holy Spirit
will not take the place of receiving
Him.
It's hard seeing Christ in His
church while your eyes are on the
clock.
If you wait on the Lord you will
always keep ahead of the devil
When the troubled soul calls up
heaven it never gets the busy" sig
nal
There is none of the music Of
heaven in holy tone.
The worldly Christian will never
make the Christian world.
The fiercest fighting may be but
the polishing of the crowns.
You cannot prove your holiness by
putting your head into heaven.
There can be no social stability
apart from Christ's great law of SER
vice.
Work for God leads to knowing
the will of God.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-10-11
Antomntic Chicken roedcr.

The feed box or trough at the bot
tom for the chickens to eat out of is
made out of one by six inch boards,
three feet long, with Stats on the side
three inches wide, making the trough
two inches deep; end pieces of one
inch lumber one foot wide, eighteen
inches high. The middle partitions
are cut six inches wide at the bottom
to fit bottom of trough three inches
high, then tapers out to ten inches at
top, that makes it a V-shape from
both sides. so chickens can eat from
either side of feeder. One side is
fastened to end pieces and middle
partitions, the other side has pieces
to slide up and down between cleats.
so you can shut the feed clear off or
raise it up any height according to
what you have in the bins. The bot
toms of these bins are one inch from
bottom of feed trough. so as the
chickens eat more feed it will come
down. You can have corn in one,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-10-11
CHRISTIAN ENOEAV0RNOTES
OCTOBER FOURTEENTH.
Who are Foolish, and Who are
Wise Matt. 25:1.13.

No one is wholly foolish or wholly
wise; but which is the balance and
trend of your life?
The highest wisdom always has re-
gard for the future: the deepest folly
lives only for the present.
We are our brothers keepers SC
far as we can help them. but the final
issues of life and death must be met
by each soul alone.
Wisdom may be summed up in
three words: "Ready for death"
Suggestions.
The foolish man does not think
himself foolish; If he did, he would
not be a foolish man.
Wisdom is a slow growth, but to
come In touch with the source of all
wisdom Is the work of an instant.
What the world calls wisdom God
often calls folly; which shall we
choose?
There is no better way to become
wise than by living with wise men;
or foolish, than by living with fools.
Illustrations.
No artist is a good critic of his
own picture, whose faults he has
worked upon till he ceases to see
them; nor in any man good OBJ.
server of his own folly.
A writer who would judge his COM
position wisely must lay it aside for
n time. SO we must stand apart
from our immediate lives if we would
estimate our characters.
No copy of a copy is good, but we
always prefer to go back to the origi-
nails. Base your life on Christ, and
not on even the best of men.
A Cluster of Quotations.
The greatest of fools is he who i'm
poses on himself, and thinks certain.
ly he knows that of which he is most
profoundly ignorant.-Shaftesbu
Wisdom is to the mind what health
is to the y.-Rochefoucauld.
True wisdom is to know what Is
best worth knowing, and to do what
is best worth doing,-Humpbreys.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-10-11
Value of Sheep.

The value o. flock of sheep to the
farmer Is not exclusively in the guam
tity of wool and mutton produced,
but also in the work the animals do
in destroying weeds and fertilizing
the land. The farmer will never
lose anything by giving over to the
sheep tract of land that has been
overgrown by weeds. Let him be-
gin with a flock and keep an account
of the expenses, valuing the land at
its worth at the time the sheep were
placed thereon. With all the objec-
tion that can be conceived against
them, the farmer will find that, for
the amount of capital invested in
sheep he can realize more with them
than from any other animals on the
farm, and this will not include an
item that belongs in favor of the
sheep, which is the increased fertil-
ity impaired to the land. They pay
in the face of most every obstacle.
Most farmers delight to keep up old
pastures, but old pastures will in
time become worn out, and weeds
and undesirable grasses usurp the
place of better growths. With good
breeds of sheep instead of the scraggy
natives, the flock will be more valua-
Bile, will improve, the prices larger
and weights of carcasses and fleeces
Sheep will pay even when
badly treated sometimes, but, like
other stock, care and attention bring
their reward, the farmer being more
than repaid for any trouble they may
give. Give them the pastures, keep
large flocks and let them crop close
If they wish, for they will pay their
debts in full at the proper time
The Epitomist.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-10-11
Bee Briefs.

Instead of allowing the bees to
swarm it is better to build up the
weak colonies by transferring brood
comb to the depleted hives. Now is
the time TO attend to these details,
while the season is open for work.
SO as to allow time for the bees
TO increase in number and lay in
stock for the winter. 1t is folly to
have the bees of the strong colonies
swarm as long as there are any that
are weak II this is not considered
the better mode then tie strong col
onies may be allowed to rob the
weaker, in which case the two colo
MES will become as one and both be
benefited, but before making new
hives see that all the hives are full
and mp to the complement, both in
bees and honey, and 1t viii be a saw
ing of time and bees.
The so'called cuckoo bees number
some twenty species and are gayly
colored black and yellow insects.
slightly rcsembllng wasps in their
general appearance. The parasites
hover over the nests of the indus
trlous species and when these latter
have stored up honey and pollen, lay
their eggs thereon. Being hatched,
the grubs OF the parasite either eat
up or starye out the rightful owner.
Another genus of parasite bees is
known as Apathus and number four
species. These are very similar in
general appearance to the humble
bee, in whose nests they lay their
eggs. In this case the intruders do
not destroy, or starye the rightful
owner, their presence only entaillng
additiona! labor for the industrious
humble bees. The species Of Apathus
form the only instance among bee
parasites In which. these resemble
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-10-11
"saleing" saperseding shopping"

"Saleing' or sailing is rapidly SUI
perseding shopping as word to ex-
press visits to mark-down sales. 1t is
London's latest verbal tabloid" and
many women who have little interest
In the sales which are agitating most
OF the feminine community at present
will go and buy what they could.
never want just for the pleasure OF
using new phrase that is English.
Are you going saleing to-day?" asks
the bargain hunter, and then sallies
forth to the shop where there are
alarming sacrifices and incredible
bargains. New York Press.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-10-11
Nail Wounds in Horses Foot

1t has long been known that nail
pricks and other similar injuries in
the horses hoof may lead TO an in
lection followed by the formation of
pus under the horn of the hoof and
serious general disease of the horse
or at least the loss of the hoof. In
recent bulletin OF the South Dakota
Station, Moore has recently reported
results obtained in a number of cases
FROM applying 4 strict antiseptic
treatment TO injuries of this sort.
The method consists in pairing away
the horn of the hoof from the affect
ed part until the blood oozes out. The
hoof Is then thoroughly washed in n
solution OF bi-chloride of mercury at
the rate Of one part to 500 of water.
after which absorbent cotton sat
urated IN solution of the same
strength is applied to the wound. and
the whole hoof is packed in cotton
surrounded by a bandage and we'll
coated with tar. This prevents any
further filth from coming in contact
with the wound. The operation must
usually be done by a qualified veter-
ls.rian. Subsequent treatment, how
ever, can bo applied by the average
farmer, since all that is necessary is
10 pour little of this solution of BIZ
chloride OF mercury upon the cotton
which projects from the upper part
OF the bandage, The cotton will alb
sorb enough of the solution to keep
the wound moistened and hasten the
healing process. If remedy of this
sort is not adopted in the case of foot
wounds in the horse, the owner runs
considerable risk OF serious infec-
tion of blood poisoning or lockiaw.
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The religion that makes a man too
good for common people is born of
the pit.
TIE HIGHER POLITICS.

Mrs. Hlcks-"I don't know which
TO show my husband first, my dress
makers or my milliner's bill"
Mrs. Wicks-"Whichis the larger?"
Mrs. Hicks-"Oh, my dressmak-
ers. It's fearful"
Mrs. Wicks---"Then show him the
smaller one first. While he's raving
over that show him the other and 1t
will knock him speechless. boston
transcript.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-10-11
The Law Thnt Give Llhertr.

The one and only law Of life that
sets a man free from all the forces
that blight and destroy is the will Of
God. Show me a man who lives for
one day wholly in word and thought
and deed In the will of God and
will show you man who is antedat-
ing heaven, and who for that day
reaches the plane of life which is at
once broadest, freest and gladdest.-
Campbell Morgan.