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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-21

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Held ave. Oakland. Ind. tel. 1880
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-21


est I'M the world; two ships are build
ing that are az large, or little larger
but the Baltic now holQS Ihs
record for size. It is rather SLOW
ship: its average speed IS $50 nlll es- IN
tvventv-four hours; some Of the racers
average more than 500 miles per day
P1lt they. are compelled to burn ire
mendous quantity of coal 1or the eA-
fra sDeed The "Ralttc" was bultI TOT
comfort Its rooms are q. foot higher
than the rooms Of ordinary ships, and
larger It's dining room is enormous,
and everything is huge, and comfort
able and fine and steady compared
with the small ships, and the racers.
Running between Port Sald ana bIlil-
dist i'm Ttatv there is line OF small
fast p. & o. mail boats. They nave
enormous engines, for speed, and
make time in the toughest weather,
because they carry the matt TO ana
from india. Riding on them IS IKE
taking a bath in q SWING lney are, are
fh0rOughIv uncomfortable but they
make twenty-five miles an hour,
whereas the Baltic does we'll when
# makes eighteen. The Baltic" is
726 feet long. Measure OF that many
feet and YOU will marvel at its length
It's width is IS feet and its depth AZ
feet. Tonnage. $4,000. The fine
ship Persia of the P. & O. live, had
only half the tonnage; the SIBERIA.
ONLY a little more than half ct the
persia and siberia were enor-
nous ships. The "BaItic" is much
larger than the famous Great East
ern" which our fathers pointed to
with so much pride and when was
abandoned as a failure, because It was
too big and unwieldiy. The Baltic
has 100 first class passengers, $50 sec
ond class and fifteen hundred steer
age 7 went through the Storage one
pleasant day. and found the passen-
gers occupying state rooms. and eat
ing their meals at tables. every pas
senger provided with chair This IS
q new thing, Storage passengers are
very comforts Bile on the Baltic. I
was given a bill eff fare DIV the cook
in the Storage kitchen. Here it is:
Breakfast. Z a. m.-Porridge and
milk ling fish. with egg sauce tripe
and onions; Jacket potatoes: bread
butter. marualade. Swedish bread,
tea and coffee Dinner, 12 m.-Pea
SOUP: bread, biscuits; steWsd rabbit
and bacon; lima beans boiled pota-
toes: rice pudding. Tea, 3 p. NJ
cold beef and pickles. stewed nrunes:
bread. butter. Swedish bread. tea.
supper. o. m.-Gruel, biscuits and
cheese: swiebaeks.
That is good enough fare for any
body; I used to long to eat in the
Storage. Up in the first cabin, there
was too much to eat. In the second
cabin dining room. there was a first
and second table. but the great first
cabin dining room was not more than
halt full.
On the miserable TEAM the force
fin the engine room consisted OF an
engineer. an oiler. and four fremen.
On the Baltic" there were fifteen
enEfn GERS on duty during every watch
and two hundred dremeu.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-23
Farm Notes.

Anything which checks the growth
Of an animal for a single day is q
loss OF a days feed ana 4 day in the
time of maturing.
Remember, to grow bone, musc,s,
feathers and flesh a varied diet Is
necessary, and the food must be of
the very best, whatever Is used.
Do not tempt your hogs by placing
them in a ramshackly old pen. Make
the pen good and strong. After a
hog once gets out, it is hard TO keep
him IN.
Be sure to have suitable cutters
around the upper side Of the coops
that win prevent all possibility OF
water running in the coops during
heavy sudden showers.
Grlndstones sometimes become so
hard that they are almost useless.
II they are buried in the ground for
while it will soften them. If the
stone is large it will require several
months.
A small herd Of COWS well bred,
well cared for, give better returns
per COW that large neglected nerd;
besides this the master could have
better control OF small herd than a
large one.
Hogs and growing pigs may be
turned into the orchard where they
win have shade and can eat the early
falling fruit Hogs are abour the
only stock that can be turned into
an orchard without doing some dam
age.
The male for breeding purposes
should be a typical animal of some
established breed, then we can calcu-
late with reasonable certainty on re-
suits. There is no use trying to
breed good stock with sire selected
haphaZard. Farmers Voice.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-23

What's in name?" writes a cor
respondent at Scltuate. II read in
yesterdays Journal of the bark Essex
having been struck by floating OBJ
sect, supposed to have been a whale,
that the bark shivered as If she had
struck a rock, part of her stern was
carried away and the vessel sprung a
leak, etc. She was not so unfortu-
nate as her namesake, the ship Essex,
of Nantucket, Captain Pollard, in
1920. The latter vessel succeeded in
capturing young whale Shortly
after a whale of the largest class
(probably the dame of the one they
had just taken) struck the ship,
knocking part of the false keel off
just abreast of the main channels.
The animal then remained alongside
endeavoring to clasp the ship within
her Jaws, but could not accomplish
it. She then turned, went round the
stern and came up on the other side,
and went away ahead about a quarter
of mile. Then, suddenly turning.
she came at the ship with tremendous
velocity, head on
"The vessel was going at the rate
Of Ave knots, but such was the forca
with which shestruc,; the ship (Which
was under the cat-head) that the
vessel had sternway at the rate OF
three or four knots. The conse-
quence was that the sea rushed into
the cabin windows, every man on
deck was knocked down, and, worse
than all, the bows were completely
stove in. In a few minutes the ves-
sci filled and went on her beam ends.
The masts were cut away and the
vessel rlghted. The upper deck was
scuttled and provisions were OBJ
tanned, when she was abandoned in
mid-ocean. boston Journal.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-23
sf1DE, -atfa..l 1I' m

abundance of nitrogen, and moderate
quantities of the other two SUBJ
stances. OF course, for large opera
tions, special compounds of fertiliz-
ers are an economy, and, while the
same thing holds gosd in theory on
the small scale, yet In practice, as
the amount involved is so little. 1t Is
wiser to have one all-round fertilizer.
Succulent vegetables particularly will
thrive on nitrogen. 1t makes them
grow rapidly, and that means ten
derness, Potash is used to improve
the quality. Phosphoric acid helps
to build the tissue of the plant. What
fertilizer contains can always be
ascertained by reading the analysis
which must accompany 1t. Look
only for those three terms. Don't
regard anything else.
How much to use? OF course, the
as swer largely depends on the grade
of the fertilizer. Stable manure can
be spread on three inches thick. \
pound OF nitrate OF soda is sufficient
TO cover from eighty TO 100 square
feet.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-23
Large Trumpet Gourd.

w. f. Brown. $50 Goyeau street.
Windsor, has trumpet gourd which
he says is the largest ever seen in
this part Of Canada. The vine, which
was planted about the last. of May, is
now fifteen feet tall and the gourd It.
self is six feet one inch in length. 1t
is OF the long narrow variety grown
In California or tropical regions. The
plant ale bears two smaller gourds,
one three feet eight inches and the
other four feet nine inches long. Mr.
Brown has always had phenomenal
success In the raising of plants, says
the Detroit News. and his good luck
Is due to a process known only to
himself and his wife. The gourd seed
was planted by number of families
about the same time. but Mr..
Browns was the only plant which
grew to anything more than ordinary
size.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-23
Keep CrItlvator Working.

Farmers have learned that the cul-
tiyator has other uses besides keep
ing down the weeds; true, the weeds
are destroyed by the process, but the
iudicious stirring of the soil incites
growth and conserves the moisture
in the soil, which is of immense ben
eft to the plants later in the season
when prolonged droughts are likely
to exist. Again, cultivation means
increased crops, hence the work is
one which may be done with profit.
In the orchard cultivation, very
shallow, mainly for the purpose of
conserving the moisture in the soil
and breaking up the surface which
Is likely to bake, pays full as well
rs with q cultivated crop, and 1t is
especially valuable when combined
with the cover crop, the seeding be-
Ing done in late July or early Aug
ust, aud the cover crop plowed uu-
ler in the spring to add humus to
the soil, something much needed by
most soils in which trees are set
indianapolis News.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-23
Fertility Must BE Kcnt.

1t is estimated by some of the lead
Ing agricultural chemists that the
worlds supply of phosphorus. very
important and essential element of
plant food, and without which no
plant can be grown, will, under OAR
present wasteful system Of agricul-
ture. be exhausted within the next
fifty years.
The stupendous waste OF soil fer
tility that has occurred in this and
other countries in the past must be
speedily checked This means that
Il new system OF agriculture which
economies the plant food in the soil
without diminishing the yield of the
crops produced, is being developed.
In other wor, ., this system will take
thought OF the future as well as OF
the present productiyeness of the
land. This means that the farmer
of the future must be acquainted
with the soil and understand how to
manage 1t so as 10 secure the largest
yield with the least injury to his
land,-H. j. Waters, Columbia, Mo.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-23
.EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY, AUGUST 26.
Filling the House of God.-Luke IA.
1924.

The Toplc. This is the great prac-
tical question for everyone who hopes
to see the kingdom Of God establish
ed fully in the earth: How shall we
fill the Lords house? That Is, how
shall we multiply the number of
members OF the church? Not merely
get people TO Join the church." for
there may be very little value in that,
and perhaps real harm sometimes
There must be a spiritual change
Jesus did not deceive his apostles,
trying TO make them content with
their vocation by minlfying its diff
culties and dangers. He told them
that the world would do its best to
destroy the good seed they might
sow. The worlds thorns, stones,
cares, riches ana pleasures are in
conspiracy against success. Indeed
the world is q mass of depravities,
errors, immoralities and false doc
trines. For it the follower Of Jesus
can have no approving love, however
much he may love its welfare. And,
besides, God is very much grleved
with the world Of sinners, and ex-
presses himself as being angry, and
that he will laugh and mock in the
the day of the sinners calamity.
He cannot look upon sin with any
degree OF allowance" and he will in
no wise spare the guilty" While
1t Is the business Of Gods messeng-
ers to proclaim the truth, God holds
the world responsible for the way it
treats those messengers. Those who
reject and kin his servants will have
their blood TO answer for. We must
not forget that there is an awful side
20 the gospel as well as a sweet and
lovely one; a tragedy side, Nemesis
side. which in these days is too apt
to be ignored and forgotten We
must go ana invite to the gospel
feast, though we know that many will
find reasons for not accepting wives.
oxen, farms. Never mind. some will
hear and come. If the jew viii not,
the Gentle viii.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-23
ToAIMY,s ACE.

Tommy's father brought a bust.
aess friend nome for dinner. While
hey were waiting for the meal TO
Oe announced, the visitor took Tom.
ny upon his knee, patted his head,
.weaked his ear, and tichled his ribs.
Tommy smiled and rather liked
he visitor with his round, fGt Jolly
lace
Now tell me, Tommy" said the
visitor "how old would you be II you
we're right fat?"
Tommy lad never thought about
his question before. 10 was ten
years old, but he couldn't SEQ how
being fat would make him any older
He sat still and thought deeply.
At last he looked up and said:
How old are you?"
"Well said the visitor "ws'all
say that ! am fog.y-5eyen years old. p"
well. you are right ;at, aren't
You?" asks rommj
II suppose ! an" answered the
visitor. People seem to think SO. !"
well, then" saIl Tommy, solemn
iy, III / were right fat, s'poso ia
1e forty-seyen years old. -
The visitor laughed loudly and
said that @ommy was very bright
BOY.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-23
Feeding Work Horses.

Experience and observation teach
us that horses that are at work
should be fed at regular intervals,
and after eating, a half hours rest
given to a tired animal, as it is hurt
ful to require them to work on full
stomach Immediately after eating. If
WORK horses are fed every five hours
the meals are digested pretty well in
the intervals between eating, and so
the horse is in much better condition
tor work. A horseman says that
most people know how bucket of
water will stop a race horse, but few
think how the overcharged stomach
effects The lungs of horse when at
work. A horse when fed while heat
ed and out Of breath cannot digest
It's food, and the result is diarrhoea,
or curiously enough, the extreme op-
posite in the form of collie or indi-
gestion. indiana Farmer.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-23
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVORNOTES
AUGUST TWENTY-sixTH.
Topic--Home Missions Among Our
Island Possessions. lisa. 2. 1.12

Topie--Hone Missions Among Our
Island Possessions. lisa. 2: t-12
II God. who sees all possibilities,
and how far we gall short of them,
is never discouraged. why should we
be discouraged ever?
The FIRST thing all our island pos
sessions have required of our Christ
ian civilization Is law. for law is the
foundation of all comfort. beauty,
and JOY in life.
In taking possession of the Islands
We have made many national coven-
ants Let Us interpret them all in
the spirit Of Christ's covenant with
His people.
1t is a comparatively small matter
.f our nation gets glory in the Philip
pines, Cuba Hawaii and Porto Rico:
IT, Is q great matter that God should
get glory there.
island Mission Notes.
The first Eve years of mission
work in Porto Rico show % preach
Ing stations. II of them being organ
izad churches. There are Is Pro.
testant ministers and native helpers,
and the church-membership Is 1,0Sg
The first three years of Protestant
work in Cuba after the war resulted
in 1G stations, with 3 organized
churches and more than 200 mem
bars.
The various missionary societies at
work in the Philippines have di-
vlded the territory among them. so
that there may be no clash and no
duplication of effort. and the natives
may not be confused by diverse doc
trines.
The population Of Guam is about
10000 The CONGREGATIONAL mis-
sionarcs have organized a church
among the natives, and n Christian
Endeayor society.
The Christian natives of Samoa
carry on foreign missions among the
Fiji islands
Our Island Possessions.
While the 80 Roman Catholic
churches Of Manila were celebrating
Good Friday night with gorgeous
ceremonies, 500 eager listeners were
filling a mission church.
Th !. NJ. c. y. Is now established
in Cuba.
From one Christian Endeavor So
ciety in Samoa more than one hun
dred of its member. have gone as
missionaries, chiefly to the perilous
field - New Guinea
There are strong Christian En-
deavor societies in all our island pos
sessions
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-23
FcrtiIIzers ON Homo Gnrdcn.

The practical fertilizer questions
thaJ the amateur wants answered
are Just these; What TO use, in what
quantities?
Most Of the articles and ell the
BOOKS on fertilizers lay special stress
upon the food values ana costs.
Though of great Importance TO the
farmer these details are only OF mi
nor interest to the amateur. The
great problem for the home gar
deneg Is how to gat earlier. larger
better fruit. vegetables ana flowers.
There are three great plant foods.
nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash.
The one most likely to be deficient
IN the soil is nitrogen. The trouble
IS that the salts that are available
70" the plant are so soluble chat they
are quickly washed out of the soil
Stable manure gives nitrogen in
small quantities over a comparative
ly long period, and is valuable on
mat account. It's vegetable matter
(giylng humus and holding water)
10 also an important factor, render
Ing 1t especially valuable on light or
sandy soils.
Many people have a no,!oa that a
black soil must of necessity be a
rich one. But. on the contrary. IL
may be almost devoid of nitrogen.
and so stands in need OF some fertil-
izer. Whilst II is true that garden
gAfl Ia.
both potash and phosphoric acid in
them, the chances arc that these two
FOOD materials are to certain extent
locked up'--that IS. they are not
Immediately. available to the plant,
and are only taken out by slow de-
grees.
Therefore. the amateur gardener
will find that the best all-round fer
tilizer for him TO buy is c.-s with an
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-23
Cnhhnpe in thc Gnrdcn.

The farm housewife who spends
some time cultivating cabbage and
less over pastry will be ahead at the
end of the year. Hoeing, even, is
not such hard work as some imagine,
II the ground has been properly pre-
pared It has been well said that
freshly turned sod is good ground for
cabbage, and soil in which it was
grown the previous year is about the
poorest; the latter clause should be
emphasized if clubroot has invaded
the premises. The old German rule
of ''two fertilizers to one dirt" still
holds good; for cabbage ground can
scarcely be made too rich. And to
economize this fertility It is best TO
manure in the hill, thoroughly mix
ing it with the soil. Any well rotted
stable manure is good, but nothing
is better than poultry droppings.
For winter cabbage the seed may be
best planted in the hill, putting in
four or five seeds, and reserving only
the most thrifty ones as the plants
attain the size for transplanting.
This will usually give q surplus for
filing vacant places, and perhaps
supply n neighbor. For early use it
is best to starr seed in boxes. Trans
plant at evening or on a cloudy day,
letting the boxes in which the plants
are be thoroughly wet for several
hours before, in order that the stems
may become full of moisture. With
these precautions they seldom suffer
the check in growth that becoming
badly wilted is sure to cause. Plant
deep, and firm the earth about the
plants. Hoe often enough to keep
the weeds down and the soil light.
Earth kept light and porous absorbs
more moisture and is less susceptible
to drouth than when compacted. IL
the heads incline to burst, tip them
partly over, thereby breaking some
of the roots. Should this not avail,
use them at once. They will soon be
fit only for stock
When the white butterfly appears
It is time to guard against cabbage
worms Soapsuds sprinkled over the
plants are often effective. Wood
ashes are still more forceful rem
ody. Hellebore and paris green are
said to be harmless until the cabbage.
begins to head. but I'll go without
cabbage rather than use any that has
been so doctored. Destroy all CO.
coons found; they are frequently
seen clinginG to board fences or un-
painted buildings in the vicinity.
Salt and water or -four busted over
the plants when the dew is on are
standard remedies. Early cabbage
will be out OF the way in time to
make room for celery. Even where
a second crop is nor expected from
the ground it is wise to feed the
stump and refuse leaves to stock and
remove the entire plant, which may,
If left, become a harbor for insects
of fungous growth. The main thing
IS to start right. rertilize and culti-
yate to induce rapid growth, and in
sects will do little m.-Bessle l..
Putnam, Conneaut Lake, Pa.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-23

Christ is in all His redeemed, as
the soul of their soul, the life of
their life. He is the plying heart
and the helping hand Of God with
avery needy, praying spirit in the
world. He is the sweet light of the
knowledge of God that breaks in up
IN every penitent heart
He Is not only with those who be-
'ieve in Him and love Him. hut also
with those who neither believe in
Him nor love Him, that He may be
to them also Jesus their Saviour.
The Christ of God IS 10 thy heart,
waiting and aiming to get the con-
sent Of thy viii. that lie may save
thee. Wherever man Is. there also
is Christ, endeayoring TO free him
from the law of sin and death, by
becoming Himself the law of the
spirit OF his life.-John Pulsford
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-23
Give the Chicks Dry quarters.

Our chicks, some thirty, have been
remarkably healthy and vigorous
this summer. SO have those of a
nelghbor, who has three times as
many as We We are not specially
successful chicken growers, nor are
our chicks exempt from that univers-
al pest lice, but we have scarcely
lost a biddy yet. We attribute our
success TO the dry season and dry
quarters The fowls have plenty of
yard room, but no grass for the little
fellows TO run into II we were GO
ing into the poultry business on a
large scale we should locate the
aoops on sloping ground, and keep
the surroundings clear OF weeds and
grass till the chicks were half grown,
and able to take care of themselves.
fool hen, in big grassy yard, can
kill more chicks than all her eggs
are worth.-Indiana Farmer