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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-09
The Three Colonies.

The New Haven Colony was found
ed C6S2) by number OF wealthy
London families. They took the
Bible for law, and only church mem
bers could vote. Cd The Connecti-
cut Colony proper, comprising Hart
ford, Wethersheld and Windsor,
adopted a written constitution in
which it agreed to give the right to
vote to all free men. This was the
first instance in all history of a writ
ten constitution framed by the peo-
Pile 90 The Saybrook Colony was
as first governed by the proprietors,
but was afterwards sold to the Con-
necticut colony. This reduced the
three colonies to two.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-09

The barn should never be built
near the house, and wherever it is,
it should be kept as sanitary as the
house itself a country barnyard
should be as neat and tidy as the
dooryard, There is no reason why
vines should not grow over the walls
and fences, and trees shade TIE in
closed animals. 1t IS possible to have
lilacs and mock oranges growing
around the barn as freely as about
the shrubbery. The animals are not
any less happy, and one can pick
great punches for oneself and
friends.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-09
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR NOTES
AUGUST TWELFTH.
My Favorte Parable, and How Il
Helps Me. Matt 10: 1917;
Ps. t19. 97-1O4.


In His use of parallels. us in all
else. our Lord set rs an example, to
be followed when WE a"e in like cir
2umstances.
Christ's parallels seem simple be
cause they are 50 profound; only the
thoughtless will attempt TO under
stand them without long thought.
The parallels are truth Iramatized,
and not TO be understood until we act
them out.
The great parable for uon-Christ-
ians is that Of the prodiGal son. It
teaches that no one Is too bad to go
to the Father, and that the Father,
will go to meet him.
The great parable for Christians is
the parable Of the sower. Are our
lives bringing forth tho hundred
fold?
The great parable for the church
is that Of the tares. Is the wheat
crowding out the weeds and trans
forming them to wheat?
The parable Of the pearl IS the
parable for our busy days, lest we
should forget our chief business,
which is "our Fathers business"
The parable Of the growing seed is
the story for our times II discour-
agement, when we forget that seeds
must h9ve their hidden time, when
the farmers work seems altogether
lost.
The parable Of the wicked husband
men is a warning for church-mem-
bers lest they forget that they are
not the owners Of their blessings,
but only their stewards.
The parable of the mustard seed
Is the story for the insignificant.
who need to learn that everything
becomes Of infinite significance az
soon as It is given tot God
The parable of the vineyard labor.
ers is the statement OF Gods sover-
aiynty, that He will do what He will
! with His own, and that what He does
IS right.
The parable Of the two foundations
| IS the story for the young, that they
may not have to begin their lives
all over again some day.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-09

In one of its bulletins the Arkan-
sas station says that It is necessary
to keep accessible to hogs some
material that supplies lime and salt
TO aid in BODYBUILDING, as an appe-
tizer, and 10 remove intestinal para
sites. This mixture should be kent
in a strong box protected from rain,
and the quantity and frequency with
which pigs will visit and eat of the
mixture will often be surprising. The
following is the mixture that was
used: Charcoal, one and one-half
bushels; common salt, four pounds;
hard wood ashes, ten pounds,
Stacked lime, four pounds; fresh
water shade in summer, grain food
when on grass, and dry bed free
from dust; shelter in winter, and
when confined an area sufficiently
large so that it viii not become foul
with droppings and mud bugs. These
are essentials for successful hog
raising.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-09

One day a couple of my friends
were sitting on the river bank when
they heard the cry OF frog in dis
tress. Following the direction from
which the sound came, they discoy-
cred a snake In the act OF swallowing
frog. Just then another frog. evil
IDENTIFY attracted by the distressing
cries of its mate in jeopardy. hoped
up to the sce-e of action. For a mo-
ment it sat blinking at the enemy;
then leaped forward, seized the
snake by the neck and tugged it into
the river. The water quickly poured
between the snakes distended laws
and it was OF course compelled to
release its victim in order to escape
drowning. This it promptly did, and
the liberated frog swan away with
It's plucky mate, while the baffied
snake wriggled as best 1t could to
the shore,-Woman's Home Compan-
ion.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-09
Origin of Fear in wild Animals.

Can a fear hatch out of an egg?
If fear can hatch out of an egg,
what is to hinder thought or an
idea from Matching out of an. egg?
If a thought and an emotion can
hatch out an egg, why may not Yo-
lition hatch out of an egg? Why,
then, may not complete character
hatch out of an egg; and where Is the
need of experience, training and edu-
cation?
After about ten years of careful
observation and experiment with a
number of different species. | am
prepared to maintain the thesis that
a specific fear cannot hatch out OF a
birds egg. Given the physical con-
ditions necessary to the life and COM
fort of the species. hatch the eggs,
and one species is as tame as any
other, and will not show fear OF man
or anything else until 1t has learned
by actual instruction, experience or
natural inference that the object in
question is dangerous
The fact remains, all the popular
statements to the contrary notwith-
standing, that a grouse chick hatched,
in an incubator or under hen, from
an egg taken from a nest in the
woods, is every whit as tame" as
chick of the domestic fowl and 1t
remains so until it experiences some
thing to make It wild"
A powerful motive in choosing the
ruffed grouse for experiment is the
fact that a myth has seemingly
spread over the entire country to the
effect that this species is untamable.
Country Life in America.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-09
How Long Whales Live.

"As to the age to which whales
live" says DR.. True, curator of bio
logy of the National Museum, there
is no accurate data, but am in
clined to the opinion that some OF
them live to an age In excess OF forty
years. This theory is borne out by
the finding in a whale In 1890 of a
harpoon which had belonged to
ship that was sunk during the Civil
War. Ten years before the ship had
cruised as a whaler. The estimates
that whales to be thousand years
old are fanciful, and not based on
authentic information.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-09
Culture of Vines.

The first point to notice in vine
culture is the difference between
permanent and temporary vines.
The woody ones like ampelopsis,
Virginia creeper and wistaria, which
ought 10 last lifetime, are natu-
rally slow to" start They are, in
fact, comparable to trees in this
respect as we'll as in cost and the
thoroughness with which the soil
should be prepared for them. Since
their roots are to go twenty or thir-
ty feet deep or more, the poor soil
to a depth of four feet should be
thrown away and replaced by good
soil, and the ground should be liber-
ally provided with well-rotted ma
nure or with commercial fertilizers.
If properly planted the permanent
vines will require no attention for
the first two years eXceps little
pruning After that time the strong
growers must be kept within proper
bounds. 1t is usually easy to keep
vines in good condition by cutting
them back few feet every year.
Nearly all of the permanent vines
viii stand any amount of pruning
except wistaria which does best il
allowed to grow year after year
without pruning.
The commonest mistake in prun-
ing vines is to allow them to grow
for FIVE or six years without any
pruning whatsoever This is why
you see on porches everywhere vines
that are top-heavy, /. e., which have
Il mass of foliage at the top and
scarcely any at the base. This is,
of course, absurd, for the purpose
Of growing vines is 10 screen un-
slightly buildings and it also has the
disadvantage on porch OF furnish.
ing a hiding place for mosquitoes
and OF littering the porch with leaves
which fall before their time.
II vines are headed back from
one to four feet every year from the
second to the eighth year, 1t should
be entirely unnecessary to sweep the
porch every morning so far as fallen
leaves are concerned. The reason
August is that a top-heavy vine is so
crowded that the sunshine can not
enter the mass of foliage and ripen
the leaves. The vines bear more
leaves than they can ripen and it
is those imperfectly ripeneds leaves
that fall premat":ely.
The next most important points
in vine culture are to determine
whether the vine needs artificial sup
port or not, and, II so, of what kind;
whether you want a foliage effect
or Towering effect, how high you
want the vines to grow, and whether
there Is any danger OF damaging
your property in any way.
For example, ampelosis requires
no support on any surface whatever.
1t will grow hundred feet high,
but it's flowers are inconspicuous,
and since one usually wants color
on the porch 1t is not so good for
a veranda as a towering vine which
does not grow SO tall
Moreover, any vine that grows
twenty feet high or more may cause
some trouble II II is grown directly
on frame house. You may want
to remove the vines In order to paint
the house. You can do this easily
with any vine that requires artifi-
cial support, but 1t is impossible or
difficult with anything that Is self
supporting like ampelopsis. ---In-
dianapolis News.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-09
Celluloid Articles.

A manufactures of celluloid arti-
cles says that the danger of these
articles exploding into flame when
near fire is greatly exaggerated.
Nevertheless he adds this long list OF
"donts:" Don't place hot curling
irons near your celluloid hair comb;
don't drop match on the celluloid
back of hair brush or hand glass
after you have lighted the gas In
your dresseing room; don't use the
celluloid handle of your paper cut
ter to press down the tobacco In
your lighted pipe; don't put your cell
luloid beads near a light; don't hang
a celluloid bead curtain where there
is am unprotected light; don't keep
loose matches in the same pocket
With your celluloid cardcase or
liary." 1t would be simpler not to
use celluloid at all, as matter Of
fact.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-09

In addressing the members of the
Vermont Dairymens Association, j..
T. Conmern in speaking upon the
hlthy conditions under which cows
are kept during winter upon some
farms, said that very few of the
barns are provided with any means
for ventilation. and consequently the
air Is impure, espec ally during the
cold winter months. The cows
quarters are not kept clean, or, at
least, not as clean as they should be.
During the winter months. when the
COWS of necessity must be kept In the
barn, many farmers pay little a.
tsation to keeping them clean, which
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-09
NOTHING RADICAL.

Languld Lanngan with paper)-
at takes all sorts Nv cranks fer make
a world, all right. Now, here's near
wise guy wot says dat six hours sleep
a day is ernuff fer anybody
Torpid Thomas-"Well, | seldom ex'
ceeds dat. An wot's he say Is dc
proper number Nv hours ter slumDef
at nightf"-Puck.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-09
Those "Kicky" Cows.

1t is rather poor policy to have
kicking COW in the dairy, and un-
less she proves to be something ex-
traordinary in the way of a milk
machine" the COW stable would be
much better off without her, and the
mixers temper would certainly be
greatly relieved The dairy needs
cows. not mules
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-09
$fbE .aatfas.,I 1I'TlXs

results in q condition Of affairs bet
ter imagined than expressed in
words The manure is often piled
in such places and in such quantities
that the inevitable results is the
contamination of the air in the
cows quarters. The barn yards are
often quaking quagmires that can
not be crossed unless one wears high
rubber boots or is on a raft.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-09
FULL.

"Are you going to run in Colonel
Bluecork's speech he made at the
banquet last night?" asked the anx-
ious caller in the editorial rooms.
I'VE certainly are, replied the ed
itor.
but are you sure 1t will be Ns
full speech?"
Am | sure? Why, We have hc'
nodded on one type to save time. -
Columbus Dispatch.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-09
Stick 10 the Sheep.

A writer hits the nail squarely on
the head by saying: "To make the
most out of sheep they must be
kept for a series Of years. Some
years they will return much better
profit than in others. but it is hard
to sell out and buy in at the right
time"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-09
Apply II Good Fertilizer.

The value OF vegetables depends
largely upon quicl growth, and IL
crops are not growing well some
quick-acting fertilizer like nitrate Of
soda. guano or poaltry droppings,
should BE- worked into the soil close
to the roots. Frequent cultivation
OF the soil with the cultlvator, rake
or hoe will often be all that is neces-
eary.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-09

Two women. in lighting a picnic
fire on the slope of Waterman noun
tain. San Bernardino County. Cali
fornia, she other day, discovered as
phaltum deposits. A rush followed,
10000 acres have been located and
an oil boom is in progress.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-09

When your sheep are in good con-
dition make effort to keep them so.
II is an awful hard job to get run
down sheep in prime condition again.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-09

Matrimonial tickets are supplied
by the Canadian Pacific Railway TO
those settlers in the Northwest Ter
ritory who wish to make journey
in order to get married, aud on pre-
seDtlng the return coupon and a mar
riage certificate man is entitled to
free transportation for his bride.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-09

Asa Deklnge. who has been chosen
chief of the Apache Indians to sue
ceed Geronimo, is a graduate OF the
Indian school at Carlisle, and has
great influence with his tribe.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-09

The International Association OF
'Auctioneers, at Its convention in Chi
cago, adopted resolution allowing
women to become members Of the asso-
ciation
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-09

The worlds yearly use of post
cards is enormous. Germany uses
1,161, 900, 1000, the United States 49,
100000, Great Britain 3,000,000.
AS to letters, however, the United
States is far anead of all other cotn-
tries. The total number of letters
posted here during 1903 was 4.109,-
100000
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-09

A curious phenomena has been no.
ticed in the tropics that can never
be seen at higher ATTITUDES. A min
ing shaft at Sombrerete, Mexico. is
almost exactly on the Tropic of Can
Ger, and at noon on June 21, the sun
shines TO the bottom, lighting up the
well for vertical depth of 100 feet
or more.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-09

100000 tons of iron available. and
this Germany has twice IS many tons
as this country, while Russia and
France each have 400.0O0,0O0 tons
more than the United States. This
country has at present workable de-
posits of l,1OO,OOO,O 900 tons, with an
annual output and consumption of
S5,000,000 tons.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-09

BLACK Maria" is a familiar term,
with an origin more or less mysteri-
Gus. 1t has been suggested that
Maria" really represents the old
word marinated" which meant
transported. or married" a slang
expression formerly applied to per-
sons chained or handcuffed together
on the way to jail But more at
tractive is the story that in the old
colonial days g gigantic and brawny
negress kept sailors boarding
house at Boston and frequently lent
her strength to the cause of law and
order once she took three sailo"s
to the lookup unassisted, Send for
Black Maria" 1t is said, became a
regular way of limiting that a man
ought to be jailed.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-09

A septuagenarian farmer, residing
near Harrogate, England, boasts that
durinC his life he has never worn an
overcoat, never even possessed one.
He drives his cart daily over bleak
moorland, and, despite the fact that
he has been drenchet numerous
times, is free from rheumatism and
from colds. For the last few years
he has not slept in bed, but has .aken
his rest in an old armchair.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-09

Some fine speciments of Chinese
sounding stones have been described
by late visitor at Ch'ufu, the birth
place and burial-place of Confucius
An incense DISH of stone rang with
the bell-like tone of bronze on being
struck with stick, two pillars gave
out musical note on being struck at
any point, and a large tablet-three
by five feet in area and six inches
thick--emitted a note varying with
the point struck. These "stone
gongs" are found throughout the
country, having ben known for CEN
turtles. The material is a grayish
ooltic limestone, ana it is said to
come only from occasional veins at
a quarry few miles from Ch'ufu.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-31
THE EVENING TIMES, GRAND FORKS, n. D.

dial, black around, with gold lettering.
Around its edge are twelve smaller
dials, giving the time of day in Paris,
Berlin, London. Rome, Picking. St. Pc.
tersburg. Manila, Washington. San
francisco, Philadelphia, st. Louis,
New York. While this is not a new
idea, 1t has a new attachment, each
dial showing whether the time regis
tered means morning, afternoon. or
night in the cities named. Of course,
the year, month land day are also CIV
en-.
Beneath all this is a twelve inch
globe. which follows as accurately as
science can make it the diurnal move
ment of the earth: AS you watch night
come down In Detroit, you can see day
dawn across the Pacific, sunset at the
Golden Gate. and another day break
Ing over Siberia, China and Austria
liza. Just as certainly as the sun
moves SO does this globe move, and.
for moment it is af if one hadstaken
his station between the moon and the
earth and was watching the mystery
OF day merge into the mystery of
night.
The clock is built to withstand any
change in temperature, the mercury
pendulum being adjusted to compen-
safe expansion and contraction.
Outside of all the mechanical con-
trivances the clock itself is a marvel
of beauty and planning.
How much would you take for it?"
Mereir was asked.
y couldn't set price on it if John
d. Rockefeller asked me-"
Ten thousand dollars?"
\ worked on it fifteen years. One
clock like that is enough for a life
time"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-31
FUNERAL OF VICTIMS
Of g. N. Wreck Held Yesterday
-Sholtz Remains Held at
Great Falls.
Associated Pres. to The Eve.i.g Time..

Annotated Press to The Evening Times.
Sank Center, Mimi, Aug. 31.-The
funeral of William J. Brown, the
brakeman who was killed in the wreck
on the Neihart line Sunday, was held
Wednesday afternoon from the resi-
dence at 400 Eighth avenue s., under
the auspices of the Odd Fellows and
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, of
which orders deceased was a member.
John Brown, brother of the deceased,
arrived from Redwood, Mimi, the
former home of deceased, in time to
attend the funeral.
The remains of Charles Sholtz will
be held at Undertaken McAllister's un-
til definite word is received from his
sister at Euclid, Mimi. who has been
heard from and is trying to get COM
munication with the father of de-
ceased.
The remains of Frank f. Prewett
were shipped to Chehalis, WASH, on
the mornings train to Shelby, ac-
companied by S. H. Miller, friend
of the deceased, who was with him at
the time of the wreck and escaped with
slight bruises.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-31
PRICED HIGH.

Minneapolis, Aug. S1.-Five thou
sand dollars handed over by c. G..
Bosch, the prominent malster and bar
ley merchant of Davenport, Iowa,
works new high record for Mime
apolis Chamber of Commerce men,
bership. Mr.. Bosch found $4,925 the
nominal figure when he applied for adj
mission to the chamber, quotations
having risen on four successive trans
fers from $4,625 to $4,000 to $4,75O to
$4,925. Nothing under $4,000 fiat
would draw another offer. and Mr..
Bosch, who is a believer in Mime
apolis generally, and especially in it's
future as barley market, paid the
price, and said it was worth the money
to be able to do business here.
There are few of the original s25
membership certificates still in exis-
ence. P. A. Rogers, publisher of the
Market Record, has one There are
number that cost the holders 800,
5000 or 5000. When the chamber was
organized, twenty-five years ago, many
who put $25 into a membership felt
that they were throwing away the
money, yet even the finest of Mime
apolis real estate can scarcely show
an equally good record in price en-
hancement.