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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-03-21
Too Busy to Work.

The luxury of physical inactivity ap-
pears to be fully appreciated in the
South, writes Mr. Bradford Torrey in
Natures Invitation; and as an illus
tration, lie tells of walk he took near
Miami, Florida, and of conversation
he overheard.
was walking away from the city
at rather brisk pace one morlng
when | passed lonesome shanty. A
white man sat upon the rude piazza
and another man and boy stood near.
"Are you going to work to-day?"
asked the boy of the occupant of the
piazza.
NO" was the answer quick and
plthy.
"Why pot?"
II amt got time"
| do not expect to hear the phIlos-
ophy of Incidence more sc 'inctly and
pointedly stated If | live thousand
years.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-03-21

When the harvest is over farmers are
in a position to know pretty well if the
operations of the last year have been
profitable In some sections crops may
have been partial failures in others,
some crops may have been so good
that prices rule exceedingly low. If
the year has not been prosperous, what
has been the trouble? One thing
worthy of serious thought is whether
one is wearing out his farm. This is
quite likely to be the case in the older
States. If the crops have been salts
factory, have we in growing them,
furnished TO the soil enough fertility
to grow the crop and still return to the
soil the plant food which it contained
before the seed was sown? If not,
we may consider that just so much we
have taken from the vitality of the
soil, and that, in consequence, the next
crop will be correspondngly smaller.
While oldtime farmers thoroughly
believe in the old rule of making the
farm grow everything needed for the
living of the family and stock before
planning TO sell any part of the crops,
conditions may change this rule slight
ly. One would not be justified in rails
ing hay for one or two animals. when
the soil would bring him a much better
return if it grew strawberries, for ex-
ample. At this season of rest each
of us should carefully look over the
past and search for the mistakes quite
as earnestly as for the successes.-In.
diaDapolis News.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-03-21
DARING Railway RulIdinn.

The work of constructing a railroad
to the summit of Mount Blanc has
been begun with enthusiasm and the
engineers in charge of the undertake
ing will push the construction with all
possible speed. The line will be built
like the Jungfrau line in the Bernese
Oberland. Switzerland. It will have
a total length of nineteen kilometers
(elevel and four-ffths miles) and will,
1t Is hoped, be completed within i've
or six years. The carriages will be
heated and lighted by electricity, and
the train will be composed OF an cleo
trical engine and two saloon cars,
made to accommodate about eighty
people. A special arrangement OF the
windows will permit all travellers In
discriminatory to enjoy the scenery.
Three kinds Of powerful brakes, inde-
pendent of each other, will be attach
ed to the cars, thus rendering all ac-
cidents impossible. The telephone
will be established along the line and
Will connect any point thereof with
the head stations.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-03-21
The HorseIess Ace.

A Yankee down East thus sizes up
the horseless age. II pity the man
who says the automobile will drive
out the horse. There is all the differ
ence in the world between the horse
and the machine. The difference be-
tween the living and dead; between
the game, resolute, do-or-die spirit OF
the horse that compels admiration,
and the inanimate machine that does
not. Take a clock that has stopped
forever, even a faithful clock, and
you can't wiring tear out OF the chill
dren with force pump; but they'll
cry as II their hearts were broken over
a st. Bernard that's passed on to the
animal heaven. The steam engine
and the trolley haven't put horses out
of commission and the automobile
won't; still. hope for their sake,
that it'll take a few of them out Of
the hands OF the brutal and ignorant
who don't know how to use them. -
Providence Journal.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-03-21
prsparlng For ,he Oats Crop.

In this section farmers grow princi-
pally the spring oats. The winter oats
has not met with much favor, OH ac-
count of its winter killing Usually
the spring is late and the preparation
for the oat sowing comes when the
breaking for corn is in order. This
danger of the work doubling up causes
the oat crop to suffer. The land is
often broken wet, worked down wet
and the seed sown while the land is
very cold. The work of preparing Il
seed bed for oats is hurrleGly done.
Frequently old corn land is dlsked, the
seed sown broadcast in the loose trash
and cornstalks, and the land run over
with a straightforward harrow, and the
work is done. Only rich or fresh land
can produce a paying crop under such
conditions. The Oat is sown in the
spring. and two or three weeks after
wheat harvest oat harvest ia here. II
must grow Il good straw and mature
seed within less than five months time
Oftentimes not more than four months
lapses from seeding time to harvest
Hence, the oat crop works rapidly
draws heavily upon the plant food il
the top soil and requires large supply
of moisture. If II fails to get available
plant food at once, or fails in getting
sufficient moisture it cannot wait, bu
must adjust itself to the conditions ant
produce a stunted straw and very
small grain yield.
The oat plant is rapid grower Il
given plenty of food and moisture. l
demands well-worked seed bed, FREE
from clods and young growing weeds
1t needs even more thorough prepare
tion than wheat, because 1t must com
plets its work in much less time.-W
d. Anderson, in the indianapolis News
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-03-21
EPWORTA LEAGUE LESSONS
MARCH 25-AFRicA.'
Program by the Mission Study Glass.
--Iosh. 1. 10.

Africa is, of all the continents. most
interesting to the student of missions.
He sees it as it was not many years
ago-forgotten, neglected, suffering In
the dark He sees It's missionary pl-
oneers-men the echo of whose voices
has hardly died away He sees the
struggle between the powers of heath
enism and the gospel complicated by
the greed and cruelty of men from
Christian lands. He sees, at last, the
joining of hands by which missions
and commerce work together to bring
light to Africa
The work which has been done there
has given the lie to the cheap jests
about missionaries. Missionaries to
Africa have been hard-headed ready
handed men and women, who could
WELD tools of the farm and shop and
home as well as the sword of the Spir-
it, There have been constructive
statesmen among them. no less worthy
of praise because the kings they have
counseled we're black savages
Africa is the Oldest of the mission
fields of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. In past years it has been one
of the least productive. Doubtless
some mistakes have been made. some
efforts wasted. But the African field
is ready now for larger things. The
great powers of Europe are planning
colossal enterprises in Africa 1t will
shortly be the home of millions of
white people. Its greatest need is that
whatever industrial and political pro-
gress it may make, it shall be pre-
empted for the gospel The growth
of the tomorrow may be greater than
we have yet dared to dream.
Africa was claimed for God in the
life and death of Melville Cox. our
Methodism's first foreign missionary.
1t is the coming continent Wars
have desolated it in almost every mile
of its vast extent, but now there is
bright prospects of lasting peace. II
has been the scene of the unimagined
horrors of the slave trade, but that
ghastly traffic is disappearing in the
face of the unceasing opposition OF
the Christian nations.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-03-21
4I5; ct dTf1Ie .

tiller's grains are comparatively rich
In protein, and are also among the
lowest in price. Where they can bo
had at the prices given. their use is
to be recommended for a part of the
ration at least. Since they both tend
to produce soft, oily butter fat 1t
might be advisable to feed little
cottonsoed meal to counteract this ten
dency. Wheat bran, often fed for the
protein it contains, is rather low In
this constituent, and is also among tho
highest in price when digestlbllty is
considered. 1t and oil meal or linseed
meal are valuable, however, for their
general effect upon the condition Of
the animal. Alfalfa meal, just now
being widely advertised, proves to be
one Of the most expensive feeding
stuffs on the market. If we assume chat
its digestibility is the same as that OF
alfalfa hay. There seems TO be no
reason for assuming that its dlgesti-
hillty would be any greater, and II
might possibly be less.
Each year number of new brands
of stock food is put on the market.
In the majority of instances the base
of each of these is a by-product of the
manufacture of some more valuable
article. These by-products are some.
times sold alone and sometimes mixed
with some of the staple feeding stuffs.
They are often sold under fancy names
which give no clew to their compost.
ton, and are frequently on the market
some time before an official examina.
ton can be made and the results an.
nounced.
1t is always best to buy these in
small quantities and test them before
laying in a supply. This, however. is
not always practicable, and the next
best thing is to rely upon the testimony
or the experience of some responsible
party. Even this may be misleading,
as conditions are not always the same
and some are not so readily apparent.
In case nothing definite can be learned
concerning the new feed except
through the manufacturer or agent. It
is wise TO stick to the standard known
brand of articles.-T. l. Mairs, in the
American Cultivator.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-03-21
An Inxenious Apparatus.

The stroboscope is an ingenious ap-
paratus for making visible rapid move
ments, like those of machinery. The
moving object is illuminated by rapid
succession of electric sparks, which
cause ,he machine to appears station
AIRY when their period comedies with
the revolutions, but shog- the move
ment much retardea when they ara
made TO lag behind. The formation Of
a sewing machine stitch or the working
of an engine and many other machine
movements, can thus be studied, al
though Geir actual speed is much too
rapid &c vision.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-03-21
To Give Medicine to n Horse.

In giving liquid medicines to a horse,
says the Horse World, have the medi
cine in stout bottle with sloping
shouder-an ordinary pop" bottle does
very well-and do not add any more
water TO it than is necessary to prop
erly dilute it, as n very large drench
is difficult 20 administer Next get the
horse in a good position so that he has
to take his medicine. If the construc-
ton of the stable permits it, back him
into a single stall, throw Il rope over
the beam at the back, make moose
oD the end of it, pass it under the
nose band of the halter and place it in
the horses mouth below the upper jaw.
Now raise the horses head until the
medicine will run back in the mouth.
Don't pull it too high or the horse will
have difficulty in swallowing and there
is danger of the medicine going the
wrong way. You can easily keep the
head in this position by holding the
rope in one hand while you pour in the
drench with the other. Pulling out the
tongue and squeezing and humping on
the throat are quite useless as induce
ments to the horse to swallow, and may
cause coughing. Should coughing &C.
cur. the head should be released at
ence, even If the medicine is lost, as
otherwise it might get into the lungs.
This is a much better and more nu-
name way than putting up the head
with twitch, and a drench Is usually
given without any difficulty.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-03-21

Colonel Sanders was a passenger on
one of the Montana railroads at one
time. He had the annual pass on the
road, but on this occasion he had left
1t at home. He had travelled the same
route many times before and was well
known TO the conductor. When that
OfficiSl came around for the tickets, the
Colonel told him of his forgetfulnesS
The co.. ductor, however, was obdurate
he must have ticket or money. The
Colonel, rather than have scene
finally pulled out five dollar bill
which 5as ample to cover the expenses
Of his trip. 1t was a very ragged af'
fair-all torn and pasted.
"That's a fine looking bill to give
me-" gro" led the conductor.
Colonel Sanders was by this time
thoroughly nettled.
"Well.' he cried in voice that could
be heard all orer the ar, "if you don't
like it, turn it in to the company"
The laugh that went up was Mt the
expense of the conductor - Pittsburs
Dispatch.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-03-21

"Ne-es," Mr. Billings said, reluct
antly, in reply to his friends remark
that Mrs. Joyce was IAN awfully
sweet little woman" $50 cheerful! Al
ways sunny; always looking on the
bright side" Billings friend contln-
ued, enthusiastically.
There's such thing as OVERRIDING
that bright side. business" said Bill
ings. "The other night l was up there
ana Joyce-you know how absent
minded he is?-put the lighted end of
his cigar in his mouth. He jumped
three feet, and was little noisy for
a minute. Right in the midst of it
all Mrs. Joyce smiled blandly, and
said:
"'How fortunate you were, dear, to
discover 1t at once""
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-03-21
HYPNoTIzED OVER THE PHONE.
Remarkable Performance Vouched for
by Medical Men.

Some remarkable experiments in
the way of hypnotizlng by telephone
have just been carried out in the
Savoy Hotel by Mr.. f. F. Abbott. The
experiments were conducted in the
presence of a considerable number OF
medical men. Mr. Abbott introduced
a young Scotsman whom he had hyp.
Noticed seven times during the previ.
Gus fortnight. After passing his hand
over the face of the subject, Mr.. Alb
bott soon reduced the man to a pas
slye state, and then, accompanied by
one of the medical men, he left the
building, and from a distance of two
miles telephoned to the hotel in which
the seance had been held When the
bell in the hotel room rang the young
Scotsman went to the telephone, and,
with a shudder, fell back quite uncon,
scious. MIR, Abbott had commanded
him over the telephone to go to sleep,
and the subject remained in a hyno
tized state until Mr.. Abbott returned
and awakened him.-LondoD Tit-Bits.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-03-21

The question of modern irrigation
me of the greatest Importance to Norl
China, and one which the Chinese Gol
,rnment appears never to have conSll
,red. Year after year the crops 10
rom lack Of rain, immense tracts
country are laid waste, the people su
,er and become restless. There is aIl
de water to irrigate the greater pal
VI this territory, but to do so require
large capital and wait of two
hree years for returns. The return'
however would be great and the secul
ty ample for any foreign capl''
China might wish to borrow for ID'
,urpOse.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-03-21
Sent Quarter Through Mail.

The most peculiar piece OF mail
that has ever come to an Alabama
postofflce, so far as known reached
the New Decatur postoffee to-day
It was a silver quarter Of a dollar
with a small piece of paper pasted on
each side. On one side was written
the address and on the other few
words. The quarter was tied in the
center of a bundle of letters when it
arrived. 1t had travelled many miles
and was delivered safely to the one
for whom It was intended.--Decatur
correspondence Nashville American.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-03-21
Wild Beasts of India.

Year by year records are published
of the destruction of human and cat
tie life by the wild beast and snakes
of British India. Last year 24,570
human beings and 96,22G cattle were
killed, and of the people. 21.S27 deaths
were attributed to snakes, while OF
the cattle, $4,000 We're killed by wild
beasts. panthers being charged with
10000. and tigers with 10000 of this
total; snakes accounted for 16OOOI
And this is but trifling percentage or
the actual annual mortality as 1t eS'
eludes the feudatory States, with thelI
100000 square miles and 60,00000O inl
habitants. where no records are obtain
able. Nor do the fatalities grow mai
terlally less, Notwithstanding the Ell
forts of sportsmen and rewards Hl
Government, because the development
Of railways and roads, as the jungle
reclaimed for agriculture, means con-
Iinuous invasion of the snake and tiger
infested territory. .-Caspar Whitney, Il
The Trail of the Tiger" in Outing,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-03-21
ENDEAVOR NOTES
MARCH TWENTY-FIFTH.
6ountiful Sowing: Our Gifts to
Christ's Cause.-Luke 6:3e; 2 Cor.

Bountiful Sowing: Our Gifts to
christ's cause.-Luke 6:3s; Cor.
9:1-15.
Every one likes "good measure"
heaped up high. Must not God like
it also?
No gift is at its best till it is given
in gratitude for the Best Gift. ii you
want to give only dime and yet do
give a dollar, God counts it only a
dime.
Is your harvest of happiness scanty?
Lat is proof of scanty sowing.
Proportionate and systematic Civ
ing may be generous or stingy. What
Is needed is a generous system and
proportion.
"He gives twice who gives quickly
applies to missions as well as to char
ity.
Full sowing avails not unless fol-
lowed by full tending.
"A prayer and a penny" soon be-
comes a prayer and a dollar.
Sowing seems to be throwing away
seed. One of the chief graces of our
giving is that it is done in faith.
1t is not giving when We place our
money in the savigs bank, or when
we expect money return from God.
Generally the larger the interest the
less safe the investment. 1t is the op-
posite in lending to the Lord.
What merchant would know how
his business stood unless he kept ac-
counts! How can we know how well
or poorly we give unless we keep ac-
counts?
1t is possible to SOW too much seed
In farmers field, but it not possible
to sow too much gospel seed.
Do I use my possessions as a trust
from God?
Questions.
Do l hold my money as if ! should
hold it forever?
Am l living for myself or for the
kingdom of God?
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-03-21
Eamln. In india prophsslsd.

A circular distributed among the
villagers In india prophesies that this
year. Burmese year 1867, is to bring
famine, sickness. pestilence and dis
tress to the people. All Buddhists are
urged to raise in their towns a pagoda
OF sand and make offerings after the
manner of the old kings OF Burmah to
ward on the impending disaster. The
residents OF a certain section OF Ran
goon are now busy collectiAS the re-
-uired sand and funds.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-03-21
The Professor. Function.

An Oxford professor, distinguish
,or scholarly habits Of the most pr
nounced description, remarked to y
companion at table that he had Y
cepted the invitation of well know
peer for weeks shooting in Scotlan]
"Why. Professor Blank" exclaipJ
his companion, II didn't know "
were gunv'
'Pm not. my dear" said the prol"
sor. I'm knife and fork"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-03-21
Buying Store Feed.

In general it will pay the farmer
who has ear corn to have 1t ground
into corn and cob meal and buy some
Of the cheaper, more nitrogenous con-
centrates to supplement 1t. Cottonseed
meal is richest in protein. but Is high
in price when total dgestible matter
is considered.
Buckwhent mIddIlngs and dried dis
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-03-21

DO really love Jesus? Have | ever
told Him that love Him? Let me tell
Him now, Do know Him as my
friend TO whom | can always go?
When l am weak, do | think Of His
strength? When l am sinful, do |
think of His purity? When l am in
doubt do think of His wisdom?
When | am lred do l go to Him for
rest?-Floyd w. Tomkins.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-03-21

Nothing is sweeter than love, nothing
stronger, nothing higher, nothing
broader. nothing better. either in
heaven or earth; because love is born
of God, and rising above all created
things, can find its rest in Him alone.
Thomas a Kempis.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-03-21

Sir Herbert de Stern. who was
Gently made peer, Is Z Jewish ban
er in London, and Is son Of Bar
Hermann de stera. whose tius
Portuguese.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-03-21

The construction of an ordinary tel
egraph line between Lima. on the Pa
cific side of the Andes in Peru, and
Iquitos. near the Amazon. being all
but impossible. btcause of the density
of the forests and the animosity of the
ignorant natives, the wireless method
is to be employed. Already communi
cation by wireless telegraphy exists
between Lima and Puerto Bermudez
and this line will be extended to
Iquitos, a distance of about 600 miles
with three intermediate stations.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-03-21

The gigantic animals of the so-called
pecially abundant in some of the lands
bordering the Rocky Mountains. ap
peal so powerfully TO the imagination
that an exaggerated notion of Their
size and weight is frequently enter
tanned. 1t has more than once been
pointed out that. as far as paleontology
shows, the earth never contained more
bulky creatures than the whales OF
to-day.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-03-21

Professor w. e. Ayrton points out
that the common expression "buying
electricity and consuming electric
current are misleading. No electricity
is used up in lighting buildings, drlv.
ing machinery and propelling cars and
trains. Just as much electricity flows
away per minute, through the return
conductor. from your electrically light
ed house as flows to it through the
coming conductor.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-03-21

julius Rosenberg considers ultro-vio.
let rays remedial agents of the greatest
value, especially for the relief of pain,
says the Baltimore Sun. He employs
q thirty arc. with mirror
rehectors, and attaches Importance to
the use of iron-carbide electrodes. He
concludes that the ultraviolet rays OBJ.
tanned in this way are specific rem.
edy in acute muscular pain, such as
lumbago.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-03-21

The pomelo. sometimes called the
Chinese breadfruit, citrus-fruit which
may be described as a cross between
the orange and the grapefruit combin.
ing the good points of both. is the
subject of an interesting report by Mr.,
Anderson, the United States Consul at
Hangchow. Mr.. Anderson regards 1t
as the finest fruit grown in the Far
East. He believes that it might be in.
troduced with profit into the Southe
United States.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-03-21

Airship travel seems to be already
popular. w. de Fonl ielle estimates
that seven or eight hundred balloon
voyages are now made annually, and
states that the members of the French
Aero Club alone made more than two
hundred last year. The forms and
colors of the clouds, the brightness, and
the new views of the earth give won.
derful charm to sky automobiling.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-03-21
Questions.

Do hold my money as if ! should
hold it forever?
Am l living for myself or for the
kingdom of God?