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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-09-05

One of the plainest duties or stew
ardship is that we bring conscience
and deliberate consideration to bear
upon our administration of this
world 5 goods. We are not faithful
stewards if we spend according to
our own whim and fancy, and let
charity" depend, as it so often does,
On little better than accident or habit.
We are stewards in regard to what
we spend on ourselves and our fami-
lies, as well as in what we spend for
purposes beyond ourselves; our per-
sonal and domestic expenditure, our
savings and our gifts, and the proper
ton between them should all equally
pass under the inspection of delib-
crate conscience. If that were once
thoroughly understood and practised
by us, we should be very different
people, and there would be very diff
ferent results from many an appeal
that is made to us. Stewardship
means deliberation, and intelligent
consideration, and conscientious dis
posal and administration as o.
fund that is not mine, but is put into
my hand. The Rev. Alexander Nc.
Laren.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-09-05

has sprung it the door falls and the
opposite end to the screw catches in
an iron staple which prevents it from
being moved by the captive hen.
The tops of the nests are provided
with a few Stats at the forward end
for light and ventilation, and each
compartment has trapdoor hinged
at the top so the hen can be removed
from the nest. The nest box is pro-
vided with two screws at each side
just forward from the middle. These
rest on blocks with V-shaped top.
The nest is balanced so the weight
of hen when she steps on the front
edge will tip it down, thereby releas-
ing the wire end that holds the door
and allows it to fall Two pieces of
wire are used. One is made fast to a
screw eye driven in the front edge OF
the box and extends up rearly to the
under side of the top, where piece
os cord is tied to it. The cord passes
through a screw eye and toward the
front of the box, where, four inches
from the eye, it is tied to the longer
piece of wire that extend. to the door.
The wire and string are adjusted so
the front end of the wire passing
through hole in the board will pro-
ject quarter of an inch and support
the door. When the hen steps on the
box and drags the -7ire down that
pulls the long wire In and the door
drops. BY opening the trap door -
the top it is easy to set the door
again.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-09-05
Ducks ON the EnIm.

Ducks are source of quite a good
deal OF profit to those who make a
speciality of raising them, and there
is no reason at all but what they
could be made to be profitable when
kept in small numbers on individual
farms. A. correspondent of the Farm
Star. in urging farmers to take up
the raising of ducks, says:
TOO much hard food, such as
grain, does not agree with these
birds and they cannot thrive on IL.
Some feeders use a small portion Of
grain, others do not, and it has not
been proved to be of any advantage
10 feed It. Soft food Is their natural
diet, together with grasses, vegeta-
bles and animal food The proper
selection OF the food is extremely inn
portant TO secure the rapid growth
of the duck, and the ingredients OF
the food must be such as will afford
a we'll balanced and substantial ra-
tion. When ducks are raised for
breeding they must not he forced
like the others. An excellent ration
is equai parts OF corn meal, wheat
bran, green food, FIVE per cent beet
scraps and five per cent. coarse sand
or grit. Feeding stuffs should De
mixed IN a trough large enough To
hold the quantity without run
ming over the edges. When mixing
corn meal and bran, do not make II
100 sloppy, Warm water should be
used when the water is excessively
cold. A second trough should be had
TO mix green foods in, such as cul
rye, oats. etc, and dampen with
water; then mix an allowance OF No
2 grade -four with 1t. Thoroughly
mix. SO that the -four will completely
cover the green stuff After this has
been done mix the flour and greer
mixture and add an allowance Of
beef scraps ana sand. When vege
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-09-05
Effective Tran Nest.

A very simple trap nest is thus de-
scribed by Orange Judd Farmer: One
side and part of the top on one COM
partment is removed to show the in.
terror construction. Each compart.
ment should be thirteen inches wide.
fifteen inches high and thirty inches
deep, while the nest box is twelve
inches square and three inches deep.
Every poultry raiser knows the value
OF trap nest, so it is not necessary
to enter into its utility. Any number
of them may be constructed side by
side, and all equipped in. the same
manner. The doorway at the front is
ten inches wide and twelve inches
high, the door is twelve inches
square and is caught at one corner
with screw. When it is set the
doorway is open. but when the hen
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-09-05

Pure-bred seed goes hand in hand
with pure-bred stock and is every bit
as essential
The most prominent "catch crop"
just now is to catch up with the
weeds.
Speaking with nearby farmer re-
Gently. he said that, his days work
commenced at sun-up and ended at
sun-down."
What do you think of the plan,
dear readers?
To me, it seems little short of
folly; l can scarcely see the neces-
sity for it, unless it might be account
ed for by the fact that the manage
ment was very poor
Excessive hard labor on the farm
must certainly be due to rank mis-
management and an effort on the
part of the farmer to accomplish
everything by Drawn alone and not
use brain at all.
There is no reason on earth why
a days work on the farm should not
be about the same as 1t is anywhere
else.
Industry is not the only thing that
is necessary on the farm--if 1t were,
! know of several men who have
failed that would have succeeded.
Keeping everlasting at thing
does not always bring success, in
spite of the trite saying that it does.
The more persistently some people
labor the worse off they become,
simply because they are not expend-
ing their energies in the correct way
and along the most profitable line.
Following up this same reasoning.
there are some farmers who are con-
stantly drifting further away from
the desired goal, no matter how hard
they may work. simply because they
are on the wrong track to get there,
and the harder they work the further
off they get they cannot come out
all right, because they did lot go In
right!
Intelligent management Is as nee
essary In order to get the utmost pos
sible out of farm work. as IL is In any
other business; there is always a
best way to do everything and sever
al more or less poorer ways.
II some farmers would quit work.
ing an hour or two before bedtime
occasionally, and spend the remain
der of the evening studying the Epi-
tomist, or some other reliable farm
paper or farm book, they would not
lose anything. Uncle Rural, In the
| Agricultural Epitomist.
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WORDS OF WISDOM.

A womans ideal of a house is all
closets and pantries.
There is just as much room in a
fiat as in a palace to quarrel.
A man can have a very peaceful
home by not trying to run it.
A hammock is a very nice thing
not to have room enough for two un-
less it's girl.
A boy can inherit all his fathers
bad habits even when the old man
hasn't got any.
Nobody ever gets old enough to
stop calling some other person dod-
dering old idiot.
When a man is too scared to do
something tempting but risky he
calls 1t self control.
A man grows madder over seeing
some other fellow get ahead than
over failing himself.
The politician who is always prais-
ing the plain people is mighty mad
II you class him with them.
Inc people VINO shout loudest Tor
a revolution are usually out of the
country where it is taking place.
When woman says her husband
loves his home she means he opened
a bureau drawer without swearing at
1t.
There is more than an even chance
that girl is interested in a fellow
II she swears to her mother that she
isn't.
Generally girl is in love when
she looks as II she had three mortal
diseases and had just buried her last
friend.
Those who have children have
mighty few theories about raising
them; they are too busy with the
facts OF feeding and clothing them. -
From Reflections OF a Bachelor" in
the New York Press.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-09-05
Catnip as a Honey Plant.

Among the many honey plants,
there is surely none more valuable,
considering the extent to which it
grows, than the ordinary weed, cat
nip. This plant while common, is
not plentiful enough in most places
to give any considerable yield of
honey known tc be from the plant.
If the action of the bees forms any
ildeX to its value. however, it is
surely really valuable The plant
comes n bloom with us about July
1st or a little sooner and continues
throughout the summer. During this
time the bees visit it continually
from morning till night no matter
from what other source they may be
gathering nectar, nor how freely 1t
may be coming in. The honey is
thought by rome to be greenish in
color and rather rank in flavor.
have noticed however, that as the
season advances, these characteristics
of the honey Tanish, while the catnip
remains in full bloom. | believe,
therefore, that these undesirable
characteristics are due 20 the nectar
from some flower other than catnip.
These are some Of the things ! have
noticed about the value of catnip for
honey. &C. A. Ludwig, Brookville,
Ind
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-09-05
EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9.
The Power and Blessedness Of United
Prayer Matt. ts. 1e.

Prayer Matt. 19. 1e.
Holy fellowship and divine acknow-
ledgment. NAL 3. 1918.
Mutual supplication and confession.
James 8. 16.
A specific object for united prayer.
Acts u. IL.
\ pentecostal prayer meeting. Acts
I. 13. IL.
Exhortations TO united prayer. Eph.
6. rs, 19.
He hears the united prayer OF
exiles. Isa. 10. 90.
The Topic. Men ought always to
pray and not to faint"-to grow
weary and cease. Men are so needy
and God is so rich and so willing
The materialists, who are forever
crying as they investigate the uni
verse, Here's Law: where's God?"
and talking about the immutability of
Law, and so forth. will never succeed
in convincing more than a very few
that there is no efficacy in prayer.
And for the following reasons:
The belief in IL is ingralned-a part
of the very fabric of human nature.
The Supreme Book teaches prayer
anpes of answered petitions.
The experience of the church, in all
the ages of its history teaches that
prayer has vital energy and ability
to reach God and to bring desired
blessings.
Our topic is concerned more spe-
cifcally with united prayer, and to
this we now c<ine in our Daily Read
ings Said Jesus. IF two of you shall
agree on earth as touching anything
they shall ask in my name, 1t shall
be done for them of my Father"
Rev. John Livingstone, Scotch
preacher saw FIVE hundred persons
converted in one day. Mighty SER
mon? Doubtless. but there have been
thousands as eloquent and conyinc-
ing, and not one was converted as a
result What then? Why many
Christians had devoted the whole Of
the preceding night to prayer for this
very object
We learn another thing from our
readings; namely, that condition of
hlessedness and power in united
PRAYER Is the confession of our faults.
James SAYS, Confess one to another
and pray for each other" Let it be
real confession. Finally, let us not
forget to pray, as chapters and
churches, for those whom God has
called to the service of the sanctuary;
the ministers OF the gospel. They
will be tempted. o, so sorely to
check utterance. to prophesy smooth
things, to avoid occasions of offense
and opposition.
Never restrain an Impulse to pray.
Who can tell with what treasure he
Is laden when the Holy Spirit in this
way knocks at our hearts door
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velop a tree manhood. Only by this
Infusion of Christ's life can weak
man follow Him and grow like Him
Il am the vine. ye are the branches"
except we eat the flesh OF the Son
Of Man and drink His blood ye have
no life in you" 81 am the living
brkAd. the bread of God which
cometh down from Heaven and
giveth life unto the world"
A shallow infidel with fippant wit
called this the "cannibalism of the
church" This is not a church ques-
ton. 1t is as practical as the call
of this doctor on which your life
depend,- 1t is more vital. Jesus
cares little about our formal worship.
He cares much about our daily con-
duct He cares most about our real
motives. our inmost life. The most
superficial thought must convince
any man that we can have no life
save from the God in whom we live
and move asd have our being; and,
furthermore, that we must receive
His life throagh the channels of His
own appointing. His channel for us
is the Son of Man. 'If ye abide in
Me and My words abide in you. ye
shall ask what ye will of life and 1t
shall be yours IL any man live not
In Me, he will be withered branch
and be burned. If you live in Me,
God will break forth into glory of
abundant fruit IN your life. Your
Joy will be full your peace undis-
turbed, a puzzle 10 men In the world
Of trouble, your strength as the
strength of God"
Richard Mansfeld's most thrilling
sentence is. when as the prince, de-
priyed of a natural childhood and
youth, with the vehement passion
Of a mighty stream which suddenly
bursts the dam which had long re-
strained it's natural flow, he says to
his fellow students. we are young,
and we're going to I've" This hum
ger and thrust for l.fe, abundant life,
Jesus approves. Even to those who,
in their eager infatuation for life.
choose "the way that seemeth right
unto a man. but whose end is death"
Jesus speaks: Il came that you
might have life. He that cometh
to Me shall never hunger. and he
that believeth in Me shall never
thirst Come TO Jesus. and your
youth will have all your eyes and
heart can crave.
on, man about to turn away un-
convinced, take a few Sabbath hours
to see the life He lived, and that you
may live with Him--to imagine the
face and bear the accents of the
Prince of Life when He said to His
contemporaries in Palestine as He
says TO His contemporaries in Amer
lea to-day: You will not come unto
Me that you might have life"
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increase the Cnrrnnts.

Add to that little currant patch
which has been appreciated so many
times by the good wife. AS coon
as thl leaves begin to fade cuttings
from six to eight inches in length
should be made from the new wood
and planted at once in a very rich
moist loan. and while doing it take
particular pains to give the soil a
firm pressure around the base of the
cutting. In the fall. befo"e the
ground freezes, give the new bed a
covering o. some good mulch, and
this will serve as a mears of prevent
ing the action of the frost from
throwing the cuttings out. Plants
that are between one and two years
ole are just about in proper shape to
bf planted in the feld. New York
Witness.
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Rarely, perhaps, has history re-
corded a meeting more affecting than
that which is about to take place be-
tween the ex-empress of the French
and the EmDeror-King Francis Jo-
seph. The one has lost her throne,
her husband, and, above all, her only
son. The other has been tried even
more severely in the furnace OF do
nestle affiiction. The fate of his
brother, Macmillan of Mexico, the
murder of the Empress Elizabeth,
and the mysterious end of his only
son and heir, the Crown Prince Ru-
dolph-these are the blows by
which Francis Joseph has been sue
cessiyely smitten. And yet Beneath
the bludgeoning OF chance, his head
is bloody. but unbowed. Pail Mall
Gazette.
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tables are used they should be well
cooked before mixing them in the
ration"
While ducks do not require the
amount of attention that chickens do,
and are quite free from disease In
addition to this. no one should get 1t
into their head that the only thing to
be done is to secure a house. pur-
chase the ducks that are to be used
as starters. and then merely sit down
and figure out the profits. Like any
thing else on the farm. the scheme of
making duck1 profitable has got to
be backed up with a certain amount
of experience. a goodly amount of
hard work and a strict attention to
every detail of the business.
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The Livery OF Christ.

II you wear the livery of Christ
you will find Him so meek and lowly
of heart that you will find rest unto
your souls. He is the most mag
unanimous of captains There never
was His like among the choicest of
princes. He is always to be found in
the thickest part of the battle. When
the wind blows cold He always takes
the bleak side of the hill. The heav-
lest end of the Cross lies over His
shoulders. If He bids us carry bur-
den He carries 1t also.
His service is life. peace, Joy. oh,
that you would enter on it at once.
God help you TO enlist under the ban
ner of Jesus Christ.-Last words Of
the Rev. c. H. Spurgeon.
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WHAT'S Taken FROM the Soil.

A thirty-bushel crop OF wheat will
remove from the soil forty-eight
pounds of nitrogen, nine pounds of
potash and twenty pounds of phos-
phoric acid. If the grain alone is
sold it removes from the farm thirty
three pounds of nitrogen, nine
pounds of potash and fourteen
pounds of phosphoric acid. Sixty
bushels of corn. If taken from the
farm, will remove tlfty-siX pounds of
nitrogen. thirteen pounds of potash
and twenty pounds of phosphoric
acid Are you replacing this either
in the shape of manure, commercial
fer izers or a rotation? BY this
time you all, no doubt, know what we
think of "robber" COWS, and we apply
the same thing TO the farmer who,
II he robs his land, ic certainly rob-
bing himself.
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TIE NATIONAL GAME.

There are more Cleveland admir-
ers in Boston than in any other city.
barring Cleveland
In fifty-three games Turner, of the
Cleveland team, failed In but three
games to hit safely
"Jigs" Donohue is now considered
one of the least consistent hitters in
the American League.
The age of heraldry is not
dead yet. The Athletics have a
Knight and a Lord and a Cross.
Tim Murnane rises to remark that
Hayden Is fast coming into his best
form and proving valuable man"
Frank Killan, the southpaw pitch
er of the Detroit Club, has Jumped
TO a Chicago semi-professional team.
Lindsay still leads the American
League in sacrifice hits. The Tigers
first sacker has no opposition for the
honor.
Fielder Jones says his White Sox
team may be broken up, but he won't
give up. Th~t's the proper spirit for
a leader.
Al. Orth, the "curveless wonder"
of the Highlanders. is said to he de-
sirous of quitting the game IN defer
ence to the wishes OF his wife.
It is not considered that Criger
will be able to don the catcher's
mask again this year. although he
Joins in light preliminary practice.
Jimmy Collins did not so West
with the Bostons. He will nurse his
knee at home until the team returns
from the trip. He has floating car
tilage.
The Washington Club has pu--
chased for $3.50 pitchor-outfelde
Robert Edmondson. of Houston. who
leads the South Texas League in
batting.
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What Prayer Gives.

Prayer gives serenity, calmness,
peace, trlst, after the anxieties OF
expectancy, the Civilizations Of success,
the agonies OF sorrow and bereave'
ment. What is prayer, that 1t will
make us thus tranquil and joyous
thus calm and trustful? What is
prayer, that it purifies and exalts us
helps US to live worthily and hope
fully? It Is an irrepressible sense OF
want seeking supplies from the the
Infinite Fulness. 1t is aspiration climb
ing along the craggy pathways to the
Fountain of all joys and fruitions-
George Simmons.
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CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOHNOT
SEPTEMBER NINTH.
The Triumphs of Christianity. John
12: 80; Cor. is: 2o-2a.

12: 80; Cor. is: 1929.
The goal of Christianity is "all
men; therefore the goal of each
Christian must be, "all men whom /
can reach"
The triumphs of Alexander Caesar.
Napoleon, meant the death Of thou.
sands; Christ's triumph means life,
life abundant, life eternal.
The triumph of Christianity is the
supremacy of law-of the highest
law.
The majesty of Christianity is the
majesty of humility. and its climax is
to be in an act of divine humility.
Suggestions.
Christianity is an organization, and
triumphs as an organization; but the
glorius results consists of the tri-
umphs of individuals-of you and me.
The triumphs of Christianity must
be such as Christ would call triumphs
victories of humility over pride, of
love over seltishness, of purity over
sin.
How Christ must long for us to
make our longings the same as His!
1t is no accident that the Christian
countries are the lands Of civillza-
zion and the ruling nations OF the
world.
Illustrations.
In the triumph" of a Roman con-
queror throngs OF the captives he
had made we're led in chains. In
Christ's triumph the captiyes He has
released march in happy freedom.
One OF the best illustrations of the
growth of Christianity is Ezeklel's
river, first covering only the feet
now grown a river TO swim in. soon
to cover the earth 'as the waters
cover the sea-"
Christ's illustration is Of a mus
tard seed, the tiniest of objects, now
become a tree
The water moves back and forth in
an ellipse, but the wave moves on;
so Christianity progresses in spite OF
the slowness OF Christians.
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Hogs Becoming Stiff.

The cause of this aggravating Grou-
BILE is damp beds ana overfeeding,
both of which can be very easily rem
edled. When the hogs are stiff they
are most sure to be constipated, as
these two generally go together.
Letting the hogs out for a run, and
having the pens clean and dry are
the best remedies. Ii you think a
little medicine advisable give to hogs
Weighing 100 pounds a teaspoonful
each of a mixture of saltpetre and
sulphur, half and half.-New York
Witness.
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The Spirit-filled life is empty Of
self. When Christ comes in self goes
out. The two are incompatible.
When Jesus begins to reign He de-
thrones selflshness and pride. II
there Is to be a new life, there must
be an utter surrender Of the old will,
with all its ways. The presence of
God in a persons heart is proved by
a character of unselfishness and SER
vice It is impossible for Christ to
dwell In a selfish heart, for to do so
would be to share an IDOLS throne. -
Rams Horn.
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rhe Best Hor-e.

There is a growing demand among
the farmers to-day for 4 horse that
is a good-not fair-roadster and
at the same time hold his end up
' hen it comes to working on the
farm. The man that has such an ami
NAL has certainly got Jewel" and
our advice is to hold on to it, ard
should It be a mare, by all means
breed from. -, for the offspring of
such an animal is surs-providing
the sire is what he should be--to be
of more than average value. e.-New
York Witness.
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Among the Rocks.

Sarah Bernhardt, reaching Paris
with $250.O0O of good American
money, announces her intention of
spending some months at her Brit
tany home running barefoot among
the rocks. We needn't worry for
Sarah's feet, the rocks she viii run
through are nice and soft.
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