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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-06-20

and gave up herself for lost. And
then--out Of the cabin came Professor
Hay.
He Just took one ook around and
saw the tiger. Then he picked Up
broom that some one who had been
washing decks had left leaning against
the deckhouse, and pushed at the tiger
with 1t, looking 1t straight between the
eyes. I'd heard Of the power of the
lieved it until that afternoon. He kept
walking forward, pushing the beast
gently before him right into the waist
and back into the cage. When he had
1t safely fastened in, he came astern
again, looking not in the least bit ex-
cited or worried, and put the broom
carefully back into its place. The girl
was looking hard at him, and her eyes
were shining, and he didn't seem to be
aware of it, Hoskins had come down
the rigging and was looking trifie
ashamed of himself. He hadn't known
it was so easy to push tigers into
their cages with broom, or lie might
have had a try at it. After a bit he
spook up.
"That was a fine bit of work, sir"
he said. If hadn't seen it l couldn't
have believed it."
"Oh, it's nothing" said the professor.
cts my business. 1 tame wild anil
mails"
After that he seemed to dismiss the
whole subject from his mind. and
went down into the cabin. But 1 saw
him, later in the evening. talking to
that girl, and he must have had some
thing important to say to her, for when
the old man met her the next moru-
ing and began making excuses for him
self, she cut him short.
Captain" she said, "do you remem-
ber advising me to marry a brave
man?"
81 do" said Hoskins, bit puzzled.
"Well," she said softly, "he asked
me yesterday; and I'm going TO take
your advice"
Which shows you, doctor, that brav-
cry Is very much matter of custom.
AS for poor old Hoskins, we had mill
pond weather the whole way home,
and he didn't even have chance to
show himself.-The Sketch.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-06-20
Artincia, Wood From Peat.

Frequent attempts have been made
to use peat as raw material for the
manufacture of artificial wood. The
material must, for this purpose, be
fully reduced to a fibrous condition, so
.as to produce a fibrous and mealy
mass. This mixture is mixed with an
emulsion of two parts by measure of
plaster of Paris and ten or twelve OF
water, and is subjected for consider
able time to heavy hydraulic pressure
in molds, then artlficially dried, pol
ished and oiled. painted or vanished.
A more simple. process is to wash the
peat, without destroying its natural
fibrous state, and to mix the resulting
moist mass with mixture of hydrated
lime and an aluminium compound las
for instance aluminium sulphate) and
press it in molds for a short time in the
moist state, after which the resulting
plates are allowed to harden in the air.
The resultant product needs only a
comparatively low pressure, and this
for only a short time, and is then set
out to dry in the air. The resulting ar
tificial wood Is not microscopic, and in
order to use 1t for open-air work needs
no painting or further impregnation.
In view of the fact that the pressing
operation takes only few minutes,
considerable quantities can be manu-
factured in comparatively small space
and time.-Scientific American.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-06-20

One morning, as Mark Twain re-
turned from a nelghborhood morning
call, sans necktie, his wife met him
at the door with the exclamation:
"There, Sam, you have been over to
the Stawes again without a neckte!
It's really disgraceful the way you
neglect your dress"
Her husband said nothing, but went
up to his room.
A few minutes later his neighbor--
Mrs. S.--was summoned to the door
by messenger, who presented her
with a small box neatly done up. She
opened it and found black silk neck
tie, accompanied by the following note:
Here Is a necktie. Take 1t out and
look at it. I think I stayed half an
hour this morning. At the end of that
time will you kindly return 1t, as 1t is
the only one have?-Mark Twain" -
Ladies' Home Journal.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-06-20
THE IDEAL LIFE
Nathr c. Fowler Declares That n is Lead
by the Country Editor.


The country editor Is no less an edl.
tor than his city contemporary, yet he
lives in an entirely different atmos-
phere and works under conditions i'm.
possible for the city, writes Nath'l @.
Fowler. He is the great big toad IN
the little puddle, and the prominent
man of his locality. with every oppor.
tunity for the realization OF ordinary
ambition. True, the country editor
may not climb to the pinnacle of jour.
nalism, but to be at the top of a coun.
try monument is more remunerative,
and far more pleasant, than IL Is to
desperately cling half way up the shaft
of national fame. There Is nothing
happier and surer than the life of
country editor. His income is small.
but so are his expenses. If he is a de.
cent fellow he is respected, and nobody
in town is too good for him.
The influence of the country press.
in its aggregate, is the greatest power
for good which the past has ever seen.
which the present has ever experienced
and the future has ever dared to sug-
gest. The country newspaper has done
more for progress, and has puched civ
ilization farther to the front, than have
all other influences for good combined.
save that of religion. The life of
country editor Is as close to the ideal
as civilization has yet permitted. His
average income is from $1,000 to $500
year. The maximum income of a
country editor and proprietor does not
exceed $4,000 to $1,000. except in very
exception | cases, and comparatively
few receive beyond the $4,000 mark,
but quite number get from $1,000 to
$4,000 annually, usually with the assist.
ance of the printing office connected
with the newspapers.
Most country editors are proprietors
few country newspapers being edited
by salaried men,
The weekly country newspaper. as a
rule, has but one editor. who does sub.
stantially all the work, often including
the reporting. Usually the bulk of the
work is done by the editor himself, or
perhaps by his reporter, If lie hires one
with the exception of the out-of-town
news items. which come from various
correspondents, few of whom receive
any money for thei- services.
There is no sharp line drawn be
tween the country weekly newspaper
editor and reporter, as they do similar
work, he editor doing more editing
than reporting. and the reporter more
reporting than editing.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-06-20
QUERY.

When comp'ny comes to visit us
We allus makes a lot O fuss,
An use our bestes' china set
An solid-silver forks, you bet!
An nothing is too nice TO bake
Not custard pie ner angel-cake!
It's jest becuz they're roundl But. say,
Why amt we jes' as good as they? -
Ma she puts on her rustly dress,
An pa shayes twict day, | guess,
An shines his shoes, an ] mus veal
My Sunday red tie everywhere
We're all polite as we can be,
An no ones cross er putcheky
It's dif'rent when they've gone away
But amt we jes' as good as theyy
/ don't see why the comp'ny is
So better'n we ourselves-gee whizzi
Er why we have TO go an treat
Them with lot o. stuff to eat
That we don't have when they amt herci
What makes us save it up--oh, deari
Why don't we alus live that way?
Amt We worth things az much as they?
Edwin l.. Sabin, in the Woman's Home
Companion.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-06-20

One OF the best nest arrangements
known is readily made by having n
box OF sufficient depth so that it can
be stood on its end with one board re-
moved on one side and the top fastened
to the wall. This box is set on the
floor. with the face to the wall and
the nesting material put inside on the
floor. First line the box with building
paper TO keep the light out of the
cracks. The one board removed on the
ono side. next TO the wall. will leave n
sufficient opening for the hen to enter,
and then hinged cover may be made
on top so that the eggs may be gath
cred and the nesting material renewed
without difficulty. Hens will lay more
eggs Il the nests are dark than when
they are light
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-06-20
FIAS AAEs
SD@EEtfvs

81 couldn't get seat in the cars to-
day" "oh, that's a complaint OF long
standing. Judge.
"Is your business on a running basis
yet?" 81 should say so; always run
when see a creditor coming. Prince
ton Tiger.
Willie put his stockings on
Wrongside out, naughty whim,
Willie's pleasure all is gone
Mother turned the hose on him.
''There's Madeline. She's beginning
TO show her age, isn't she?" You
mean she's beginning to hide it,
Harper's Bazaar.
Tommy-"Papa, what is a consulting
physicianT Papa-"He is a doctor
who is called in at the last moment to
share the blame."-Life.
Grace II hear that Charlie and
Helen have made up their quarrel"
Gussie-"Only temporarily. They are
going to be married soon. Chicago
Daily News.
Mr. aphedde-'I-aw-really cawn't
believe. the things cawn't understand,
don't you know" Miss Pert-"What a
terrible skeptlc you must be."-Phila-
delphia Record.
Blobbs-"Is the population of Lon
don more dense than that of New
York;? Slobbs - Sure. Didn't you
every try to tell an EnglisEman
joke keT"-Philadelphia Record.
eyes, kissing's often overdone,"
She anslverpd him "itis horrid
When men ignore the lips of one
And kiss one on the forehead
Philadelphia Press.
"How fur is it ter de land er con-
tent?" Its 'cordin'. ter how much
faith you got. Eff you think you in it,
dar you is. En- eff you dont-well, it's
ten mile furder on."-Atlanta Constitu-
ton.
Ethel-"I showed papa one of your
poems and he was delighted" Scrib-
bler-"Indeedr' Ethel-"Yes; said it
was so bad he thought you'd probably
be able to earn living at something
else. e."-Judge.
Teacher How many command
ments are there, Sally?" Sally
"Please, teacher, ten Teacher-"Sup-
pose you were to break a command
ment." Impressive pause). Sally
Then there'd be nine."-Punch.
Ethyl-"I wonder why Maude is
afraid to venture out in a shower"
Mayme-"Shes hunting a husband"
Ethyl-"What has that got to do with
it? Mayme-"She believes in keeping
her powder dry."-Chicago Daily News.
In addressing the Saturday Night
Club in Topeka Joseph L. Bristow
said: There are two ways of getting
into the United States Senate" Then
some one interrupted him by asking:
whats the other way ?"-Kansas City
Star.
II have here some jokes" "You
what?" asked the editor. II said 1
have here some jokes" 30, you have
there some jokes. What kind of jokes
are they?" New, brand new Never
been used before" Cant use 'em,"
said the editor. ut takes our readers
too long to get used to the new ones.
Good day."-Milwaukee Sentinel
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-06-20

Dairy farming adds to instead of sub
tracing from the fertility of the farm
and the dairyman leaves to posterity
the land over which he has held stew
ardshlp in better condition than he
found it. Dairylng adds to the profits
of the farm without making much diff
ference to the other branches of farm.
ing carried on. Mixed farming is rec
ognlzed as the best. and where dairy
Ing Is included with the other branches
Will be found the most progressive of
all farming. 1t fits in and rounds out
perfect farming, ii lilis place that
cannot be filed by any other industry
with the same degree of financial sue
cess. Daiiying is the highest form Of
agriculture. Tho dairy farmer grows
crops to feed his cows and makes his
money from the products of the herd.
lie becomes manufacturer of finished
goods from raw products and sells his
manufactured goods to the consumer.
taking to himself all the profits the
manufacturer usually gets. Where
dairying becomes the principal bust
ness Of neighborhood more cows are
Kept but other stock do not disappear.
for progressive dalrymen understand
the value OF calves aud appreciate the
fact that money may be made raising
them and pigs are kept to turn the
skim milk into good money. II is not
to be wondered that dairy farming has
been looked upon as ap honorable call
Ing from the earliest times and the
products Of the dairy farm have risen
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-06-20
Raise Your Own Meat.

The Poland China is the best hog TO
aisc to my knowledge. When pigs are
,bout two or three weeks old l make
small pen, put trough inside and put
4 little milk and hominy in this. scat
ierlng some sheled corn on the ground,
md in a few days the pigs begin to
come in and stick iheir noses in the
rough. tasting the milk and nibblng
1t the corn. In a week or so they are
very anxious for it, and | increase the
quantity. MIX is the best drink for
goung pigs; 1t keeps them growing. |
10 not feed for fat, but for frame.
give them a nice green pasture to 20
over with plenty Of fresh water and
good shady places for the pigs when
lot weather comes. This prevents sick
ness and makes bone and muscle. To
make hog grow he must have clean
pen, exercise, plenty of pure fresh
water and must be fed at regular times,
with a variety in diet.
When the pigs are three or four
months old take them f-om the sows
and feed little more corn or hominy.
rhis keeps them growing well, and by
the 1st OF October you have them on a
full feed. Give them all they will eat
low 20 make lard and pork and by the
LIST of January you will have nice fat
logs to kill for home use the next year
The Epitomist.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-06-20
Apotheo.l. OF M.snn.ss.

Here is an editor who has been
eouched in sore spot The Okmulgee
Il. IT, Democrat says this OF some
residents of its town: "A man may use
the mole on the back OF his neck for o
collar button; he may ride freight TO
save three cents mile; he may light
the lamp with splinter to save
matches; he may. stop his watch al
night to save wear; use period for a
semicolon to save ink. and pasture his
grandmother's grave TO save hay. but
a man OF this kind is scholar and a
gentleman compared TO man who win
take a newspaper and when asked to
pay for It put It back in the posto0ices
marked Refused
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-06-20
A Happy Thought.

A well-known Boston writer tells.
with glee, Of neat sally on the part OF
his nine-year-old son, who is a pupil in
a private school at the Hub.
Apropos of something or other, the
teacher had quoted the line, "In the
bright lexicon of youth there's no such
word as fall"
At this point the lad mentioned
arose and politely made known HIS de-
sire to offer an observation with refer
ence to the maxim.
ut occurs to me, SIR" said he, that
IL such be the case 1t might be advis-
able to bring the omission to the atten-
ton OF the publishers Of the lexicon."--
Harper's Weekly ..~-
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-06-20
WILD GEESE ON MIGRATION.
How the Old Leader Gathers and Starts
Them on Their Journey.


At the end of March or during the
first week in April all the gray geese
in the Outer Hebrides collect in one
place before taking their departure for
their nesting haunts within the Arctic
Circle.
To estimate their numbers is impos-
sible. says the London Mail, and to be-
hold this vast concourse of geese is one
of the sights of lifetime. The vast
host of birds stands packed together
in huge phaanx till the king of the
grayleg starts the flight. AS the old
leader ascends 100000 voices salute
him, but none stlrs till from overhead
he gives the call for his subjects to
follow him.
Some fifty birds rise in the air and
follow him, and as they go gradually
assume the wedgelike formation, with
three single birds in string at the
apex of the triangle, and in few min
utes are out of sight. When they have
been fairly started the king returns,
and after a few minutes rest he rises
into the air again, and the same pro-
cess is gone through before he leads
off another batch
Again and again he returns until all
are gone but 300 old veterans, which
rise to meet him in the air as he flies
back to them. Then, with their SOW
reign at their head, these also wing
their way toward the Pole, not TO re-
turn until the following October.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-06-20

After slumbering more or less quietly
Tor few years, the romantic tale that
the bees drop into each cell small
drop OF poison from the sting before
scaling up the cell. using the sting as
trowel to worl; the wax. seems TO
have started anew its round of the
public press. To any who have sent
in clippings Of the kind, possibly Won
lerng what foundation there may be
for the yarn. it may be said on the au-
thorty Of bee expert that it is all
work OF Imagination. its originator
seeming to think 1t true. but never
offering Il particle of proof. OF course,
none Of the papers that give it cur
rencyi will bother themselves with a
contradiction, and the only thing that
car be done is patiently to allow it to
un its course and die out. only to be
resurrectcd seven years later by some
penny-a.liner who has nothing else SEN
iational on hand.--Boston Cutivator.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-06-20
BoYHooD REcoLLEcTIoNs.

recolect my childhood days; recollect the school
Where was licked and frequently informed fool
recollect the babbling brook the mers dripping wheel
And likewise recall to mind the stone-bruse my heel
recolect my first love, the fairest Of the hock
Whene I'd ask her for kiss shed bang with rock
picnic grove where would sometimes play
But where they'd let when it picnic day.
! recoect the village folks so hearty and so hale
t recollect they always said that I'd wind up in jail.
/ of my Of thought recoecon's track
love to recoect those days, but don't want 'em back
-Philadelpha Duletn.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-06-20
"Pro' and "Con" of wild Trees.

Professor Cook. of the Michigan Col
lege. has said in the course of one of
his addresses that not long ago a hoi-
ticultural writer of considerable prom
inence urged that all wild trees and
shrubs be carefully excluded from the
vicinity of the orchard He argued
that the presence of such vegetation
would attract insect enemies. and SO
bring added danger from their ravages.
Professor Cook believes this to be Il
wrong conclusion as the facts show
conclusvely that the removing, not the
planting of these wild and uncultivated
plants, Is what has augmented the evil.
With plenty of wild cherry trees about
the orchard, the trees in the orchard
will suffer almost none at all from
the tent caterplllars in n few wild
cherry trees than when they are scat
tered wide through a whole orchard.
There seems to be reason to beieve
that the same is true of the apple tree
borers and the apple maggot. II we
have the wild haw and wild crab in
goody numbers near by, the apple
trees and their fruit will suffer less;
often none at all. and, reasoning from
the insect side of the question, it is
probably better to plant than to up-root
or cut down these wild plants and
trees.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-06-20

PUSH" said the Button.
"Take palms," said the Window.
"Never be led said the Pencil.
always keep COOL" said the Ice.
"Be up to date" said the Calendar.
do business on tick" said the Clock.
"Never lose your head" said the Bar.
rel.
"Make light of everything" said the
Fire.
"Do driving business" said the
Hammer.
aspire to greater things" said the
Nutmeg.
''Never do anything or hand" said
the Glove.
BE sharp in all your dealings" said
the Knife.
Trust to your stars for success"
said the Night.
do the work you are suited for"
said the Flue.
Get a good pull with the ring"
said the Doorbell.
"Find a good thing and stick to it."
said the Glue.
snake much of small things" said
the Microscope.
"what is the secret Of success?"
asked the Sphinx.
"Strive to make good impression" ("
said the Seal--ldfe.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-06-20

Poultry on the farm can be made to
pay better than any other stock, value
considered; but it is necessary that
proper care be used
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-06-20

in price and increased in use until now
it has grown to be an immense and
profitable branch of business connected
with agriculture.-Th Epitomist.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-06-20

District Attorney Jerome. Of New
York, pleads guilty to three weak
nesses-candy eating, cooking strange
dishes and making furniture.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-06-20
The Professor
and the Tiger

~ RAVERY. doctor said my
x friend, the third officer), isn't
II such simple thing as you
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-21
Fritzi Inspired Them.

Fritzi Scheff's great fondness for chill dren used often to attract to the stage door of the Colonial theatre, Boston, on the occasion of the prima donna's first engagement there in Mile. Modiste," last autumn. many of the urchins who sell papers and play craps in the vicinity of the playhouse.
 Through the partly open window of her dressing room overlooking the Colonials alley last Saturday night, between the acts of the closing performance of her re- turn Boston engagement in the Blossom Herbert comic opera, Miss Scheff heard a small soft voice requesting her atten- ton. Lifting the window, the singer found in the theatre alley band of her raga- muffin friends of last autumn. dressed In what their juvenile minds and small re- sources intended to be soldier costumes.
 In the tattered group, also in a costume clearly designed to reflect a regimental air, was a miss of about seven. As soon as the band saw Miss Scheff, they fell into fours, in pretty good imitation of the real military thing. Then one of their number evidently of the commanders staff, stepped forward and explained to the pri- ma donna that since her last visit to Bos- ton the boys of the neighborhood had or ganzed a troop. They had called, he said, to get the singer to tell them how to go about making the little tatterdemalion miss of their party their mascot-"Just the same, Miss Scheff." as the boy put it. ''as you are in your play"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-21

Does your back ache? Do you get up lame in the morning? Do you feel dull and tired? Does it hurt you to bend over, to lift anything, to get up from chair? Do you have sudden catches" or stitches of pain in the back? Does a dull, throb- bing ache settle in the small of your back and bother you day and night? Do you sometimes feel that you simply can not straighten up?
 If you do have backache, be careful not to make the very common mistake of treating it as muscular trouble. Do not rub the sore place with liniment, nor put on plasters, for the seat of the trouble is inside--in the kidneys, which lie just beneath the small of the back, on either side of the spine.
 A cold a chill, a fever, overwork. over eating or overdrinking may start a slight congestion or inflammation in the kidneys that will at once interrupt the kidneys work of Altering the blood It Is this con- diton that sets up the aching. and makes your back so bad.
 You cannot make any mistake by treat ing the kidneys at once, for it is these small troubles that lead to dropsy, dia- betes and Bright's disease. If there is