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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-04-04
Two BIown To PIECES.

Cleveland, Ohio Especially - Two
men were instantly killed and sever
al thousand dollars worth OF prop
erty was destroyed when the glaze
of the Austin Powder Company, at
Fall Junction, twenty miles from
here, exploded. Henry Cox and John
Miller were working IN the building.
Their bodies were blown to pieces.
The plant covers eight acres of
ground Windows We're shattered
for miles around. the explosion, ac-
cording TO reports, having been ter
rife.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-04-04
Bomb Hurled AZ Admiral

st. Petersburg (SpeciaD While
Rear-Admiral Greve commandant of
the port, was inspecting the slip in
which the cruiser Bayan is being
constructed a bomb weighing five
pounds was hurled at him. The mis-
sile fell in the snow within two feet
OF the Admiral, but did not explode.
The would-be ASSASSIN escaped.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-04-04
Yankee Prize Coniurer.

London (By Cabie) The Magic
Circle, which is the offlcial designa-
tion of the Society Of Conjurers,
met in great strength at st. Georges
Hail. and the members tried to mys-
tify one another with series OF
their latest tricks. In some cases
they seemed to succeed as complete
ly as they did In puzzling the lay
section of the audience. The So
clety's gold medal was finally award
ed to Leipzig, an American, in recog-
milton of his marvellous skill and
originality.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-04-04
Won't Move Lewis Ashes.

NashVlIIe, Tenn. (SpeciaIJ The
Tennessee Legislature adopted
resolution refusing the request of
Oregon to allow the ashes of Capt.
Meriwether Lewis, the famous ex-
plorer, to be taken to that State for
interment. Captain Lewis is buried
in Lewis County, Tennessee, where
the State has erected monument to
his memory.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-04-04
Poor To Geo millions.

St. Paul Especial The State su-
preme Court decided against DR.. T.
II, w. Villiers Appelby in a suit to
obtain a share OF his deceased wife's
estate, which, with the estate belong
ing TO Mrs. Appleby's parents,
amounting to $2,000,OO0 or $4,000
900, was bequeathed in trust for the
aid of the worthy poor in st. Paul.
Mr.. Appleby sought to set aside an
antenuptial contract and obtain a
share in the estate as an Inheritance.
The Supreme Courts upholds the
antenuptial contract.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-04-04
DIR. Marvin Oners Reward.

Dover, Del. (SpeciaD DIR. Mar
vim. father of Horace Marvin, aged
four years, who has been missing
from his home, near there for more
than two weeks, deposited 81 1000 in
gold with the cashier of local bank
which Will be paid for the return OF
the boy.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-04-04
A Victory For Cupid.

New York (sreciaD Dan Cupid
cleaned up s1O,OOO,0OO on a clever
turn in the marriage market, when
Mrs. Katherine Gelshenen, widow OF
the former president of the Garfield
National Bank, announced her en-
gagement To Henry j Braker, an i'm
porter. of this city. When the bank
er died he left his 10000, ,0OO-estate
10 his wife, but provided that she
would forfeit It If she married again.
The estate will go to Mrs. Gelshenen's
mems children, who are grown.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-04-04
Shock KlIls Horseshoer.

Chicago Especially ~ Frank Tes-
mer. a horseshoer, was killed by
electrocution while clipping horse
by electrical power He was holding
the steel clippers in his hand, when
suddenly there came a blue streak
from the ceiling. Tesmer was
thrown against the wall of the shop
and died instantly. The horse also
was killed. Linemen We're at work
on wires across the street, and In
some accidental manner wire
charged with electricity Of high volt
age was thrown across the wire
which furnished electricity for the
clipDers.
The Lamar register., 1907-05-22
THE OATS CROP.
II Can ee sown Profitabiy on PIECE
of Ground That is Foul.

A piece of ground that Is foul can
be cleaned in 10 easier manner than
to SOW oats and clover early in the
spring. During the growing season.
oats and clover get ahead of the weeds
and smother them out. The crop is
cut before those weeds which do de-
velop mature seed. II oats are re-
moved at once and the land pastureo,
there is not much danger OF weeds de-
veloping freely. II, however. the weeds
do get a start, the field can be mowed
before the seed natures and the clover
allowed to produce crop the next
year.
In many cases 1t may be desirable
to pillow the land as soon as the oats
are harvested, turning under the
weeds. When they start again, Few
weeks later the ground may be disKeu
and any development prevented rms
can be repeated as often as necessary
until cold weather arrives. The fol
lowing year the field can be planted to
corn and thoroughly cultivated. or If
in winter wheat region. can be seed
ed to that grain the same autumn. BY
the end of the second year. field
treated in this way, no matter how
foml, will be practically free from all
| ANIMALS.
Another important item. says
Orange Judd Farmer. is the effect of
the oats crop on the mechanical con
dition of the soil. This, of course. will
depend somewhat upon the condition
of the ground and when the seeds are
put in If the work started early, be-
fore the ground dried out, the mechan-
ical condition of the soil is not i'm
proved, as the tendency would be to
cause caking. However, good farm
| ers nowadays do not work their land
when it contains an excess of moist
ure. Consequently. as a rule, the land
speedily works up fine and mellow.
Then the roots of the oats supply con-
siderable humus, so that 1t is usually
friable and more easily worked than
it was before the crop was grown
upon it. If, as should be done when
the price of seed is reasonable. clover
| Is put in with the oats, the nitrogen
| content of the soil will be increased
and also the supply of vegetable mat
ter. This being true, the growing of
the oats crop is an exceedingly impor-
tant item in crop rotation.
While the bulk of the oats crop will
always he threshed and fed in that
manner or marketed larger proper
ton could be used more economically IL
fed in the sheaf. In this form. par
ticularly If the crop is cut little on
the green order and dried thoroughly,
an abundance of high-grade feed is
| oh nj nf hn I.
crop from drought, excessive moist
ure. or some other cause. happens to
be a little light or uneven. 1t can be
utilized to excellent advantage as
sheaf oats.
The Lamar register., 1907-05-22
All Cutting Saving.

Knives, no matter how carefully
sharpened, are little saws; the grind.
ing away of the steel, done by the
stone, is not an even work, but when
the edge gets thin is process of tear
ing away tiny bits Of steel by the grit
of the stone. This tearing makes the
teeth. A fine stone makes fine teeth.
a coarse stone coarse teeth. A carving
knife. used on meat. is sharpened on I.
coarse stone or steel. and has coarse
teeth, although its edge is thick. Its
action in parting the meat is more that
Of a saw than fine wedge. No mat
ter how soft 1t may be, 1t will not
cut easily unless 1t is drawn over the
meat and not simply pressed down.
A razor, however, with its paper-like
edge, will cut into flesh with simple
pressure-it is a wedge dividing the
fibers of flesh just as wedge of iron
divides the fibers of the log 1t splits.
But a razor is a saw, too. only as 1t Is
ground on the finest stones and later
finished with leather strop, its teeth
are very fine indeed-hundreds and
hundreds to the inch of blade.-St.
Nicholas.
The Lamar register., 1907-05-22
DEAD MERCHANT
HE SOMETIMES DRIVES TRADE
AWAY FROM THE TOWN..
HINDRANCE TOLIvE MERCHANT
Are a. Much to Be Feared as the
Composition Of the Catalogue
Houses-Should Be Awak-
ened or Buried.

Why should the home merchant be
patronized instead of the mail order
house? The subject has been ex-
hausted almost and from all points of
view and all sides there is no valid
reason why the merchant at home
should not-excepting two, price and
articles wanted.
II is not the intention of the writer
to 1ot down pleasant flow of Ian
guage or to produce an interesting bit
of reading matter. but merely to state
in few simple sentences what have
seen and learned of the competition be-
tween the catalogue houses and the
home merchants. In the first place no
one community suffers greatly in this
competition. That makes the problem
all the more difficult in solution.
mean by this that the majority of buy
ers in no one community purchase by
mail. The business of the mail order
house is scattered over a large terri
tory, the number OF orders coming
from any one community compared
with the whole is comparatively small
to the number of orders in the town.
There is an exception to this in a COM
munity where the home merchants are
dead ones and ask exhorbitant prices.
To illustrate. There is little city in
the central part OF Wisconsin, beau
tiful little place. with its shady streets
and pleasant homes. 1t has several
general stores owned by live. wide
awake merchants, who are hustling for
business. yet are always pleasant and
ready to visit with a customer. They
are not put out at any time to show
goods. taking down bolt after bolt of
cloth and maybe then not making even
five-cent sale. They take that as
part of their business; they are always
The Lamar register., 1907-05-22

that she would choose her own
friends. and he accepted her deci-
sion.
Six months after Lieut.. Edwards
had graduated from West Point and
entered the army he made Blossom
Nathan his wife. and took her to the
western post, where his command was
stationed.
Bryant in the mountains had fin
ished his college course, and not find
ing IL SO easy to secure a civil ap-
pointment to the army. had settled
down to the study of law in his home
town. and confined his military ambi-
tons to a place In a local company of
state guards.
Then came the call to arms to
save the union. The southern states
had sececded: the flag had been fired
upon. Every available company OF
the regular service had been rushed
The Lamar register., 1907-05-22
SUCCESS WITH POLE BEANS.
Some Suggestions as to Cultivation by
One Who Knows.

Lima beans will grow and do well
in any fair garden or corn land. but
will yield better and be more profit
able II put on a good sandy loan.
well drained and sloping a little
toward the south.
We prepare the ground carefully.
blowing. narrowing and dragging with
plank drag to put land in good condi-
ton.
Then we set the poles three by three
and one-half feet, widest apart east
and west. for we cultivate only one
way, through the widest spaces.
A pole six to seven feet is long
enough. We set them before planting
leaning poles to the north little. In
setting poles we use a sharp. round
stake, driving 1t one foot into the
ground then remove and put in pole
as tight as possible.
The large fiat limas We plant by
pressing each bean into the ground
eye downward. about one inch deep.
planting six or eight beans in a cir
Gle around each pole. For smaller
pole beans we make a place about two
inches deep around each pole, then
drop beans and cover with hoe.
We cultivate, hoe and keep clean
until late in summer. sometimes help
ing vines take to the poles. says a
writer in Farm and Home. Remember
that all pole beans run the same way
around the pole and If started in the
other direction they will not grow.
The Lamar register., 1907-05-22

similar to one he carried idly in ais
hand. At one grave he noticed Lhe
fsail staff had been broken, and rne
flag blown away. He stopped to
read the name on the stone. 1t was:
BVT. LIEUT.. col. WILLIAM ED
WARDS.
Instantly all the old luminosity OF
the years gone by returned. The man
buried here had stolen from him his
opportunity, had stolen the girl he
loved and then there came to him the
thought that this man had sacrihced
his life for the flag; that this man
had lost his life in bringing success
to himself and his comrades. and had
helped in saving them from probable
annihilat.on at the hands of the en-
envy.
Reverently he stopped over the
beside the white stone. As he
did so woman's voice close behind
him said:
Il thank you
He turned 1t was Blossom Ma
than. The same Blossom. though a
sad, sweet-faced woman now. instead
OF the cl.j' of girl he had known
so many years ago. The years Of
exposure and hardship had changed
him so she did not know him.
1T is my husbands grave" she ex-
planned THE wind has evidently
blown the flag away, and l have been
looking for it. but without success.
1t seemed SO lonely without flag
like the others
blossom he cried. Don't you
know me?"
The voice brought back to her the
days of her girlhood; the impetuous
boyish lover
She gave him her hand, and togeth-
er they left that battlefield. where
hope had died and hope was born
again.
few months later she again jour
neyed to the west to spend her life at
an army post-a soldiers wife.
The Lamar register., 1907-05-22

Column after column hiss been writ
ten deploring the fact that the buye'
spends her or his money sway from
home. that she or he is helping to bald
up the mail order house to the detri
ment of the home merchant. The sen
timent is good and the cause is worthy
of the efforts being made to stop this
undertow; but no amount of writing
and no amount of home patriotism ~ill
ever overcome the bad effects OF the
dead merchant in the little town. The
truth can be plainly seen.
Let us turn back to the general
stores and look up the proprietor OF
any one. He probably will be found
busy waiting on a customer, but IL mol
he will tell you that it is not the cata
logues alone that he fears. but also
that it is the lethargy of these tive
dealers. They are helping to drive
away trade from home.
have wandered from the subject
and gotten over on the buyers side
of the fence: but isn't it well at times
to look at the other side of this pitiablt
story? l started to write few lines or
why People Should Trade at Home,
and have gotten into the field of why
the Home Merchant Should Induce
People to Trade at Home" 1t may be
fair to the little town to once in g
while throw few shovels full of earth
on the dead merchant, lest he stinkett
and polluteth the rest.
EDWARD T, HALE.
The Lamar register., 1907-05-22
DAsleh GENRrOs

S BOY and man. Col. Bryant
IM had been soldier. AS boy
VI his ambition had been cadet
ship at West Point, and the
army as a life career. Blessed with
wealthy parents. there seemed nothing
in the way to the accomplishment of
his ideal when the Opportune time ar
rived. At Is he began course of
study that would fit him to pass the
required examination and admit him
to the United States military acad
envy. At IS the opportunity came.
There was a vacancy at the academy
to be filled by appointment from his
congressional district. and he entered
eagerly into the competition for the
coveted place. feeling confident of
winning the prize.
His most formidable opponent was
Billy Edwards. the son of strug-
Cling clergyman. into whose path fate
had thrown no special opportunities.
but who had improved every chance
for study that had been given him,
and who wished the appointment
merely as means of securing a de-
sired education.
The two had never been friendly.
and on one of two occasions had had
some boyish quarrels over the atten-
lions each had attempted to be
stow upon Blossom Nathan. When
Billy Edwards won the coveted ap-
pointment every semblance of friend
ship between the two boys ceased,
and Bob Bryant refused even to as
sociate with anyone who called young
Edwards their friend.
Grievously disappointed in not win
ming the cadetship, young Bryant en-
tered a military academy with deter
mination to prepare himself for a
military career. trusting to his ia
TIERS wealth and influence to secure
for him an appointment to the army
During their school days both boys
kept up correspondence with Bios
The Lamar register., 1907-05-22

willing to send post-haste to the city
for any article they may not have in
stock that is wanted by a customer;
their stocks are up-todate and free
from shelfworn goods. These men
make the humblest customers feel well
come in their stores. and particular at
tention Is paid to waiting on children,
giving them even better measure and
quality than their elders would re-
ceive. And these men are advertisers.
Their ads in the local papers are
changed regularly and show time and
study. They meet the mail order man
more than half way in special sales
and clearing of odds and ends. Here
is an instance where there is no legi-
innate excuse for a person sending
away after goods. And the people do
not. Very few articles of general mer-
chandise are shipped into that city.
The buyer and seller are working in
harmony to their own betterment and
advantage.
But look at the other side. The city
which we have In mind has one hard
ware and one furniture store. Both
have fairly good stocks for the size OF
their circle of trade. but just step into
either one of these stores. The pro-
prietor may be in the back room or the
back yard for all you know. but by and
by some stir is heard and leisurely he
makNs his appearance-neither store
has need of a clerk-and probably with
some grumbles about being disturbed,
asks what is wanted. There might as
well be placards in the store announc'
ing Buy what I've got and keep still
and I'VE are busy. don't disturb us.
No effort is made to show you an arti
Gle: nothing Is ever taken down from
the shelves unless directly asked for
Neither hardware nor furniture man
acts willing to get what you want If he
does not have it in stock. And again
neither one of these stores believe in
advertising They use no space in
their home papers; newcomer would
never know the city possessed such
places of business enterprise. VINO
ever heard of country hardware oil
furniture store having special sale
or harvest sale or the like? But why
not? These two storekeepers are bit
ter against the mail order houses.
wonder why? / talked with the rail
road agents in that little city and he
said lots of hardware and furniture
was shipped in. He said. "One day
made out an express order for 1874 tc
ray for bill of hardware. l told the
man to go up and see if the merchan
couldn't fill the order. He went bu
soon came back, saying that he didn'
have half of the stuff on hand and tina
he wouldn't cut bit on what he dit
have"
The Lamar register., 1907-05-22

eastward for the defense of Washing
ton. Volunteers in companies. bat
talions and regiments were fiocking
into the mastering camps. With the
volunteers went Bob Bryant as cap
tain of his company. With the regu-
lars sent to Washington went First
Lieut.. Edwards. while Mrs. Edwards
went back to her old home to await
the return of her husband from the
front.
The four years of war dragged wear
lily along. Lieut.. Edwards stuck to
the regular service and rose TO the
rank of major. and brevet lieutenant
colonel. as which he commanded his
regiment Capt Bryant of the vol
unteer service rose to the rank of
colonel.
At the battle of Gettysburg Col.
Bryant was temporarily in command
of brigade stationed at Cemetery
Hill. During the first days fighting
his command in company with all
others at that point in the line of
battle had suffered severely. With
the reenforcements of the second day
came the regiment commanded by
Lieut.. Col. Edwards. and during the
fighting of that day Edwards fell
and was buried on the field.
The war over. Col. Bryant found
the wished for opportunity to enter
the regular service. and was sent to
the far west as a lieutenant of cav
airy. For ~ years he followed the
trail of the red man, and then the
good of the service" took him to
Washington to serve for a time on
the staff of the general commanding
the army. II was this that account
ed for his presence on the Gettysburg
battlefield on Decoration day. 1873.
He walked over the ground sc
fiercely contested in '63 and glanced
at the white headstones looking fol
the name of his comrades. At eact
grave there was planted small flag
The Lamar register., 1907-05-22
Seed Potatoes.

In the cutting of seed potatoes, 1t
has been found advisable not to leave
too many eyes to each piece. Too
many stalks means light stalks. which
can be blown down more easily than
large stalks. Probably too many
stalks mean too many roots and the
formation of too many tubers for
many of them to be of good size. Lit
tie potatoes are not marketable. no
matter how good the variety may be.
For some years there was quite fu-
rore for the growing of potatoes from
whole potatoes as seed, but there is
probably nothing gained by this prac-
tice, and there is considerable loss
of seed material. Probably the very
old practice of cutting to two eyes is
as good as any.
The Lamar register., 1907-05-22

of Constantinople constantly had a
number of trained Arabian horses tdi-
rect descendants of the famous horse
owned by Ishmael 1000 years ago.
thrown forward as scouts. who from
time to time returned to camp and by
peculiar whinny and neigh reported
the proximity of the enemy.
But. to come down to the present
day. it is related by retired New
England clergyman, whose sands of
life had nearly run out. that one day
on leading his horse down through a
lane to a brook for a drink the animal
suddenly halted and. turning its head
round. grabbed up with its teeth one OF
its hind shoes which had Just dropped
off. and, holding 1t in its mouth with
the nails dangling, 1t backed up against
a stone wall and clapped 1t onto its
hoof and with a few violent kicks
nailed it on again.
The Lamar register., 1907-05-22
DO NOT MIX BREEDS OF CATTLE.
Experience of One Farmer Was That
It Did Not Pay.

The temptation of farmers not es-
pecially interested in dairying to cater
to meat production as well as milk is
very strong. but II they will follow
the experience of others who have
endeavored to carry on dual purpose
stock raising. believe they can save
themselves some costly experiments,
refer In particular to the mixing Of
different breeds of cattle in order to
obtain an animal that will be valuable
for both milk and beef.
l met the other day farmer. con-
tinues this writer in Orange Judd
Farmer. who had used no less than
four different breeds of bulls in the
last six years. He said he had ar
rived at the point where he was de-
termined to sell out everything and
start again, this time to breed one
kind of stock and keep them pure.
The demand to-day is for animals
that are able to do certain class Of
work little better than the ordinary
or common kind. To do this we must
use special purpose animals. There
is no lodging the fact that such ami
mails will in the long run perform
their work with greater economy and
greater profit. There is no objection
to grading up with one line of stock.
In fact, this is good method to pur-
sue. and certainly a practical one, but
| believe 1t is great mistake to use,
in this grading up. animals with a
great difference Of type and conforma.
ton.
AS competition grows sharper. and
it certainly will. we will feel the need
OF getting the best service from not
only our live stock, but also our fields
The Importance Of making two blades
of grass grow where one formerly did
or to make a cow produce as much
butter as two Of the common Sort or
steer to fatten a year earlier and
with less feed than his scrub cousin
is growing more urgent every year
Don't be satisfied with average results
for the average is always poor. and
certainly one should have an ambition
to do better than poor.
The Lamar register., 1907-05-22

The cost of making gains on the
body of the hog is now one of the
great things to consider in the feed.
ing of hogs. When foods for hogs
cost nothing. no one thought of ask.
ing how much pound of gain cost.
We must use more pasturage and
work into that pasturage some of the
legumes, as these are rich in the nj
trogen that is used in making muscle.
without muscle the hog !s without
. stamina,