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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-03-14
SOME QUEER TREES.

Among the curiosities of tree life
Is the sofar. or whistling-tree, Of Nu-
bia. When the winds blow over this
tree, 1t gives out flute-like sounds,
playing away to the wilderness for
hours at a time strange, weird melo-
dies. 1t Is the spirits of the dead
singing among the branches, the ma
tiyes say; but the scientific white
man says that the sounds are due to
a myriad of small holes which an
insect bores in the spines of the
branches.
The weeping-tree of the Canary
Islands is another arboreal freak.
This tree in the driest weather will
rain down showers from its leaves.
and the natives gather up the water
from the pool formed at the foot Of
the trunk and find It pure and fresh.
The tree exudes the water from in
Vulnerable pores. situated at the base
of the leaves.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-03-14
Gold I'm Maine

A Bangor man in his effort to de.
scribe the coldest place In the world
spoke of shed that was "too cold
to keep wood in" and this was the
limit until this correspondence came
In from Mount Desert concerning the
weather down there last week: "A
fisherman of otter Creek says a big
Goldfish was so attracted by the
warmth of a gasolene heater in his
dory that 1t jumped from the boat
and tried to wrap itself around the
heater. 1t froze In a half circle. Jed
jenkins. of Trenton, went to the barn
to water his stock. He fell and upset
the pail Before he could step out of
the water his boots froze to the floor.
He had to take his boots OF to get
away. ."--Kennebec Journal.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-03-14
Crisp Farm Comment.

Money is not the only thing In the
world. There is more enjoyment in
the country than In the city and we
get more out of life.--Mrs. H. ].
Stevens, Kennebec County, Me.
Prune and spray your fruit trees
while sluggards sleep; you raise APP
piles to sell and apples to keep.-A. A.
Eastman, Penobscot County, Me.
Farming is now profession and is
not held by men who are holding on
by their gills waiting for the time
when the farm can be cut up into
building lots.-F Il. Dawley, Onon-
daga County, N. Y.
1t is the city man who goes fishing
Sunday; the farmer who goes during
the week.-Boyden Bearce, Kennebec
County, Me.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-03-14
Appreciation.

Recently a wealthy man OF society
gaya a dinner for fifteen friends, and
the cost was sixty dollars a plate.
With a few extras 1t cost him about
$1,000 On his way home he re-
marked to a neighbor, mot one of the
fellows appreciated 1t, and / am COM
ing home mad at myself for my fool.
ishness." A man gathered ten ragged
boys together and treated them to ice
cream. AS they left the confections
er's, they raised their caps and gave
him a "hurrah" that was heard
blocks away. He went home happy.
His one dollar had done more than
the others thousand.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-03-14
Coal Ashes Useful.

Coal is used for fuel on many farms
and ashes are commonly wasted, as
they are of no particular value as a
fertilizer; but It will be worth while
to save them.to make farm walks and
roads. They should be spread about
six inches In depth and each layer
sprinkled with just enough water to
make them pack solid. In making
roads or walks on low places there
should be a filling of about foot Of
small stones below the surface of coal
ashes. Walks with a foundation of
stones remain dry and firm at all sea-
sons of the year.-Boston Cultivator.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-03-14
A Few Meyers.
Never milk with wet hands.

Never milk with wet hands.
Never mix warm with cool milk.
Never take chances with the bull.
Never close can containing warm
milk.
Never try to break a kicker with
a club. Try kindness.
Never form the habit of feeding
and milking at irregular hours.
Never allow the cans to stay in the
dairy stable while being filled with
milk.
Never add an animal to the dairy
herd before being sure it is free from
disease.
Never buy a COW on her pedigree
alone. 1t is her performance at the
pail that counts most.
Never allow cows to become excited
by hard driving, unkind words, or un-
necessary disturbance.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-03-14
Plant Trees to Protect Ships.

State Forester G.. B. Lull has been
experimenting with the planting OF
eucalyptus trees around the hills
back OF the harbor of Fort Bragg, in
Mendocino County, 80 as to afford a
windbreak for the ships that enter
the harbor. The trees grow very
rapidly and in the two months have
grown several inches. Hundreds OF
trees will now be planted
The big lumber companies have
decided TO plant thousands OF trees
on the vast areas from which the
lumber has been cut. The planting
of trees TO protect ships is decidedly
novel and is an experiment that will
be watched with considerable interest
everywhere. Santa Rosa Core.
spondence Sacramento Bee.
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In all directions tragical results Of
the long neglect Of serious English
study are visible. The worst English
Is practiced and appreciated outside
OF a very small circle of English So
cieties. The municipal libraries,
which minister to the literary needs
OF the multitude, overflow with liter
airy vacuity and yapidity. The stan
dard OF average taste In literature
steadily declines. Academy.
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The Father of All.

Someone has caught this beautiful
message from the trees and flowers.
AS the natural sun does not shine
for few trees and flowers, but for
the whole world, so the Sun of Right
eousness shines not for favored few
but for the world of human hearts.
AS the lonely pine on the mountain
side looks up to the sun and cries,
Thou art my sum-" and the little
meadow violet looks up and whispers,
Thou art my SUM-" and each field
of grass and grain upon a thousand
hills looks up and softly breathes,
Thou art my SUM-" SO the high and
low, the rich and poor, the Caucasian
and African can look up to the Sun
Of Righteousness and say. Thou art
my Father"
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serrnnt Maids, Monte cnrlo.

Two servant maids attended a
meeting Of the Guildford Charity
Trustees to throw dice for the charity
known as Maids Money" This was
left by John How in 1874, and each
year there is a competition for a
check for fll 9s. The dice-throwers
must have been employed for two
years in one service IN Guildford. but
not at an inn or alehouse. Laura
cadman, who had sixteen years SER
vice, secured the check with double
six, Emma Trimmer (eight years
seryiclN throwing six and three.
Trimmer viii be allowed to try again
next year. Londons Telegraph.
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SFbEs.a1Fas1 1T=f1I

and brooders. Sometimes good sec
ond-hand ones can be picked up
where somebody is going out of busi-
ness. The early sitters should have
good nests, with solid foundation,
chaff, plenty of fine hay, and the nest
should have box cover. In collecting
eggs for setting, 1t will be necessary
to make frequent rounds to prevent
eggs being frosted before gathered
American Cultivator.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-03-14
Under His Wings.

Little thought Is ever given to the
provision and devotion of the mother
bird as necessary to the very life of
her young, and little thought is taken
of the tremulous affection with which
the Holy Spirit broods or hovers over
souls as necessary to their regen-
Grafton. How excellent is Thy low
ing kindness, o Cod" for under the
shadow of Thy wings only could we
ever have come by the principle Of
life spiritual and eternal.
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terested I'm the Italian device for maxi
ing celluloid non-infammable by mix
ing glue, gum arabic and COLA oil
with the ordinary composition. When
purified from sediment, It Is claimed.
the new material can be used as an
inexpensive substitute for any kind
OF tortoise shell. and under the most
unfavOrable conditions Il merely car
bonizes, without igniting or spreading
fire.
The saving of the vast amount OF
plant food now carried away by the
rivers is a great problem for the fu-
ture agricultural chemist. In one es-
innate the silt borne off by the Mis-
sissippi in one year is placed at 443,-
100000 tons, and analysis has shown
Mr.. Q. II. Stone that In this quantity
there must be S,120,025 tons of lime,
5,592,250 tons of potash, 1,109,375
tons of phosphoric acid, and 665, ,625
tons of nitrogen, besides soda and
other materials of uncertain useful
ness. The value of the fertilizing
material removed in one year by this
one river alone is estimated at about
one thousand million dollars.
An effort TO follow the wanderings
of fishes, about which we know so
little, is being made by the British
Marine Biological Association. Al
numbered tag has been fastened to
many plaice, which have been re.
turned to the water, and about
twenty per cent of these marked
fishes seem to have been caught again
and returned to the association. AS
a rule, only the larger fishes migrate
to any considerable distance, the
smaller ones remaining at home. The
migrants go south in winter and re.
turn northward In summer, and one
plaice was found to have travelled 175
miles in six weeks, while another was
caught 242 miles from the spot where
it was placed in the water eight
months before.
Investigating the dispersal of seeds
by the winds, DR.. Ridley, of the Sim
gapore Botanic Gardens, forms three
groups-(D winged fruits and seeds,
which are dispersed most slowly and
cannot cross wide sea; (2) plumed
fruit and seeds, which may travel
rapidly over open country, but are
checked by forest, and CD powder or
dust seeds-such as orchid seed, fern
spores, etc.-wbich are dispersed
readily and to great distance. 1t was
calculated that a certain forest tree,
with winged fruit, would travel three
hundred yards in century, and
would tack one and a half million
years to spread from the Malay PEN
insula to the Philippines If there were
land connection.
Many have wondered how milk can
be reduced to powder without chang
ing its properties. In the process
patented in Germany, the milk ia
evaporated in vacuum with con-
tinual agitation, until it contains
from twenty-five to thirty-five per
cent. of water, and then with access
of air, at temperature below the
melting point of the milk fat, until
the water is reduced to sixteen to
twenty per cent. The product Is then
powdered, further drying at the tenn
perature stated leaving not more than
fourteen per cent of water. This
method, 1t is explained. yields milk
powder in which the fat is present as
small globules, surrounded by dried
"blue milk" which prevents the fat
from decomposing.
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Conversation.
ny cHEsTERToN Topp.


said that any advance has been made.
People still go on talking. without re-
gard to set rules. These necessary
concomitants to conversation-tac
and variety--are not regarded In the
light of any set method, but are made
use of incidentally.
What we need to-day Is a certain
fearlessness of attitude, frankness
and candor that, II properly used. will
go far toward making the art of con-
versation what It should be. Our So
cial life is in danger of becoming
anemic for want of the real spirit of
truth. Let us institute reform, and
conduct our conversations with due
regard to the strenuous life.
With leader of the Smart Set:
How do you do, Mrs. Goldbonds?"
"How do you do?"
"You are looking finely to-day; but
aren't you overweight? And you have
rings under your eyes"
Indeed; was not aware of it."
Eyes, they are quite plain; you
have been giving some of those dead
ly dull dinners, know"
"Sir!"
Now don't dissemble. I know
you. BY the way, how much money
are you really WORTH"
What is that to your"
Nothing, nothing. Some one
asked me, that's all. l had an idle
curiosity to know If your bank ac-
count really did counterbalance your
innate vulgarity."
you are rude, SIR"
mo, Mrs. Goldbonds, am un-
pleasant-and truthful. Good-by. |
must seek some one more interest
ing"
With young girl:
How pretty you are! I wish you
knew more
That isn't nice of you, SIR"
''I know it. But am not here to
be nice. 1t is too bad about you"
What is too bad?"
why, when you get to be forty
and have had some experimentation
9. would really enjoy sitting in a quiet
corner with you and chatting, then
you will be faded out and not worth
looking at"
You are dreadful"
"Am 1? Sorry, but I must tell the
truth. My dear little girl, If you only
knew something now it would be
worth while, but, really, you bore
me-"
II hate you, sir!"
THAT means nothing. 1 wouldn't
frn1 hal M hntA tA1 hrr
years older, IL she had half your good
looks. By-by!"
With a clergyman:
Good afternoon, doctor. After
your sermon, you look remarkably
fit."
why shouldn't II"
True. You had but to deliver it.
Others had to listen"
Wasn't it good sermon?"
mo. Several told you it was, but
they lied. l will be more truthful
1t was very dull"
THANK you'll"
Don't mention it. 1t ought to do
you good occasionally to hear the
truth. Your opportunities in that re-
spect are so slight"
you insult me, SIR
THAT would be impossible. I
really admire you In many respects
Your opportunities for beihg genuine
are so few, and you do the best you
can, know. Good-day, sir!"
With Senator:
"Ah, my disrespected Senator, you
look underweight. Have you been
neglecting yourself? Remember, sir,
the country looks to you to upset
some of its cherished notions and
-"
I'm what way?"
"Why, at any moment, you may be
engaged in some disgraceful financial
transaction; you should keep yourself
In good trim
You are sarcastic"
Good! l am. acknowledge it.
The fact Is, Senator, don't particu-
larly like you. l don't care for your
line of graft"
you insult me, sir"
Splendid! ! mean to. Hope 1t
will do you good! !"-Life.
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IN SOCIETY.

Mrs. Walley-"What evenings out
does your girl have?"
Mrs. Willey--'It would be easier
TO name her evenings in"---Somer-
vile journal.
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BACK FROM
LONG VACATION
MIR. and Mrs. J.. NJ. Lewis Return AT.
ter Many Weeks SOieurp
Over the State.

l.. VI. Lewis who will have charge
of the Shorthand Department of the
Wenatchee Business College during
the coming year is back from his va
cation. During the summer he has
visited all of the business colleges
in the state for the purpose of get
ting all of the latest ideas in the
way of commercial college work.
There is no question" said Mr.
Lewis today, "but that there is a
good place for the building up of
a good commercial institution al this
point. We expect to do as good work
in the Wenatchee Business College
this year as is done in any institu-
tion of its kind in the Pacific North
west. The equipment is now being
put in order on the Third Floor of
the Columbia Valley Bank Building.
These quarters are comfortable and
commodious. They are steam heat
ed. electric lighted and with hot and
cold water"
Mr.. Lewis was accompanied on his
vacation by Mrs. Lewis. They will
take up their residence here for the
season.
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PIONEER FRIEND
Of FAMOUS MEN
VIII tro to Chicago to Hold Rein
ion With His Brothers.

SPOKANE. Wash, Sept ED
ward T. Richardson, pioneer of the
Spokane country, who left his home
in southern Illinois in 1919 TO join
the gold hunters, going to the Cali
fornia coast, is preparing to visit the
scenes of his boyhood, the first ii,
in 5S years. He will be accompan-
led by his wife, who is almost 20
years of age.
Richardson prcspected more than
80 years in the California hills and
placer grounds and ''cleaned-up"
enough gold to keep him and his
wife the rest of their days. He came
to Spokane county % years ago, set
Ting first on ranch and then NOV
ing to SnOkano tn PASS the evening
of his life with his wife. He has
voted the Republican ticket since
the election of Abraham Lincoln,
who he knew as struggling law
yer He was also acquainted with
General II. S. Grant. before the sold
ier-statesman attained fame. Rich
ardson has nine brothers. several of
whom he has never seen. and il is
planned to have a reunion in Chi
cago the latter mart of this month.
AUGUST WOLF.
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The Big Red Apple Metropolis Situated in the Exact
Geographical Center of the State is Ideal
Location for big Meetings.

office, came out OF a building and
looked at the leaden skies with a
little exclamation of alarm. She was
; dressed in a white waist, dainty
skirt, and a pair of dainty ankles
could be seen just peeping out from
the rim of the skirt and encased in
pretty pair of low shoes. She look
and then around with an anxious
look If a modern Sir Walter Raj
eigh could only have appeared on
TIE spot at that moment and pro-
ferred his help he would have un-
!doubtedly earned the fair young
vas no snch gallant character in
sight. So she lifted her skirt. gave
hurried look around TO see If anv
one was looking. and then scurried
up the wet street.
Fat Man Was Sore Too.
A fat man, or rather a corpulent
gentleman to be more courteous.
came out OF a hotel and stood ad-
miring the rain. Il tell YOU what
old boy he remarked TO man at
his side. this is certainly bully
weather and makes me think of the
Sound country. have been wish
ing for days that il would rain. The
hot weather gets on my nerves some
thing awful. This wind too is GER
tainly-" the sentence was never fin
ished A gust of wind came at an
unsuspecting moment. caught up his
new hat in it's giant arms, and car
rled 1t high up in the air. and then
down into mud puddle. The fat
man chased it. He cussed and fun
ed He stopped over with eroans
of discontinue and picked up the
nat 1t was fright. II looked
more like the head gear of Happv
Hooligan who does so much to maize
the Sunday comic supplements en-
tertaining. than the hat of re-
spectacle business man.
Sailing Match Near the Dcpof.
At spot near the depot where the.
rain had formed deep pool in a
Geclev1ty OF the street two young
boys prepared to have sailing
r1atch. They had small boats made
cut of little bits OF wood and they
we're watched with amusement BY
passengers waiting on the depot pla.-
form, as they sailed One of ~.
boss, @fo had an honest freckl,i
countcnance won the first rana
" '-'-t he haa 're res Loaf or Il =
had tie advantage e. H., wind whl.h
s"s h,oWing 10 n th,. rnrt sid
thereby making a disadvantage to
his adversary, at all events he won.
and the other boy went off with a
rreful cOuntenarce The rain sw"nr
with considerable force across the
dcNnt platform it hoing an expnsei
place, and those who were rnfort-
unate enough to arrive too early had
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-09-12
STORM KING
OPENS Gates
Entire Valley is Drenchetl-CoOl
Winds COme-SnOw on the
Mountains.

Yesterday afternoon the storm
kings opened their flood gates ami
all sections of the valley as well as
the country tributary was inundat-
cd. The rain which fell from the
hias clouds came down steadily and
.n asingly and there seemed, for a
i:n7e, to be no let up. The storm
blanket stretched over town and
country. over mountain and river.
reaching out to the home of the wild
coyote, and the mountain fastness of
the brown bear and the gronse. A
sweeping wind accompanied it tear
ing off peoples hats. lifting
women's skirts and carving in its
train a damp odor of the orchards
and the farm. And while It rained
neonla alternately cussed or reioiced
according to their various view
points.
Miss ncfnu-" Was r.,r~ht.
While the rain was at it's we>rs+
a voung ladv. whom to ali apnea--
anees was employed in down tow
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-09-12
BANK DEPOSITS
INDICATE PROSPERITY
Financial Statements OF Local Institutions
Show That There are Deposits
of S57I $50 81.

AS an evidence of the general f.
nancial condition of Wenatchee and
tributary country. the financial state
ment of the several banks will be
of special Significance. The figures
as shown from the published state
ments of the several institutions, in
dieate that there is a healthy con-
dition existing throughout this sec
ton of the state
The deposits in the banks show
that over half million dollars is
reposing in the vaults at Wenatchea
Considering the fact that this is the
time of the year when large sums
are needed to move the fruit and
wheat crops the nmorrt of deposits
show M especially we'll.
A combined statement ef tha saw
eral hanks will undoubtedly be OF
interest.
Deposits.
Columbia Valley Bank. $329,1S4.59
Farmers & Merchants. 123,519.5O
First National .... 113,S46.S3
Totals .........s s57t.55o.92
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Learn of Hanford

soil. You can get it at $50 per acre
and upwards with water right.
II you want to make an invest
ment in fruit lands or town lots you
will do well to investigate.
Call and see me-
East Wenatchee Land Man,
Columbia Valley Bank Building.
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Rain Wet Peel Causes Trouble.


On Wenatchee avenue banana
peel. which had become more slip
perry than ordinarily on account vi
the rain. lay on the walk inviting
disaster to the unwary. Many OF an
observing nature passed by. 1t re-
mained for one of those individuals
who go through life with their head
in the air overlooking the crowd. to
fall victim to the trap He was a
yoing man and was logged out in
a pair of fashionable trousers, low
shoes. giddy stockings, and a Chev-
cnne hat. He walked directly onto
,fa r"sl. He stipend. continued to
slim. then with wild crv OF alarm
threw up his hands and came down
. ~" W.: "m','st tie wrt and dirt
of the storm. His nan+s were COW
cred with dirt. his collar was torn
ard mrd and slime were upon him
in general
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Cash and Due From Ranks.
Columbia Valley Bank s s4.O36.s6
Farmers & Merchants. 33.e5315
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.$1so.ooo.oD
Totals

Surplus and Undivided Dividends.
Columbia Valley Bank $13 .O05.S7
Farmers & Merchants. 1.0S9.57
First National .. 152.49
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There you can make your select
ion from thousands of acres You
can get it adjoining the canal. You
can get land that will need but lit
tie leveling. You can get river front.
You can get heavy, light or medium
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WENATCHEE A FUTURE CONVENTION CITY!

a dismal wait in the station or on
the board walk waiting FOR the train
to come in.