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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-02-07
Turkey Shelter.

In colder climates, where shelter
must be provided, house may be
built that is fashioned after many of
oyr poultry houses, with the slant
ing roof; and an open ventilator
should be placed in front, close to
the roof, and never be closed except
in cold weather. The roost should
be placed on a level In front of the
house, with sliding or rolling door
in the rear. Only light enough is
needed for the turkeys to see the
way to and from the roosts. The door
should be left open all day that they
may come and go at pleasure. With
in this house they may be fed in
cold, snowy weather. In the cold
northern climate of Canada one of
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-02-07
MEXICO HAS GOOD ARMY.
Can Muster 27, 900 Regulars and Can
Make the Number 10000.

In the quarter OF a century that
Porfiario Diaz has been enforcing
peace in Mexico he has been prepar-
ing for war. In the promotion of
railroad construction. the encourage
ment of agriculture, mining and man
ufacturing, the establishment of
schools, and in the improvement of
harbors the national defense has not
been forgotten.
Starting with the disorganized
troops that placed him in power in
has built up an army of $4,000 men
an army we'll fed, we'll clothed,
we'll equipped and we'll officered--
and has perfected arrangements
quickly to increase the fighting force
to at least 10000 in case of war.
Crediting the country with popula-
tion of 100000 Mexico now has a
soldier to every 525 Inhabitants, and
within short time following a dec
laration of war against foreign foe
the ratio could be changed to one to
every 233.
At the present time the armed men
of Mexico are not confined in the reg
ular army In fact, those constantly
carrying arms and possessing knowl-
edge of military organization and
discipline outside the army almost
equal in number the regular troops.
They form what is known as the first
army reserve and include State police
organizations, the rurales, the fiscal
guards and the police of the various
cities, in all about 10000 men. In
the event of war the forces compoB-
ing the first army reserve would be
Immediately mobilized. and, in addi-
tion to the regular army, would be
placed ON the war footing provided
by the military laws of the republic.
This law requires an increase of thir-
ty-three per cent. in infantry and ar
tillery and twenty-five per cent. in
the cavalry of Reviews.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-02-07
Subject: A Separated People.

that mold his life. The eye of the
Christian Is single and when he looks
at you you may read therein the
deepest motives of his soul. There is
no mud there. But how different are
the motives of the men of the world.
Lacking principle. Il Is well 10 be
wary of their motives. The man who
Is continually looking out for himself
may, not unjustly, be suspected of
having an axe to grind. His chief
aim is TO throw dust in your eyes
that you may not see through him.
His ways are devious and his motives
double and dangerous.
But the greatest thing that differ
entiates the Christian from the world
is the soul life. The man who puts
his trust in temporalities has little of
that and generally wants more of it.
Being chiefly Jealous to get a full
store of this worlds goods he hasn't
time to waste over the inner man
and intangible realities of life. His
time is preoccupied by the present.
The Christian, however, is not so.
Living a full, rich. free, helpful life
in the world, he yet realizes that af-
ter all the soul life is the thing. His
chief interest in the material things
OF life lies in the fact that through
them his soul may find expression.
To live near to God Is his first desire
and endeavor, for he knows that then
the basis of life is sure.
All. yes. there is difference be-
tween Gods men and Belial4 There
Is sharp line of demarkation be-
tween the life of Eelfishness and the
life of selfllessness on the one hand
we have an army of pure minded
clean hearted, noble acting men and
women; and opposed TO them a host
of unprincipled self-seekers. The
man who is clothed upon by Christ
cannot be happy and and do wrong;
the servant of Satan thinks 1t happi-
ness II so be he only gets on top.
The Christian views his actions in the
light of eternity and considers their
everlasting consequences.
am not anxious that Christians
should be labelled by the clothes they
wear. l am solleitous that their de-
pertinent should mark them as
Christ's; that when they open their
mouths men shall know without any
guesswork upon whose side they
! stand; that when the rub comes be.
tween wrong and righteousness they
shall stand up and be counted with
the hosts of heaven.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-02-07

The Kansas wood rat is small, no
larger than common rat, but his
ambition and acquisitiveness are in
satiable. His one insane desire seems
TO be TO increase the size Of his pile
of sticks. The neighboring field is
placed under tribute. First of all
the nearby sticks are gathered into
the pile. Then, as these are cleaned
up, he goes further and further away
from home for more sticks. And in
this huge pile OF sticks he stores his
winter supply of nuts.
Many time. when we were enjoy
ing life by living mostly ON sorghum
and cornbread, buttermilk and Mis-
souri, dried apples. have we gone to
the woods with the other boys and
taken nicely hulled walnuts from the
nests Of wood rat.---Eldorado Re-
publican.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-02-07

and tive farmer. the pedigrees enable
them to arrive at some degree of
knowledge as to the proper families
from which to select. The farmer
who desires to grade up his stock is
enabled to breed from animals of
certain strains, or from families that
have produced a certain large pro-
portion of extraordinary individuals,
and to increase the yield of his herds
or fiocks by grading the flock to
higher standard The farmer should
select from the best families of the
breed he desires. While pedigrees
are ESSENTIAL in knowing how to breed
for the best, yet pedigree and out.
ward points should be compared with
the records of the animals. The
horse that trots, the COW that yields
the most milk and butter, and the
sheep that produces the heaviest
fleece, whether possessing a noble
pedigree or not, will stand at the
head until their records are beaten
The animals that have secured rec.
ords are not superior in points, nor
is the color of any consequence.
Actual work, or performance, must
be the test, and on such a founda.
ton all classes of stock will be rap.
idly improved.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-02-07

Peter had a praying band about
him; for ten days the disciples con-
tinued in prayer. When the preacher
stands as Peter did, surrounded by a
praying church. the result is a multi
tude of converts, steadfastness in
church life. self-denial and gladness.
Peters sermon was born of prayer.
A praying people cannot quarrel;
strife, malice. back-biting-op
springs that feed church quarrels-
are dried up by the south wind of
prayer. A church on its knees look
ing to Christ, overlooks much. He
that studies the stars has no time to
criticise his fellows; the telescope
that walls in the planet walls out
men. A praying people do not oppose
the pastor; molten metal easily takes
the shape of the mold set for 1t;
hearts united in prayer conform to
the pastors plans. fill up, and give
value to his urposes.-Ram's Horn.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-02-07
Good Authority in Feeding Horses

Good Authority in Feeding Horses.
No people in the world are more
skilled in horse feeding than the
French. For hundreds of years they
have tested methods of all kinds of
leeding, and the following comes
rom that country on this subject:
Three meals are necessary and
sufficient with an interval of four
Or five hours between, to keep a
horse in good condition. Oats take
at least two hours to digest, hay
lakes three hours. and because it
.akes so long to digest 1t should be
given when the days work is over.
rhe evening meal should be a full
neal, the animal being then at rest,
and able to digest its food at leis-
are. There should be an interval
Df half an hour between the return
,f the horse to the stable and his
getting his evening feed Too much
,ood at a meal or too long abstin-
ence between meals, followed by vo-
sacious feeding, is conducive to collie
and indigestion. Irregularly fed,
he is given to showing MS impatience
by letting his hoofs play about the
woodwork of his stall. Giving re-
ireshers' at odd times is also bad.
Remember that both stomach and
bladder should never be loaded in
work time. whether light or heavy
work Is done. A horse, therefore,
should not be ridden or driven i'm
mediately after meal, on the same
principle that 1t ought not to be fed
sooner than half an hour after work
Is over. Between one end of the
year and another horse consumes
an amount OF dry heating food which
calls for special regimen 10 neutralize
the excessive proteid consumption
that has taken place. Thus, in
autumn, a ration of oats is good,
and 80 in spring, at the fall OF the
winter coat, little green meat is
beneficial, mixed with hay and oats,
for the evening meal Another max
i'm much disregarded in practice is
that the horse should be watered
long before being put to work, and
then very sparingly." ~
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-02-07
Feed For Sheep.

Corn is not wholesome food for
sheep, and should be given sparingly
Good clover hay and some roots will
keep sheep In excellent condition.
The small gain-if any--from regu-
lar grain feeding for breeding flock
will not pay for the food. Regular
ity in feeding is worth more to the
flock than good deal of grain given
by FITS and starts" Sheep do well
in well Uttered floor without re-
moving the manure all the winter.
All the manure is saved, and the con-
slant trampling keep It from heating
and fermenting. Forty or fifty sheep
will make large quantity of manure
in this way, and clovev hay and bran
cannot be turned into plant food In
any cheaper or easier way.--New
York Witness.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-02-07

the most successful turkey growers
has a double enclosed apartment
house for his breeding stock In win
ter, connected with which is an en-
closed run, that will protect them
from the elements, at the same time
furnishing opportunity for open-air
exercise during the day. This kind
of house is most useful in cold cli-
mates, but it might be used In all
Localities and prevent midnight mar
auders of all kinds from carrying
away the turkeys.-T. F. McGrew,
United States Department of Agri.
culture.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-02-07
INC Common pcnominator.

1t seems to be taken for granted by
a number of writer's that the only
way of rendering the Gospel of Christ
acceptable to men is to show its like
ness to other religions. and to try to
find the common denominator be-
tween them all This is a line Of de-
fense with which we are becoming
familiar; but it does not require
much foresight to see that it is
doomed to fail. 1t is one thing to
show (what is very necessary to be
shown that the Gospel is the perfec.
tion of all light and truth in the
world; it is quite another to attempt
to make all the light and truth equal
There is no need to disparage the
broken rays of light and the partial
morsels of truth which are found
outside Christ, but the fact remains
that they are broken and partial at
the very best. The Gospel has hith-
erto achieved it's victories by insist
ence upon what is unique in it, and
this special note must be insisted
upon, if the victories are to continue.
London Christian.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-02-07
A Good Farm Tool House.

/ notice in last weeks Farmer a
writer under the heading of Farm
Machinery of the United States"
gives an interesting comparison of
the work performed by machinery
and without 1t seems that the use
Df machinery comes nearer solving
the scarcity of labor problems of any
thing that l know of.
But with high priced implements
rs with high priced stock 1t has to
be taken care of II we are to get the
best results. hence the necessity of
good shelter for it while not in use.
1t believe after a lot of thinking
and planning that I have a house
nearly "fllling the bill"
Most of the tool houses are con-
structed In a way that is inconveni-
ent to get the tools in and out. Such
houses usually have the doors in the
end Of the building and you have to
run probably half of your tools out
to get the one wanted. Not so with
this one, as you can put mower, plow
Or any other implement in or take 1t
out without disturbing the rest of
machinery; a wonderful help when
you are in hurry or tired and think
you will put off running that binder
INTO the dry.
The house l have is eighteen feet
wide and thirty-two feet long al
though l would prefer one longer il
any difference was to be made. To
nine feet long and of a size as large
AS you would use for end post of wire
fence, or smaller, will do. Mark
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-02-07
No strength Held in Reserve.

Trivial Incidents get so engrossing
that life becomes unprepared for the
great issues A man gets all absorbed
in his business and intends some day
to enjoy his home; a woman gets en-
shared in the burdensome details OF
life and loses her peace OF mind; and
one day some great overwhelming ex-
perience Of trial or sorrow suddenly
attacks such a life, and the life sim
ply surrenders to the unforeseen as
sault, stricken and unpTepared, be-
cause the strength which ought to
have been nurtured for the crisis has
been exhausted in the Insignificant
'skirmishes of daily affairs. F. G..
Peabody, d. d.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-02-07
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A Handy Farm Tool House.

your site conveniently near barn
gard for building. eighteen feet wide
and thirty-two feet long, set post
three feet in ground and ten feet
apart excepting the last which will
be twelve feet. OF course you will
nave to put one post in centre of each
end. filled around each post with
poulders which makes it solid and
needs no bracing. Put a AKA on top
Of posts entirely around the structure
and also two sets of stringers 2x4
Dn sides of posts about three feet
lpart. Now side your building in
With some good lumber (mine is
tough oak). Go inside and nail a
braces for double bar doors between
every post on each side of the build
ng, but not in the ends. Outside
put hinges or plank over posts; saw
foul two stringers in two to corre-
Ipond with your doors and swing
FOUR doors open. Don't nail siding to
Top plate as you could not open doors
Il you did. Cover building with V
.rimped iron roofing; no danger of
IRE then.
Throw all of the doors open on
both sides of new building, run Glow
sr cutter in wide apartment and
steel rake in opposite wide doors,
Iap tongues, run the rest OF imple-
nents in, in same way tapping
tongues in centre. Whenever want
ing any implement open doors imme-
aiately back OF it and back it out.
The good points of a building of
this kind are its cheapness, conven-
!ence and durability; it is almost as
easy to store implements as to leave
hem in the field, and it ought to last
almost a lifetime il roof is painted
occasionally. The accompanying dia-
gram represents house closed up and
all farming tools in the dry.-W. r.
A., in the Indiana Farmer.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-02-07

The nervous headaches OF brain
workers yield more quickly to me-
chanical treatment and active muscu-
lar exercise than to any other form
of cure. A haif-hour's change from
ones writing table to the gymnasium
three or four times daily, or to prac-
tice of exercises without apparatus,
such as posing, bending, stretching
and rolling, is of inestlmable value In
overcoming nervous tension.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-02-07
THE ANIMAL.

"I'm glad they didn't adopt spell
Ing REFORM" said the man OF slow
mentality.
1T might have been a good thing.
Not for me. IL would have kept
me worried for years. It's going 10
take me three weeks merely to learn
to write 1907 instead OF 1906? -
"''shinrton Sta-
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-02-07
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR NOTES
FEBRUARY TENTH.
Lessons from the Patriarchs.--i. Noah.
Heb. 11:7; Pet. 2:4-e; Pet.
o.4z 40

Lessons from the Patriarehs.-i. Noah.
Heb. 1t:7; Pet. 2:4-s; Pet
3:17-a2.
One faithful man. Gen. GILL.
The God-taueht man. Gen. G:12-21.
The obedient man. Gen. 6:22-7;5.
Religion in the family. Gen. 7:6--S:
10.
Public worship Cen. S:20--9:7.
Gcd's covenant. Gen. 9:S-29.
There are two kinds of fear. Noah
was moved, not with fear, but with
"godly fear" (Heb. 11;7, revised
version).
A good man never saves himself
alone, but comes bringing seven
others q Pet. 2:5).
Certainly no one will doubt that
the Lord knows how to deliver the
righteous; and does any one doubt
that God lacks the will to do it? G.
Pet. 2:9.)
Baptism, like Noah's venture, is
glad putting forth on the seas Of
faith q Pet. 3:2D.
Suggestions.
The secret of Noah's success was
that he "walked with God. That
will bring success to any man.
Noah. like all great men, dared to
do an apparent absurdity at Gods
command, sure that it would turn out
anything but an absurdity.
Noah planned largely; or, rather
he accepted Gods large plans. Gods
servants build big arks.
What ridicule Noah must have had
TO face before the rain came; and then,
what entreaties.
Illustrations.
A trusting man climbs a Jacobs
ladder. The top is hidden in the
clouds, but the bottom is firm, and
so he knows the top must be firm
also
Whoever sets out to voyage with
God will land, like Noah, great deal
higher than his point of departure.
Boats must be built in dry times, or
they will leak in wet times.
A mountain never did better ser
vice than when it held up Noah's ark,
like a beacon ligt of faith TO all the
world.
Questions.
Am I ever afraid to obey God?
Is my religion for storms, or only for
fair weather?
Am l trying to save others, or mere
~ myself?
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-02-07
Chicago RaiIlery.

Representative Mann, of Illinois,
never loses an opportunity to ex-
patiate upon the glories and material
prosperity of Chicago.
One day he was holding forth In
his usual strain, when he touched
upon the part played by the railroads
in that prosperity. Statistics show"
declared the member from Illinois.
that 1850 trains arrive in Chicago
daily. These trains-run by some
twenty-four companies-car over
10000 passengers. The railways
rave been strong factor in making
Chicago what It is to-day"
Whereupon Congressman Mccall,
OF Massachusetts,, smilingly inter-
jected
Mann, that's an awful charge to
prefer against the !"-Har-
per's Weekly.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-02-07
,ss1 PslURA!Rs1 :!
asscTEsNIlcEEI y

Sunstroke, it is pointed out. is due
to the chemical and not to the heat
rays. The active rays penetrate any
thing except color screen, and an
Egyptian army officer has effectively
protected himself by lining his helmet
and coat with yellow.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-02-07
The Deceptiye Fingerpost.

The most dangerous thing about
the path of sin is that many believe
iit a short cut TO happiness. 1t never
Lying fingerpost deeeives thousands
ievery year, Just the same. Rams
9orn.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-02-07
TestIng the nreeds ror MerIt.

OF one fact the breeder is assured,
and that is that certain families ex-
Gel, and are more successful than
others, among all classes OF stock,
and. fortunately for both the breeder
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-02-07

Plant memory is a problem for the
inquisitive botanist. In 1901 a plant
allied to the squash and pumpkin
was brought to New York from the
desert of Sonora, in Mexico, and since
then it has been kept-without
watering-in a strange climate 5000
miles from home. During the six
weeks of rain in the desert the plant
grows its leaves and flowers and per-
fects it's seed. Then it dries up and
leaves only water filled gourd which
a thick, hard shell seals against ami
mails and evaporation. The trans
planted specimen still remembers the
rainy season OF six weeks. 1t Wakes
sends out rootlets, stems and leaves,
and then dries up again until the fol-
lowing year.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-02-07

Long-distance photography has had
many to claim solution of the prob
lem, and another is now to be added
in the person of Professor Korn, of
Munich University, who has brought
to the evolution of his process four
years of patient research. The APP
paratus permits a perfect photograph
to be transmitted to any distance
along the telegraph wires, the time
required being about twenty minutes.
1t is claimed that successful tests
have been made over distance of
100 miles. The direct action OF
light on wire is utilized.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-02-07

A verdict OF found drowned was
returned in London by coroner'd
jury at Lambeth on Thomas Willottj
eighty-three years old. who waa
found dead with his head In horsGe
watering trough.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-02-07

An interesting experiment in the
adapting of automobiles to purposes
of traction in regions so little re-
claimed as the Congo is now being
made in the Rubi-Welle district of
the Free State. Up to couple of
months ago practicable road rather
more than ten miles long had been
made, and motor wagons loaded up
to ton or slightly over were max
ing the journey daily at speed of
about six miles an hour. 1t has to
be remembered that this road is not
the paved street of civilization. The
aim is to cut great main road for
these motor wagons through the
whole region.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-02-07

AS a weaver, nature produces fine
work Certain tree barks and leaves
furnish excellent cloth, as, for in
stance, the famous tapa cloth used in
the South Sea Islands. Nature is a
glassmaker, too, according to the
Indian Review. BY discharging her
lightning into beds of quartz sand
she forms exquisite little pipes of
glass. She makes valuable ropes of
various kinds in the shape of trop-
ical vines and creepers, and she is
even lacemaker, as witness the lace
trees of the West Indies.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-02-07

Am ever afraid to obey God?
Is my religion for storms, or only for
fair weather?
Am l trying to save others, or mere.
~ myself?
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-07-10
Rheumatism

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