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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-17
Overfat Hens.

During the winter months the
fowls, not having the same amount
of exercise as they get at other sea-
sons of the year, show a disposition
at times, particularly in the case OF
the heavier breeds, to become too
fat.
Nature provides that the wild
birds, such as partridge, quail, ETC.,
put on flesh and fat in the fall, so
that If food is scarce they will have
a reserve to draw upon. Fowls,
being of the same great feathered
family, also in measure show this
disposition and, IL fed too heavily,
later on in the winter will tend to
accumulate too much fat.
The fat in an overfat hen is not, in
most cases, distributed evenly, but
occurs in punches, preventing the
laying of eggs, tending to produce
sickness, and at the same time max
ing her poor for eating purposes,
from the fact that the fat does not
run evenly throughout the flesh, as
does that of the bird in just right
condition.
Wheat, wheat screenings, boiled
or steamed oats, cracked corn in
place of whole corn, and with the
other grains predominating over that
OF corn, scattered in litter. so that
the hens will have to work to get
them, will be found good grains to
feed when flock is showing a ten
dency to put on too much fat.-H. r.
Haydock, in the Tribune Farmer
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-17
The Man Who Coached Kipling.

Rudyard Kipling spent a winter
Ia Washington some years ago. One
day he was found peering around in
the corridors of the State, War, and
Navy Building.
What is 1t, Mr.. Kipllng?" a man
who knew him asked.
81 want to find the person here
who knows most about steam engi-
neering"
They referred him to Chief Engi-
neel' Melville, the great steam ex-
pert. What Is it?" asked Melville,
after Kipling had been introduced.
II want to find the man who
knows most about steam engineer
ing
Jim Perry's your man." said Mel
vile, and he gave Kipling a card to
Perry. Kipling went down to see
Perry. talked to him for half a day,
and then wrote his story. Between
the Devil and the Deep Sea Sat
Urday Evening Post.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-17
Shelter and Warmth.

Shelter is a valuable adjunct to the
food. AS heat is produced from the
food, 1t is we'll known that the
warmer the animal is kept in winter
tho less food is required to supply
its wants. The winter is an excel
lent time for fattening stock, owing
to the outdoor work being then part
ly suspended, and there is no better
assistant for that purpose than dry
quarters. Before the animal can lay
on fat the ordinary demands for the
heat of the body must be provided,
and during very severe and cold sea-
sons the animals cannot even appro-
pirate sufficient food to create the
necessary heat to sustain life when
Every pound of flesh lost must be
renewed, and every day that an ami
NAL is fed without gaining in flesh
is so much time lost that cannot be
regained. Shelter. then, is econom-
ical in enabling the animals to not
only supply themselves with heat,
but also to store on fat, and it rep
resents just so mucn grain or hay.
The more complete the building for
the purposes intended the better, and
the more comfortable the animals the
faster they will increase in weight
One should never wait until the sea-
son becomes cold before erecting the
shev er, as a good start in the fall
will materially assist the animals to
enter the winter full of vigor and
well prepared to endure the cold,
provided they are properly cared for.
AS the hogs will gain from good shell
ter, SO will the cattle and sheep,
which also should be kept warm.
Even the poultry will lay In winter
If kept warm and comfortable and
fed as regularly as the larger stock.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-17
Big-Head in Horses.

If applied as directed, the follow
ing remedy for big-head in horses
will effect permanent cure without
leaving any bad effects; One pint
of alcohol, one gill spirits of turpen-
tine, one ounce corrosive sublimate,
one ounce gum camphor and one
ounce oil of spike to be well mixed
together and applied externally to
the pErt twice a day; when used up,
a cure will be effected 1t will take
a long time for the disease to entire
ly disappear and the hair will come
of slightly, but it will grow again
and there will be no scars. The
compound is poison and should be
plainly labeled and kept out of the
reach Of children The Epitomist.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-17
Alfalfa For Hog Cholera.

A few years ago farmers were
almost afraid to raise hogs on ae-
count of the prevalence of cholera.
Once that disease got a start In a
herd it generally succeeded in prac-
ttcally destroying it. Not only the
old stock but the pigs were also
affected. Hog cholera remedies were
sometimes used to good advantage,
then again they proved Intellectual in
stopping the ravages of the plague.
Since the farmers have taken to
raising alfalfa extensively as a field
forage plant for hogs, however, the
situation is changed. Now hog
cholera, in sections where swine are
pastured on alfalfa, is rare and the
loss by the disease has been reduced
TO mere fraction of that of former
times. Farmers everywhere attrib-
ute the change to the wonderful
plant, alfalfa, and they are doubt
less correct in their conclusions.
The difference in the health of
hogs chat have been kept in feed
lots and fed grain and dry feeds is
pronounced ana particularly SO with
regard to young pigs. Sucklings
that have alfaifa-fed mothers are far
more rugged and healthy than those
whose ancestral dam can be traced
to the pig sty. Sows that forage on
aliaifa raise lusty, hearty pigs that
seldom fall victims to cholera, while
the mothers that are kept on either
feeds and not permitted this freedom
OF the alfalfa fields are generally in.
clined to be sickly. Kansas has mace
great strides in growing alfalfa the
past hNe or six years and those sec
tons OF the State where It Is raised
most extensively are turning out tbs
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-17
The Decline or slirth.

The explanation that laughter is
disappearing on account of the sad
ness of the modern view of life is dis
carded by Signor F. Franceschinl. an
Italian psychologist. He concludes
that mirth, like poetry, depends upon
imagination, and that the develop
ment of the reasoning powers has
tended to Danish the distortion that
makes things seem funny. The more
the imagination is brought under the
control of logic the less do we laugh.
Education is now scientific and prac-
tical and to more than smile is be-
coming characteristic of simpler
and more natural culture, where i'm
agination still holds sway and people
have not forgotten how to laugh.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-17
Thirty ON the Wire.

The origin of the word thirty"
used In newspaper and telegraph Of
fees to designate the close of report
for the day, has never been satlsfac.
torily explained. although it has been
used as long as newspaper men can
remember. There are several inter.
esting versions of the original source
of this symbol. a few of which are
here given: A compositor Of some no.
toriety in his locality dropped dead
while seated at his case. The last
types he had set were the figures
30" A correspondent In Brooklyn
for New York city newspaper in the
time before the telegraph or tele-
phone was in use had a contract to
furnish certain amount of copy
daily. which he sent across the river
by ferry To let the editor know
when his report had ended for the
day the correspondent agreed to fur
nish thirty sheets of copy each twen-
ty-four hours. An old editor in New
York named c. W. Thurtee for years
always marked his final sheet before
going to press with his name "Thir-
tee" From this. it Is said, evolved
go which has since been universal-
ly employed. Kansas City Star.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-17
Fattening Pics in the woods.

Recently we visited q farmer
friend who is known for his thrift
and up-to-date farm methods. He
has ideas of his own which he put
into successful practice. One of these
is seen In the manner in which he
fattens his hogs for market. He al.
lows them to have free range of a
large wood lot in which a pig house
has been built. In the upper part
of this building he has placed a store
of corn which he feeds to the animals
when they appear to be hungry In
this his methods differ from many
farmers we know of who keep their
pigs closed up in a narrow pen and
give them more corn than they can
eat at one time. in fact surfeit them.
OF course the friend in question gives
plenty of drink in the way OF sepa.
rated milk and enough water to his
pigs to satisfy their thirst. We have
always believed that If pigs are al.
lowed to run in the woods or fields.
during fattening season. although
the fattening process is not quite SO
rapid as when housed up, the meat
after slaughter is of a better tex.
ture and a finer flavor than that oil
the closely confined animals. Prac.
tical experience has proven this tc
be the case.
One thing noticeable, about the
pigs belonging to our friend, was the
clean, healthy appearance of the
whole lot. Plenty of exercise in open
air, a good crop OF beech nuts al
their command, plenty of drink and
just the right amount of corn at a
feeding, combine to make these pigs
a course of pleasure and profit tc
their owner.--Indiana Farmer.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-17
Farm Topics.

Avoid getting hens over fat for
egg farm.
The busy hen is the laying hen.
Keep them busy.
Hens over two years old are of
very little use for eggs.
One breed, and the best, should
be every poultry mans motto.
When a swarm is put into a new
hive, their first care is 20 build comb.
We should not expect e,s.y chick
to be a prize winner. One per cent.
is not bad showing.
If trusts are responsible for the
high price OF poultry, farmers will
rejoice TO see them continue to
| flourish.
1t is poor policy to try to beat a
colt into doing anything. Patience
and gentleness will induce him to do
anything that will not hurt him.
No farm is complete without a
good flock OF good fowls. Farmers
themselves should give more atten.
tion to the poultry, for it brings in a
steady income.
II you want to bring brightness
and Joy into the hen house try cab.
bage head hung just so the chicks
Will have to jump for it, 1t will keep
them busy and healthy, too.
Burdocks around the fence cor.
ners can be killed by pouring little
strong sulphuric acid into the centre
OF each plant. Persistent hoeing off
below the crown will also XIII them.
No matter what you are offered
for them. save some of the best eve
lambs for your own flock. Take
those. from the middle-aged, thrifty
mothers. They will raise larger and
better lambs themselves.
The planting of tree, whether for
fruit, timber or ornament, increases
the value OF the land. The value OF
many farms could be almost doubled
in a few years, at least In a genera
tion. by judicious tree planting.
Says Ex-Governor Hoard: ~
would not keep a COW on my farm
that would not earn me $50 a year
with butter at twenty cents a pound.
Some OF my COWS the past year have
earned 500 at the creamery"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-17
To Get Rid Of stumps.

The easiest way to get rid Of
stumps in field or meadow is to burn
them out. Dig trench around the
stump about two feet wide and two
to three feet deep' cut off all pro-
jecting roots quite close and remove
the soil as much as possible Then
leave the stump for a few days to
dry. Gather up lot of dry sticks
and brush and fill up the trench all
around and on top of stump and set
It on fire. The stump will be con-
sumsd in a day or two. Even green
stumps may be burned out in this
way, although it may require a sec
ond or third supply of dry sticks on
the fire to accomplish it.-The Epito-
mist.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-17
Goldsmith's Resurrection.

A company was playing "She
Stoops to Conquer" in a small provin-
cial town last summer. when a man
without any money. wishing to see
the show. stepped up to the box
Office and said:
Pass me In, please"
The box-ofiice man gave a loud
harsh laugh.
Pass you in-what for?" he
asked.
The applicant drew himself up and
answered haughtily:
What for? Why; becarse I am
oliver Goldsmith, author of the
play"
"Oh, beg your pardon, sir" re-
piled the other, in a shocked voice.
as he hurriedly wrote out an order
for a boX.-Pick Me Up.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-17

Lightning flashes in storm are
found by an English observer to be
much less irregular In period than
they appear. Such storms have usu-
ally two foci - sometimes three ~
from which the flashes radiate, and
the discharges from each come at
regular Intervals. The apparent ir-
regularity is due to the varying rates
of the different centers. In a storm
of July. 1905. the two foci were
about mile and half apart. and in
an hour the northern center emitted
80 flashes at intervals Of Is, 80, 45
so and 80 seconds, and the southern
center gave i6 flashes at intervals of
II. "a and 81 seconds. Another un-
explained observation is that just be-
fore each great fash there is mo-
mentary faint lighting up OF the sky
In the storm region.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-17
From Malaria.

One day a man. apparently white.
came into the best restaurant in
Atlanta. The head waiter looked
him over and thought he had negro
blood in him. In fact, he was a very
light quadroom.
Here. you,' the head waiter
said. you are colored!"
"Oh, no. | amt" the man replied.
Not in the sense you mean"
But you are mighty dark"
Il know | am, but that is because
I am a Malay"
The head waiter was nonplussed
He looked again, and then asked,
suspiciously: What is a Malay?
Where is he from?"
why" said the man.. easily, MA
lays are from Malaria. San Fran
cisco Argonaut.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-17

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward fo-
any case OF Catarrh that cannot be cured B !
halls Catarrh Cure.
F. CHENEY Co., Toledo, o.
we, the undersigned, have known Z. j.
1heney Tor the last 10 years, and believe hlm
! eriectly honorable In all business transac.
lions and financially able TO carry out any
Obligations made by their firm.
"EsT 4 InuAx, Wholesale Druggists, To.
ledo, U.
NALDISo, KINSAS 4 MARVIN. Wholesale
Druggists, oiedo, D.
halls Caiarrn Curels n "a ltsrnally, NJ
nfdirectlyuponthe Dlooi aud mucuous Ie.
iaces OF the system. Testimonials sent free
frlce, Toe. per bottle. sold Dy ali Druggists
lake haII's FanilY Pine .of Constitution
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-17
EPWGaTH LEAGUE LEsSJas
SUNDAY. JANUARY 20.
Our Heavenly Fathers Consideration.
Luke II. STA.

Luke II. s-fa
Passages for reference Chron.
16. 3; Psa. "a. 15, IA: John 16. %,
"a; Phil. 4. 10.
An earthly parent will not mock
the hunger of his own boy by giving
him q stone instead of bread, SER
pent Instead of fish. or a scorpion In
stead OF an egg. CAN we imagine
that the all-perfect Father would do
less than the earthly parent? Nay,
will he not give in even a wiser way
and bestow the best of all gifts as In.
cludlng every lesser oneg Our heav-
emily Fathers greatest concern for us
Is that we should have the Holy
Spirit.
Chronicles assures as that God does
not even wait to be called before he Is
at hand ready to relieve. THE eyes of
the Lord run TO and fro throughout
the whole earth. to show himself
strong In the behalf Of them whose
heart is perfect toward him Z"
Wherever his people go. there be is
watching for an opportunity to help
The psalmist found that not only
were the Lords eyes open to see the
righteous, but his ears were likewise
open to hear their cry and for him
to hear is also TO help.
In John we are assured that in
these days of the Spirits influence
whatever we ask In the name of Jesus
trusting in him as mediator. we shall
receive. Whoever is a friend OF Jesus
is also friend of the Father and re-
ceives his consideration. Phil. A. 10
Is commended to your careful and
prolonged consideration in the won
derful sweep of its provision.
Does God care for me? Let the
leader of the meeting lay stress on
this question. The basis Of all true
prayer is that God does care. and yet
we often act as IL we thought he had
no concern. Many a boy has been
stirred to do something for himself
because some one showed him that
he cared whether he got along or not.
No man cares for me" has brought
many person to the depths of de.
spair; many steps pointing toward
the suicides grave have been turned
when the men found God cared for
them. We may get beyond the reach
of earthly aid. but never beyond our
heavenly Fathers reach.
81 know not where his Islands lift
Their fronded palms in air;
| only know l cannot drift
Beyond his love and care"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-17

cut down the full depth of the stack.
When the loose straw has all been
removed it should be saved for use
set two posts in the front of the
cavity and nail on boards; use
boards or loose straw for the roof.
We have made this kind of shelter
several times for shoats following
grain fed cattle; we have found it
warm ard satisfactory. 1t should look
something like this.-George p. Will
Jams, Radnor, Ohio.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-17
Remarkable Herd Test.

Herd tests at the Montana Station
show that of two cows that produced
within sixty-five cents of each other
one cost 1856 more to keep, making
the real difference $72O. There was
great difference in the length of
time the COWS were dry, ranging
from 1877 to "a days. which suggests
another point to be watched in de-
termining the profit makers.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-17
sfbE: ct 1TfIXD

cleanest hogs and the farmers COM
plain less of the prevalence of
cholera
IL there is anything that will solve
the hog cholera problem which has
always been great loss to farmers It
is alfalfa. The time will come when
every hog feeder and grower will
plant alfalfa for no other purpose
than grazing hogs. II is not likely
that the millennium is very near, but
when the universal alfalfa time
comes 1t will not be surprising to find
hog cholera on the shelf as a back
number, while the swine of that day
will not know what sickness is
Tie Epitomist.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-17
Hints to smokers.

Time is a keynote of successful
pipe smoking and another Is gentle
ness Take 1t easy Don't crowd the
pipe to the top of the bowl. Never
get a pipe hot. Keep cool, and keep
your pipe cool. You can relIght a
pipe, and II you are an old smoker
you will be all the better for 1t.
When you have finished do not refill
q heated pipe. Canadian Cigar and
Tobacco Journal
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-17
Averoqe Snede or Clouds.

A member of the staff of the Blue
Hill Observatory, near Boston, has
reported that the average speed with
which clouds, between 5000 and
5000 feet high, move is go miles
an hour in midsummer and 10 miles
an hour in midwinter. The swiftest
fight of cloud yet measured was
230 miles an hour.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-17
Shelter For Hogs.

If one be crowded for hog-house
room, but have a straw stack he can
utilize it for the shelter of his pigs
in the following manner. BY using
a straw knife gouge out a large cir
cular cavity well into the centre of
the stack; it will be necessary to
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-17
Cold Affected Head and Throat
Attack Was Severe.

Chas. w. Bowman, lst Lieut.. and Adit.
4th NJ. 5. NJ. Cav. Vols, writes from Ian
ham, Nd, as follows:
Though somewhat averse to patent
medicines, and still more averse to be-
coming professional affidavit man, it
seems only plain duty in the present in
stance TO add my experience to the col
umns already written concerning the cura'
tive powers of Peruna.
'fIhdce been pGrttculd riy benefited
by its use for colds tn the head aud
throat. Ihdpe been dbte to fiiIty cure
myself Of a most secere attach IN
forty-etght hours byits nse a recording
TO directions. Iuse ft as n preventive
tOhenerer MreG tened lciH Gn attack.
Members of my family also use it for
like ailments. We are recommending it tc
our friends"
-Chas. w Bowman.
dsic Your Druggist for Free PerWna
Almanac for 1907.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-17
No Wonder.

Into her beautiful azure eyes,
AS he kissed and called her dear" {"
There appeared look of surprise
For they had been married a year
Chicago News
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-17
LYDIA E. PINKHAM

received
unqualified endorsement
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Inaammaton and liberation and consequent Spinal Weakness
remedy II doves and expes amo early stage OF development
stomach
Boang Nervous Prcstao Headache General Debility quickly yield to
backache
Under all circumstances l. acts In harm ony with the female system
alone feeling sxcahty irral nervousness diz
melancholy "bues These
indications Of Female Weakness arrangement OF the
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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-17
Mixed.

Teacher-What is a coal magnate;
Tommie?
Tommie--I don't know. ma am;
only thought those things come in
cheese. .-Yonkers Statesman.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-17

FITS, St. Titus'D Dance Nervous Diseases per-
manently cured by DR.. Kline's Great Nerve
Restorer 81 trial bottle and treatise free
DIR. II. r. Kline. Id. .93l Arch St. Phila., Pa.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-17
lucky Man.

Millions new chauffeur is a cheap
swindle"
Then Million Is to be congratu-
lated. Mines an expensive one. -
Cleveland Press.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-17

The tallest trees in the world are
In eucalyptus grove not far from
Melbourne, Australia. Many OF them
are about 500 feet high
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