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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-06-20
A Toad and a Golden Carp
By ADRIAN J. BROWN.

The following account of toad at
tacking a golden carp is of interest
from its bearing on an ancient belief
that frogs and toads are at enmity
with carp, and kill them by destroy
ing their eggs:
On March 20 my son directed tmy
attention to a large golden carp &C.
auratus) lying in shallow water near
the edge of pond in my garden with
a frog or toad apparently resting on
its head. The fish appeared to be
very sluggish, and made no attempt
to escape from landing net with
which It was easily brought to shore.
On examination It was found that
the head of the fish was held tightly
by medlum-sized common toad
(Bufo vulgaris) which had obtained
very firm grasp by inserting its fore
limbs as far as the second, or elbow,
joint into the sockets of the eyes of
the unfortunate fish. The ghoullsh-
looking toad lay on the top of the
fish's head facing its tail, and with,
its hind legs hanging in front Of the
of the eyes of the fish led me to think
they had been ruptured, but closer
examination showed they were mere
ly displaced and turned partially
round owing to the pressure exerted
by the intrusion of the toad's limbs
between the eyes and their sockets.
On carefully Withdrawing the
-,
serted to the extent of about one inch
within the eye-sockets, the eyes re-
turned to their normal position ap-,
parently uninjured, but during their
displacement the fish must have been
quite blind. No effort of the fish
could have rid itself of the toad after
it had once obtained the remarkable
grasp which has been described, and
it appears very probable that the
FISH would have died in a short time
How the toad in the first instance
obtained a hold in the sockets of the
fish's eyes appears very puzzling, but
probable reason for its attempt to
obtain grasp, and for its holding on
when a grasp was obtained, may per-
haps be found in the unreasoning in
stinct which toads appear to possess
at spawning time of grasping some
thing firmly with their fore limbs
A few years ago in the same pond
referred to above, found toad en-
bracing a water-logged puff-ball so
firmly that it required considerable
force to release the fungus from the
amphibian's grasp.-From an Article
in Nature.
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What Makes the Wind BLOW.

Observations demonstrate, how
ever, that the wind never blows in
straight lines because all bodies of
air when in motion are acted upon by
a law of nature called the DETECTING
force of the earth's rotation" This
force turns all wind to the right of
its course In the northern hemis-
phere and to the left in the southern.
Thus if wind in our hemisphere
starts north 1t is soon turned slowly
toward the northeast, or if 1t starts
west 1t will soon turn toward the
northwest. When 1t is remembered
that at the equator the earth is rotat-
ing at the enormous velocity of 1895
miles an hour one will not wonder
that such DETECTING force could ex-
list. All areas of high and low press
ure, from whatever cause, therefore
become whirling masses of air, and a
little thought will show that they
must turn in the low areas, or
Lows" as they are designated on
the weather map, always rotate in a
direction contrary to the movement
OF the hands of watch. flames II.
Spencer, in Youths Companion.
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WORDS OF WISDOM.

A lazy man is dead loss to him.
self.
A lot of worry comes to those who
wait.
Criticism, like charity. should be-
gin at home.
The family tree of the CRATER is
q plum tree.
A corner in grain isn't necessarily
on the square.
Lots of the money that men marry
is counterfeit.
For the traveller the best guide
book is check-book.
A tight man and loose dog are
equally dangerous.
Many mans nervousness is due
to his lack of nerve.
A mans good judgment usually
shows up the'day after.
Be good If you can; but If you can't
be good, be careful.
Graft often goes about disguised
as business opportunity.
Experience teaches us how to make
other kinds of mistakes.
In order to satisfy a man give him
what he thinks he wants.
Some men make a speciality of pos
ing as horrible examples.
1t takes a man with lot of brass
to dispose of gold brick.
Enterprise and advertising make
the biggest pair in the deck.
Most people would fall short II
measured by the golden rule.
It's safer to laugh with the big man
than to give him the laugh.
It's surprising how many friends
man has until he needs one.
Occasionally man drops dollars
while trying to pick up pennles.-
Bakers Helper.
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The Peaincket,s Name.

The pea in this word comes from
no garden. as is suggested, but from
the Saxon word pad, which in itself
means a jacket of stout, coarse cloth.
AS pad became more and more for
gotten in speech the synonym jacket
was added to make the meaning
clear. and then the two words coales-
cling became fixed as the proper name
OF convenien. coat of the REFER
type. Peajacket has kept its life
longer alongshore than on the sea.
Afioat the coat has long been known
as the monkey jacket. and that SO
universally as to provide one OF the
rare Jokes so laboriously cverworked
at the focsle head. Every sduare-
head. or Scandinavian. In crew Is
bound TO hear his Eli about "Yon
Yonsen jumping from the yibboom
into the yolly boat in monkey
yacket.'
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THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM.
MENTs FOR JUNE 23, BY THE
REV. 1. w. HENDERSON.
Review Lesson--Golden Text: Is. d3,
2-Read Ps. tOe:t-12.

Review Lesson--Golden Text: Is. az.
2-Read Ps. tOe:f-f2.
Chief points OF the lesson for Apr,,
as set forth In our study in these
columns. /. Isaac's trust In Gods
willingness TO continue to Jacob tho
promises that He had made to Isaac.
z. Jacobs consciousness Of the divine
reality. 3. Jacobs consciousness Of
the divine contiguity. 4. Jacob's
consciousness Of the divine prov
idence.
April IL. 1. Jacob in distress.
2. Jacob prostrate before God 3.
jacobs terror. 4. Gods answer to
jacobs prayer. s. The awfulness OF
the recollection of sin.
April 21. 1. The fascinating char.
acter OF Joseph. 2. Joseph gotten
rid of by his brethren. 3. The con-
sequences of family favoritism. 4
The progress and elimination of fra
ternal hate. 8. How God uses the
plans of bad men to further His d.
vine purposes.
April 2S. 1. Joseph sold into
slavery. 2. The greatness of Gods
providence. 3. The greatness of JOS
eph's character. 4. Joseph faithful
to God. s. Faithfulness to Christ
necessity to the enjoyment of the joys
of the Christian life.
May 5. 1. Joseph in prison. 2.
Joseph as a diviner. 3. Joseph's
substantial evidence of his nearness
to God. 4. Joseph faithful to Poti-
phar. 5. Joseph humble in his vice.
regal splendor.
May IL. 1. The magnanimity of
Joseph. 2. The abiding love of JOS
eph for his unworthy brethren. 8.
Joseph's forgiveness.
May 10. 1. The trials and the
tribulations of Israel in Egypt. 2.
The book of the Exodus a record of
the industrial as well as of the spir-
itual hardships to which the people OF
Israel had to submit. 8. God with
Israel in her adversely. 4. The les
son of Israel in bondage apropos to-
day.
May 26. 1, The humble birth of
Moses. 2. The loyalty of Moses
mother. 3. Moses in the palace. 4.
Moses indignant at the cruelty of
the Egyptians in dealing with his
brethren. 5. Moses advice to the
fighting toilers. 6. The unkindness
of the worlds toilers to each other. Z.
Advice refused.
June 2. l. Duties that come to us.
2. The holiness of Gods house. 3.
The value of humility and depend
ence on God. 4. Moses asks for aid
to accomplish his work. 5. The
power of God in this world.
June 8. 1. Gods covenant with
Israel. 2. Egypt reaps the conse-
quences of her own misdoings. 8.
Israel helps herself out of trouble.
4. Israel obedient.
June 16. 1. Israel delivered. 2.
Pharaoh behind. 8. The inspiration
of God to Israel. 4. God insists that
Israel shall help herself. 5. The ten
acity and steadfastness Of Jehovah.
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Fair Profit in Timber Crops.

Culture of timber as a farm crop
seems to have reached a profitable
stage in Illinois, where growers re-
port annual returns of S4.30 per acre
from larch plantations and over IS
per acre from catalpa. These were
the average results from twenty-six
plantations, and the profits were OBJ
tained from the sale of posts and
poles. One of the larch plantations
paid 81 per acre profit. Average re-
turns from black walnut plantations
reported from the experience of sew
eral growers in Illinois showed an an
nual income of S2.05 per acre for
posts But this tree is not adapted
for quick returns, as it requires at
least fifty years to reach profitable
cutting size. 1t is recKoned that the
annual returns for these paintings,
reckoned as an increase to be cut at
the end of fifty years, was 1882 to
$3.66 per acre.--Boston Cultivator.
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face OF their great need. The girl
whose life is wrecked may not be all
to blame. The useless, vulgar dis
play of finery by women whom she
never met may be the central reason
for her downfall The millionaire
squanders his millions and the ex-
ample is followed by the poorest OF
the poor. America is the land OF
those who live a life of "bluff" be-
cause our moneyed men have been
extravagantly wasteful. Sham, pre-
tention, desire to appear to be or TO
be worth something more than we
are may readily be traced to the in
fluence Of the unwise rich. II man
is entitled to all that he can use
righteously then some men ought to
be deprived of nearly all they have.
Those who have much should con-
slider It bounden duty not to give
cause to those who are less fortunate
than they to become covetous. The
wasteful millionaire heads a list OF
thousands who are living far beyond
their means. The list of suicides
throughout our land is filled with
names of men who, urged by unholy
discomfort, have risked and lost their
all.
But more tnan lnlS CONetOusueS9
Is unnecessary. I for one believe
that all men are entitled to fair
hours, a fair wage, a decent home
and a few of the luxuries OF life. My
heart goes out TO the toiler who is
ground and crushed in the whirling
wheels of trade My prayer is that
he soon may have a chance to live
a manly life. l take off my hat to
his discomfort, for God knows there
is reason for It. But to yearn Tor
better things and a decent chance
in life is not to be covetous. Covet-
business is unnecessary no matter
how poor a man may be. The blue
sky arches over rich and poor alike.
The air cares not whose lungs 1t fills.
The sun smiles down impartially up
on us ALL The love of God is free:
Wealth cannot buy the charm OF
studying humanity. Money cannot
purchase love. Even a poor man may
be upright, kind and true and pure.
The humblest soul may do the noble
act or speak the cheering word
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A Biting Jest.

At one time the bailiff in charge Of
a jury was sworn to keep them with
out meat, drink or fire." 1t was Mr..
Justice Maule who gave the classic
reply to the bailiff who inquired
whether he might grant a juryman's 3
request for a glass of water. "Well,
II is not meat, and should not call
1t drink. Yes, you may" Nearly all
Maule's good sayings had a strong
touch of irony MAY God strike me
dead. my lud, II | am guilty." ex-
claimed q prisoner when the jury
found him guilty. Mr.. Justice Maule
waited a few minutes, and then said !:
Prisoner at the bar, as Providence
has not seen At to interfere. the sem
tence OF the court Is" .---Bell-
man.
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Economy in Beef Making.

Here are some points in economical
beef production that should not be
forgotten at any time and that should
certainly be remembered at this time,
when most of the calves are starting
on their careers. 1t costs much less
to put pound of gain on an animal
during its first year than during its
fourth year or its third year. Hence
in economical beef production the
animals must be made to gain rapid
ly right from the start. Any slack
up in gain means loss. The gain
of the calf at the time depends on
the way it is fed and handled But
so does its gain in the future to a
considerable extent. Start the calf
right and it is easy to keep it going
right. Care in handling and feeding
the calf during the first two months
of its life pays big.--Weekly Witness.
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with hogs one OF the plainest In
dications that they have been crowd
ed with feed when too young is the
breaking down in the feet.
No single grain ration meets the
entire wants of the young growing
or fattening animal. In all cases,
and especially with pigs, good varl-
ETY. gives the best results.
Dust, cobs and other filth should
not be allowed to accumulate on the
feeding floors. Cleanliness in the
feeding places will aid materially in
maintaining health.
1t is much better to have the pigs
little hungry and come to their
feed with a sharp appetite than to
have them lazy and Indifferent about
It.
II rich food is given the farrowing
SOW too soon and in too large guam
titles, 1t will cause the milk flow to be
too rich and abundant.
Incidence in the healing power of
wounds is always a sign of constitu-
tional debility. Give a good tonic.
Too close and long-continued in
breeding tends to a rapid degenera-
tion in nearly all instances.
The amount of food consumed by
swine in comparison with other ami
mails in proportion to weight is very
great.
Young breeders in purchasing
breeding stock should always give
quality the preference before fancy
points; when these can be had to-
gether, all right, but quality should
come first.
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Our Part and His.

Providence hath a thousand keys
TO open a thousand doors for the de-
llverance of His own when it has
come to the greatest extremity. Let
us be faithful and care for our own
part, which is to do and suffer for
Him, and lay Christ's part on Him
self, and leave it there; duties are
ours, events are the Lords. When
our faith goeth to meddle with events
and to hold a court (if / may so
speak, upon Gods providence, and
beginneth to say, How wilt Thou do
this or that?" we lose ground-we
have nothing to do there; it is our
part to let the Almighty exercise His
own Office and steer His own helm
Samuel Rutherford.
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EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY, JUNE as.
Hcly and Unholy Ambitions Mark
10. 35-45--Passages for Refer
enee--John 5. az; Phil.

ence--John 5. az; Phil.
3. 7-11.
One OF the most interesting Incl.
dents recorded in the Word is given
us in the main reference for our les
SON They are on the way to Jeru-
salem, and as they go Jesus has told
them of the coming days of sorrow
and testing. He assures them that
the way to victory lies through the
valley of humiliation. It seems that
there is a mingling Of strange emo
tions In the breasts of the disciples
James and John and their mother
seem to have reasoned something
like this: "Our Master has a hard
experience to pass through. We will
stand by him through it all, and Ger.
tainly he will see our devotion, and
he will reward us with the best
places In the kingdom" 1t is to be
feared that, although loyalty was
there. yet the thought of exalted
position was more in their thoughts.
Their ambition for preferment was
hardly restrained. The attitude OF
the other ten disciples toward them
for making the request shows that
there was in their own hearts the
same spirit that they condemn in
the two. 1t furnishes Jesus with an
opportunity to teach them, and all
ages. the striking contrast between
the spirit of the world and OF
Christ's kingdom. mot to be min
istered unto, but to minister" In
the reference in John, Jesus charges
home to their hearts that the sell
fishness which led them to seek
honor one of another made 1t impos'
sible for them to believe in him,
In Philippians, Paul takes a fair
look at all the things in his posses
sion and life, by which he might
claim honor among men. and then
saws he counts them as nothing.
What a transformation of the
church and Of the world If the young
people could be thrilled with a noble
ambition! The man who simply ex'
lists with no purpose to make his
life tell for anything in this world Is
an incumbrance to the ground
There must be some principle firing
the soul with enthusiasm If the life
is to be of any benefit to the conn
munity.
The worlds idea of greatness Is
position, honors, a great name, popu'
larity, and such things. Success
wins the applause Of men. But God
has a different standard. He does
not look so much at the thing done
as at the heart of the doer of the
work. Some of the greatest heroes
that ever lived on earth will nevel
have their names in books.
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Look Happy.

In a recent address of Professor G.
L. Mckay, to Iowa dairymen, he
called attention to this condition, viz:
why, do you know that in some
of the European countries to-day they
are dairying successfully on land
worth from s400 to $1,000 per acre?
The same markets are open to our
people that are open to those people,
and no duty bars the way. The diff
ference is right here; they are dairy
ing intelligently with good cows.
Their average is nearly 800 pounds
of butter per COW, while ours Is about
140 pounds per COW. We need a
great awakening among the produc-
ers of this State along intelligent
lines of dairying; just such an awak-
ening as has taken place among the
corn producers"
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humble Foot.

Fhis starts with corn on the sole
of the foot, caused by hard or stony
fowl runs, or by birds having to
jump from high perches on to a hard
floor. If noticed when only the thick
ness of the skin it can be cured by
pairing away and removing bird to
soft or sandy run. But If neglected
for some time the corn increases,
eventually going right through the
foot, causing great pain and impedi
ment In moving about, besides being
very unsightly. When 1t has reached
this stage it is very difficult tJicure,
but 1t is cruel to allow a fowl to &C
hobbling about with this distressing
complaint. Great relief may be given
by penning the bird up in a coop
thickly covered with straw and poul-
ticing the foot until the parIs become
quite soft, when the yellow, cheesy
matter can be squeezed out. But this
is tedious work. it is much better
to take the small blade of sharp
pen-knife, insert 1t right through the
bad spot and cut outwards, severing
the web in two. 1t will bleed freely,
but IL the operation is done under a
water tap, blood will soon cease to
flow. All the yellow secretions can
then be removed, and when all are
taken away thoroughly, wash out
with strong phenyle and water; ap.
ply crude phenyle to the wounds and
carefully bind up the foot with linen
bands, tying each on separately so
that the fowl can not pick them of.
The bird should then only be allowed
to run on sand or straw until the
wound is healed.-Farmers Home
Journal.
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Poultry Feed.

Cottonseed meal is attracting at
tention as a valuable poultry food.
The people of the South have used
it more or less for years. 1t is just
beginning to be used in other local.
tiles. Some use mixture of corn
meal and wheat bran, wheat mid
dlings, flour and cottonseed meal of
equal parts. This is made into q very
thick, dry mash and then fed. Cot
tonseed meal is rich in the require
ments for an egg production. Too
much of it is not a safe food, how
ever, for poultry or milch cows at
certain periods of their life.-The
Feather
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Some Facts About Hogs,

If you want clean pork, feed clean
food.
Filthiness and uncle .liness IN
food tends toward disease.
A sow that does not prove a good
mother should be discarded.
The boar should have abundant
exercise and continued variety OF
food.
One good service is all that is nec-
essary to produce a complete litter
OF pigs.
There is no animal so easy to
fatten when 1t has no exercise as the
pig
To maintain healthy and stock
getting power, boar must have ex-
ercise.
All the good qualities belonging to
The race cannot be found In any single
breed.
II there is any coarseness In either
SIDE lot It be with the SOW rather than
khc boar,
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Let us vow, as we love our ideals.
that we will never endure to forsake
the company of our fellows. the rank
and file of mankind. We will never
despise the common toll We will
not antagonize' men II we can help it
We will keep together and act to-
gether, whenever we can. We would
not drive men II we could. as VIZ
would not be driven ourselves. We
will persuade them. We viii never
forget that the worst men are yet
men. We will not turn any out Of
the temple of our humanity. Our
faith in democracy is our hope In hui
manity; that is, that justice and
friendliness are in all men, II we be-
lieve this we can afford to be end less
ly patient. Charles F. Dole.
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~" EloNG-f\NnG

ends of the centre shaft were inserted
in boxes in the two outside pieces of
the frame, which was made of four
by four hardwood material. Four
two by eight planks were used for
the rear and front of the frame.
A platform was made on which the
seat was attached by taking an old
wagon tire and bending it in position
shown. Platform was placed on these
bars and an old moving machine seat
bolted for the rider. An old moving
machine tongue was used for the
tongue on the roller When a roller
is devised in this manner, says Prairie
Farmer, it is much easier for team
to turn around than is the comm -
log roller.
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Double NLonlting Pnllets.

The common occurrence is for pull
lets beginning to lay in the late sum-
mer ore early fall to lay at least sew
eral weeks and from that to several
months, then quit laying and go
through partial moult before begin
ming again, says The Feather. In
stances of old hens moulting twice
the same season occur quite fire.
quently. OF the causes of these
phenomena practically nothing is
known. Their occurrence is so tar
from regular that ordinary observa-
tions have not yet suggested proba-
BILE causes or rules of occurrence
Boston Cultivator.
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Razor strops.

These are prepared from strips OF
linoleum of the usual length and
width. left for twenty-four hours in
a one-eighth to one-fourth per cent
solution of hartshorn salt, to which
one and one-half per cent OF alum
has previously been added, at the or
dinary temperature; the strips are
then dried at the normal tempera-
ture, rubbed with soap and polished
with pumice stone, They are finally
fastened in the usual manner to
wooden handles. Strops made in this
way will give a smooth sharp edge
to the razor.--Scientiic American.