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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-01-23

II. II. Havely was over from Eos
ter on Monday aud favored Va pleas
antiy. He said b. was seriously con
sidering the rNce Tor the nomination
for county sreasurer. Mr.. Havely
made very creditahle race Tor this
Office once before. He Is an OLD line
Democrat, "a clevnr, conference.-the
man and well qualified TO perform the
duties oithe office.
John Best, OF Nyhart, was In But
Ter Tuesday and called at TIE TIES
office. He said his son William, who
had his leg broken two weeks ago, Is
recovering rapidly. William sturdy
chap OF 1T vss shucking corn after a
wagon and attempted 10 pick up II
ear that had fallen between the
wheels, and the wheel wens over his
leg between the knee and ankle,
breaking the bone. Mr.. Best said ha
lost Il valuable cow and coli last
week.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-01-23
80 Acres at BARGAIN.

Ii lies two miles east of Foster, fine.
neiRhborhood. School adjoining
farm. See or write. De JENNINGS,
13.1m Foster, Mo.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-01-23
40 Acres at BARGAIN.

Ii lies four miles east OF Butler, fine
neighborhood, fine soil, fenced hog
tight, terms to suit.
BLACHERT & KIPP,
2.ti Kansas City, Mo.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-01-23
Horses and Mules
For Sale

WE HAVE ON HAND
i25 head OF 3-year old mules.
20 head OF 2-yesr-old mules.
l psir extra draft chunks.
4.year. old mare In foal TO jack.
111-year-old mare, 400 pounds,
In iosl to drsft horse.
6.year-old gelding, well broke.
saddle pony.
/ extra good farm wagon.
1 spring wagon.
5 second. hand buggies.
2 sets secondhand farm harness.
6 sets second hand buggy harness.
COME AND SEE US.
Mcfarland & Sons.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-01-23
Mark Thomas, OF New Home, call.
ed while In the city Tuesday.

25c curtain swiss for Zoe In our
clearance sale-Hill's Cash Store.
A farmer OF near Garden City
butchered an $40 pound hog last
week
A bank with a capital stock OF
$4,000 was opened at Milo, Mo-,
Monday.
A petition was being circulated
here Monday by d. D, McCann for
John Gordon for State Auditor.
Don't miss the great bargains in
shoes in our clearance sale-HilPs
Cash Store.
Great bargains in duck coats In
our clearance sale. Gosh Store
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-07-30
Millions of Germs in Cracks of Dishes
Dr. Wiley Experiments CnaVar Taken From the Qk Lunch Rooms and
HeSCuS O Appendicitis Chemist BIamG JnCean Condition For
Many nammatOTy DiSeaSeSIrge Better Household Sanitation

Washington, D. C.-To those who
leave their offices each noon to snatch
hasty lunch, the Government has a
word of advice to offer. It is this:
Whenever a restaurateur offers you a
cracked mug and chipped, seamy
plate on which food is served, fee 1t
as you would the pestilence. In the
recesses of those cracks lurk thou
sands of bacteria, and they draw no
distinction between the millionaire
employer and his $40 a week steno-
grapher.
The Bureau of Chemistry, at the
head of which is DR.. Harvey w. Wi
ley, has just concluded experiments
On cracked china utensils taken from
the lunch rooms of Washington. The
conditions they find to exist in the
restaurants here are duplicated in
every big city. In New York and Chi
cago, where trade at quick lunch"
establishments is much greater, far
larger population of germs is be-
lieved to have taken up its abode in
the cracks and crevices of the table
service.
The examination of the chinaware
by the Government came about as a
result of crusade being waged
against unhealthful kitchens and
serving rooms in the District of Col
umbia. With the approval of Secre-
tary Wilson and DR.. Wiley the Gov
ernment chemists were turned loose
on the trail. They discovered mill
ions of germs in the cracks.
DR.. George w. Stiles, bacteriologi-
cal chemist of the department, had
charge of the tests. Several dozen
cracked mugs, plates and saucers TAX
en- at random from the counters of
lunch rooms and from the cafes of
hotels were examined. The result
was that DR.. Stiles discovered twenty
three distinct species of organisms
lurking in the cracks and seams. In
the final test 1t was found that these
organisms ranged in number from
4S6 to 14,5S0,000 to every square
inch
Nearly all of the bacteria belonged
to the family of bacillus coli.
The bacillus coli is blamed as the
cause OF many inflammatory diseases,
among which Is appendicitis.
Many OF the other bacilli found in
the cracked chinaware are due to un-
clean conditions. These may not be
noticeable, and the kitchens of the
lunch rooms may be clean and spot
less, but the impossibility of cleans
ing the utensils thoroughly when they
are cracked leaves the bacilli to in
crease and multiply
The presence of the breeders of
disease is just as much a menace to
the girl who has left her typewriter
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-07-30
CuttIefsh Farms.

It is not generally known that cut
tlefish are cultivated on some farms
in order to I've MIXED" These cut
tlefish farms are located on parts of
the British coast, and the cuttlefish
are kept in tanks or ponds to be
"milked" of their ink.
The pond or tank is connected with
the sea by pipe, and thousand or
more cuttles are kept In a single one.
They form a most curious sight as
they move about, trailing their long
arms and staring out of their bulging
e"es.
They are guarded by screens,
which prevent them from being
scared. For If they are suddenly
frightened they will squirt their
milk into the water, and it would
therefore be lost. This fluid, or milk,
is very valuable. and each cutie
Will yield fifteen shillings' worth a
year. 1t Is secreted in a bag, which
can be opened and closed at will. the
cutie ejecting the fluid to darken
the water so that it may escape un-
seen when attacked. The best cuttle-
fish are procured in China, where for
some reason or other they produce
the best quality of milk"
When the farmer considers 1t op-
perfume to milk the cuttles, he pro-
ceeds by opening the sluices of the
pond and gently agitating the water.
The cuttles then swim around the
pond, and as soon as one passes
through the sluice is closed. The
cutie passes down small channel
into basin or metal receptacle, and
as soon as 1t is securely there the
water is drained OFF. 1t is then fright
ened, and at once squirts the fluid
from the bag. When it is exhausted
1t is lifted out, the milk collected. and
the basin is prepared for another
Popular Science Siftings.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-07-30
NIilIct.

For best results millet should be
given rich, mellow soil, though it
can be grown with varying success
upon almost any soil Being a shall
low-rooted plant, and making its
growth in comparatively short
time, it is exhaustive of the available
plant food in the surface soil, and
its reputation Of being hard on the
land" has some basis in fact.
Any deficiency in the fertility of
land to be seeded in millet may be
supplied with stable manure or SOL
uble commercial fertilizers.
Seeding: Millet calls for an especi-
ally we'll prepared seed bed. It
should not be seeded until the soil
has thoroughly warmed up and con-
tinued warm weather is assured. 1t
may be seeded broadcast and covered
with harrow, or drilled with an or
dinary grain drill
The latter method is usually more
satisfactory, giving a more even
stand and requiring somewhat less
seed. When drilled solid three pecks
per acre is none too much seed for
the foxtail millets. 1t would be bet
ter to use more rather than less. Thin
seeding gives coarse plants which
are especially undesirable in hay.
When millet is grown for seed or
for silage it is frequently drilled in
rows far enough apart to permit inter-
tillage.
Barnyard millet is seeded at
rate than above mentioned, usually
about two pecks per acre when
drilled solid.
Harvesting When wanted for
hay, millet may be cut when the
heads begin to appear, and so on
until it is in bloom. The quality of
the hay deteriorates rapidly as the
seed develops. Cutting should never
be delayed until the seed begins to
ripen. Ripe millet hay is not only
much less palatable and less diges-
tible, but the stiff hairs or boards are
a source OF annoyance and even dan
ger to the stock.
Millet hay is made very much as
timothy. AS 1t is usually of ranker
growth it takes somewhat longer to
cure 1t. 1t is well to cure it in part
in the swath and later leave 1t in the
cock for a few days. American
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Sta
tion, Circular 81.
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to snatch a substantial meal of cocoa
and chocolate eclairs as II is to the
man with the dropping mustache who
regales himself each noon on coffee
and sinkers." The bacilli are no re-
spector of persons. DR.. Stiles, in
discussing the result of his tests,
says:
This is a question which must
necessarily appeal to every response
BILE individual who seriously considers
the matter of eating clean and whole
some food. When we consider the
great number and variety of organ
isms studied in relation to these
cracked mugs the question of house,
hold sanitation becomes more i'm
perative than ever, and study OF
the sanitary conditions in private and
public life would in many instances
furnish startling results.
Many of our hotels, public res
taurants and cafes are particular to
see that splendid serving rooms are
provided and deliberately furnished,
which from exterior appearances
seem to be all that could be desired
for the welfare and comfort of their
guests, but let one go behind the
scenes in many places and note the
changed conditions. The picture may
be entirely different from that ex-
pected.
THE sanitary aspect of refrigera-
tors and iceboEes during hot weather
may develop conditions beyond hu-
man liberation. Why people do not
take better care of these places of
storage is diffioult to say. However.
it is a regrettable fact that many such
places often contain highly objection
able material, and if not intended for
immediate use it often contaminates
and ruins the entire contents of the
icebox.
I'm concluding it seems highly de-
sirable to eliminate theuse of cracked
dishes for the reception of food mate
rials, and to make an appeal for a
more careful observance of the
known hygienic measures to protect
our food from unnecessary and un-
desirable contamination"
DR.. Pasquale Grlllo takes sharp is
sue with DR.. Wiley. "Of course there
are germs in cracked china" he said.
'as there are In everything else In the
universe. And 1t may be that some
of these are bad instead of good The
proportion of bad germs to good ones
is as to 1000. 100000. The bad
germ may kill you; the good ones
may be eaten by the spoonful without
harmful results. A healthy person
will eat many billions a day, or at
single meal, without getting so much
as suggestion of the stomach
ache"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-07-30
ON THE face OF THE CLIFF


There was breathless SILENCE for
a moment. Then from far below rose
the dull crash OF the avalanche. fol-
lowed by the fainter clang Of the
drill. They shivered at the narrow
ness of their escape.
But they were In appalling peril,
swinging over the abyss against the
smooth blum, devoid of foothold.
When a man has warning to brace
himself against disaster, he can meet
1t better. But the complete unex-
pectedness of this catastrophe had
left them limp and weak.
Forty feet above, the hose bent
over the crest. The only thing for
them to do was to climb It; and
there was no time to waste. The
hot pipe burned their hands fright
fully. but it offered their only road
to life.
Both could not climb together;
one must get above the other.
Go first, Saml" muttered Handy
to his lighter mate. 1t was no time
far debate; life depended on prompt
action. Sam swarmed up the hose
above the drill-runner's head.
When the machine fell, leaving
the pipe-end open, the Kissing steam
began to play on Handy's leg. Ener-
gized by the pain from the scalding
jet, the big man, for short distance,
kept close below the other, lifting
his two hundred and forty pounds
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-07-30

water and then go forth for whole
sale staying.
The solution is not to be applied
with an ordinary can. It probably
would eat the can with more avidity
than It eats weeds even. A spraying
machine is necessary. The introduce
ton OF Mr. Sulphate to Mr.. Weed is
performed in the tender youth of the
latter, when he is unsophisticated and
about four inches high. The pres
ence OF good, bright sun is said to
help the matter along, and IL It hap
pens to be in the early morning when
the dew is still on the ground, why,
so much the better The sulphate
works in a slow and leisurely fash
ion, and for the first day or so the
intruders continue to stand up and
pretend they like It. On the second
day, however, they lose heart and am
bition. They become mourning
weeds, the chief mourners at their
own funeral.
The process has been tried on the
wheatfields at the North Dakota sta
tion as well as in fax culture in Min
nesota. Some remarkable results are
said to have been obtained at the
Cornell station at Ithaca, ~ Y. Sui
phate is said also to have established
its usefulness in the oat fields of
Wisconsin.-Weekly Witness.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-07-30
Sensational Murders of
f7Ot Summer; Their Motives

July 21Andrew Bergen Copsey Bath
and killed his wife at No l749 Eighty street rage
Caburg u Gusavus Eberhard of New York strongly
still
July 15The Pricket. Meuchen
j. shot and killed by Archibald Heron whom he had
JAIL
July 12Hae Drew murdered body thrown Troy
N jealousy, supposedly.
June 2sDr H. Wilson, Philadelphia In
of Of
Trinity, Brooklyn self;
June 16John T. Backmeyer of
and his wife
S-Boodng neghbor
tie daughter Mrs Lena Winne of Stapeon killed
humiliation.
DR. Martin W. Ausp No 1877
Nnety-hird
wife. killed himself; quarrel
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-07-30
Growing the Basket Willow.


One of the most unique expert
ments of the government in tree
growing is the work in basket willow
culture at an experiment holt at Ar
lington, Virginia, just across the
river from Washington. The holt is
located on an experiment farm on
rich Potomac bottomland on the slope
of the river bank about six feet above
the water level. Twenty-eight con-
tiguous plots ranging from one to
six square rods each were planted
several years ago with four varieties
OF approved basket willows to deter
mine the best methods OF manage
ment and its influence on the growth
and quality of the rods produced.
Experiments show that the COM
mercial quality OF the rods grown in
this country under proper care and
mana cement is equal or superior to
the finest OF those imported from
France or Germany. The manage
ment ordinarily employed by Amerl-
can growers does not yield rods with
the proper requirements for high
grade wicker work. The very graft
flying results of the management
devised by the United States For
est Service. which is conducting the
experiments, has awakened consld-
cradle interest in this country and
will unquestionably reyolutionlze the
basket willow industry in this coua-
try.-Indlana Farmer
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-07-30
Among the Workers.

Kalamazoo, Mich. has thirty labor
organizations.
Aberdeen Is. d. musicians ha %
lately been organized
Stationary 'firemen recently organ
lied new union at Tacoma, Wash.
The Fall River tMaxs. spinners'
Union has reached Its nttieth birth
day.
In Italy the membership OF trade
unions decreased from 2s0.6S9 Iu
1902 10 2o4.2sl IN 1907,
Gnrmany has altogether .thirtr-
three labor colonies whore tho nut1l-
piosed can obtain work A. q ligbt-
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IN their wings. 4 painted butterfly
nuttcred before his face. A swarm
OF flies. taking advantage OF the fact
that his hands were busy. buzzed
about his bald head. biting him in
tolerably.
At last he felt that ne could not
climb another inch. Just then, right
on level with his bloodshot eyes,
appeared narrow ledge. Could he
but raise himself his own height
and get his toe-t,ps on that scanty
shelf. freeing his arms from the un-
endurable strain, he might have
chance yet.
The agony OF the next two min
utes was comparable with nothing
which the drlilman had ever expert
enced before. He knew that he
must climb quickly, for he could not
last much longer.
Shutting his eyes and throwing all
his strength into his arms. he lifted
himself by a succession of short,
quick jerks He experienced PEE
culiar dragging sensation. gradually
obiOhbSit dS II NdCu lOOl WeIe ttln-
cred by an india-rubber cable. which
pulled harder with every inch he
rose.
At last he knew he could not pos
sibly raise himself another mill
metre. He opened his eyes and
glanced down. The ledge was about
half up TO his knees. Lifting his toes,
he swung them in. and rested them
on the rock.
The relief was inexpressible. The
strain was off his arms, although the
horrible emptiness yet yawned under
his heels.
The top was still nearly ten feet
off. His arms became suddenly
! weak. All grew black round him.
He swayed dizzily. A little more,
and he would tumble backward
| Hold on, DAM!
The shout from above gave him
a squirt of courage. He opened his
eyes Just as a moose dangled down
past his face. Kline above, fat on
his stomach, his head projecting
over the edge, engineered the rope
down below Handys knees.
put your eject through it," he
directed; and the drillman obeyed.
Soon he was seated in the loop.
| Letting go the hose he grasped the
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-07-30
A Scheme For Testing Seeds.

n ONDNlht TUT JttuSs
For the ordinary planter the we'll
known dinner plate" tester, made
with two soup or dinner plates and
one or more moist strips of sterillzed
cotton goods. preferably cotton fan
mel, will be found to answer all pur-
poses. The cotton strips are steri-
lized in boiling water to destroy
spores of molds and other fungi pres
ent, folded twice upon themselves
and placed in one of the plates. The
seeds are now laid between the folds
For testing several varieties at 'opce.
of cloth so as not to touch each other,
and the second plate is inverted over
the first, this forming a moist, aerat-
ed and more or less sterile chamber
The cotton strips must be kept well
moistened, but not saturated, prefer
ably with water that has been sterl-
lized by boiling, and allowed to cool
before using. Two or three lots OF
seeds may be tested in the generator
at one time, but each should be con-
tinued in separate cotton strip and
numbered to avoid error
When, however, it is desirable to
make several terminating tests at one
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-07-30
TRUE WoRrH.


A lowly roof moy give m PROOF
That lowly flowers are often fairest:
And trees whose bark Is hard and dark
May yield us fruit and bloom the rarest
There's worth as sure meath garments poor
As e'er adorned loftier station,
And minds as just as those we trust,
Whose claim is but of wealth's creation
Then Jet them seek, whose minds are weak
Mere Fashions smile and try 70 win il,
The house 70 ms may io,ply be,
II but IKE the people in il.
Abraham Harper, IN Leslie's Weekly.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-07-30
nisklnc AIfnIfn lflelds.

There are many good reasons why
alfalfa fields should be thoroughly
disked in the spring, and through
the season. The spring disking keeps
the weeds back. loosens the surface.
thereby conserving moisture and let.
ting the air and sunshine into The
roots OF the plants, and at the same
time exposes the eggs OF grasshop-
pers to the action of the elements
whereby many OF them are de-
stroyed. The addition OF dressing
OF barnyard manure before dlslking
viii act like charm. Alfalfa draws
nitrogen from the air. but It will
not disdain to take II from any con.
yenient source, Beside the nitrogen
In manure. there is ammonia ana
potash which the plant needs in its
business. Disking the manure into
the ground makes It more readily
available and prevents waste. Disk.
ing is to alfalfa what plowing is to
corn. FROM the Farmers Home
Journal.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-07-30
PRESIDENT TAYLOR, OF VASSAR,
to the girl who wants to earn college education.

question whether
ege unless she behind
for four is of
intoeable burden
schoarshpthe which college
succeed in winning college
their responsibilities should be
such course great discount much of the college e
with such limitations deprived
II 1t solely gain one is after should think might
obtained college
and work perhaps half the time extending the
than normal number
Vidual-President Taylor Vassar in The Delineator
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-07-30
More wasps Than He wanted.

The announcement that the Hay
wards Heath Horticultural Society
was prepared to pay penny for
every queen wasp brought to. the sum
mer show has caused the secretary to
be inundated with wasps from all
parts OF England. Some OF the send
ers have requested that the money
they consider due them should be for
warded by return of post. The sec
retary. however, wishes II to be un-
derstood by senders that only persons
living within the radius OF the show
win be paid for their wasps. London
Evening Standard.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-07-30
Ahont Norcd people.

Senator Platt, who is seventy-hve
years old. said he thought he might
live to be ninety.
Baron schlippenbaoh, Russian Con-
sui at Chicago, returned to New York
City, to become imperial consul-cen-
eral at that port.
Professor Frederic L.ouis Otto
Roehrig. Orientalist. philologist. sdu-
Gator and composer, died at Pasad ena.
CAL. aged eighty-nlne years.
Governor Buchtel has killed horse
racing In Colorado. lie has an
nounced that the races can be run,
but there must be- no betting.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-07-30
Unnecessarily Scared.

A young man had been calling now
and then on a Young lady when one
night, as he sat in the parlor waiting
for her to come down. her mother
entered the room instead and asked
him In very grave, stern way what
his intentions were.
He turned very red and was about
to stammer some incoherent roply
when suddenly the young lady called
down from the head OF the stairs;
Mamma, mamma. that Is not the
one Ladies' Home Journai.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-07-30
Dogs to Guard Luxembourg
AIuscnnl In Pr

Paris,-Man' best friend. the dog,
has been found new occupation iB
Paris, that of museum keeper,
M. Dujardin Beaumetz, Secretary
Of the Fine Arts, has decided TO en-
roll in that body fox terriers for the
new Luxembourg Museum. They will
act as auxiliaries TO the human guar
dians, simply being used by night to
give an alarm when necessary.
The careful recruiting OF the new
canine functlonarles has already
commenced