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Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1908-12-31

the labor of the farmers wife to be solv-
ed? Science and Study have come to the
aid of the farmer, and modern machinery
and methods are enabling him to get
along with less labor than he formerly
did. Can not the farmers wife be help
ed in the same way? The trial is surely
worth while and it is being made.
AS part Of the Farmers Week exer-
cises to be held at Columbia under di-
rection of the Missouri State Board of
Agriculture, January 5-S, 1909, there
will be Housekeepers' Conference, in
which Miss Edna d. Day. head of the
Domestic Science Department of the
University of Missouri, and others will
join with the visiting ladies in demon
strations and discussions of special in
terest to farmers wives and daughters.
Miss Martha Van Rens;,laer of Cornell
University, who during the last eight
years has been lecturing to farmers
wives in the state of New York, will
take prominent part in the meeting.
Mrs. w. K. James of St. Joseph, presi-
dent of the Missouri Federation of
Woman's Clubs, will also be present,
together with others prominent in the
work. E.
There will be demonstrations of labor
saving devices for the home; the "Ideal
Vacuum Cleaner" !" ''The FlreIess Cook
en-" and many others. All women are
urged to write or, better still, tell of any
labor saving device that they have found
to be effective, in order that others may
learn Of them. Demonstrations will be
given in methods OF cooking, and there
will be discussions on "Care OF Milk"
''Canning Fruit and Vegetables"
s'Training OF Children and "The Re-
lation of the Homemaker to Her
Helpers" this being only a part of the
program.
The conference continues from Janu-
ary to 8, inclusive, and on the last day
(Saturday) the teaching of subjects will
be discussed, and AN opportunity afford
ed visitors to see the actual work of
teaching the University students and
grade children.
Every Missouri farmers wife or daugh-
ter who can attend this Housekeepers'
Conference should do so.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1908-12-31
Instruction For Young Farmers.

The short winter courses in A q
riculturc, animal husbandry and
dairy1ng offered by the College of
A Agriculture at Columbia will open
January 4, and continue eight
weeks. Tuition is free. The facil-
tiles for instruction have been very
greatly improved in the last few
years, and all indications point to
the largest attendance in the history
Of the college. The period of the
winter covered by these courses is
a comparatively idle time for the
farmers, and the expense is so slight
that no one can afford TO miss this
opportunity to become acquainted
with the most up-to-date practice in
his speciality of farming. The IN
struction is altogether lectures and
practical demonstrations, no text
book study being required. Work
is offered in soils, corn Judging,
seed selection, crop rotation, judg-
ing horses, cattle, sheep and swine,
milk production, milk testing, but
ter making, orchard planting and
pruning, and all of the other prac-
tical subjects required, etc. A
handsomely illustrated pamphlet de-
scriptive of these courses will be
supplied upon application.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1908-12-31
Keeping the Dairy Cow Under
Summer Conditions.

Every farmer who keeps dairy COWS
amount of milk in the early part of the
summer soon after they are turned on
grass. 1t is not unusual for the amount
of milk produced by herd of COWS to be
doub ed when they are changed from dry
feed to pasture. This suggests that it
would be good thing to keep these
summer conditions which are so favora-
bic thruout the year. This is exactly
what the skilled dairyman attempts to DO
and the nearer he comes to initiating
these conditions, the greater is his sue
cess. These summer conditions which
cause the dairy COW to produce the lar
gest amount of milk may be described as
follows:
Abundance of palatable food; bal
anced ration; succulent feed; moderate
temperature; comfortable surroundings.
AS has been pointed out in previous
article the failure to feed enough food is
a common mistake made in feeding cows.
This especially applies to the heavier
mixers. Having palatable food means
having food of such a quality that suf-
ficient quantity will be eaten to allow the
animal to produce milk economically.
These conditions are found when the an
imal is on pasture.
Pasture grasses also make balanced
ration which is the second requirement
and which has to be initiated in winter
feeding. Feeding corn, cornfodder and
timothy hay is not feeding Il balanced
ration and the results are unsatisfactory
because summer conditions are not being
maintained. To make balanced ration,
as explained in a previous article, it is
necessary to feed Something which con-
tains large amount of protein, such as
alfalfa, cowpea or clover hay; or in case
these are not at hand the lack must be
made up by feeding bran, oil meal or
cottonseed meal.
The third condition given as being re-
sponsible for good results in summer is
that of succulent feed. By succulent feed
is meant feed having that property pos
sessed by green grass, green corn or
root crops. Grass gives the best results
partly because it supplies food of this
character. This summer condition is
maintained in the winter by feeding corn
silage. Every farmer who is interested
in producing the largest quantity of
milk and feeding his cattle most eco
nomically in winter should be provided
with silo.
The fourth reason stated why the COW
does best on pasture in early summer is
that of moderate temperature. At that
season of the year the weather is COM
Portable, neither too hot nor too cold.
This suggests that one of the conditions
that must be observed in winter is to
keep animals in moderate temperature.
It is not necessary to keep a dairy
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1908-12-31
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.


Department OF the Interior, Land Office
at Springfield, Mo-, Dec. ii, 1906.
Notice is hereby given that the fol-
lowing named settler has filed notice of
his intention to make final proof in sup
port OF his claim, and that said proof
will be made before the Clerk OF the
Circuit Court at Marble Hill, Missouri,
on Tuesday, the 18th day OF J ,nuary,
1909, viz: John w. Rolens, of Yount,
Mo-, who, on September 12, 1903, made
H. e. No. 1876, for west half lot 1,
northeast quarter section 6, township
33 north, range 8 east, 5th principal
meridian.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon the
cultivation Of said land, viz: William
Duncan, OF Higdon, Mo-; F. M. Thomp-
son, OF Fredericktown, Mo-; William
OF Yount, Mo-; Edward Har-
per, OF Yount, Mo.
c. N. VAN HosEN, Register.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1908-12-31
Gave Her Life for Children.

At Poplar Bluff, Dec. "a, says a
telegram, Mrs. Jessie Moore died
Of burns received the night before,
and rejoicing that she had saved
the lives of her employers children.
She grasped flaming lamp stand
ing near them, rushed through two.
rooms with it, the top of it blowing
off and sprinkIing her with flaming
oil.
Before she could throw the lamp
into the yard 1t explo oded, envelop
ing her in flames. She was charred
from head to foot before neighbors
could extinguish the blaze.
Dexter Messenger.
A study Of the soil and crop con-
ditions of Stoddard county will
prove the fact that no better land
can be found anywhere, and none
that will yield greater returns with
proper cultivation. This year Mar
tin Mcfarland, farmer living on
the outskirts of Dexter, had a
meadow containing % acres. From
this meadow he cut % tons of clover
and timothy hay. He then turned
the meadow under and sowed the
!. land in stock peas. From this last
crop he baled 374 tons of pea hay
and threshed 30Ila bushels of
stock peas. The land was then pre-
pared and planted in wheat. There
is good stand on it. He has been
offered SO ton for his two hay
crops, and S1.50 per bushel for his
| peas, making the aggregate amount
RS976.25. This offer he declined, be.
1ieving that by holding his crops he
Fan realize more money. If he sold
them at present, his land would
Yield him a trifie less than $35 per
Acre, to say nothing of the wheat
Dow growing on the land. If any
Farmer has anything better than this
to offer we wonld be glad to 1ear
from him.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1908-12-31
Brother Stays Brother.

A Dexter, Mo-, special to the Re
public, dated Dec. "a, says:
A pistol duel was fought late this
afternoon in J. w. McCollum's drug
store in this city by McCollum's S
sons. Harry, q years old, shot
and instantly killed Fred, bis ju-
nior.
The store was crowded with
Christmas shoppers. Though sew
eral shots were fired, only one bull
let took effect.
The father of the warning boys,
having grown old and being pos
sessed of considerabled wealth, prac-
ticaliy retired from the active man
agement of his affairs three years
ago, turning the business over to
Harry who had always been duti-
ful and trusty. Fred served terms
in the State Reform school and the
county jail.
Last night Fred began drinking
and continued until his conduct be-
came so bad this afternoon that his
father called the city marshal to
take charge of him. When the Of:
ficers arrived the boy drew IL pistol
and ordered them not to enter the
drugstore. Fearing he mi .ht shoot
them, they withdrew from the store.
Paying but little attention to Fred's
troubles with the officers, Harry be-
gan lighting the lamps, when Fred
stepped up within IL few feet of him
and, drawing ii gun, began firing.
AT this juncture Harry drew a gun
and killed his brother. The bullet
penetrated his breast.
When taken into custody Harry
said: II have been running from
Fred since we were children. He
threatened TO shoot me this after
noon and chased me into the house,
when | met in the back yard, but |
did not think he would shoot me
until he began firing"
The corOner'S verdict was that
young McCol!um came to his death
at the hands of Harry McCollum.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1908-12-31
Remember Us When You Need
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We are carrying enormous line in this de-
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Ladies', this is your opportunity.
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We will save you money. Give us trial.
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Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1908-12-31
Southeast News.

Hornersville cor. Dunklin Democrat.
Last Saturday $92.60 was sent off
in money orders from here to the
different "stagger factories" But
that wouldn't have been drop in
the bucket compared with what
would have been spent had there
been two or three saloons here; not
speaking Of scraps and probable
killings. Keep 'em out.
North End item in Dunlklin Democrat.
William Bridges has three teams
breaking newground in the west
swamp where people used to think
it could never be cultivated. Now
watch what Il corn crop he grows
there next year. Just across the
road, w. I'll. Porter cleared up cy-
press pond and grew 700 bushels of
turnips on .2t acres-S165 worth.
A special from Cape Girardeau to
the St. Louis Times, dated Decem-
ber 26, says: While distributing
Christmas presents to the poor,
Mrs. w. II. Whitnell, wife of a
Methodist minister, and Mrs. John
Perry, a member of his church,
were injured when a street car crash
ed into their buggy. Mrs. Whitneil's
collar bone was broken, and it is
feared she sustained internal in
.juries. Mrs. Perry escaped with
bruises and sprains.
Quite good story of the late
campaign has come to light. Mr..
Polite Efvins, republican candidate
for congress in tins, Thirteenth dis.
trict, was one evening proceeding
to mass meeting of republicans at
Festus, when he noticed solitary
walnut hanging from Il tree. lie
plucked it (the walnut, not the tree)
and during his speech that evening
produced the walnut, and cutting
the rind off said t'it reminded him
of the prohibition party-soft and
green" When he came to the shell
he tenderly tapped it and said "it
put him mind of the mocrats-
hard and brittle" '.Now," said he
.'the kernel, the best of all, remains
and it is signifi of the republicans"
He crushed the shell and found the
contents-rOtten. .-EX.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-09-24
Touchstone of Love,

What is the touchstone of our love
for Christ? Is it the willingness and
desire to feed, in every sense, the
lost sheep and the sheep of the king
dom?
Often in the humblest life we find
this pure love given forth at the
greatest sacrifice. Jacob Riis tells,
in his "The Battle With. the Slum, :"
of family Of father and daughter
in two rooms that had been made out
of one by dividing off the deep. dormer
window. 1t was midwinter and they
had no fire. He was a pedler; but
the snow had stalled his push-cart,
robbed them of their only other
source of income, a lodger who hired
cot room in the attic for few cents
a night. The daughter was not able
to work, But she said. cheerfully,
that they were getting along" 1t
came out that she had not tasted
food for many days-was starving,
in fact; indeed, she died within
year, of the slow starvation OF the
tenements. She met her pastors gen.
tie chiding with the excuse: "Oh,
your church has many poorer than
am; l don't want to take your
money"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-09-24
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVORNO7ES
sEPTME8ER TWENTY-sEVENTh.
Topie-Home Missions: The Cry Of
the city-Gen. 10: 1888.

Topie-Home Missions: The Cry Of
the city-een. 1s: 1888.
The first city. Gen. 4: 16, II.
A wicked city Gen. 10; 1917.
A city missionary. Jonah /: 1, 2
An idolatrous city. Acts II: 1G
A city wept over. Luke 10: 41-44
The heavenly city. Rev. %: 1-6.
All evil that men have developed
oenters in the modern city, as well as
possibilities Of all kinds of good.
The city throws around its citizens
powerful bonds, which involve the
righteous in the fate OF the evil.
We may be sure that the Judge OF
all the earth will do right; but His
right will be comfortable for us only
as We are righteous.
We wish that Abraham had gone on
and begged Sodom's safety for the
sake Of our soul How we underes-
timate Gods care for individuals!
City Mission Notes.
The rush OF the city is intensifyine
all modern problems, There is add.
ed to Chicago every year a city OF
$4,000, and to New York city OF
50,0OO
Men talk about the religious desti.
tuition Of the country; but the country
has from three to six times as many
churches for a given number of peo.
pie as the city. 1t would be impossi.
BILE for the citizens of any city all to
go to church together
Many Of the spiritual evils of the
city spring from material evils, which
the churches must remedy in order to
get at mems souls.
In and near three OF our leading
cities there are $500 Sisters" who
are the real strength of Roman Cath.
olicism. A priest said once that he
feared the deaconess movement more
than any other activity of the Pro-
testants, or all together.
THE city" says DR.. Josiah Strong,
as the Gibraltar of civilization" II
we fail there, ultimately we shall fan
everywhere.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-09-24
.EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER a7.
The Lord Of the sabbath--Matt. 12.
~; lisa. So. 13. IA.


~; lisa. SO. 10, "a.
Matt. ~. ~. There is nothing in
this passage to indicate that Christ
did not teach perpetual obligation to
the religious observance of one day
In seven as a holy Sabbath. This
Sabbath will be for all time under
the direction of the fourth command.
ment but not under the injunction OF
the jewish elders.
Jesus and his disciples being in the
grain fields, the disciples began to
pluck the ears of grain and to eat
The act itself was In harmony with
the law (Deut. 23. 25). To the pluck
ing Of the grain itself, though 1t be-
longed to another, the Pharisees did
not object; but the plucking and rub
bing of ears of grain on the Sabbath
day-this was forbidden by the ira
ditlon of the elders. because It was
kind of reaplng.
Jesus justified his disciples in what
they did by showing that works of
necessity are lawful on the Sabbath
day, and he proceeded to liberate
them, not only from the corruptions
of the Pharisees but from their un-
scriptural impositlons also.
Jesus further reminds them of the
priests in the temple who did servile
work on the Sabbath day, killing the
sacrificed beasts. which, in a common
case, would have been profaning the
Sabbath, and yet It was never con.
sldered so, because the temple serv-
ice required it, All this proves that
Christ clearly taught that works OF
necessity on the Sabbath day are law.
ful. But at the same time there is
nothing in this incident to teach the
lax observance of the Sabbath as a
divine institution. Christ justifies
the disciples by several arguments.
l. Standing in their presence In
One greater than the temple (verse 6.)
II the temple is greater than the Sab
bath, and must be served by the Sab
bath. how much more must the Sab
bath serve the One who is greater
than the temple.
2. The superiority of the moral
law over the mere ceremonial duty.
God will have mercy and not sacri-
fee.
8. The lordship of the Son of man
over the Sabbath He who is Lord
OF the Sabbath and Sovereign of man.
kind has power to use the day for
the best interests of his creatures
who are to be his chief glory.
lisa. 5e. 13, IL The Old Testament
prophets place special emphasis on
the need of the Jews to observe the
Sabbath as day of rest and worship.
IN which they shall turn aside from
pleasure and find their delight in the
Lord. The appointment of the Sab.
bath is shown to be special token
OF Gods favor and the observance OF
1t is regarded as a special evidence
OF their righteous life and devotion to
Jehovah
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-09-24
The biggest Trust.

The biggest saloon keeper and liu-
uor seller in the world is the Czar
OF the Russias. He is proprietor of
all the saloons in his vast domain,
and thus owns the biggest trust on
earth, with competition totally
barred and with profits increasing
enormously every year. The Great
White Cars Government encouraged
drink to such a degree last year that
the income derived from the sale of
vodka exceeded S39O,0O0, 900. Ev-
cry year the Russian peasants and
workmen are said to get drunker,
dirtier. more miserable and more
brutal. The imperial grogshops are
small and unclean, with n counter
at one end and rows of bottles of
various sizes all around the walls
from floor to ceiling. The people are
not allowed to drink on the prem.
ises, so they go to the doorstep,
break off the neck of their bottle and,
after swallowing its contents, fling
1t into the street. The bottle holds
about wineglassful of the imperial
drug and costs Ave cents. The daily
wage of a workman in the fields is
from ten to fifteen cents. Tchelyseff
Is member of the third duma who
declared drink kills Ruusia, and that
neither a constitution nor a revofu-
tion is so much needed as temper.
ance. He says that the Government
budget is made up of poison.-Chic-
ago Tribune.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-09-24
Obiects For Prayer.

A man who stood out among men
as the embodiment of all that IS
clean, noble, gentle, humble and
strong was Major Whittle, the Bible
teacher and evangelist. Written on
tine hy-leaf OF his Bible were these
objects of daily prayer for himself,
This may tell the secret of his noble
character.
TO be kept from carnality and
lusts of the flesh.
To be delivered from a man-fear-
Ing spirit.
To be delivered from vanity and
conceit.
To be made pure in Imagination
and thought.
To have a deeper conviction of sin.
To love the Lord Jesus Christ
more deyotedly. Baptist.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-09-24
His Father Was Doing wei.

The Musical Home Journal of Lon
don tells story of George Gros-
smith and the income tax authori-
ties. Long after his fathers death
the commissioners. by mistake. sent
the younger Grossmith a notice as
sessing the income of the deceased
at $4,000. Mr.. Crossmith returned
the document to the proper quarter,
with the following note written
across it.: II am glad OF learn my
father is doing so well In the next
world; $4,000 is a great deal more
than he ever made in this. Kindly
forward this notice to his new ad-
dress, and remember me affection
ately to him. New York Tribune.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-09-24
Creating an Appetite.

The following from the speech OF
one of the officers of the Ohio State
Liquor League is both a text and
sermon: ut will appear from these
facts, gentlemen, that the success OF
our business is dependent largely
upon the creation of an appetite for
drink. Men who drink liquor, like
others, will die, and If there is no
new appetite created our counters
will be empty as will be our money
drawers. Our children must go hun.
CRY or we must change our business
to something more remunerative. The
open field for the creation of this ap.
petite is among the boys. After men
are grown and their appetites are
formed, they rarely change in this
regard. 1t will be needful therefore,
that missionary work be done among
the boys, and l make the suggestion,
gentlemen, that nickels expended in
treats now to the boys will return in
dollars to Jour tills after the appetites
have been formed Above all things,
create an appetite. THE Home and
State.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-09-24
The Greatest battlefield.

The greatest battlefield on which
man ever fought is within himself.
The greatest victories are there. Vic
tory there Is the greatest victory
possible In mans life. All the
great achievements OF men outside
OF themselves are less than the
achievements of getting mastery of
themselves. Victory here means
victory elsewhere.
All other problems OF the personal
sort are included in this: Their So
luton is included In its solution.
There must be practical understand
Ing about sin. and real power over
1t. before there can be self-mastery.
For 1t was sin that first stole self
mastery away. Selfshness must be
seen and gripped in it's subtle as we'll
as its coarse forms, before the sweets
of the finest self-mastery can be
tasted. Doubt must be mastered, at
least far enough to give a steady
footing and steady going. IL the fra
GRANGE of self-mastery is to fill the
life. Only he. who sees clearly the
highest ambition of life, and holds
everything else strictly under, can
climb the heights here.
The great mastery is self-mastery.
The greatest man is he who has be-
come master of himself not in the
limited sense of some who do not
able things on other fields, but in
the finest, fullest sense. This Is the
most fascinating of all problems. 1t
is a continuous problem, ever yield
ing to solution, yet never fully
solved. For every high level reached
shows higher beyond. so great is
the possibility lying within oneself.
Man was made like God and to
have a dominion over all the lower
creation. That is the Bible way of
saying that he was to be master of
his own self, and through that self
mastery to be master of all creation!
The man eager to reach the highest
mastery will study God. for here is
the original plan for himself. He
will keep in close contact with the
Original. The closer that touch the
nearer does he come to his own true
self.-S. d. Gordon.