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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-04-09
CHRISTIAN ENDEAV0RNOTES
APRIL TWELFTH.
Temperance Meeting; Lessons from
the Life Of John q. Cough.

the Life Of John q. Cough.
Sam. 22: t7-27.
Living to the flesh. Gen. 25:
30-34.
Drunkenness forbidden. Luke 21:
1896.
Stunning temptation. Prov. 6;
1927.
Drink debases. Isa. 2s: 7.10.
Leads to poverty. Prov. 21 1C-1S
Excludes from heaven. Cor. 6:
Gil.
The temptations of the drunkard
follow fast one upon another like re.
curing waves.
Alcohol is an enemy too strong for
any man; only God can conquer 1t for
him.
God has large places ready for all
that will allow Him to lift them out
of small ones.
Our fortune takes its tone from
our character: to the drunkard all
the universe seems drunk.
Coughs Life.
John B. Cough, perhaps the most
eloquent and able temperance advo-
Sandgate, England, August 20, 1917.
His parents were poor, and to bet
ter the boys prospects they sent him
with a neighbor to America.
He spent two years on a farm In
New York, with no Sunday school or
day school, but joining the Methodist
Church during revival. Seeking
advancement he went to New York
City with only half dollar in the
world
Great poverty and many trials, to.
gether with the ability to sing well
and tell funny stories, let Cough il.
to a life of dissipation. He became
a drunkard and an actor. His first
appearance in Boston was In the
play, Departed Spirits, or the TEN
perance Hoax" in which DIR. Lyman
Beecher and other temperance lead.
ers were ridiculed.
Mr.. Cough married, tUoK up his
trade of bookbinding. but fell to the
most profound depths of intemper.
ance, knowing all the horrors of delir.
ium tremens. At one time he stood
on the railroad track with a bottle
of laudanum at his lips, and only the
from a suicides end.
The kind words of a stranger, Joel
Stratton, waiter in a temperance
hotel, persuaded Mr.. Cough to sign
the pledge. The drink demon and
the stratagems of saloon men caused
him to fall twice, but he recovered
each time, through the kindness OF
friends.
He began to speak for temperance
in a humble way, but his great abil.
ity was soon recognized, and he be
came a temperance lecturer, speak
ing to crowded audiences all over the
United States and Great Britain. His
speaking combined the richest hui
NOR, the tenderest pathos, the most
powerful eloquence, the most con-
vincing argument.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-04-09
Breeding Trotters.

Trotters will never be bred to a
certainty SO that all of them will trot
fast. There will always be some fail
ures. When all those who are en-
gagged in the business breed syste-
matically, the cases of failure will be
far less numerous than in the past or
at present. Breed from the best of
animals that are themselves bred in
producing lines. When breeding for
speed endeavor to make such selec-
tions of sire and dam as VIII show a
similar combination of blood lines in
the offspring as that which has pro-
duced speed with the greatest unifor-
nifty in the past.-American Cultiva-
tor,
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Care of the Colt.

The first year of the colts life
should be devoted to instruction. The
colt will learn more easily at six
months old than when a year old. 1t
can also be controlled more easily.
Hence it is wise to handle the colt
early. Its early training should not
stop with breaking to the halter. 1t
should be handled until it will drive
as we'll as lead. To teach it all this
and keep it from forgetting what it
has learned is little trouble, but If
the colt is of good stock the trouble
is well paid for. Practice little
common sense with the young stock
and note the high rate of interest
coming back to you as the result of
the investment. .-Epitomist.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-04-09
The Farm Machinery.

A great deal of money is wasted
every year in replacing machinery
that is worn out or disabled before it's
time. Rust and neglect probably in
Jure more machinery than labor
wears. A manufacturer is said to
have asserted that farmers would not
buy more than half the present
amount OF machinery II they took
proper care of what they have.
common cause of damage is ig-
norance of the parts of the machine
and how to adjust them for best
working conditions. A machine not
In first-rate condition will often con-
tinue in operation, but at the expense
OF strain and damage to the parts of
the mechanism, causing break down
sooner or later, besides requiring a
great deal more power in operation.
The simple need of frequent oillng
is neglected. Said mechanic: "On
is the cheapest machinery we have. :"
1t is certainly cheaper than buying a
new machine. A little observation
will soon discover which parts of the
machine require most frequent oiling,
and these should receive special care
In some machines 1t happens that
parts that need oiling are not easy to
get at, with the result that neglect
follows, until something happens. In
moving and harvesting machines the
holes which admit oil to bearings Of
ten become clogged and the oil falls
to penetrate where it will do the most
good.-American Cultivator.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-04-09
preedIng and reedlng Swine.

At swine breeders meeting at
Manhattan, Kan, Professor G. G.
Wheeler said in part:
There is no animal kept on our
farms which will so surely and quick.
ly return us a profit upon feed con-
sumed and care given az the humble
and lowly hog.
The history of swine husbandry
Of the United States is one OF the
most interesting features of our live
stock development. The hog popula-
ton Of the United States for 1905
was over 52,OO0,0O0, sixty-two and
one-half per cent. of which were cred
tied to ten States, all with the excep.
tion of Georgia and Texas being CEN.
trally grouped in what is commonly
known as our corn belt district. In
other words, the bulk of our pork is
produced in our great corn States of
the Central West. In fact, we may
almost say that the hog has made
possible the development OF this Sec
tion of our country. The type of hog
grown is, of course, an important fac.
tor In the problem. We are all strong
for an animal which shall have-the
utility feature highly developed. We
want hog which will fiji the market
requirements and which can turn the
greatest amount of corn and other
farm-grown feeds into pork at the
lowest possible cost.
There is no domestic animal which
adapts itself as readily to changed
conditions and environments as the
hog. The animal of the present day
has been gradually evolved by selec-
tion and methods of feeding and care
until we have smooth, symmetrical,
compact type, with the early matur-
ing and fattening character highly
developed.
while from the market stand
point many of the strictly breed char
acters have no value, there are some
few characters which all must have,
and am going to mention one or two
of the most important.
I'm order to be highly profitable
the farmers market hog must, first of
all, have a store of inherited vitality
and vigor. Any inherited tendencies
to constitutional weakness of any
kind will be fatal to the most profit
able results. The animal must trans
form large amount of material into
a marketable product in a very short
period of time, and any weakness or
lack of vitality and vigor must result
in breaking down of the animal and a
failure to carry out to a profitable
consummation its purposes in life.
This. coupled with lack of fecundity
In the breeding sows, is the common
est cause of complaint among our
swine breeders and farmers.
"The strong, vigorous SOW, produc-
ing and successfully raising seven or
eight pigs alta litter has more than
double its value of the sow which will
produce and raise but four. 1t is a
fixed law in breeding that certain
characters are in way correlated.
For example, the most highly devei-
oped beef COW is seldom heavy milk
er, and, again, the light mixer is not
so sure and regular breeder. Nat
ure seems to limit the production of
offspring by the ability to nourish and
care for that offspring"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-04-09
Successful Poultry Raising.

Paying particular attention to all
OF the small things is the keynote of
successful poultry raising. The
strictest attention from start to finish
is what brings the success. No flock
OF hens that is run in slipshod man
ner, letting them practically take care
OF themselves, ever pays much of a
profit, and indeed such a flock is gen.
orally kept at an actual loss. There
are very few fiocks that can take care
CT themselves, but the greater ma
jority of them can take care of their
owner If theyreceive the right amount
and kind of attention. Weekly Wit
ness.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-04-09
Killed in Queer Accident.

A somewhat remarkable death took
place recently in one OF the large
ovens at Tunstall. Staffordshire. Eng
land, used for firing pottery, the de-
ceased being Albert Cotton, aged
twenty-four. A man named Enoch
Goodwin went up a ladder to the
top of the oven. when he fell and
aiighted on Cotton, killing him on the
spot.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-04-09
North and south Italians.

Because, while politically one, they
are really separate peoples. The Lon
gobards. or Lombards, wins about SOS
took possession Of Northern Italy and
permanently established themselves
in the rich valley watered by the Po
and its aruents. were : of Teutonic
stock, their original home having
been in the region on the left bank OF
the Elbe. round about Madgeburg
and Luneburg. Germany; while the
Italians south of Lombardy are OF
the old Latin stock. This fact ex-
plains the physical and other differ
ences between the people from the
north and the people from the south
OF ltaly.--New York American.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-04-09
Lime Is important.

Rich lands, such as the blue grass
country, are found to contain much
lime, and experiments have shown
that this material is an important fac
tor In soil fertility and necessity in
the production of clover. BY a free
addition of lime much of the condi-
-tion Of limestone country can be se-
cured.-Professor Alva Agee, Penn
sylyania State College.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-04-09

The technical man says there isn't
any such thing as suction between
vessels. That as a matter of fact
two vessels passing in close proxim-
ity are showed rather than drawn to-
gether. He illustrates his point with
a tube with two bulging ends and a
channel, half the size OF these equal
ends, connecting them. When water
was pumped in at one end, or at any
point in the tube, the pressure was
found to be twice as great in either
end as in the slender middle portion.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-04-09
A FALSE FRIEND.

Mrs. Ar thought Mrs. c. was
friend of yours?"
Mrs. B.--"And so she is.
Mrs. A.-"Well, she isn't. She's a
hypocrite.
:Irs. B.-"How do you know
that?"
Mrs. A." Because she tried to get
me to say something mean about
YOU"
Mrs. B.-"She did? How?"
Mrs. A." Why, she asked me to
tell her what really thought of you.
Chicago News.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-04-09

Oxygen, named from the Greek
oxus, sharp, is the most abundant of
all substances, constituting about one
third OF the solid earth. and forming
about nine-tenths OF water and one
NTH OF the atmosphere. 1t is the
supporter OF animal life and of COM
bustion. Without oxygen we could
not even light a match. Nitrogen Is,
in way, equally important, az. IL is
the indispensable element in food and
In the soil, from which all food prI-
mariiy is drawn.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-04-09
A Hint 10 Wives

When a man knows that there 10
always a watchful eye on him; that IL
he forgets to be thankful for some
service done him. IL he is absent
minded, II he neglects to kiss his
wife goodbye, It viii be all counted
against him-then his spontaneity
will die.--Harper's Razar.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-04-09
Think No Evil

Remember that charity thinketh no
evil, much less repeats it. These are
two good rules which ought to be
written on every heart-never believe
anything bad about anybody unless
you positively know 1t is true; never
tell even that unless you feel that il
Is absolutely necessary, and that God
Is listening while you tell it.--Henry
Van Dyke.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-04-09

settings were sold for Matching pur-
poses, netting approximately 81 o
setting. Besides the chickens for
their own use. the Lipes sold over
200 from last years brood, from fifty
cents for the spring chickens to SO
for the thoroughbred oosters.-Cen.
tury.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-04-09
"Mumping pay.p

What is known in Lincolnshire as
humping" or st. Thomas day, when
women and children so from house to
house begging money, food, or cloth
ing, was observed yesterday. In Lin
coin city many residents make It .
practice to give the Nmumpersg
packet OF tea or sugar or provide
them with good meal. ~ Londoe
Standard.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-04-09
Orchard and Chicken Yard Rivals.

To-day the One-Acre Ranch has
reached its elimination and displays
extraordinary results. Every inch of
ground has its duty to perform, every
tree is in. bearing, every vine and
plant is at high point of develop
ment. The land, however, is by no
means all given to agriculture. The
house, neat, comfortable cottage.
takes up one corner. In front of It is
a small, well Kept lawn and flower
garden. To the north of the house is
large storage cellar, a tool house, a
dog Kennel, numerous chicken houses
and several fenced-in breeding and
feeding pens, covering one-half acre
The orchard occupies one-fourth OF
the acre. In 1t are 130 trees, includ-
Ing eight varieties of peach, seven Of
cherry and four OF apple; also plum,
apricot, ounce, English walnut, Span
ish chestnut and almond. Between
the trees and on the other fourth part
OF the acre, are grown berries and
vegetables, thirty varieties or more,
including potatoes, peas, beans, GU
SNAANSAog eShhobpCns Octt6g OnlO0S.
squash, parsnips, asparagus, peppers,
pickles, turnips, cabbage, strawber-
ries, raspberries and bIackberries.
The fence on three sides OF the place
serves as a grape arbor, and, in sea
son, fairly groaDs with the weight OF
the fruit.
The yearly income. from these pro-
ducts would easily support the pro-
prietors OF the One-Acre Ranch, but
the poultry yard, not to be outdone
by the vegetable kingdom, works pro-
digiously to outstrip Its rival In swell
ing the bank account. The 17O-odd
thoroughbred chickens last year laid
over 5000 eggs, which sold at prices
ranging from twenty to forty-fiye
cents pei dozen. Two industrious
black Spanish hens, which were kept
In pen OF their own, laid 42O eggs
In one year. Two hundred and fifty
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-04-09
WHEREAS. ETC.

"You take snort walk every
morning before breakfast, do your"
said the doctor. "As sort OF con-
stitutioaal, | presume2"
No. answered the professor "As
sort OF preamble. New York Sun.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-04-09

Frederick the Great made satis-
factory meal on salt beef or pork and
cabbage
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-04-09
The Dove Of Peace.

High above the storms rides the
dove of peace and its message lives
despite the wind and wave.
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Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1908-07-11
TWO BIG HOTELS BURNED
Fire at coney Island Causes Loss OF
$3.50, 900.

New York, July 10.-Fire which
caused loss of $3.50, 900 at Coney Isl
and destroyed two large hotels and
for time threatened the destruction
of Luna park, Dreamland and Steepls-
chase park Fire Chief Lally of Brook
lyn made flying trip from his head
quarters in an automobile, covering
nearly ten miles in twelve minutes.
He arrived as the flames leaped over
to the tower of the Culver line station
of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit system
and ordered into service the new high
pressure system using salt water
mains. The system worked perfectly
and greatly aided in checking the
flames. Water was thrown on nearby
buildings and Dreamland and Luna
park were deluged to prevent further
spread of the flames The fire was
under control in two hours and a big
force of police Is guarding the ruins
from looters. Twenty-Five thousand
persons watched the fire rapidly de-
your the frame structures and saw
many guests in scanty attire leap from
hotel windows. Mrs. Lilly Hennings
was overcome by smoke and was res
cued With difficulty by policeman.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1908-07-11
MANY WORkMEN KILLED.
New Bridge Under Construction at
Cologne coIIapses.

Cologne, July 1O.-The new bridge
under, construction over the Rhine at
Cologne fell in and many of the work
men engaged on The structure lost
their lives. So far fourteen bodies
have been recovered and nine men
have been taken from the water seri.
ously injured. !.
; The scaffolding supporting the pow.
erful crane used in the erection of the
central span of the bridge collapsed
and the crashing down of this section
carried with it several other spans.
Many workmen were thrown into the
river. Some of them are still under
meath the scaffolding and there is no
hope whatever for their lives Imme-
diately after the accident boats put
out for the scene and began the work
of rescue. About a score of struggling
men were quickly picked up
The police and fire brigades of Co.
logne were notified and hurried to the
river to assist in the work of salvage
and rescue. They secured mere boats
and succeeded in saving several work.
men who were laboriously swimming
in the strong current, fully clothed,
toward the shore.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1908-07-11
JOHN A. HARTIGAN.
Insurance Commissioner :

On the train from Wells to Man
kato the other day we noticed for
mile after mile patches in the grain
fields evidently more thickly sown
and further advanced than the rest of
the field. These patches were from a
few feet TO several rods across. An
old farmer, thin and careworn and
with long beard streaked with the
nut brown trade mark of the tobacco
trust, told us those green patches
were quack grass. awe have fought
it for ten years", he said eand it is
gaining on US. We have tried every
thing we have heard of and we can't
rid of it, We are hoping for few
dry seasons and think then we can
fight it successfully by summer fallow-
ing". Quack grass is getting we'll
scattered over Mcleod county farms
and not many farmers know it when
they see it. Glencoe town site is well
sodded with it and there is a good
deal in Hutchinson. It has a long
root, twice as big as the lead in a
pencil. q joint every inch ard sharp
spire at the end of the root. The
grass is lighter green than bluegrass
and the leaves on good soil are more
he" qnarter Of an iech wide Now
world vco know gusck grass if vor
ea " it?- Hutchinson Leader.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1908-07-11
GRAND ARMY MEN AROUSED
indignant Over Transfer of Prominent
Member of Order.

Washington, July 10.-A storm of
Indignation has been raised among
Grand Army veterans here as the re-
suit of the announcement that Cap
tain Newton M. Brooks, superintend-
ent of the foreign mails of the post
office department, is to be transferred
to a subordinate position, with Basil
Miles of Pennsylvania, third secretary
of embassy at Berlin, as his successor
At an informal meeting of local G. A.
r. men indignation was expressed
over the change and President Rooss-
velt was criticised A general indig-
nation meeting of Grand Army vet
Grams has been called, when resolu.
tions will be adopted asking the presi-
dent to rescind the projected superces.
sion of Captain Brooks. Captain
Brooks 10 past commander of the de-
partment of the Potomac and a past
president of the United Soldiers alli-
ance, as we'll as member of the
Loyal Legion and the Sons of the
Anacfiean Revolution.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1908-07-11
RUPTURE COMP
Venezuelan Charge at Washing.
ton Recalled.
ACTION ORDERED BY CASTRO
President of South American Repub-
lie Takes Step Following the With
drawal of the American Charge at
Caracas. .xtxs .


Washington, July 10.-senor Ve1oZ-
Goiticoa, the Venezuelan charge DAT
faires in this city, called at the state
department and presented to Acting
Secretary Bacon his letters of recall.
This action was taken by direction of
President Castro and as the result of
the withdrawal from Caracas of Jacob
Sleeper, the American charge. The eff
feet of this action is the complete rup-
ture of relations between America and
Venezuela.
The charge appeared at the state
department by appointment and was
admitted to see Acting Secretary Ba-
con in the course of a few minutes.
He was greeted very kindly by Mr..
Bacon The interview lasted about
five minutes, when the charge retired
and said farewell to some of the Off
cials of the department, by whom he
is highly regarded He will leave
Washington for New York Saturday
and sail on the first passenger steam.
er for Venezuela The Venezuelan
legation here will be closed and the
papers and files will be placed in the
hands of the Venezuelan consul gen
eral at New York
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1908-07-11
Decided 70 vste as a Unit.

Denver, July 1o.-The New York del
egation held another caucus, but the
only action taken with reference to
the attitude of the delegation toward
the nominations for president and vice
president was the formal adoption Of
the unit rule, under the operation of
which the entire seventy y-eight votes
Of the state In the convention will be
cast in one block. Norman E.. Mack
OF Buffalo was unanimously reelected
az member Of the national committee
from New York state.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1908-07-11
INDIANS CAUSE ALARM.
Oklahoma Troops Ordered to Scene of
Trouble. .~F. ~-

Guthrie, Okla, July 1e.-Acting Gov
srnor George Bellamey has ordered a
company of the national guard at
Chandler to proceed at once to the
scene Of the Indian trouble. The
troops were ordered cut at the re-
quest of two sheriffs and Adiutant
General Canton, who is on the scene
Other companies were ordered under
arms.
Adjutant General Frank Canton
later ordered Companies d, Guthrie;
NJ, Oklahoma City, and X, Gapulpa,
under arms to be held in readiness to
leave for the camp of the Snake In
dians near Henrietta at a moments
notice. Reports from Canton indicate
that the Snake Indians number 1000.
Company B has left Chandler for Hen
rietta