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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-08-13
Seeding in Corn.

After carefully noting ten years
experience with one acre of ground
of seeding grass in corn, as COM
pared with ten years of rotation
of corn, oats and then seeding with
rye, the facts show that we can save
In labor $2S, and will be ahead $S4
more on crops. We seed in corn i'm
mediately after the last cultivating,
and by using level cultivation, and
by cutting the corn stubble low we
overcome the objection of moving
over rough ground.
Any farmer of ten to twenty-five
acres of land, who does not need to
raise much grain for his own use,
will find 1t pays to seed In corn. If
the land needs more stirring up one
can follow the corn with crop of
potatoes very successfully, by little
more work, but with a good finan-
cial gain, and then seeding the fol-
lowing spring with clover and timo-
thy.-Sylvanus Van AIKEN, In the
~ican Cultivator.
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Farm Highway Fences.

In the early settlement of the
American colonies the settlers need
ed every foot of their cleared land
to raise corn, potatoes and pump
kins, and could not possibly spare
any of their small clearings for pas.
turage. Consequently everybody's
cattle and horses (and frequently
hogs) we're pastured in the woods
and along the roadside, and of course
good, high, strong fences became an
absolute necessity for the protection
of the crops (Which nobody disputed
and the law imperatively required)
! or no damages could be collected for
injury to crops by nelghbor's cattle
The woods and roadsides were con.
sidered as public commons upon
which everybody's farm stock had a
right to run. In the colony of Mas.
sachusetts there was one exception
ungelded horses unless of comely
proportions and of good size, not less
than fourteen hands high," were not
allowed to run in the commons OF
woods
The necessity which once existed
for .pasturing the woods and road.
sides has long since passed in the
old. settled States, but the fence laws
enacted under the old conditions
have been allowed to remain on the
statute books of most of them to this
day because so many voters without
farms wanted to keep their cows in
the streets and not hire pasturage,
and the lawmakers dared not touch
the old laws for fear of losing votes.
With only the scanty pickings OF
the street cattle soon get desperate
with hunger and become breachy
Not many years ago seven cows were
pastured in our street; sometimes the
whole seven could be seen together
A farm gate could not be left open
when drawing in hay and grain, or
five or six of the neighbors' COWS
would rush in. A neighbor's breachy
cow broke into our garden In the
daytime. Another mans cow got in
to the dooryard in the night, the gate
being accidentally left open. At
length our lawmakers at Harrisburg
ventured to let the people of the
State vote on the question of fence
or no fence. and a large majority
was for no fence. AS the law stands
now, everybody must take care of his
own stock. They are not required
to fence other peoples cattle out,
but only find 1t necessary to fence
their pasture fields to keep their own
cattle in, and no stock is allowed in
the public highways. except when
being driven to market or from
place to place. 1t appears to
be just and beneficial law,
producing excellent results. and
it should have been enacted long
ago. The wages of labor are so high
that men without land can afford to
buy milk or hire pasturage for COW.
l know several laborers who have
bought houses and lots and paid for
them from their earnings.
The saving in expense to the peo-
pie of the State in having fewer
fences to build and keep in repair is
immense. and the saving in annoy
ance and vexation has been still
greater.-J. w. Ingham, Sugar Run,
Pa.
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Boats of Concrete.

1t Is predicted that the use of con.
crete In bodybuilding will largely
take the place of iron and steel. Large
boats of reinforced concrete have been
built already in Italy, and five OF
these, of 120 tons and more, are In
commission In the Italian navy. The
first OF these boats, 120-ton barge.
was built In 1905. on the plans of Mr..
Gabellini, an italian, who has given
his whole attention to reinforced con.
crete. and for many years has been
conducting experiments with this
class OF material This boat, which
was built with double bottom and OF
the cellular type. was submitted to
severe tests in the Spezis Arsenal,
where much larger boat built of
iron and with an iron ram was d.
rected against 1t without producing
any considerable damage. After some
time. and In consequence OF the salts
factory results given by his flrst boat.
four more OF these barges were or
dered on account OF the Italian navy.
Experiments and trials on much
larger and more important scale will
shortly be conducted. - Harpsr'a
Weekly.
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ilfts his head an looks at us like he
amt never seen no cow-men ill lust
then. an kind o. brushes one pore
bony hand across his eyes an says
Light! Light at last!'
Cook kind o. turns away an
kin see his shoulders shake, an as
fur me knows plum we'll | weeps.
1 must "a travelled awful fur, says
Jones. all in the dark, becuz | don't
know where l am. Pm awful tired.
an my head feels awful queer. but
God has showed me light at last He
set up as he spoke, drawin' In hard
on his breath an looked out through
the open door. an as l looked I seen
the tip o. Poneha Mount'in hangin
up In the sky, lit up by the first peep
o sunshine o. the day, ar then I
hears a rustic an | turns an sees
the pore broke wreck of what wuz
once man reach out his arms an
smile. an hardly flckerin' his lips he
whispers; Where the wicked ceass
from troublin' an the weary are al
rest an drops back dead"
The foreman paused. There was a
trace of mist behind his eyes. "We
buried Jones. he said, ION Ponena
Mount'in an Short Leg Dwyer made
a slab to set up at his head. Loco
Jones, It says. that bein' the only
name we ever knowed him by. He
seen the light. From Outing Mag
azine.
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Zeppn's Achievement Gives Promise
O fGreatT n Warfare.

New York City.-Mr. Walter Well
man writes as follows regarding the
achievement of Count Zeppelin in his
airship:
Count Zeppelin's record breaking
voyage with his great airship sur
prises no one familiar with the pres
ent state of the science of aerial navi-
cation. That a modern motor balloon
can be depended upon to make voy-
ages of from one to two thousand
miles, under fairly favorable condi-
tions, has long been known to men
who are familiar with aeronautics.
Count Zeppelin's success is epoch
making in that 1t convinces a scep-
tical world of the practicability of air.
ships and of their utility as engines
of war and as instruments of ex-
ploration of the upper air as we'll as
parts of the earth otherwise inacces-
sible, like the great unknown area
surrounding the North Pole.
His latest demonstration without
doubt will assure the rapid building
of aerial navies by the chief military
Powers. In fact, Germany, France,
Great Britain and the United States
are already moving in that direction.
France has the Lebandy and La Re-
publique already in commission, and
Count Zeppelin's ship. 1t is under
stood, Is to be taken over for the
German army.
The modern airship or motor bal
loon will prove to be an effective en-
gine of war She can make recon-
noisances of an enemy's position, fly
ing at an altitude giving her i'm
munity from the enemy's guns. She
rannnt 0ulv pain invaluahla inf0rma-
tion, but she can make attacks upon
strategic points, such as cities, bridges
and forts and the camps of hostile
armies by dropping explosives down
upon them.
Can Drop Explosives on Enemy.
This phase of the aerial warfare of
the future has been declared imprac-
ticable by some critics because the
dropping of thousand pounds of ex-
plosive from a ship of the air would
instantly cause her to shoot up to
great altitude. The critics who think
this is fatal objection are not famil-
lar with the art of airship construc-
tion and operation. Dropping one
thousand pounds of ballast or weight
of any sort from a small balloon
dirigible like the one Captain Bald
win has built for the United States
Government would, of course, be
either impracticable (because the ship
could not carry so much) or danger
GUS II she could carry 1t. But that
weight suddenly released is baga-
telle compared to the total lifting ca
pacity of such ship as the Zeppelin
or my polar airship, the America.
The Zeppelin has total lifting power
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of between 25, 900 and 10000 pounds.
while the America lifts 19,5OO
pounds. The altitude gained by such
a ship through dropping one thousand
pounds in q lump presents no prac-
tical difficulties whatever.
In the airship of the future, wheth-
er used for military or scientific pur-
poses, size Is sure to be factor OF
prime Importance. Interesting ex-
periments may be made with small
ships. But real and important work
requires large ships, built by en-
gineers on a scale great enough to
admit of the employment OF steel and
other metals, instead of fliilsy struc-
lures of bamboo or such materials.
Breaks All Records.
Count Zeppelin has broken all rec
ords for length of run. But there is
no reason why the military cruiser of
the future should not have n radius
of movement of three or four thou
sand miles. OF course the greater
the speed aimed at the greater the
quantity of fuel that must be carried
for a given distance. A ship like the
America carries three tons of gaso-
lene in her steel tank, and IL the In
fiuence of the winds be regarded as
neutral she can motor 100 miles at
about twenty English miles an hour.
Count Zeppelin's remarkable cruise
is only a foretaste of what is to be
done with motor balloons In the near
future. Within few years l expect
to see the Atlantic Ocean crossed by
an airship of the Republique or Amer
lea type. In fact, the America could
cross the Atlantic without much risk
of accident with little help from the
winds. A voyage from New York to
Chicago, or vice versa, is within her
scope, and ! am strongly tempted 10
bring her over from Paris this fall
and give Americans a demonstration
of what a first class engineering con-
struction can do in the way of long
voyage through the air.
In view of the success of the Zep-
pelin, of the Lebandy, of the Re-
publique, and the undoubted ability
of the America to make longer voy-
age than Count Zeppelin has Just
made, many experts regret that the
first venture of the United States
Government in military motor bal
looming should be with such a small
affair as that of Captain Baldwin.
1t has no class. 1t is too small. 1t
has no endurance. Captain Baldwin
is a skillful man, but his machine is
not large and powerful enough to
give him a chance against great
cruiser like the Zeppelin. When the
United States Government enters the
aeronautic field 1t should not be con-
tent to begin where foreign expert
menters ended years ago, but should
be up to date in size and engineering.
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fearful night to spend. Get out your
Fishes" boys / tells the outfit,
death an high waters is goin to roar
around us before we see the sun rise
any more which sure was true an
no mistake, an Cottonwood choked
up an roared all night; the wind
blowed splinters OFF the hills an light
min filled the valley till it smelled
like birthstone on sulphur match.
1t sure wuz hard to hold the jumpy
cattle till close to sunup when the
storm had gone on south, an then we
got them rounded up an quieted an
left them feedin', KNOWN plenty well
they'd have enough to keep them
quiet for a while. an we rode back
where Cook wuz waitin' for us with
q kettle full o. coffee hot an black,
an most like pancakes. which wuz
his custom when the boys is bein
pushed hard
I'VE all wuz kind o. quiet, bein'
soppin' wet an mostly dead for sleep,
but Short Leg Dwyer wuz worst OF all
an looks like he'd seen a ghost,
NulCu icndihS- hOlAci VI OOu,
did says Short Leg. crossin' hisself.
the devil rode with Loco Jones last
night, an ! seen II. Bill. II wuz aw-
full he says. kind O. chokin' Off a
groan
All right. Short Leg l says TO
him, thinkin' maybe he'd got over
excited in the dark,
1t amt all right he says, L seen
the devil ride with Loco Jones last
night. Mother of God. Bill. | seen
him, / seen him with my own eyes.
You know that pinto bronch which we
has noticed gettin' loco. Jones wuz
asrldin' him. never seen him come
nor go, never heard no noise. The
wind blowed every sound away, but
he says. a-crossin hisself again. "a
flash of lightnin that blazed the
whole of Poncha Mountain showed
ne locoed man astraddle OF locoed
aorse hot footin' II to hades.
ave kind O. give Short Leg the
laugh an asked him what kind o.
Ticker acted that-a-way on the Irish,
an he shut up. but KEEP a-mumblin'
to hisself an shalkin' his head TIL
we'd rode In. an then after he'd got
q couple o bowls O. coffee in him he
cheered up some, but still stuck to 1t
that he'd seen Loco Jones a-racin' the
pinto where no horse could hardly
pick trail by day, let alone travel
there at all when things wuz dark.
He says he's goin' to help Cook clean
the dishes up an so over to Loco's
shack on Poncha 10 prove he amt
allyn none. an even II he Is the best
OF us gifts excited now an then. 30
Cook an Short Lea hustles things an
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-08-13
Setting and Hatching.

When the turkey hen gets broody
bring her to the house and confine
her in pen or house where moth
Ing can bother her, dusting her with
insect powder when set and again
when taken off with the little tur-
keys. l make my insect powder
from ashes, sulphur, snuff and cam
phor balls.
When the hen matches do not dis
turb her, except to take the empty
shells from the nest so they will not
get stuck on the eggs that have not
hatched. When she is through hatch
Ing, let the little ones stay in the
place she hatched them until they
are several days old. They will be-
gin to hunt for something to eat as
soon as they need anything. Then
take them away from the house
where the chickens cannot run over
them, and put them down and feed
a little.-Progressive Farmer.
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Well, dey it an &c, an fowt an fowt.
Right .dar in de light er de Sun,
But Joshway fraied um out an soon
He had um on de run
King Sun, he say, "Im over due
Cross dar whar de nights still black;
DE folks viii wake TO de chickens
crow,
An put der big clocks back"
OF Joshway thanked him mighty polite,
An AK him fer ter come agin;
King Sun, he say, II specly dat I
VIII be whar I've alters been"
Den he mosied off, kaze he amt got time
Fer ter set an talk an stay;
He halter go off whar de night still
dark
An start ter breakin' day.
We'll time run on an people 'sp
Bout Joshway an de Sun,
Some say dis an some say dat,
An splain why Joshway won:
Sometimes when he wuz settin' 'roun
What he couldn't hep but hear,
Fed say, Go in de settin'-room an
see
How be scorched my big arm-cheerin
Uncle Remus's-The Home Magazine.
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Newsy oleanInss.

The Sultan OF Turkey granted
constitution and wilr call Parlla,
ment.
The first steps toward the orEanlza-
tion of a national aerial society were
taken In Washington, D. @.
Governor Hughes announced no
would accept reconciliation II II
were the freely expressed wish OF the
party.
A bill has been introduced IN The
Portuguese Chamber Of Deputies to
expel the religious orders from thu
Kingdom.
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Keep the Boys on the Farm.

Fathers and mothers the your have
the call OF
await nem at home Begin will
schoos whenever possible
PROMISES OF the city do catch their they will
becoming
from the " - ~ 49, ~ '"'e"
skilled workers from the country the
price OF ioodstuns and lowering
ton holds the knife deer
uons nave verify become national
Educsonaly industrial training country most
needs ana VIII this
M Gampaign OF by the State
Ing to Wilson Of that American
people much national in
OF the Agreeing with Secretary
the that this educational
desired results without
farm who must nst the boys and girls on
the old The
which spurred the mother the the
dictates OF her heart in
life work She knows that home even II II
career" - - "N'N
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Experiments with Stable Manure.

At the Maryland agricultural sta
tlon two sets OF experiments with
stable manure--one covering three
years and the other seven years
have been conducted.
The results as rule favored the
use OF fresh manure applied directly
from the stable as against rotted ma
nure. The best results were OBJ
tanned by applying the manure as
long in advance OF the time the
crop was to use 1t as possible. As
between APPLYING fresh and rotted
manure before and after blowing,
The results favored applying fresh
manure as a top-dressing after plow-
Ing. In comparison OF plowlng
under manure in the fall and spring.
the differences were slight but uni
iormly In favor Of allowing the ma
nlre to remain on the land during
the winter and plowing II down IN
this spring. subsoilins In addition
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Oh JosHwAv AM DE SUN.
Az UNCLE nrmus RHYME.

or Joshway stood in front er his tent,
An sliced his soldiers on,
But when he turned fer 10 look aroun',
De day wuz nearly gone.
he rubbed his beard, he scratched bis
head,
An kicked his heel in de groun';
Haze he wanter finish de battle-joS
Befo de Sun went down.
He look ter de East an he look ter de
West,
An he wave his han on high,
skiing Sum-" sezce, 81 want you ter see
Me smite um hip an thigh
Come down ter camp an rest yo'se
A little while wild me,
III git you fan an big wide che,
An set 1t whar you kin see
Dey wuz lots mo talk. but de Sun come
down
An tuck little ease,
An when he got too awful hot,
He called up op Brer Breezel
eMy time is short" sez de Sun, sezcg,
"An' you better do yo' do,
Kaze I'm feelin' like l wanter see
Dis mortual scuflle throol"
From
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-08-13
German Machine Guns First Vol
ley Brought Down Balloon

Berlin. During session -of night
practice by a machine gun corps of
the army near Augsburg the gunners
were ordered to train on q target bal
loon which had been sent up during
the day and was floating far above
and to the left Of their point OF en-
campment
The balloon was brought down at
the iirst volley.
The test was made for the purl,ose
OF ascertaining what chance an army
wcnld have OF opposing hostile bal
loon corps
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to deep plowing did not show suffl-
cient advantage to warrant the ex-
ira expense involved. "The use OF
kainit with the manure seemed to
exert beneficial influence every
year. and 1t was more marked In
dry than wet seasons" The growth
of crimson clover was better on soils
receiving fresh manure than on those
treated with rotted manure.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-08-13
China Bars Morphine.
Asks Japan's Aid,

Pekin.--China has asked Japan to
consent to the restriction Of the i'm
portation into China of morphine, as
well as the instruments used for the
injection of the drug. All the other
Powers long since agreed to this re-
striction.
1t is highly desirable that Japan
consent to this proposal, particularly
in view of the opium congress 10 be
held in Shanghai In January. when
measures for thecontroi of the opium
traffic are to be devised.
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France to Use Posters
to Gain Recruits.

10 uHIh NccruItS.
Paris.--The vote on two years of
military service releases a number OF
men in the French regiments. There
is also a scarcity of re-enlistments.
The Colonel of the Twelfth Dra-
goons, station at Pont Monsson, has
decided to adopt the American sys-
tenn OF recruiting through brilliant
and artistic posters depicting the ad-
yantages OF service. including fancy
cloth uniforms. the regular life In the
service and at 10 p. m. bed for tho
petty officers.
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To cure warts on horses rub the
wart well with soft soap. and in a
few days a scab will appear. Pick
the scab off when it gets loose and
rub again with soft soap, repeating
the operation until the wart is gone.
1t Will not leave a scar and will not
return. Weekly Witness.
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New Orleans. The census of the
bird islands on the Louisiana coast
has been completed and shows a con-
siderable Increase in the number of
the birds in spite of Leayy losses
through recent storms.
The islands are nineteen in number
and were given by the Federal and
State governments to. the Audubon
Society as bird reservation. At the
time OF the gift the sea birds on the
Gulf coast were nearly extinct.
The census shows that $4,000 more
birds have been added to the popula-
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Desc automobiles are nuis-
ance." growled Dusty Dennis. as DO
frowned at passing touring car.
whats de matter. pard?" asked
Gritty George. "one OF dem run
you down."
no, but last night doy put me IN
a cell wild a chauffeur. aud I couldn't
sleep for dc smell OF gasoline. -
Chicago News.
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BIRDS SLOWLY INCREASING.
Auaubon soeistys Saving Nearly

Many Species Now Nearly Extinct.
tion of the islands this summer, They
are mainly laughing gulls. Next in
number are the Louisiana herons. the
royal cabots and Forsters terms and
black swimmers. Some of the varie-
ties are nearly extinct. There are
only twenty-five snowy herons left,
twenty-five black crowned night
herons and thirty-five Caspian terms,
all once abundant on the Gulf coast,
but killed off for their plumage A
number of eggs have been destroyed
and young birds killed by recent
storms
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Soils Not Suitable For Alfalfa.

Any field likely to be under water
or the soil saturated with water at
any time for more than thlrty-six
hours at time is quite unsuitable
for alfalfa. Any field with a hard
pan subsoil within two feet of the
surface will prove unsatisfactory for
alfalfa.-Weekly Witness.
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ParIs.-While awaiting the discov-
cry of some means to cure tubercu-
losis scientists are searching for some
means of early diagnosis. which hith-
erto has been most difficult. DR..
Boureille now describes a series OF
experiments whereby an easy method
can be established.
He examined every year 1900
women and girls, He measured the
thorax at the moments of extreme
inspiration and expiration and noted
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CONsUMPTIvEs' LUNG CAPACITY.
sours

the difference. For normal females
he found that the difference always
exceeded two and one-third inches,
while for tuberculous women it never
reached one and one-sixth.
He then measured a thousand SOL
diers and found a difference of from
three and one-half to four and one
half inches. The tests on tuberculosis
patients show that in ninety-eight per
cent. OF the cases the difference never
exceeded one and one-sixth.
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HOW LOCO JONES
SAW LIGHT.

5000 o~A 90 0<AG<A
BY BEN BLOW. s>SScSs SsSs$sS
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