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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-03-04

summer and can be wintered on
fodder.
While cleaning up the waste land
the Angora will pay its way in rais-
ing its young and shearing mohair.
have received thirty-two TO thirty
seven cents per pound net for my mo-
hair, which l always ship to Sanford
Mills, Sanford, Maine
| have fifty head of Angoras on a
pasture covered with hazel, oak. hick-
ory and blackberry briers. / expect
them to kill all this year except the
hickory. which will probably have to
be cut by hand once as they do not
eat hickory as we'll as other kinds OF
browse.
The Aneora is not so apt to be at
tackled by dogs as sheep, as they flock
together and do not run.
The greatest objection that has
been made to the Angora is that they
are hard to fence against. | have
had some trouble in fencing with rail
fences, but are as easy to control as
any other stock with woven wire or
picket fence.
have had Angoras on my farm for
four years, beginning with a very
small flock.
They are equally or more hardy
than sheep, eating all kinds of
browse. After the brush and sprouts
are killed the stumps soon rot and
blue grass will soon set.-W. T. Ellis,
in the Indiana Farmer.
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otherwise cared for with a minimum
amount of labor.
The small fruits to be planted on
the farm will depend on individual
circumstances and the likes and dis
likes of the family to be provided
Tor, but almost any one will want
currants, gooseberries, blackberries,
red and black raspberries, and of
course, strawberries, as well as
grapes, which, while not classed as
small fruits, still come in as part of
the fruit garden.
The rows of can and bush fruits
should be made eight feet apart, but
where there are a number of rows
occasional provision should be made
Tor a wider space for the passage of a
wagon in spraying, getting out brush,
etc. Ten feet is wide enough for
this purpose. In large plantations
every fourth space should be wide
one. Currants and gooseberries
should be planted four feet apart in
the rows, raspberries and blackber-
r'es three feet and grapes eight feet
The quantity of each to be planted
must be decided entirely by the size
of the family and It's preferences.
II the planting space in a row Is
144 feet this will accommodate
twelve gooseberrles and twenty-four
currants. OF raspberrics and black
berries, forty-eight can be placed in
row. A row OF gooseberries and
currants and one each of red rasp-
berries. black raspberries, blackber-
ries and grapes, well taken care OF.
should give very fair supply to an
ordinary family for use both for
fresh and for canning. and be more
than the average farmers family
uses. Yet there are some families
that would use the product OF twice
this quantity.
II should be impressed on the mind
Of the intending planter that a small
plantation, well cared for, will fur
nish more fruit than a larger one,
neglected.-Prairie Farmer.
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THE ACHING SPOT.

cannot surely tell If this be so,
But truer e'er to me it seems to grow
That every life holds hid some achi,I
spot
Which will not heal, however time may pI
do not know how soon it strikes III
heart,
The bitter, singing pain that leaves I'll
only know, it clings through wear
years,
All swift to come and sluggish to depart.
Not merely through the measure of d.
light, Y
The merry madness of festal night,
There comes the slow, dull pain of sobs
thought,
Until the world seems wrong and lackiu
quite.
But even mid the holy thir-s of all,
Where solemn music beats the Goth
wall
Full half the prayers of pi .ests, apostle
saints,
Are bitter walls of grief that r.se and fall
The little novice in her strange, cramps
lot,
The older nun, who lon- 20 forgot
The, big broad world ~ narrow CONVEX
life
White veil and black, they hide an achipl
spot!
All, me! / wonder IL the white clad throDl
That walk the upper, golden streets alonr
Feel that vague want and droop, IN
satisfied
With Gods great lilies and the ceaseles
song?
And yet. they tell me sorrow there is not
That pain is swept away, and every blot
Then, when we climb the shimmerinl
steep Of Heaven,
God pity us, and heal the aching spot
j. p. H.
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The Price of Drink.

1t is not so. much the money that
drunkenness wastes as the misery 1t
produces, the domestic, temporal, and
eternal misery, which most of all ap-
pals us. AS to the expense of this
vice, great as 1t is, that we least de-
plore; for the loss of money, we hate
1t least. On the contrary, we should
be content were the money and the
vice to perish together. We should
be content to pay that hundred mil
lions as yearly tribute, would this
enemy to God and man, this foe to
our peace and piety, leave these
shores.
We wish to keep, and, we're It DOS
sible, to get back, something far
more precious than money. Give that
mother back her son as he was on the
day when he returned from his IA
Tiers grave, and in all the affection
or his interrupted boyhood walked
to the house Of God with a widowed
weeping woman leaning on his arm.
Give that grieved man back his
Drother as innocent and happy as in
those days when the boys, twined in
each others arms, returned from
school, bent over the same Bible,
slept In the same bed, and never
thought that the day would come
when brother should blush for broth.
er. Give this weeping wife, who sits
before us wringing her hands in
agony-the tears dripping through
her jeweled fingers, and the lines of
sorrow prematurely drawn on her
beautiful brow-give her back the
man she loved, such as he was when
ner young heart was won, when they
stood side by side on the nuptial day.
and, receiving her from a fond ia
Tiers hands, he promised his love to
one whose heart he has broken, and
whose once graceful form now bends
with sorrow to the ground. Give me
back, as man, the friends of my
youthful days, whose wrecks now lie
thick ON this wreck-strewn shore!
Relieve us of the fears that lie
heavy on our hearts for the character
and the souls of some who hold par
ley with the Devil by this forbidden
tree, and are floating on the outer
edge of that great gulf-stream which
sweeps its victims onwards to most
woeful ruin. Could this be done. we
would not talk of money. The hun
dred millions which drink costs this
land is not to be weighed or even
mentioned with this. Hearts. are
broken which no money can heal.
Rachel is weeping for her children, Z"
refusing to be comforted. DIR.
Guthrie.
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Getting Ready. to Pray.

We would take care SO to manage
ourselves all day, especially when II
draws toward night, that we may not
be dishtted and put out of frame fol
our evening devotions; that ouI
hearts may not be overcharged, either
on one hand by surfeiting and drunk.
enness, as theirs often are who are
men OF pleasure; or on the othei
hand, with the cares of this life, as
theirs often are who are men of bust
ness; but that we have command
both OF our thoughts and of our time
that We may finish our work. well;
which will be an earnest of our finish
ing our life's work well.--Matthew
Henry.
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.EPW0RTH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY, MARCH 7.
The Souls sread--Johp 6: 27, 80. 80,
35, 81, SO, SO, SO.

The Souls 5read--Johp 6: 27, 80, 80,
35, 81, SO, SO, SO.
Christ, in this great discourse,
gives us the very heart of the pospel
message. He recognizes that there IS
in man a deep hunger and thirst of
soul which nothing in this world can
satisfy. How strange 1t Is that all
men today do not accept his teach
ing and seek and find in him soul.
life and soul-rest!
In vain the race has thought to find
real happiness in the gain of earth.
ly riches. But treasures OF gold and
silver bring no peace to the heart,
Money, even In millions OF dollars,
cannot buy a moment of real comfort
OF mind or contentment of spirit, and
II utterly falls to provide any assur-
ance to its ungodly possessor, dying,
against an eternity of hopeless and
starless darkness and spair.
Equally fruitless has : en- the quest
OF mankind for soul-ro = in the pur-
suit Of fame. Were II possible for
anyone to win the a "lause of the
whole world, achieve the highest and
most dazzling success, and make a
reputation for greatness among all
nations of the earth. yet all this
brings no genuinh sense of peace to
the deathless soul.
In seeking the plec sures OF earth
vast millions of humanity hope TO
forget all care and sorrow and come
INTO the enjoyment of that which
makes for enduring happiness. But
what woeful mistake! Though one
drink OF every cup of JOY, gain pos
session OF all that heart can wish,
fancy invent and money can buy, vet
there is. down in the soul a deem
sense Of utter emptiness, misery and
failure.
Jesus Christ alone can respond to
the cravings, yearnings and mex.
pressible needs of the spiritual ma
ture. He says: "He that cometh TO
me shall never hunger; and he that
Delieveth on me shall never thirst !"
TO the Samaritan woman he said.
"Whosoever drinketh OF this water
snail thirst again; but whosoeyer
drinketh of the water that shall give
MIN shall be in him a well of water
springing up into everlasting life"
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The AngOra Cont.

The inquiry of a "Parke County
Farmer" in the Farmer has led me
to write an article on the Angora as a
brush destroyer. BY what experience
we have had we think our Parke
County friend will find flock of An
goras is the cheapest and most
efficient way of Kidding his land OF
brush and sprouts.
The Angora is far superior to the
sheep as a browser. The sheep eat
grass as food and browse as a condi-
ment.
The Angoras eat browse as a food
and grass as a condiment.
If the land referred to be cut off
and seeded to grass and Angoras
kept on 1t for two or three years the
sprouts will be conquered and blue
grass will come in their stead.
The Angora can be kept much
cheaper than sheep. They will live
and thrive on the browse during the
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Regarding Large Eggs,

II is desirable that The hens lay
large eggs, and while same breeds
lay larger eggs than the average. yet
there are individual hens OF all breeds
that excel in that respect If the con.
ditions are favorable. What is meant
by large eggs is not such as may be
OF abnormal size, or approaching
those which contain double yolks, as
only the hens that are overfat lay
double yolk eggs, but eggs of an aver.
age size and uniform in appearance
When the eggs are uniform they pre-.
sent a more attractive appearance in
market and bring better prices.
When pullets are just beginning tc
lay, 1t is more usual for the eggs to
be small than of average size, and
the same thing happens to both hens
and pullets when they are near the
end OF their laying period, especially
when about to moult. The feed also
has something to do with the matter.
as 1t has been noticed that hens which
are well fed and receive a liberal al.
lowance Of corn lay larger eggs thap
do those which receive less quantity
OF grain, but there is no uniformity
In the size OF eggs from a whole flock.
as the hens differ. Even two sisters
may lay eggs entirely unlike in every
respect.
1t should be the case that the large
breeds should lay larger eggs than
the small breeds, but this does not al
ways happen, for the largest eggs are
produced by the Minorcas, Black
Spanish and the French breeds-Hou.
dams, Crevecours and La Fleches-
and yet they are not as large fowls as
the Brahmas, Cochins or Plymouth
ROCKS. Large eggs, however, are
really produced at greater cost OF
food, as they require more materia,
In their composition, and the hen that
lays large eggs may not lay al many
as a hen laying small ones. For thai
reason they are really worth more,
and a higher price should be demand.
ed for them, which customers will
willingly pay II they can get them
The breeds mentioned as laying large
eggs are all non-sisters. and theit
eggs are white, but that Is no objec.
tion, as buyers will always prefer ex.
ira large eggs to those that are sIpall
and lack uniformity. whether DARK
or light In color.---Weekly Witness-
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CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR NOTES
MARCH SEVENTH.
Life Lessons for Me From the
Psalms. Ps. 46: III. (con-
secration MeetinuN

secration Meetins.)
My confessional Ps. 81.
My shepherd. Ps. 90.
My war song. Ps. 68: 1-G.
My King. Ps. 2.
My Savior. Ps. 90: Ill.
My Home. Ps. 80: 1-12.
David was signing of what he had
proved when he called God "a very
present help in trouble" but we may
prove 1t as thoroughly as he did (v.
u.
All fear is lack of God. Those that
know fear do not know God ". p.
All help from God comes fright
early and though 1t seems long de-
layed, it never comes an instant later
than the right time ". 81.
Unless we are still, we cannot know
that he is God He is learned by
quietness and listening ". 1O).
Psalm Teachings.
One hundred and fifty psalms: what
a text for a conservation meeting!
Psalm ! is mirror OF Gods man.
Let us look into it till we can see our
own faces there.
Psalm 2 Is the missionary psalm.
We arc " dSh, tut utdLueu VIII
become our inheritance; but we are
to ask with all we are,
Psalm is the psalm OF human low
liness and majesty. How little we
are, compared with God! How great
we are. thought Of by God!
Psalm Is shows a good neighbor
He can dwell in Gods house, because
his own house is managed uprightly
Psalm 1G Is song of prosperity.
IL Is a manual of success in two
words: Serve God.
Psalm IS shows God as a deliverer.
There is no peril that Gods power
cannot match.
Psalm 10 is the hymn OF the uni
verse II one would be broad-minded.
let him possess this psalm in HIS
soul.
Psalm 23 is the song of plenty
plenty of food, guidance, comfort,
safety. goodness and mercy.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-03-04
Change Your Doctor.

In the theatre of the Crystal Pal
ace, London, Cardinal Manning was
addressing u great meeting OF the
members of temperance organiza-
tion. II will confess to you" he said
that do not practice what preach.
l am not a total abstainer myself,
because my doctor won't let me bo
one Thereupon voice came from
the topmost gallery. "Change your
doctor" THANK you for the hint. ="
CO. he Cardinal II Will" And he
G 'ecoming from that time a total
bslainer
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-03-04
Concerning Wire Fences.

Wire fences lend themselves read
lly to Identifying schemes, for they
furnish good support for vines of
every description. If you crave an
1ual change, try climbing nastur-
!iums, morning glories sweet peas,
wild cucumber, gourds. Madeira vine
Or cobaea. If a permanent effect is
desired, plant clematis, crimson ram
'ler rose. honeysuckle, trumpet creep
sr or woodbinc; and during the first
year while they are getting a firm
foothold, you can use any of the an
nuals for temporary and immediate
results.-Washington Star.
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Small Fruit,

There are three essentials in the
selection Of a location for small
fruits:
First, that the soil and lay of the
Iand be suitable-good ground, we'll
1rained-ordinary good garden
ground is all right. but not in an old
orchard or so near to other large
trees that they will absorb the mois-
ture and nutriment from the soil.
Second, the plat for small fruits
must be convenient to the house, and
this is an important consideration
with all garden products.
Third, the small fruit garden must
be so arranged in fairly long rows as
70 be cultivated with horse power and
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-03-04
Ten to One,

Where the saloon exists ii damns
ten souls for every one that all the
churches save. II cannot be right,
and nothing can make it right, that
all these forces OF love and pity and
philanthropy, the lifs-forces of any
nation, should be perverted and rem.
dered barren by the wanton selfish.
ness of the careless. the ignorant, the
Indifferent and the bad.-Dr. Charles
F. Aked, in Appleton's.
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LincoIn's Influence.

Men are living to-day who were in,
duced to sign the pledge by Abraham
Lincoln's convincing arguments
That he thoroughly appreciated the
menace of liquor evils is evidenced
by his declaration on the very day
OF his tragic death. that "the next
snarl we have got to straighten out
is the liquor question. &C. A
Phelps, In Broadway Magazine.
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Dairy Cows.

Too close confinement of dairy
cows is greatly detrimental to their
health. All animals require exercise
to develop properly and have normal
health, and good health and vitality
are necessary to the production of
good milk.--Indianapolis News.
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HouSing Tools.

The way some people house their
tools in winter Is enough to give
harrows and rakes the toothache.
Farms need more tools than in
former years, but not one farm in a
dozen has buildings to match
American Cultivator.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-03-04
breeding Hogs.

Several things may be said just
now In favor OF buying breeding hogs.
and not the least Is the pric, for
which they can be obtained. On this
account now Ia the time both to found
and add to herds, because good blood
can be bought at such low prices.
mainly because the price of corn ia
so'high. Another reason IL thst be-
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-03-04
DlstinguIshed ana Redeemed.

Whatever may be the defeats OF
this age, 1t is distinguished and re.
deemed by its deep interest In for.
eign missions; In the far future this
feature OF our generation will be rec
ognized as its chief glory.-Rev. w.
l.. Watkinson.
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HOW 1T HAPPENED.

Mabel (testing this wisdom OF the
grown-ups)--"Weii. how did Martin
Luther die?"
Uncle Jim---Die? oh. in the or
d!nary way. I suppose.
Mabel-"oh, uncle! You really
don't know anything. Hc was ex-
communicated by bull."---Harper's
Weekly.
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THE LADIES' WAY.

steila--"Do you do your Christ
mas shopping earlyf"
BeiIa--"of course. brt never buy
ti;l the last minute. New York Sum
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BE Ever Mindful.

A Christ about whom you do not
think Is as good as dead Christ, as
far as you are concerned.--Rev.D DR..
McLaren. n
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Put Up Whisky Against bibles.

-If the so-called reformers OF Des
Moines insist on interfering with our
business as we conduct II under the
law. or try to drive us out of busi-
ness. We will see which will go the
farthest In the fight--a barrel OF
whisky or bushel OF Bibles" said
George Judd, who was recently
elected president of the Des Moines
Retail Liquor Dealers Association.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-03-04

' During October Portland. ore.
sent io.ooo.0oo feet Of Iuhbsr ~
water TO California. ---.---- 2
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Boston has apparently voted for
license by from 8080 to 10000 votps.
reduction OF shout one-half from
the majority OF last year.
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INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM.
MENTS FOR MARCH z.

subject: Philip and the Ethiopian,
Acts S:28-4O--GoIdenT Text. John
5:39--Commit Verses 2e.sf-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-07-30
The "1nsurgents" and the People.

Bear in mind that all the seven states
from which come the ten Republican
senators who voted against the passage
Of the Aldrich version of the tariff bill
have direct primary laws.
The direct primary law of Indiana,
whence Senator Beverage halls, is not
nearly so broad in its scope as are the
measures in the other states. Wiscon-
sin. Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, South Da-
kota and Minnesota all have good direct
primary laws. In all the states repre-
Republican senators, except Minnesota
and Indiana, the primary laws provide
for a direct advisory vote by the people
on candidates for United States senator.
The fact that the Illinois senator's
wore found voting with Aldrich instead
of ~ with the insurgents from the states
bordering upon Illinois is one more rea-
son why the people of this sc, common nnnn4
ment of a real direct primary law
Chicago News,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-07-30
SKIN ERUPTION CURED.

Was So Sore, Irritating and Painful
that Little Sufferer Could Not
SIeep-Scratched COnstantly-Cut-
fcura's EfRcacy Proven.
when about two and half years
old my daughter broke out on her hips
and the upper parts of her legs with
very irritating and painful eruption.
1t began in October; the first l no
ticed was a little red surface and a
constant desire on her part to scratch
her limbs She could not sleep and
the eruptions got sore, and yellow wa
ter came out of them. I had two doc
tors treat her, but she grew worse I'M
der their treatment. Then bought
the Cuticura Remedies and only used
them two weeks when she was entire
ly well. This was in February. She
has never had another rough place on
her skin, and she is now fourteen
years old. Mrs. r. R. Whitaker, Win
chester, Tenn, Sept. %, 1905"
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp, Sole
Props. of Cuticura Remedies, Boston.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-07-30

grew stronger, and within three months
/ was perfectly we'll woman.
81 want this letter made public to.
show the benefit women may derive,
from Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. Mrs. JOHN G. MOLDAN,
2115 Second St., North, Minneapolis,
MINI.
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Women who suffer from those dis
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If you want special advice write
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MISSIONARIES OF THE SUDAN.
Efforts to Stamp Out CO nni5alism-Su-
perstition and Witchcraft.

Missionaries wherever they work have
many difficulties to contend with, but l
doubt if there is any part of the earth
where the missionary has harder time
than in the Sudan" said DR.. A. G. Hud-
son of Los Angeles, who spent several
months in that country.
Despite the effort of the government
to stamp them out. cannibalistic practices
are still prevalent in the Sudan. The
government is adopting strong measures
human practices. and shortly before 1
left four natives were hanged for these
atrocities. The natives are filled with
superstition and fear the power of evil
spirits.
1.-THE worship of their ancestors, witch
craft and the employment of witch doc
tors and fetch worship are among the
obstacles that confront the missionary,
but notwithstanding these and other diff
ficulties the work of evangelization is
producing encouraging results, and in
Africa today there are more than $780,
600 Christians" Washington Post.