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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-21
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THE PEOPLES FRIEND.

The common people heard Him gladly.
Three Syrian summers on the lake
And on the mountain side,
Men watched and weighed and tested Him
Whom last they crucfed
The great men of the cities scorned
His mission and His claim
Who was this Christ of Nazareth?
This Man of lowly name?
But when He walked amid the corn,
Or rested by the well,
Or paced the. hot ways of their town
With wondrous things to tell
Pathetic eyes were turned TO Him
As careworn men passed by.
And when His gentle voice was heard.
The wayfarers drew nigh.
They listened. and the darkened world
Grew fair with morning light:
From weary shoulders burdens rolled,
And lte.s dim ways were bright;
Hope touched the weary. wistful souls,
Dukanad with sin and care.
And guCdness was the hearts desire,
And speech was tuned to prayer
Ewes. lighted with the naw-fornd iov
Were turned toward His face:
lhe common people had not known
Such dignity of grace;
And when He smiled and looked at them,
Seeing them sick and sad
He loved. and healed. and pardonal them,
Til they were strangely glad.
All. gracious Saviour of the world,
The people are the same.
The wistful, weary common.folE
Still need to know Thy name.
Whv fail Thy messengers to cheer
The sin.sick and sad
Oh. teach them how to love. and make
The common people glad!
-Maarianne birmingham, in London S. s..
Times.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-21
Spraying TO Kill Weeds.

Directions for making a spraying
Oolution that will kill weeds are
given as follows: Empty a hundred
pound sack of sulphata of iron into
fifty-gallon barrel; nh to the chine
with water, and stir with a hoe for
a few minutes until dissolved
Strain through several thicknesses Of
cheeseclnth tackled over manhole of
the spraying machine, producing a
real mist free from drops. Use about
fifty gallons to the acre, and spray on
bright warm day or on a dark damp
day; 1t docs not matter so long as
rain does not come within eighteen or
twenty hours. This spray will not
harm grain crops, and will kill wild
mustard and various other weeds
Weekly Witness.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-21
CHRISTIAN NENDEAVORN01Es
OCTOBER TWENrY.Foue

'0p'o-Why some men and women =.
NOT succeed In life. Josh. I: 40 W
4, 10. y o. 70; 2O
Faithiessness. Matt. 25: 1Aao
injustice. Ps. 1: 4-6: II. 49,
What Is success. Luke 10. ,e q,
True success. 1 Tim. g, 17-IoA'
Lack of perseverance. Hon .:
II. 'ieo' IL: IA
God did not lend His nowo.
Moses or Paul, or any other Bib,o
more fuily than He is Willing ~ IN9 her9
1t to me and to you (v. 81 " lend
Inc success of others demands
us; in some measure, the sncoou upon
all the world ". CD. '"0Vess OF
The best, and really tbo
manual of success is the BibIe f.. only,
IL God Is our ally, we canno. w. o.
our success, for we know that us aouOI oaO
not fail ". 81. 'ie can
How to Succeed.
Success Is carrying ont ~ r,o
they are worth carrying out soma
do not plan, others plan foollshlv'. 'Vms ons
neither class deserve success "Hu
success is to be measured h., a..
whole life. The eleventh-honr wor,.a .ae
is received, and may get a whole Lnsr do",r
pay; but he does not do a wbolo Soy, Sys
work, or make a whole.day spcce.a rs'
Many fail in life because thev h'SS' rs.
not learned to do one thing wei, D'rs q,
am willing to do anything is q vo.n
poor recommendation very
A man is sure to fail II he tr,a, 4.
succeed in his own strength a. ~
the only success.
No one succeeds whose uooo,.
keeps others from succeeding '''
Nothing succeeds like succassr 1,
not true. There are many men wboso
first success, being mere chance ~
never followed by a second.
Half of success is Character n.
true, helpful, and humble, and man
Will push you up.
No estimate of success Is comn,o,.
that does not count in heaven.
Good cheer Is a mortgaee on s,y>
cess. A wilmer seldom succeeds
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-21
Geese Tor Brccdinr.

a goose farm should have a run
ming stream OF pure watcr 30 situated
that the fiells may be laid out on
both sides of the stream. The fields
should consist of good pasture with a
variety OF grasses and OF sufficient
size 10 support a gauder and three
geese with their growing goslings.
One gander and three geese To a
fon are often better than any other
humter for breeding purposes. A
shed on the north side OF the field
opening to the south Is all the protec-
lion the geese require except IN the
extreme north. In the middle sec
lions OF the United States geese sell
dom Will use the shed except during
tho aging and Matching seasons or
on extremely cold days In winter. The
sheds consequently need not be very
large nor expensive. But the roof
should be thoroughly waterproof and
the bottom provided with a foot or
more Of straw.
Toulouse, Embden and Chinese ara
the three varieties usually raised
The Chinese lay more eggs than the
Others. but the birds are not SO yalu-
able, consequently the larger varieties
are likely TO pay the best Stock
birds do not require TO be renewed
ike other kinds OF poultry. as geese
are iong-llved and the eggs are much
better for Matching after geese have
obtained full maturity. Breeding
stock Is at best from flye 10 twelve
years Of age. This is especially true
iof geese. Sometimes It is advisable
ITO renew gandGrs after six or seven
Yeas. Geese eighteen and twenty
years OF age have been known TO ley
ss wen ss ever. and their eggs 10
iaica satisfactorily. but these OF
course are exceptional cases.
1bs Enbdsn aud Toulouse varletle,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-21
VIII You Take God at His Word?

VIII you set to YOUR seal that God
is true? Unbelief says. Il won't. &"
Faith says, II will" Oh, may God
help you now to say, 81 will set To
my seal that God is true" this very
hour, and the moment you do that,
and put your faith in God, then
comes the peace, the happiness you
have been looking for so long!
II is recorded in history that some
years ago 4 man was condemned I'd
be put To death When he came I'd
lay his head on the block, the prince
who had charge of the execution
asked him If there was any one petit
tion that he could grant him. All
that the condemned man asked for
was glass of water. They went and
got him a tumbler OF water, but his
hand trembled so that he could not
get the water to his mouth. The
prince said to him, "your life is safe
until you drink that water" He took
the prince at his word and dashed
the water to the ground They could
not gather It up, ard 50 he saved his
lie.
Ny friend, you can be saved now
by taking God at His word. The watt
er of life is offered to "whosoever
VIII. Take II now. and live. Nav
God give you grace to do so this mo-
ment! Let feelings go! Say in your
heart II do believe, | will believe, I
now believe on the Lord Jesus Christ
with all my heart" and life everlast-
ing Is yours!-D. L. Moody.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-21
Catholic Attack smites Saloons.

Clergy and layman of the Roman
Catholic Church, as typified in the
convention of the Catholic Total Abb
stinence Union Of Illinois, held in
Chicago, have put their shoulders to
the wheel to crush out the saloon in
America
In laundering resolutions and in
oratory, which for uneq>ivocal con-
demnation of the liqYor business
probably transcended anything ever
before put forward in similar Cath
olic gathering of equal magnitude,
the liquor trade and the persons en-
gagged in it were scored without mer-
cy. The saloon business was declared
scandal which had endured too
long. and now must be crushed for
the safety of the children of the
church.
Catholic clergymeD of note in Chi
cago rose to their feet to announce
their intention of setting forth upon
the highways and byways of the ma
tion to spread the total abstinence
movement on behalf of the church.
The whole weight of condemnation
OF the convention as a body fell upon
societies within the church which
permit Saturday night dances and
Sunday picnics under their auspices
at.which intoxicating liquors are sold.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-21
EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY, OCTOBER "a.
A Lost Son and a Yearninu Father
(Luke 15: 11-32).

HC tuCTUC d1O tTe OCTlpturo,
Verses 11-19. The Lost Son. He
was prodigal before he left home.
His heart was in the far country be.
fore his body reached there. His sin
was in desiring to be his own master.
Prodigals are not always poor people.
Many of them are prosperous.
"Took his Journey" Began to be
in want" The insidious approach Of
temptation, It's imperceptive advances,
its gradual progress, its prevailing
fascination. its pitiless power, its
heartless tyranny, and its final hide
Gus triumph over the moral sense are
here pictured. Some travel the road
more quickly than others, but all reach
the same disastrous destination. The
way is downward The end is far not
measured in distance, but in affec.
tions, far from father, far from home
restraint, far from good influence.
Joined himself TO a citizen" mo
man gave to him." He traded freedom
with his father for slavery to a
stranger. He would not live with his
father; now he is compelled to live
with swine.
Game to himself" Game to his
father" He had gone far, but the
Lords hand is not shortened that 1t
cannot save" He had gone low, but
the Lord lifteth up the needy
Shining, sinking, suffering, yet sell
was left to him, and that was his
hope. A fool, spendthrift, hog
tender, yet the germ-cell of character
was not destroyed. Thoughtlessness
took him away. Thoughtfulness must
bring him back.
Verses 20-24. The Yearning Father.
Sin travels far, but love is farsighted'
The eyes of mercy are quicker than
the eyes of repentance.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-21
A Noble Senfimnnr

For noble sentiment and the action
which accompanies the speech moth
ing finer has come under our eye for
long time than the words of Charles
Henry Brent, of the Philippines, in
declining his second election to the
Episcopal bishOpric of Washington,
D. c.; the church that can raise men
lmbued with such sentiments and no.
bic ideals surely has a mission to the
world:
1T is not that I fail to recognize
the splendor Of the missionary oppor-
tunity in Washington. and the dignity
of the heritage which You bid me en-.
ter--they inspire me: nor that I
shrink from the tasks and problems
of leadership which you invite me to
face in company with you-they chal-
lenge me; nor that I do not often.
times yearn to serve the church in
the homeland again. am human
But God charges me to-day-the NOR
row can take care of itself-to con-
tinue my witness to the high impor-
tance of the far-off mission of the
church and the gravity of the nations
responsibility in the Orient by abid-
ing on the spot where am"
This is what makes men believe,
when they see the capacity for sacri.
flee that is ignorant of it's own nobil,
ity in the fervent love of Christ. We
have had few men in our Method.
ism who have made the great renun.
ciation, and we have been gazing
upon them in open-mouthed wonder.
1t Is not well that sacrifice should call
Tor surprise. So usual is place-hunt.
ing, the quest of honors and emolu-
ments, that such reversion to the
Pauline type is uplifting and fine.
lt Is noble heritage and a splen.
did opportunity that invited him to
Washington. There is indeed need
for leadership and high quality of
churchmanship at the nations capi.
tai, but doubtless he is right in his
estimate of the strategic value of tho
Orient Constructive Christian civili.
Zation is possible as is evidenced by
Bishop Brent. At last the world
knows that in the Philippines is a
man and the church; and the world
viii not forget his splendid devotion
TO duty in an age when the dollar has
dulled so terribly the ideals of real
Observation-Disclosures Methodist.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-21

Tho peculiar odor OF clay is un-
questionably due to organic ingredi-
ents. Although these cannot be iso-
lated or detected by chemical an
alysis. they can be classified accord
Ing TO their physiological effects.
which vary widely. Rohland has sue
ceeded in transferring the odors OF
clay to saccharate OF iron and has thus
recognized ten distinct varieties.
Louis has made similar observations.
employing ammonia rs a vehicle for
the odors.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-21
Supplying the Soil With Plant Food

Sulp-AlnR inc Stil WIN rant fOOu.
In fertilizins any crop the needs of
the soil upon which the crop is to be
grown arc usually the leading consid-
GRAFTON. A soil which had recently
been we'll manured, or had a clover
sol plowed unde,, would likely be
pretty well provided with nitrogen
and rdinGly the mineral constit-
uents would he the principal concern.
A heavy clay soil would not need the
potash that a sandy or muck soil
would require. The need for pnos-
phoric acid is more general. After
the soil, the needs of the crop may be
considered. For instance, 200
bushel-to-the-acre crop of potatoes
will carry from the soil thirty-three
pounds of nitrogen, twenty pounds of
phosphoric acid and siXty-two pounds
of potash; thirty bushel crop of
wheat, siXty-two pounds Of nitrogen,
twenty pound; phosphoric acid and
twenty-six pounds OF potash. For
use upon the same sort OF soil then.
the potato cron would call for few
tilizer richer in potash than would
wheat. If the store of plant food in
;the soil is to be maintained. It
might be possible to omit the nitro
gen foi the potatoes. since the later
are usually closer 10 he clover sod or
manure CT both IN the rotation than
wheat.-F2rmcrs Home Journal.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-21
Silage For Beef Cattle.

The only reason the silo has not
been used so largely upon the beef
cattle and general stock farm is be-
cause beef men have not given it
the trial that dairymen have. Those
who have used silage in the produc-
tion Of beef are universally in favor
of it. 1t proves a profitable addition
10 a beef-feeding ration. Expert
ment station tests have presented re-
suits which stand out prominently
in favor of silage for beef feeding.
The latest evidence from this
source comes from the Indiana sta
ton, where series of practical
beef feeding experiments are being
"0nductod. Weekly Witness.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-21
OUR TEMPERANCE COLUMN.
REPORTS OF PROGRESS OF THE
BATTLE AGAINST RUM.
The Sunday School Temperance ALI

The Sunday School Temperance ALI
ance.
The influence of simple temper
b-@e organization in Sunday school
Is very potent for interesting and ed
ucating the children and youth in the
principles of total abstinence and the
evils of the alcoholic drink traffic.
With a distinct purpose and at least
quarterly exercises by the entire
school and pledge signing at the close
of the meetings, the attention, inter-
est and finally active cooperation of
nearly all Is secured This has been
demonstrated in many communities
in the last two years where the Sun
day School Temperance Alliance has
been taken up in one or more schools.
1t is not meant to take the place of
any existing society already doing
good work, or to crowd out any good
movement desired, but to suggest to
the thousands of Sunday schools in
our land that are doing little or moth
ing practical in temperance educa-
tion simple method to do effectual
work. The quarterly temperance les
son is often neglected in Sunday
schools that Sunday being used for
Fpeciai services, etc It should be
made most interesting day to all in
me Sunday school, The Alliance
purposes to enroll the entire school
and make It temperance army OPP
posing an ever-present and aggressive
enemy Young people are ready to
study { live subject. They cooper
ate quickly in aggressive work for
some good purpose. The church has
ITS great opportunity in forming
Christian character and pure lives in
its Sunday school work. No evil SO
takes our young people away from
participation in Christian Endeavors
as does the social drinking habit or
the Influence of the saloon and those
that begin to frequent It. With the
spirit of wine" in the Spirit of
Cod has no room. The National
Temperance Society now publishes
? pocket leafet. No. 54, entitled
Save the Children" which has had
the record of Just such a society as
the Sunday School Temperance Alli-
ance purposes, for over forty years.
Every Sunday school yuperintendent
should read It, We shall be glad to
furnish copy with a suggestive
method and constitution of the ALI
nee to any pastor or superintendent.
Every church and Sunday school
should be alive to this great question
and should be training its army of
children and youth for aggressive bat
tie against the alcoholic enemy. How
about your Sunday school reader? Is
1t measuring up to its duty and oppor-
tunitv in this warfare against an ev-
erywhere present and active foe to
all good and Christian influences?
Send freely to the National Tenn
perance Society for information and
uggestion.-The National Advocate.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-21
Good For Guthrie, Oklahoma.

From a letter received the other
day from one Of the vice presidents
OF our National Temperance Society.
we quote the following:
II am just from Guthrie. Okla
homa. 1t looks good TO see a city of
$4,000 with not saloon nor sign Of
liquor. A lawyer said TO mo, i doubt
II you would see an intoxicated man
II YOU were to stay here a month
National Advocate.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-21
Unrepented Repentance.

For the many mistakes of the past
we must have sincere regret, and for
oG; sins sorrow. but II they have
caused repentance not to be re-
pented Of" they have been mercifully
forgiven us OF God for Jesus Christ's
sake.-Rey A. w. Snyder. New York
City
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-21

The Treacle Bible got its name
from Its rendering OF jeremiah 8;22:
us there no treacle In Giiead," instead
OF balm In Gilead. II was printed In
1868. The same text was rendered
In the Douai version. 1909. as there
no rosin In GlleadY" This Bible was
called the Rosip Bible. --
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-21
DriPhter DAYS.

Look for brighter sunrise from
some hill tomorrow. Look for sur
prises in the coming days. Look for
the great thing that shall yet make
your whole being to feel the fellow
ship which 1t was made to entertain
with the infinite God.-Rev. e. L.
Powell, Louisville. .
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-21
So Would We.

Little Edith gazed thoughtfully for
some time at her grandmother. FL
nally she said. Grandma. would
like to have seen your face when It
was new.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-21
SO II Was!

Carrie. aged four. and Jimmie, a
year older. were making mud pies.
"Me am going to have cherry pie"
remarked Jimmie. "'Me ami" :"
scorned Carrie, ~that's funny way
to say I are!' "--Dellneator.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-21
Faith.

Faith. the appropriation OF thd
IDEAL. is the secret of successful and
Inspiring life.-Rev. L. l.. Powell.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-01-26
WHEN 'AIYY
 NAVILE5" FIGHT

The men who fight in ships on water are acmally preparing for defense from missiles hurled or dropped from the skies, according to the Brooklyn Eagle. The problem before them is to protect She vital parts of the ship from attacks. Seagolpg ships of war are constructed so as to protect the en' zines and steering gear; also the mag azlnes from proJectlles coming through the vessels sides They are not likely to be exposed to dropping bombs ex- cept in close action with land bat terles, something rare in modern war fare.
 Under present methods of worship construction defense from dropping bombs may take the form of nets spread above vulnerable points in the superstructure. These will at least check the ordinary bomb and limit the force Shells which emit poisonous fumes. however, can spread death in spite of the holdup if the contact with the net is sufficiently violent to ex- plode- them or if they arc exploded by a fuse. Experts differ as to the amount of damage an airship can do to an ocean ship It Is admitted that 1t will be extremely difficult for the airship artiucrlst to hit his target, At the most he can only disable a few men or some of the machinery. Shells that explode on deck usually do but little damage. Those that penetrate the armor and explode in the ships bowels are the ones that wreck things. This Is the work cut out for torpedo boats. and many men at present doubt the efficiency of the aerial torpedo thrower.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-01-26
4 FAIR 0F POETS

Hearing a noise in the street before his house one morning, Robert Brown ing. the poet, went to his window and saw great crowd gazing at some Chlnamcn in gorgeous costumes who were just leaving their carriages Co mount his steps. Presently they were announced as the Chinese minister at the court Of St James and his suit A solemn presentation having taken place. Browning said to the interpreter May ask to what l am indebted for the honor of his eXccllcncy's visit| The interpreter replied, His eNcellen- cy Is a poet uI his own country" Thercupon the two poets shool, hands heartily Browning then said, May l ask to what branch of poetry his cN- celency devotcs hlmselr?' TO which the interpreter answered, His excel lency devotes himself to poetcal euig- mas" At this Browning, recognizing fully the comic element In the situa- ton, extended his hand most cordially, saving: Ills excellency is thrice well come. He is a brother indeed"
The daily Alaskan., 1909-01-26
THE STUDY 0F
 LANGUAGE

That great many men have ac- quired violent hatred for English It. eraturc. owing to the preparation re- oulred in ,t" at school, is the opinion Of Professor Lounsbury of Yale. The preparation referred to Is, of course, training In grammar, spelling and rhetoric as preliminary to exercises in literature. In this connection col- league of Professor Lounsbury at Yale, Professor Phelps, thinks that training at home is what really counts"
 Too often in American homes there is no systematic training. spoken lan- guage Is used carelessly, and books are seldom selected with regard to style In language. It Is said that foreign boys outstrlp our natives in acquiring good English where the home training of the latter has been careless In schools abroad much attention is given to the principles underlying all language, and pupil thus prepared is half a lingulst for any language he mny attempt It may be that our elementary training is at fault and that too great burden Is placed upon memory during child hood. Language is of slow growth and Is probably picked up" more often than 1t is mastered by hard study. Doubtless much depends on a right start whether the pupil ends with a violent hatred for English literature or learns to love literature and to use good English with case,
The daily Alaskan., 1909-01-26
SCH00LMA AM
 AND THE HOME

Educators and school boards may lament the vacant places at the teach CTS desks on the opening of fall terms, but the rest of the community should perhaps be congratulated, Every schoolma'am that marrles means one more good home From a narrow point of view 1t may seem an economic waste to have teacher drop school work when she Is at her best But all education is an economic waste un- less there are to be good homes built up on It and from it.
 A schoolma'am turned wife is a great deal more than half trained for the duties of the mistress of a home. She has acquired patience and system and knowledge of the ways of chIl- dren. She knows the value of dollar and how hard lt Is to earn one, Mar riage may be getting unpopular, but these annual raids on the ranks of the schoolmau do not show 1t. Men have been schoolboys, and they know that there's a good wife in the making to be found in every schoolhouse.