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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-02
EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY, DECEMBER S
The Ruin OF Idleness-Matt 25: 1.13.
The Theme and the Scripture.

The Ruin OF ldleness-Matt rs: 1-13.
The Theme and the Scripture.
The clue to the very heart of this
parable is the truth set forth in the
theme. There is not anywhere in lit
erature a more vivid picture of the
ruin of idleness than is here present
ed. Five of these virgins are declared
foolish However, they had the same
chance as the other five virgins. The
ten of them set out together We must
presume that oil was as accessible to
the foolish as to the wise. They were
not handicapped by the slumber which
fell upon them, for they all slnmbered
and slept without blame. They all
arose at the sound of the bridegroom's
coming, and trimmed their lamps. 1t
Is clear the opportunity was as fully
theirs as the Others else condemna-
tion could not have been visited upon
them.
The meaning is plain. You may say
that they were not ready, that they
were careless, that they neglected to
provide enough oil to keep their lamps
going, that they procrastinated, and
that they were presumptuous. But
however you describe the cause of
their terrible failure, you come up
against the fact that they did not use
The time given them as did the others,
1O make ready for the great event.
They idled away the golden moments
the others had industriously used.
The five industrious virgins have
carried them a small vessel of oil
with which to replenish their lamps.
What would be more satisfying to the
desire of an idler than that they
should divide that oil? The obviously
just way, to so to dealers and buy,
seems not to occur to them until it
is suggested. For this is one of the
results of indolence-that it destroys
the fine discriminating sense of JUS
tice which is the basis of a true So
ciety and of personal integrity
And now comes the Nemesis of
wasted time. While they have gone
to buy oil the bridegroom comes. No
doubt they hurried, but they could not
catch the moments they must some
where have idled away. A man was
running for a train, but missed It, To
one who said You didn't run fast
enough" he replied, Yes, / ran fast
enough, but I didn't start soon
enough"
What a vivid picture of their fail
ure. The door was shut Within were
light, radiance, joy unrestrained. but
they were shut out to darkness only
the more revealed by their tiny lamps.
Within were feasting and merriment;
without were want and sadness. With
in was the bridegroom, to bask in
whose favor. we are led TO believe,
was joy superlative: without were
only self and the night of failure. To
have missed the brdegroom's feast
was to have missed ALL and though it
was missed by only a few idled mo.
ments the ruin is complete.
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REL1cloUs READMc
ron THE QUIET HOUR.
Qtp
"sHE is NOT DEAD, BUT SLEEP
ETH"

This is not death. IT'S but a struggle
A ransomed soul in bonds refused to
keep;
An, unseen angel to its aid descended:
And now God giveth His beloved sleep.
If tears will flow, not hopeless, is our
sorrow;
Our dear one rests among Christ's folded
sheep,
just for a night; but God will, on the
morrow,
Awaken His beloved from their sleep.
Safe in their rest! No harm shall eer be.
fall them
No fears disturb their slumbers, calm
and deep;
And, through the night, till in the morn
He call them,
God guards His own beloved while they
sleep.
Though summer shall still shine bright
above them,
And DER their graves winters wild
storms shall sweep.
lie who hath loved is lie who still doth
love them
They, aye remain His children, though
they sleep.
Then, darling, rest! Nay, nevermore shan
grieve thee
The ills that make earth's children sigh
and weep;
And, till the day dawn, with thy Lord we
leave thee,
For so He giveth His beloved sleep"
John ID. Linnell, in London Christian.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-02
Sheep as Weed Killers.

/ believe that the cheapest way to
rid the pasture of weeds, as well as
other parts of the farm where sheep
can be allowed to run, is to keen
some sheep grazing upon It. I be-.
lieye it is also the best way to keen
down weeds, as the sheep wander
over the same land day after day and
Keep the weeds closely picked down
all the time, while If you depend en-
moving the weeds, it can only be
done occasionally and not very often
at best. A good sized bunch OF sheen
VIII do more weed killing than a man
and do it at a profit to the owner
while the man would be quite an
item OF expense.
The greatest obstacle in the way
OF ordinary farmers keeping sheep, il
the expense of keeping fencing that is
suiiicient. 1t does not require a great
deal Of expense to build a sheep fence
If you already have a horse and COW
fence, of say, three wires, all that
Will be necessary is to add two extra
wires and see that all five OF them
are very tight, but If you have no
fence at all where you desire to make
your pasture | would recommend q
woven fence.
| made an experiment with sheep
on an old field three years ago. II
was a tract OF fifteen acres belonging
to one Of my neighbors, but Joined up
to my land on one side. 1t had been
In meadow for several years and the
weeds had about taken possession.
Ny neighbor offered to sell the land
and | purchased 1t at a reasonable
price, and at once had it fenced
which cost $50. pastured it the
first season with nothing but sheen
and kept count of how much gain
the sheep made and how much the
profits on them amounted TO, and the
first year | made enough off OF the
land to pay for the fencing and leave
a small per cent. of profit on the in.
Vestment. Besides that. the land
was pretty well cleaned up, which
would have cost considerable to have
done by man or horse work.
There is one point in keeping sheen
which most farmers overlook, and
that is that some breeds of sheep are
better grazers than others, and in.
deed some individuals of the same
flock are better at this | think a
little selection in this line will count
for very much in a few years; choose
the cnes that work over the ground
rapidly.-R. b. Rushing, in the In.
diana Earmnr
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Rags and Iron Weeds. Etc.

4 subscriber from Daviess County
wants TO know how to kill out rag
weed and iron weed, and also asks II
foxtail and crabgrass are injurious to
corn and II it would pay to cut them
nut. Foxtail and cTabgrass generally
come after ploW'ing, corn is all done.
and as general thing they do not
hurt the growth of corn after the
coEn is caring. and II subscriber has
many acres of corn It would almost
bankrupt him to cut II out with hoes,
at the present high prices OF farm
gork.
Rag weed is good fertilizer for
wheat, II turned under when full of
sap. say about the first OF August
osiLg a heavy chain to draw the
weeds under and out OF sight. and
the more weeds the better to insure
a good crop OF wheat. IL the ground
10 not wanted for wheat this year,
NOV the weeds before they go to
seed, and It is not yet too late. and
SOW grass seed and clover right away.
The weeds will shade the grass and
clover through the fall and winter
and so have good pasture next year.
Iron weed roots live In the ground
through the winter, while the rag
weed grows from the seed only, so
the only remedy for iron weeds is
the plow or close pasturing with
shser. for tto or thrss yssrs liz sue
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The Young FOaI.

Young foals should be taught to
eat grain at as early an age as posi-
Bile, and not allowed to suckle the
dam afte' five months old. A foal
should have roomy stall or shed
and be allowed its freedom in a pad
dock several hours a day when the
weather Is pleasant, 1t should have
as much good hay as 1t cares to eat
three times a day. but no more should
be given than is eaten up clean be-
Tore the next meal. The manger and
feed-bor should always be kept clean.
In addition TO hay. the foal should
have oats, clipped hay and bran and
some carrots, The morning feed
should be about one quart of oat feed
and one quart of wheat bran. and If
this Is mixed with few handfuls OF
cHt clover hay, so much the better.
At noon the feed should be one or
TWO quarts OF cut up carrots and one
quart OF oat feed. The evening meal
should be oats and bran. as much as
the colt will clean up before morn
Ing. The quantities mentioned are
for a weil-grown hearty colt, but
Judgment must be exc! ,ised by tho
feeder.-Ind.ana Farmer.
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Gnats Is Trnil Mnl,crs.

The brush eating instinct Of the
Angora goat is being successfully
demonstrated on the Lasscn National
Forest In California where they are
cutUng trails for fire guards through
the brushy areas on the slopes of the
mountains. The animals which num-
Der 1000, have been divided into two
hands and under the care of the
her1ers are grazcd within certain we'll
defined areas so that their work may
be concentrated on the brush within
those limits. The result is that they
have practically killed nearly all the
brush In the course either by eating
1t up entirely, or by barking, as in
the case Of the heavy manzanita
bushes At tho beginning of the ex-
pertinent there was some doubt as to
the goats willingness to eat the man
zanita, but it has been found that
where there is little else they will
just as readily attack it as any other
bushes.-Indiana Farmer.
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Beer and Babies,

Beer Is bad for babies.
Beer is neither food nor a slim.
ulant.
Alcohol is poison; beer is diluted
alcohol.
The most that has ever been
claimed for alcohol as food Is that
1t is capable of being converted into
heat and fat. But it is worthy Of
note that these claims have been
made by chemists and physicians paid
for their opinion by the manufaC-
turers of alcoholic beverages. And
even they have had to admit that but
very limited quantity OF alcohol
could be appropriated by the system.
Besides alcohol there is nothing OF
value in beer.
There is moro food value in tea
spoonful of milk than there is in a
gallon of beer. There is no poison in
milk. There is enough poison In
gallon of beer to kill fifty-one In
fants.
Beer contains from three to five
per cent. of alcohol, or from two 10
three teaspoonfuls of alcohol in each
glass of beer.
Three drops of alcohol, which Is
equivalent to one teaspoonful OF beer
or six to eight drops of whisky or
brandy, will make week old inlanl
drunk. That is why some mothers
and nurses give crying babies WHISKY
or brandy. 1t seems to cure the conc.
But 1t only makes them SO drunk they
go into a stupid sleep.
What mother would like to see hel
son brought home from the corner
saloon, or her daughter from Ihs
dance hall, in drunken stupor! ie.
how often will mother deliberately
make the infant at her breast drunk
to prevent 1t from crying?
Are not beer and other alcohohrs
in moderation stimulants? That Is aI
exploded theory. Does not alconV,
stimulate the heart to quicker DeaIs'
No. 1t irritates 1t to a more RAPID az
ton in the systems effort to elm
>inate the poison. Does It not slllnu, ~.
late digestion? No. 1t inhameS tns
stomach and congests the liver. DOE,
it not stimulate the mind? NO. "
makes the intellect stupid ana du'''
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-02
OUR TEMPERANCE coll,uu
REPORTS OF PROGRESS or ,,,...
BATTLE AGAINST RIM ihl
One Divorce in Five n,

one Divorce in Five Due to pr,D,
one OF the most striking arorn
LOT temperance reform. saws NJ
Brady, Is to be found in certair
qlspassionate statistics issued H. .o1
united States Census Bureau un1
ngures show that intemneraro.ne .nes1
eitner a direct or a contrIt'.
cause, was responsible for me- \.
nineteen per cent.-practicallv qua
nfth-of all divorces granted one]
United States during the twent, IN tna
between 18S7-1906 inclusive sea sIst
at the present rate at least guy @
twei1th marriage ends In divorce
get proportion of one home in e,. Wy
sixty-one wrecked by drink NJ
over, the census authorities ,h
selves, according to Mr.. Bradv asu enl1
tnat these figures represent op,v ~
most fagrant and palpable instsns us
on the part which intemperanco riSe
In divorce, and that greater nerpnr. py
ages than those actually given r,a.l,1
be nearer the truth. The deta,,os "Veld u
ures as set forth in the census bpils]l
tin are as follows: 'ui'SI
drunkenness was the sole c,r,
OF divorce in 36,516 cases. or us
cent. OF the total number of divorppeI ~.
t1SS7 to 1906). 1t was a cansa T.
combination with some other csrs1
in 1875 cases, or 1.9 per cont y
the total number. Therefore n wo.
a direct cause, either alone or in cor,
bination with other causes in "A 90,
cases, or 81 per cent. of tbe to,oiI iI
Or divorces granted to the wife tbo
percentage for drunkenness elthar
alone or in combination with Other
causes was 10; of those granted n
the husband, the corresponding nor,
centage, IA. p''
The attempt was made to ascer.
tain also the numberof cases in wbich
drunkenness or intemperance. al.
though not direct ground for tho
divorce, was an indirect or confirm.
tory cause. The number of such
cases was returned as 13O,2S7. rem.
resenting 1873 per cent. of the total
number of divorces. Probably this
number includes those cases in which
the fact of intemperance was alleged
in the bill of complaint or established
by the evidence, although not speci.
fed among the grounds for which the
divorce was granted.
THE remaining cases are those in
which there was no reference to in.
temperance, or no evidence that in.
temperance existed as a contributors
cause. In some of these cases the
record was so meager that the ab.
sence of any mention of intemperanCe
would justify no conclusions. But in
the majority of instances It would
create a strong presumption that In.
temperance did not exist or was not a
contributory cause. Literary Digest.
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made between them. in the manner
shown in the engraving. The bottom
end OF each pole is set a short dis
tance in the ground, resting in the
middle on the top rail of the pen
and crossing its neighbor pole from
the other pen and fastened to it with
a wire at the top. The straw stack is
also built at TIE sides over this struc-
ture. In this way a snug shelter of
considerable size can be made be-
meath the stack, under which the cat
tie gladly take refuge in stormy
weather. This structure is a perma-
nent one, the rails and poles remain
ing, II necessary, from year to year,
or II taken down, to be rearranged
again in a short time just before the
thrashing Is done. Such an archway
shelter would not be out of place in
many n well-kept barnyard. II the
stack Is longer one a double arch
way can be made and will save many
steps in doing the work of the barn
yard"
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IAN ENDEAVOR NOTES
DECEMBER FIFTH
Life Lessons for Me From First John
John 4: 7-21. Consecra-
tion MeetinQ)

tion Meeting)
A lesson in fellowship. / John l:
IL
A Lesson in holiness. 1 John / S-1O
A lesson in divine love. / John 3:
IA.
A lesson in brotherliness. l John 2:
III.
Profession and possession. l John
L. 8.
A lesson in prayer 1 John 8: 49,
"a.
All that make failure of human love
do so because they have first failed
to come into the love of God ". y.
Love rests upon ought" but 1t does
not long rest upon that alone ". IL.
We cannot see God, but we can see
the love of God, and that is God ".
12).
The confession of Jesus as the Son
of God is more than an acknowledge
ment of the mind; it shows itself in
our love ". 15).
The Letter Of Love.
All the darkness that Is in our lives
Is just so much proof of the absence
of God from them Il: 81.
II we wish fellowship with one an
olheI, lueTe is one sure way 10 get ll'
have fellowship with Christ Il: y.
The blood of Christ Is the life of
Christ; and life alone can cleanse
from death q: -
To deny our sinfulness Is to make
ridiculous our Sayior's errand to earth
Il: 10).
To enter into the salvation which
Christ offers Is to realize our human
brotherhood. for all men need the
same salvation e.: p.
Our communion with Christ is prov.
ed by our keeping of His command
ments, because only by His help can
we keep them f2:3).
By"~'the world" John means the
part of creation that is apart from
God and does not show His goodness
but mans balance e.: 15).
1t is a comfort to know that as the
world passes away, the desire for 1t
will pass away e.: ~.
When we think what God is, to be
called His children is seen TO be the
highest honor possible for us e.: u.
Only be sure that you are child
of God now. and you need have no
fear as to what you will be eternally
G.: %.
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A Substitute.

"An effectual substitute for tne -,
loon would be public casinos, suppo.s
ed by public taxation as schools Az Az
which should be as universally uis y.
tributed almost as saloons, opsn opasort
long as saloons. and provide q Is,Sh' rssut'
for the men and women OF the neisu nssS
borhood where they can meet 70 .h res ia
and enjoy all the liberty wnnt,ne wni.s
found to-day in the saloon, except,nis Sais.
intoxicating liquors. but where wIv,r n"r.
some refreshments migIt 70 nsds
chased. These casinos might DC id1 -.
self-supporting from the sale % Of .rs. ne
freshments that is one OF the spe -.
cial movements which is being nrmns. eu
pioned by Temperance, New pai Of
wick, N. j., the monthly ]oSInEss EnIs.
the Temperance Society Of .n ss thls
copal Church. Such plan 40 S.here
ought to prove most successful wps.o ~ %
prohibition has recently gone
effect.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-02

cesSion, using salt freely on the
weeds while the dew is on, or Just
af;er rain. The same remedy holds
COOL on all weeds that live through
the winter by the roots, and also for
-bri rs and bushes of all kinds.
salt Is cheap and a free use of II
pa 5 well in killing any and all kinds
OF weeds and bushes. and stock Of
all kinds will do their work we'll IL
Q 'ree use is made of lt.-Henry
Baker, in the Indiana Farmer.
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Temperancc Notes.

Homes are blasted and faniiis-
broken up by the rum trainc'
Emperor william will give ms III ID
port to officers drinking toas.
water or non-alcoholic beverass'' -.
Children are deprived OF eduea',sSr sor
and of opportunity to prepaie me
success in the struggle OF iiie "
rum traffic. needed
When the new employees are ns nss Al.
on the railways OF Denmark tnosv tsnsrs
plicants who have been apssaas sa arst
for at least one year will hass 'A
chance. 49, for
Last year the National sc9is,iid sc9as;idren w
the Prevention of Cruelty 70 tn, "ss 10
In England dealt with 5000 ca css'b bad
which want, suffering and apuss apa,,ms.
played havoc with their little w. AZ
II is we'll known. comments ~ csnt.
lance News, that ninety Per ,s ths
of these cases have their orisin :"
drinking habits OF the parents ..o,.
.Nipety-fiye per cent. OF the y .d0si u
BILE in the police department. ~ ~ 40
least ninety-eight per cent. o. 'n r, q
charges In the fire departm.s,,n', s,,',oxI-
Chicago. arc due 10 the use o. oIredls.
cants'" declares Howard .. sprm rom.
attorney for the Civil Service
mission, in his annual report
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"A BEAR JUST MISSES REVENGE.

Herman Russell. farmer of Hud-
son township, had thrilling escape
from den of bears the other day,
says a Boyne City (Mich.) dispatch
to the Chicago Inter Ocean. While
driving along the road his watchdog
secuted a cub and Herman. seeing
the little fellow, decided that it
would make a good pet.
He accordingly went over to the
cub, but when he attempted to pick
him up he was confronted by a big
mother bear. ''ho put up fight.
Herman took to the first tree, which
was a small rapling. Mrs. Bruin
sized up the situation, then deliber-
ately gnawed the sapling until 1t
broke.
Russell was saved by falling into
\ the branches of q larger tree.
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Care of Woodland.

Woodland. under care, yields year.
iy crops as regularly as wheat fields.
The marketable timber only is cut at
regular intervals, and new growth is
always coming on. At a freight
producer, a timber tract may be de-
pended upon as surely as potato
field. In fact, It IS surer; for land
in farm crops wears out unless con-
stantly fertilized, but timberland fer
tili2es itsolt with its leaves, and be-
comes richer. IL will yield undimin-
isheI crops foreYer.-Indiana Farm
er.
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Abdul's building Mania.

Abdul Hamid. like all his predeces-
essors, has a mania for building. The
European visiting Turkey for the
first time is astounded at the number
OF white cleaning palaces which line
either side of the Bosphorus. And in
every city of the empire there is
Kiosk set apart for the Sultan, which
he never visited. all of them palatial
abodes filled with choice furniture,
rare marbles, mirrors and lusters
from Venice. mosales from Florence
and Rome, with deep-hued carpets.
soft and velvety as fur. These mag
nificent residences are nominally
guarded by major-domos, who live
there with their families In comfort
able drowsiness and ease and with
only one object In life. that of main
taining their places. Chicago News.
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The Straw Stack.

A subscriber sends the following
Illustration showing what to do with
the straw stack, and in commenting
on the same says: "An archway shell
ter under or through a straw stack is
an expensive and valuable device for
stock protection. The skeleton frame
Of such 4 one is shown in Figure 1.
1t consists Of two rail pens of the
ordinary sort. for the bottom of small
stacks, placed near enough together
80 that the crchway of poles ssn be
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-02
LOVE AND FOLLY.

Let him but love mel make ne
conditions! said the virgin who wa,
very foolish indeed.
HE must love me for myself
alone!" said the virgin who wasnr
quite 30 foolish.
But the virgin who was least fool
ish said: sHe must love me in spits
OF myself"
It Is man, however. who proposes
and he isn't so easily scared on by
foolishness as sNme ether things
Puck. n ~
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A FRIENDLY SUGGESTION.

my boy" said Hamlet Fatt. "yo.
ean play the fiddle little bit and yor
are enough OF an acrobat to stand OF
your head"
But can't do either well enough
to get an engagement" admitted
Yorlck Hamm.
Precisely. What YOU want to dc
is to combine the two. Then you'll
have a prime act. Louisville Cour
ieg-Journal.
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The Wonfirnns Love

However rich we may once have
been in earthly love. and however
poor we may be to-day, we may be
many times richer If only the heart is
open for the entrance of the Infinite
and Living Love. No alienation, no
estrangement, no bereavement, can
leave MS poor, II we but know "the
love of Christ that passeth knowl-
edge"
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But They Are So Fetching

The only way for the world to keep
the Hoosier literati at their pens is to
deny them prosperity--in other
words. TO refuse to buy their books
or to. go 10 see their plays.---New
York Globe.
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Foundation OF Life.

When you assist womanhood you
assist the nation. She is the founda-
-tion of our lives, she is the inter-
mediary between man and all divin.
ity.--Rev. s. Parkos Cadman.
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Moral Influence.

The measure of moral influence ID
precisely the quality OF moral char
acter. One clear lapse from goodnesj
and that authority expires. Rev. HI
Il. Henson.