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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28

There is much less worry attached
to duck raising than to other branches
of poultry keeping.-E. c., in the In
diana Farmer.
A pen of eighteen, fifteen duck and
three brakes, will furnish an abun-
dance of eggs. They will almost all
give a strong duckling when we'll
cared for and properly mated.
Another experiment showed that
the average duckling required twenty
five cents worth of feed to prepare
him for market. Those in question
were sold for fifty cents each; so OF
course there was good profit in them.
The Pekin seems to be the favorite
market duck, and holds Its own well,
but the Indian Runner is the breed to
get where eggs are the main item.
They will make rapid gains, too, when
we'll fed, for a duck is like a pig In
this respect; give them good feed and
they will soon show you good results.
The profit is quick, so one is able
to use the money for feeding later
matches of ducks or for chicks. The
earliest ducks bring the best prices,
but there is fair profit in the later
ones, where one will furnish the feed.
Unless you are situated where you
can procure reasonably good eggs
whenever you wish them, it is much
better to have a pen of breeders.
OF late years the demand for ducks
has increased greatly. That this in
crease will continue is fact not to
be doubted, so IL will he wise In
vestment to procure several sittinga
of duck eggs. selecting the hest Of
the ducks for next seasons breeding
pen, and procuring good brakes in
January TO mate. This, of course, II
conditions allow of your raising
ducks.
Where one is growing exclusively
for market, 1t seems there is more
profit in ducks than chicks; some ex.
periments where both chicks and
ducklings we're taken at the same age
and fed the same ration, show that
the ducklings cost 1.s cents a pound
This is for pound gain; the chicks
show pound gain, cost 4.S4 cents;
the ducklings we're also ready for
market, while the chicks were yet too
small. 1t is almost unbelievable the
rapid gain that hearty dueklings will
make when fed right
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28

Take off the shoulder. Lag 1t upon
the gridiron with the breast: cut in
two parts to facilitate its cooking;
put a tin sheet on top of the meat and
a weight upon that turn the meat
around frequently to prevent its burn
ing; turn over as soon as cooked on
one side; renew the Goals occasion.
ally that all parts may cook alike;
when done. season with butter. pep.
per and salt. exactly like beefsteak.
II takes some time to broil it well
but when done 1t will he found 70 he
equal to broiled chicken, the flavor
being more delicate than when
cooked otherwise; serve with cream
sauce made as follows: Heat a table
spoonful of butter in a saucepan. add
a teaspoonful of flour and stir until
perfectly smooth, then add slowly.
stirring in a cupful OF milk (cold),
let II boil up once, season to taste
with salt and pepper and teaspoon
ful of finely chopped fresh parsley.
Serve in gravy dish, all hot.-Bosten
Post
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28

and. "T never had an offer; won
der how I should behave If such an
event happened to me-" he overheard
one girl saying to another the morn-
ing after his arrival. Instantly Arm
strong resolved she should have the
opportunity of knowing Assiduous-
ly he cultivated her acquaintance
until she was goaded into asking him
what he had ever done.
Nothing much; only taking care
of mother. What shall do depends
on you"
DO you mean you want to marry
me?"
Delighted at her freshness he broke
forth into ardent words.
"Oh don't, Mr.. Armstrong" she
interrupted; "really I couldn't You
see, this is my first offer, SO you
won't be vexed at my question, and
don't know how men do 1t. I'm sorry
IL you care, but I'm going to college
and to have a career, for, when the
four years are over, there will be
three in the medical school and I
couldn't study well IL I were-in
love"
"Then you do care for me?"
mo, really / don't care a bit. You
are very nice, but not the kind of
man a college graduate wants. You
don't mind, do your"
"Yes, I do; but mother always told
me never to marry college girl;
frivolous girls, she said, made better
wives"
Good morning Mr.. Armstrong"
Good morning, Miss Raymond"
Six months later Armstrong;
fiancee showed him a brooch she had
received from three of her college
friends. 1t was a golf stick resting
on bar of music with the college de-
vice below.
"Confound such bad TASTE" nut.
tered Armstrong. angrily, remember
ing that the three girls to whom he
had offered himself were at Psyche
College. Could they have told each
other of his futile endeavors? ?-Bos-
ton Post.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
Reapin0 His Reward,

The wise farmer who went along
about his business, raising hogs and
corn to feed them, is reaping his re-
ward, while the foolish farmer is
gnashing his teeth-with corn around
sixty cents per bushel at the farm, and
hogs around 50 per 100 pounds at the
home market, it is easy to figure the
profits in the business. The farmer
who sticks to his chosen line of farm
ing, seeking to improve his methods
andisturbed by the temporary ups and
downs of the markets, will, in the
long run, make larger gain than the
man who is constantly being lured
by promises of quicker and larger
profits into other fields.-Farm
World.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
Covers For Light Gowns.

A girl who has pretty gowns for the
house and evening wear has devised a
way to keep them from dust, and at
the same time add to the attractive
ness of her closet.
She buys pretty dimity or muslin
for eight or nine cents a yard, allow
ing three yards and a half for each
gown to be covered. The material is
then divided in halves, and scanned
up at each side; at the end designed
for the bottom she makes a two-inch
hem. At the other end she makes a
seam for the top, from each side
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
Brides Share of a Wedding.

often there seems doubt in the
minds of a young couple to be mar
ried as to which expenses fall upon
the bride and which upon the BRIDE
groom The division is as follows:
The bride pays for the invitations and
the announcement cards, for the we'd
ding breakfast, all expenses of the re-
ception, the carriages for the brides
maids, the decorations of the church
and the gifts to bridesmaids.
The bridegroom pays for his own
carriage in which goes his best man,
for the wedding ring, the license. the
gifts to the ushers and gives a fee to
the minister, the organist and the SEX
ton. He does not pay for the ushers'
gloves or ties, nor does he send car
riages to bring them to church.-Phil-
adelphia Record.
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How to Make and Keep Friends.

Some natures are more capable of
easily forming friendships than 9TH
ers. Real friends are scarce, and once
a real friend is found. he or she is
worth keeping. Acquaintanceship is
the apprenticeship OF true friends, but
many acquaintancesc can never become
anything else, the balance OF friend
ship finds them wanting
The best way to retain friend Is
to never interfere In family or bust
ness privacy, don't presume on liking
or affection to impose on your friends
time or arrangements. Always give
and take, your peculiarities are prob
ably as disagreeable to your friend az
his or hers are to you. Endure them,
and 80 avoid chickering's.
Never be led by gossip about what
YOUR friend has said about you. II It
hurts your feelings. have II out fairly
and squarely. Above all. keep conf
dences inviolate, nothing breeds doubt
so quickly as persons inability to
keep secret to himself; It Is always
pleasant TO trust peorls. snd the
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
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Paisley effects are much in vogue.
The touch of black is still popular.
Poplin for suits isquite in evidence.
Crushed suede or satin belts are
much worn.
Simplicity of cut is the note of the
wash suits.
One sees comparatively few Rus
sian blouse costumes.
Rep is a material much used this
summer for separate skirts.
For coat costume of linen, Moth
ing is prettier than a simple shirt
waist of cotton voile, pinchecked with
white and the color of the suit.
Black gloves for the street have
wide white bands of stitching; others
are stitched with the color even the
seams being sewed with the color.
The new corset is a good deal lower
in the bust than was the case last
year. Its waist is still long, and its
hips are narrow, straight and long,
For golfing. skirts are sufficiently
wide for comfort, the material usu-
ally an unobtrusive plain or checked
Scotch suiting, Irish irieze or home
spun.
From Paris comes the cry of the
tight skirts, pulled in around the feet
by wide bands of trimming, but this
style has not yet been generally
adopted.
The short coats range in length
from hip to Within two inches of the
knees. So far the really short coat
and the Eton jacket have not gained
any secure position
One OF the newest gowns has the
skirt cut with double box pleat in
back. a narrow gore in front and fn-
ished with shaped fiounce, the sides
of the skirt being circular
Plisse frills for the neck are now
made of Paisley printed silk and COW
cred with white tulle. the two mate
rials fine pleated together and edged
with stiff band of the Paisley silk.
Tailored costumes with the white
linen with the fine hair stripes of
black or color are remarkably smart
II made up with pipings OF plain lin
On. matching the color of the hair
line.
To carry with light silk or lingerie
frocks. there are exquisite little hand
bags Of silk in delicate pastel colors.
hand-embroidered and mounted In
Oriental silver. A tiny coin purse is
fitted inside.
One OF the newest ideas in trim
ming Ia the use of overlapping but
tons to finish skirts aud coats. The
buttons are put on one above the 9TH
or 50 that their rims overlap each 9TH
er and make continuous line.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
Chicken RissnIes

Take the remains of a cold chicken
and chop rather fine with little lean.
cold ham. Make a sauce Of two table
spoonfuls of sifted -four mixed with
one-half cup warm butter, one-half
pint milk, salt and pepper to taste.
Boil the milk. pepper and salt, stir in
the flour and butter and boil until
it becomes thick. Mix with the meat.
Roll out a light paste one-quarter
inch thick, cut into squares and put
a little meat on one square laying an
other over it and pressing the edges
together. Fry in hot lard until
brown-Mrs. P. C. Milliken, in the
Boston Post.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
Graduates of Barnard.

The report of the associate alum
nae of Barnard College shows that
of the 79S graduates in the seventeen
classes 110 hold advanced degrees
ninety-four that of master of arts
four that of doctor of philosophy
four that of bachelor of laws, foui
that of doctor of medicine. one that
of bachelor of library science, two thai
of bachelor of science of education
and one that of bachelor of divinity
About thirty-four per cent. are en-
gagged in teaching and about twenty
seven per cent. are married.
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II Be zattss..1 amy

eggs, and are as good for table use
and cannot be told from hen eggs by
taste. Young are easily raised, and
only require water for drinking They
require very little more feed than
other poultry and great part of the
years will pick up much of their feed
If given range, as they go over large
space in searching for food. But
small feed of grain given at night will
bring them home ready to be shut up
till after laying time next morning.
They do well when kept in pens, and
a twenty-four inch fence will keep
them confined in pens. We have bred
them for seven years and have moth
ng but praise for them. Who would
, not give them praise with their beau.
tiful fawn and white markings, erect
carriage and best of all their egg pro-
ducing qualities that is their pulling
power among poultry raisers? FARM
ers scarcely miss the amount of feed
given them, as they get most of feed
while ranging over pastures eating
grasshoppers, bugs and other insects
which injure crops, and they do not
require expensive houses to keep them,
in; houses only require to be dry.
No roosts or other expensive arrange
ments required, and do not have roup,
gapes, lice like other poultry. SO
let's help up higher the best breed
of poultry that grows feathers.-G.
Frank Yates, in Farmers Home Jour-
nal.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28

Sugar is valuable foodstuff for
children, but it should be eaten with
moderation.
The infection OF whooping-cough
can be conveyed before the child has
begun to "whoop."
The Infection of measles does not
cling to furniture and clothing with
the same tenacity as in scarlet fever.
When tailored collar is Just
ironed curve in the hands. pressing
the turned edge, and place in a cup
or bowl to dry.
Fat is a valuable article of diet for
the prevention OF constipation. Bacon
fat is more easily digested than the
fat of butchers meat.
For the proper development OF
children's bones and teeth lime and
fat are both absolutely necessary.
You will find both of these in milk.
A child who has had mumps should
not return TO school for four weeks
from the beginning Of the illness, and
then only If all swelling has sub
sided.
Endiv, is a little known vegetable
that is an excellent hot-weather sub
stitute foI lettuce II should he
planted every two weeks for ? sue
cession.
When you are ironing any dark
material do not put linen cloth un-
derneath. as the lint will come on on
to the stuf, and you will have great
fiiffculty in brushing it of again.
The following is good fly poison:
Buy five cents worth OF Quassla cbips
from the druggist and place a layer
OF them on plate Pour hot water
over them and sprinkle with brown
sugar.
II is a mistake TO accsstom chill
iren to be sung or rocked to slees.
All this soothing and singing. and the
occasional sudden starts. which are
almost unavoidable. have bad effect
on the child's nerves. II Is like
opium-eating. the more you hayc the
more you want. The nerves - 90
10 do their own work II you do II Tor
thea. ---Home Notes.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28

Fishermen. following a stream near
Long Lake West. N. r., came upon
several bags containing expensive
furs secreted in brush piles not far
from the bank. The furs had not
been tanned. but what first looked
like a case of smuggling developed
into robbery.
The furs were traced to point
north Of Montreal. where they had
beon stolen from railway train en-
route They were valued at 1890.
and the railway company had already
paid the claim upon them.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28

tending from the handle, and brush
with a hollow handle. To make the
combination all that is necessary is to
thrust the handle of the comb into
the handle of the brush and one i'm
plement is formed. Instead, then, of
raking a horse with the currycomb
and going over him again with the
brush, the whole operation can be
performed with one stroke by passing
the brush portion of the new imple-
ment over the path left by the preceG-
ing stroke OF the comb when the next
sweep of the comb is made. In this
way two horses can be cleaned in the
time it used to take to groom one.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28

seam, leaving about seven inches un-
scanned in the centre. She cuts these
unseamed edges in curve, and
binds them to form a neck, adding a
pretty edge of imitation lace, half an
inch or less in width. Through this
opening the hanger on which the
gown is put will slip; the neck and
bottom edges of the cover are then
closed by means of ball and socket
fasteners, and the hanger suspended
from its hook. The hanger may be
wound with ribbon which matches in
color the flowers or figures in the
dimity to add a final touch of dainti-
ness.-Youth's Companion.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
Indian Runner Ducks.

A more profitable kind of poultry
than the Indian Runner Ducks would
be hard to find They were supposed
to have been imported from India to
England, where they arc great favor
ties with the poultry raisers; they
were first bred in the United States
about fifteen years ago, and have be-
come such a favorite with the poultry
raisers that for the past few years
eggs and stock are in such demand
that the BREEDERS can't fill the demands
made on them for stock and eggs
They are not large, weighing from
four to five pounds. But such a sight,
to see flock of we'll fed Indian Run
ners, their fawn and white markings,
erect carriage, make them admired by
all. But best of all their egg pro-
ducing qualities, laying every month
In the year. BY culling and keeping
best layers we have now a strain that
are great egg producers. In the year
Of 1909 ours laid eggs every month;
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
Better Cows.

AS to better cows, there is just one
way to get them. That is to get good
sires, to test the cows for dairy work,
to get rid of the poor ones and save
calves only from those that pay their
way. Doing this we can soon have as
good dairy herds as are to be found
anywhere. We have a few of them
now, but all too few. Farmers
Home Journal.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
SKINNED Milk.

Pigs fed on skinned milk, either
sweet or sour, give good satisfaction,
although care should be taken not to
change from one to the other. Pigs
seem inclined to the sour rather than
to the sweet, and in either case grain
foods should be fed with it in order
to make balanced ration. SKINNED
milk as a food for all young animals
Is an aid to the digestive organs, as
there is not particle of it but is di-
gestible. Home Journal.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
Strawberry Tnpioca

Soak over night a large teacupful
OF tapioca in water. In the morning
put half of It in a buttered yellow
ware baking dish. Sprinkle sugar
over the tapioca. In this put quart
of Strawberries, sugar and the rest Of
the tapioca. Fill the dish with
enough water to cover the tapioca
and bake in a moderately hot oven
until it looks clear. Eat cold with
cream. If, when baking, the tapioca.
seems too dry add more water
New York Press.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
III You Want to Re Liked.

BE your own true self That is, do
not voice views and thoughts simply
because you think that others expect
you to have those particular ideas.
The people whose friendship is worth
having like you for yourself, and not
for what you would appear to be-
Home Chat.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
Good Currycomb and Brush.

The object of most inventions is a
saving of time or labor or both. The
man who succeeds in doing this usl
ually finds market for his invention,
so it would seem that the California
man who designed the combination
currycomb and brush has made him
self solid with the rural vote. This
apparatus consists of an ordinary cur.
rycomb plate with a projection eX.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28

Have some shelter in the pasture
which the cattle can seek il storm
comes up. Young stock and dairy
cows especially suffer from exposure
to the cold rains which are common
at this season, and their discomfor
Is a dead loss to their owner. Farm
ers' Home Journal
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28

not SO many eggs were laid through
July and August. while moulting, as
other months, but In months of De-
cember and when from five to ten
below zero our laid well. Just think
of going out and picking up eggs OF
mornings out of snow. And for
standard requirements we now have
them, duck and drake. with only fawn
and white markings, no brown or pen
Cling on duck or green or black head
markings on drake. Ours last year
made US an average OF 81 per head
for eggs alone from breeding stock.
not counting stock sold. The eggs are
very fertile. We have made ship
ments and have had reports OF every
egg Matching. Several breeders re-
port their nock laying an average OF
more than 200 eggs and q few ESQ
eggs each. The eggs are fins for
table use; do not have the strong
favor common 20 old-fashionsd duck
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
Middlings Need EnsiIage.

In some feeding experiments 1t was
determined that middlings have about
feed than bran. but they should be
fed with ensilage to produce a laxa-
tive effect. Never feed ground feed
alone, always with some roughage.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
Society I'm Atchison.

Society may suit some people, bat
SO far as we are concerned It consists
OF nothing but an uncomfortable chair
to sit on and dab OF something indi-
gestible to eat.---Atchison Globe.
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strawberry Jam.

To each pound of berries allow
three-quarters of a pound of sugar.
Put them into a preserving pan and
stir gently not to break the fruit. Let
them simmer for half an hour, and
then put into air-tight pots and cover
either with round of paper or with
melted paraffine before using.-New
York Press
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
The Gentle Sort.

Farm Hand-"Can't see why you
sit there. day after day. when you
never ketch nothin'."
Adipose Personally friend, the
doctor told me l must take outdoor
exercise. Puck.
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Speaking of Divorce.

"Love is the caprice of chance en-
counter, the result of propinquity, the
invention of poets and novelists, the
superstition of the victims, the un-
scrupulous make-believe of the wit
nesses. As an impulse IT quickly
wears itself out i'm marriage. and
makes way for divorce. In this coun-
try nine-tenths of the marriages are
love-matches. The old motives which
delay and prevent marriage in other
countries, aristocratic countries, like
questions of rank and descent. even of
money, do not exist. Yet this is the
land Of unhappy unions beyond alH
other lands. the very home of divorce
The conditions of marriage are ideal
ly favorable according to the opinions
of its friends. who are all more or
less active in bottling husbands and
wives up in its felicity, and prevent-
ing their escape through divorce.
Now, l am an enemy of divorce. too;
! but | would have it begin before mar
riage"
Rather paradoxical again?' the
bachelor alone had the hardihood to
suggest.
mot at all. I am quite literal. I
would have it begin with the engage
ment. I would have the betrothed-
the mistress and the lover-come be-
fore the magistrate or the minister,
and declare their motives in wishing
to marry, and then would have him
reason with them. and represent that
they were acting emotionally in ohe-
dience to a passion which must soon
spend itself, or a fancy which they
would quickly find illusory If they
agreed with him, well and good; If
not, he should dismiss them to their
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28

So powerful are the jaws OF wasp
that the insect has been known to
puncture 9 Sea sheh
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28

| friend who betrays a friend is the
most despicable of all created beings.
Home Notes.