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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-02-10

Stock Of all kinds greatly relish the
plants of the Russian thistle, which
has fairly jumped out Of the ground
since the rains. and our Eastern plains
are verdant with 1t. Why not make
hay of it? So palatable Is the hap to
cattle that they leave green pasture
and break through fences to devour
this obnoxious and outlawed weed if
II Is cut and stacked before the red
dish tinge comes on to the plant.
which occurs about the middle of July.
Many of our Colorado people have
used Russian thistle for forage for
several years, and some OF them say
that 1t is as good as alfalfa. In re-
cent analysis the Russian thistle as
sayed as follows: Protein, 1889
ether extract, 3.61; ash, 21.98; crude
hber, 2014, and carbohydrates, 36.32.
All over Eastern Colorado there is .
lamentable shortage of protein feed
stun. Corn, corn stalks. straw, mill
let, Kaffir and prairie hay are all long
on starchy matter. but short on pro-
tein. In the thistle we have crop
that grows on the arid reaches which
will not only yield a large amount of
forage, but very palatable one at
that, and a crop that Is rich In the
two elements in which others are de-
ficient--Field and Farm.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-02-10
NEEDMORH.

Feb. 1, 1910.
We are having real winte

We are having real winter
weather.
Dennis Gordon and wife, Clar.
ence Morgret, Of Illinois, and
Miss Ettle Evans, spent one day
last week at Amos Garland's.
T. w. Peck and wife spent q
couple Of days last week IN Bed.
ford county.
Eld. Funk preached here last
Sunday and will preach again
next Sunday evening.
Mrs. Maria Palmer, who had
been spending sometime in Cham
bersburg, came home last We'd
nesday.
Olive Peck, who has been en-
ployed in Hancock, spent last
week at her home here.
The institute held here last Fri
day evening was well attended.
The teacher especially deserves
much credit for the work and the
excellent music furnished by the
school. Russell Mock, S. L.
Wink, Daisy Strait, Pearl Hill,
and Orpha Snyder, were the
teachers present. The questions
were ably discussed by the teach
ers, and some very good points
were given on Patriotism, and
Ideals of the Country School. by
j. P. Garland, beng the only d.
rector present.
1t IL customary about Need
more for q meeting or any thing
that Is announced for q certain
hour, to begin an hour or two
later. IT. just as easy for the
people I, be on time. The Sun
day school is supposed to COM
mence 81 $50 instead Of HOO.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-02-10
Live Stock Notes.

It's poor economy to feed lice upon
hogs.
SKINNED milk finds its best mar.
ket in the pig pen.
Next years grain feed should be
planned for now.
The dairy hog has helped raise
many a mortgage.
Crowded sleeping quarters often
cause disastrous results.
The hard coal ashes can be dumped
into the hog pen to good advantage.
A dollar invested in live stock is
worth $50 invested in mining stocks.
Recently successful farmer said: |:
II can make more out of $100 invested
in sheep than in any other way"
Breed straight and improve your
stock. Don't be led away by some
cross-breeding that looks good to you.
A short-sighted policy of using a
scrub ram is the cause of the inferior
ity Of the average flock on our farms.
One cross may answer, but in the
end cross-breeding becomes a very
complicated affair and has ruined
more than one flock of sheep.
Muzzle the horses and pad the out
side portions of whiffietrees and har-
row when cultivating the orchard |;
thus avoiding all bruised and "barked"
trees.
One great value Of sheep on tho
farm Is that they destroy brush and
sprouts and reduce the crop Of weeds.
It will almost pay a farmer to keep a
small flock of sheep simply to keep
down underbrush vegetation.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-02-10

the head of the schools of Fulton
county are to be congratulated
on their efforts 1 wanted so
much to be present at the lnstl.
tute for the teachers in McCon-
nellsburg, as I felt there were
many good things to be heard.
Before [ close 1 went to say a
few words about our town, En-
porla. 1t is located on a rise of
ground between two rlvers-the
Cottonwood and Mosho IN central
eastern Kansas. 1t is a pretty
town of about ten thousand IN.
habitants. 1t contains the State
Normal School, Presbyterian
College and business College
besides several musical aca-
DANES. The city schools are
among the best in the State.
We have a State Normal library
that ranks with the five hundred
largest libraries in the United
States, and two Carnegie libraries
and l believe we are we'll favored
by the Gods because these
libraries are all free and we have
every educational advantage.
Eastern Kansas is well watered,
IN fact, we often have floods IN
the spring, and 1 suppose you
have read of our high waters
since the Ice broke up.
Trusting I have not made this
letter too long and with the best
wishes tor every Fulton County
son and daughter 1 remain as
ever, a Fulton County Girl.
NORA K. STEVENS,
Emporia, Kas,
Feb. 1, 1910.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-02-10
LETTER FROM KANSAS.
Miss Nora K. Stevens, Writes from EN-
p0ria. She Likrs to Hear
From Fulton.

poria. She Likrs to Hear
From Fulton.
DEAR EDIToR.-l'm going to
write q few lines about conditions
and weather of our country.
During July and August l had
the pleasure of visiting many
places IN western Kansas. 1t
was my first trip to the land of
Sod Houses. The traveller will
not see many of these anymore,
but the two last tier of counties
next the Colorado line still have
the old land marks of the early
settlers.
The western part of Kansas IS
a beautiful country the elevation
is high and the air pure. Many
people will not agree with me as
to It's beauty but when your eye
becomes accustomed to the level
land stretching on, mile after
mile,. with undulatiug wave of red
brown and gold, with mirages in
early morning, and not single
strip of woodland or tree to
break the monotony of the vas
prairie, you ENJOY it with a sense
of pleasure and freedom that hill
country does not give even though
you like the hills-O, so much
better, for their lovely beauty,
bright spring time and pleasant
summers followed by golden
autumns.
Last summer was extremely
warm, but we did not feel the
hot weather, and the nights were
cool. The hot dry winds soon
parched the crops and made them
only bring about half yeild.
The soil Is rich and fertile but
rain Is SO scarce in time it Is most
needed, that not very large
yield of gram Is obtaina BILE; for
instances bushels ofwheat to the
acre Is considered good crop. l
did not happen to De in the irrl-
gated districts where the yield Is
about rs bushels to theacre, or on
an ave. age nearly so good as cen.
tral or eastern Kansas.
December was our winter
month this year. The weather
registered from zero to seven de.
grees below for q few days, but
we are having nice weather now
just like spring days, but we ex-
pect we are registered for cold
snap in March.
There has been more rain and
snow all over Kansas this fall and
winter than for years. The
ground is wet and the sub soil is
1 filed with water. The farmers
expect big crops If Dame Nature
doesn't start in the early spring
with drought. The frost which
has been In the ground a couple
of months has put the soil in<a1ne
shape. \
1 have been following closely
the school news of Fulton county
and it certainly looks like Fulton
Is getting right along In the first
ranks In the school work. The
patrons and people In general are
so interested In their schools from
what ! could CLEAN from the
NEWS. Every one seems 70 be
making progress rapidly In edu-
-cational affairs. The people 81
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Wall Sheep Trough.
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shelled corn to one pint of oats per
day.
I know from my own experience
that 1t pays to keep sheep. provided
they are kept well, and those who do
not do this are very likely to condemn
the breed Of sheep which they may
happen to have or the breeding stock
which they have purchased for the
improvement Of their flock when ls
fault Is really their own.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-02-10
To-day and To-morrow.

Happy men are full Of the present.
for its bounty suffices them: and wise
men also. for Its duties engage them.
Our grand business undoubtedly 10
not to see what lies dimly at dis
tance. but TO do what lies clearly at
hand.--Edward FitzGerald. polo
nius."
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-02-10
d A SONG OF TRUST.

cannot always see the way that leads
To heights above;
1 sometimes quite forget He leads me on
With hands of love;
But still know the path must lead me to
lmmanues land.
And understand.
l cannot always trace the onward course
My ship must take;
But looking backward, behold afar
Its shining wake
Ilumined with Gods light of love- and so
1 onward go,
In perfect trust that He who holds the helm
The course must know.
1 cannot always see the plan on which
He builds my life;
For oft the sound of hammers, blow on blow,
The noise of strife,
Confuse me till quite forget He knows
And oversees.
And that In all details with His good plan
My life agrees.
cannot always know and understand
The Masters rule;
/ cannot always do the tasks he gives
In life's hard school,
But am learning with His help to solve
Them one by one;
And when I cannot understand, say
"Thy will be done.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-02-10
stiIl Worse.

Him-what makes you look so
miserablef
Her-Why. DO I look niserabief
Him-Yes; you look as II your
worst enemy had Just been happily
married.
Her--Worse than that. She has
Just been happily divorced.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-02-10

Uraue FoIand ChIhA pigs OF o.
pounds each were used in the expert
ment and the prices quoted were tn,
current market prices at time of III,
experiment.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-02-10

After \ long study of school chill
dren In London. the Medical Record
says. DR.. Harman finds nothing to
show that good schooling hurts chill
dren's eyss-
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-02-10
RACKET STORE PRICES
* JANUARY 1910 *


What do you think of that? We have just bought four
dozen Robert Mann that sell you price
The way we happened to get this The
factory told their employers that rather
the midst OF winter they would wages
formerly received for little hard on the fac
tory hands, but you money you want an axe.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-02-10

uneultIvstsd Land In Japan.
Three-fourths OF the area Of Japan
d mountainous. and less than sixteen
per cent d under suuyauoa-
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-02-10
Hana Rraltman saxs:

"0f a strancher wants you to in-
dorse check. tell i'm you vos Wiling
10 Walt till der pank vos OPEN
Cleveland News.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-02-10
Classified.

Printers Devil The foreman
wants to know under what heading
he 10 TO put this gas adf
Managing Editor-Under light lit
erature. you blankety-blank idiot.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-02-10
AustraIIa Nseds ssttIsr..

Australia has more unemployed
area in proportion to the population
than any other country.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-02-10
Hon Feeding Test.

Hog feeding experiments BY the
Missouri station produced the follow
ing reeults:
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-02-10
Another article that great bargain
II ORSE BL A N K ETS

We have sold more this than Why? Because
had better line
We have the 5-A They all full slze-even the 65-
cent See $l25 s48 $685. 81 co. 81 25 and $780,
See Stable Blankets, 81 25 and s1.4s.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-24
The Leea, Rate OF interest.
Distance from Home plate to Pitcher.

fallen before The sensation was per-
fectly familiar. although 1t was. my
first accident Most Of us have
preInonitions. For instance. 1 knew
that on that night / was going to have
tumble. l always work without
net but I was almost tempted to
have one stretched. For fear that
the others would talk about II. l did
not, although / afterward wished that
II had OF course, fell. 1t may be
the sixth sense, or 1t may be a guar
dian angel that waSns us. Whatever
81 is, there are few circus performers
without q lively sense of 1t at times,
When It gives the signal. the wisest
thing to do is to lay off for per-
formance, regardless OF consequences:
but I have never heard Of anybody
giving in to 1t like that. The even
ing that came nearest to passing IN
my checks / climbed to my little
swinging trapeze up near the top or
the tent, and when was about half
through my act felt q. rope slip. and
in less than second ! was DlunginG
down head first and due to strike
on curb of the ring unless could
change my course. / did not lose
consciousness: instead. every faculty
seemed more than ever alike. ] began
TO wonder where ! would strike.
realized too, that must relax my
muscles unless ] wanted TO be broken
10 bits. Thoughts of what would hap
kpen IL 7 were killed fitted through my
mind, along with insurance. what my
wife would do and say. who would do
my act, and no end of things, all In
less time than 1t takes to think about
them now. Anybody who has dreamed
it feels TO go off'-Harriet Quimby. in
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-24
BUYING G1nLs, CLOTHES.
New York society Belle Spends Five
Thousand Year.

Thousand II 1eur.
Thirty-nine girls Of an established
interviewed on the cost Of dressing.
They ran largely to tailor-nlades. sim
plicity and sensible shoes. Those IN
clined intellectually made $500 a year
go far; the social contingent sent the
Bills up to $500 With the proviso Of
lectuals estimated clothing expenses
OF s1,loo a year, while their Tighter
sisters figured out $4,000.
Against these estimates we have
Fifth Avenue dressmakers declaration
half-a-dozen years ago that a New
York society girls garmenture would
come low at $1,000, and that 1t would
more probably cost $4,000 year. But
the testimony at the school was that
Of hedgelings. while the experienced
costumer dealt with birds OF fashion
fully a-wing.
All these calculations refer to ideas
and expenditures of girls of the leisure
class. They cannot be used as aver
ages in general cost of-llving tables.
1t would seem that a better sociolog-
ical point might be scored II the visi-
tor among girl students had 50 ar
ranged her inquiries as to discover at
what age and under what influences a
Wholesome contentment with simplicity
yields to departure into eXtrava-
Eance. If the measure could He Cd,
taste as against the lure Of plenty
to SPEND might not this prove to be
something OF positive aesthetic and
economic value?
Expert foreign critics affirm almost
with one voice that American girls
Such Knowledge merits the accom-
panment of an understanding how not
to be. too prodigal in tho provision OF
apparel,--New York World.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-24
WORCESTERSHIRE EXCHANGE.

There seems to be q great deal OF
mystery about the recent cotton frauds
in Liverpool. No one seems to know
exactly how much money has been sto-
len or how the work was done. 1t
seems more than probable from the
cable dispatches that false bills of lad
ing were prepared and sent to England,
stamped With forged receipts of the
steamship companies. These bills were
sent by swift steamers, while the cot
ton covered by them was ostensibly
sent on slow freghters. When the
bills Of lading were presented they
were accompanied by sight drafts on
the consignees. AS is customary in
such cases. the drafts We're honored.
the thieves received the money and
quickly made off. When the steamers
reached port the bills were presented.
but of course there was no cotton to
show for them In consequence the
men who honored the drafts stand to
lose about 100000, and have little
! prospect of catching the thieves,
The whole game was very cunning
| one, and its successful operation shows
| the great need of some reform IN the
| present method of handling foreign ex-
| change, AS the matter stands to-day
!. the whole proceeding is anything hut
busness-lilSe, The exporter secures
/ his bills of lading from tho company
Isends them abroad in the mali, togclhr
Ter with drafts, which are intrusted to
\ factors abroad. As the transactions of
ten involve millions OF dollars, 1t Is
highly important that no time be lost
In collecting money due for the cot
ton AS a consequence consigneos al.
ways honor the drafts promptly anc
, frequently pay out a great deal o,
money before they ever see the cotton
with only the credit Of the consignol
us guarantee that his cotton is up te
standard or is shipped at all. Where
TIE business Is carried on between we'll.
laown firms and through reputable
agents, thtre IS little danger OF thiev.
: cry and comparatively little prospec
that the consignee win lose money
hut eycn a. tllis the whole system Is
: cumbersome, antiquated. unllandy ant
open 10 fraud
II 10 not an easy matter TO correc
the present system or TO devise an.
plan by which foreign exchange ca
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-24
FRAUDS IN PICTURES.
Attitude of Rich Buyers Is Always
Termination TO SMinhlers.

Termination Ia Swtnulers.
So long as the newly rich American
endeayors 10 express his success BY
means of picture buying, so long VIII
pictures be provided for him 10 buy.
So long as millionaires continue 10
radiate from that primal centre OF
financial energy, the New World. so
long will the effete and pampered rep
resentatives of an older society try 10
focus this allen wealth and power FOR
their own profit and advantage. In
one way or another Europe lives on
America,
Against the average picture dealer, in
Paris or elsewhere. the rich man can
maintain his guard. II not himself
connoisseur. he may still know some
thing OF the market in which he Ia
dealing. may command expert adViee
and may surround himself Win ihs
necessary guarantees.
But how when historic Slamor and
social Establishments are brought into
play? How If he is called upon 10
esquely named and pfcturesquely stu.
ated chateau. who has the habit Of
lavish and brilliant entertainment
VIII he be acute enough to detect that
the chateau Is factory for faxed pic
lures and that his SNOWY entertainer IS
a fraud?
favorite French province OF autorlooil-
ing Americans, Touraine. me com,
paints OF an American purchaser ana
the Investigation of local magistrate
have brought 10 light the whole elab-
crate scheme for bambooZling rlcii ana
ambitious travellers from the United
States.
We note with regret that the wife
of the brilliant operator Is herself an
American. 1t is easy 70 believe, now
ever. that she was neither an accom-
plice nor cats-paw, but remained
passlvely and ignorantly aloof from
all this chicansry If more OF her com
patriots would but remain aloof from
matters with which they are incompe-
tent to deal they might be able to lay
out their spare funds with greater
credit to themselves and greater ad-'
vantage TO their country.-Chicago
Record Herald.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-24
Our Speed Law.

To the Editor OF The Times-D Dispatch:
Sir,-As the owner of an automobile
which have run some 5000 miles
in the last year, the greater part OF
which was done in the city OF Rich
mond and vicinity, and who has not
yet had an invitation TO the court OF
Justice John, ! should like to express
through your columns some opinion on
the present speed ordinance and its
application by the police force and
court OF this city.
The law as it stands, 1 believe. is
proper and just; the application OF ~
however. regard as unjust. AS every
driver of q motor car knows, one can
sometimes attain speed of twenty OF
even twenty-five miles an hour with
absolute safety in unbuilt-up portions
of the corporate limits. whereas a
speed OF eight miles an horr, or even
four, IN streets congested with trat-
fc, is at times dangerous. | am frank
to say that / believe | am daily guilty
of violating the ordinance Of nfteen
miles an hour by exceeding 1T n few
miles. and therefore lay myself open
to arrest.
QUITE realize that with the pres
ent enforcement of the law, | would
be fined $50. / think for technical
charge of slightly exceeding the speed
limit of fifteen mlless where no pedes-
TRANS or traffic are endangered, a line
Of $50 is far in excess of what Is
equitable and just.
On the other hand, the owners OF
motor cars have been subjected to
much public criticism. and often justly
so. by the actions of a very small
minority of irresponsible chauffeurs
and rattle Drained youths. who have
driven cars through this town in a
way to endanger the life and limb of
pedestrians, and children roller-skat-
ing or playing in the streets. and hay
even gone so far in recklessness as
to run down street cars. wagons
and other vehicles.
1 maintain that the present law
IS utterly inadequate to cope with
this small minority and I would sug-
gest that the Council pass an entirely
new ordinance. and any one convicted
others should have an extremely Sc
we're penalty imposed, and the small
minority referred to above should be
given to understand that the people
or this city will not tolerate such
an abuse OF the peonle's rights, and
If nothing else shall suffice o. jail sem
tence should be the penalty upon the
second or third conviction, Let the
punishment fit the crime which. under
present conditions, it rarely does.
l believe T am expressing the views
Of nine out OF ten owners OF automo-
biles in this city, with many Of whom
J / have talked and 1 shall appreciate
lit If you will give this publicity
| through your columns and do all YOU
| can to bring about proper and just
| regulation Of the automobile, which
we might as we'll realize has come to
stay as a modern part of our civiliza-
| ton. MOTOR,