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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-05-26
Lining Land.

Which is betterto use on land, caus-
tic lime or ground limstone?
The former is much quicker in ac-
tion, and If put on in excess may "eat
up" much of the humus. But in
quantities of two to four tons per
acre it is considered safe.
The ground limestone is much
cheaper, but is slower in it's action.
The coarser grains will gradually
yield lime for several years. 1t is
perfectly safe and should be used as
freely as four tons per acre. If one
does not feel able to put on so much
try two tons. The whole question
Of lining land is not we'll understood
On some land crops, especially
legumes, respond wonderfully to Its
use, while on other land its effect is
not noticeable and both tracts may
lie close together. 1t is a good plan
to lime one acre or ten acres, leaving
wide strips without it. On land need
ing it badly it will pay to lime heav'
lily. Sometimes alfalfa will grow into
a wilderness of luxuriance on lined
soil. Lime is best applied on plowed
land and narrowed in.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-05-26
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Steel ornaments are very much,
much used. ,
Raffla is used for many smart shop
ping bags.
Rich embroidery is much in evil
dence this season.
Tussore and satin tailored costumes
replace velvet.
The pretty fluffy jabots are promin-
ent in neckwear.
The bib front is a distinctive fea-
ture of many dresses.
In foulards pin and polka dots and
big coin spots prevail.
White belts are worn with the most,
elegant lingerie gowns.
The dressy colored blouse is en-
joying a revival this season.
Dots and rings are much employed
In the new foulard designs.
This is essentially a silk season,
with foulards to the front.
Tailormade gowns of silk will be
more in evidence than ever before.
On Louis XII. coats one sees three
pocket flaps, one above the other.
Taffeta has come back to us again,
: soft and supple, with satiny sheen.
Peasant frocks of white linen are
decidedly smart for the small daugh-
ter.
Much self-trimming Is used In bias
bands. cordings. shirrings and the
like.
Everything in the way of change
able material will be much worn this
season.
"Indro" is a shanting OF light
weight, and is very suitable for dressy
frocks.
Brilliant satin or foulard Innings
replace those of self-color for coats
and wraps.
Many robe dresses are in evidence,
with spots as big as dollar forming
the border.
Vivid touches of orange and
chantecler red are In evidence on
black gowns.
Leghorn hats, faced with black
velvet. are shown In many smart and
novel shapes.
odd effects are gained In chiffon
gowns by making them over con,
trasting shade.
shirrinss of net over colorsd satin
rattaii appear ON many of the new
lace and net dresses.
The sleeve with shirring Is favor
ite style only with the woman whose
arm y quite slender.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-05-26
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States. Six and one-half miles south
of Gettysburg, Pa, they crossed Ma
son and Dixons line and stood on
Northern soil. The Union forces
started in pursuit on the 18th and
followed with energy on the Confed-
crate right flank, keeping we'll be-
tween Lees command and Washing
ton. A mountain range intersprsed
screen between the two grand ar
mics.
Much misunderstanding exists
among the uninitiated visitors to the
battlefield as to why Lee advanced
from the north on Gettysburg, while
the Northern troops held position
to the south of the invading army.
This is readily explained by the fact
that the Southerners had penetrated
some thirty-seven miles beyond Get
| tysburg, had occupied Carlisle and
York, Pa, with Harrisburg, the cap
ital of the State as their objective
| point. Alarmed for the safety of the
| Confederate capital In Virginia, and
| apprehensive that Hooker might in
tervene between himself and Rich
mond, Lee had turned backward with
orders to his corps commanders to
concentrate their forces at Gettys-
burg, then a peaceful farming viii
lage of 2f00 souls, but thereafter to
be celebrated so long as history lasts
as 1.-THE Waterloo of America" Here
the flood tide of the Rebellion reached
high-water mark. The decisive vic
tory of Meade cheered the Northern
hearts and nerved their arms for the
arduous campaign which eliminated
in the surrender of Lee at ,Appomat'
tax.
The Importance of Gettysburg as
the decisive battle of the war has
been-recognized by the United States
Government, and with unstinted
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was fought under the most favorable
weather conditions. During the
three days of battle, July /, 2 and 8,
1868, the warmest portion of the
yea1. the usual heat was much miti-
gated by light breezes, the sun being
frequently yelled by clouds, yet no
rain fell until the afternoon of the
4th. Seventy-six degrees marked the
extreme heat the first day, eighty
one degrees the second, eighty-seven
degrees the third; the average for
the entire three days was seventy
seven degrees. The first days fight
was a triumph for the Confederates;
the second ended without securing to
them any decided advantage. al
though the fighting of that day was
series of bravely desperate as
saults, which have written the names
OF the Peach Orchard and the Wheat
held upon one of the bloddiest pages
ol American history; the third day
closed leaving the Confederates re-
pulsed at every point, after which
tney withdrew from the field and re-
ured the following day in good order
The Federal loss during the three
uays fight was 1854 killed and
wounded and 1865 missing (made
prisoners), Total. 23,049. The Con-
lederate loss was 1864 killed and
wounded and TAGS missing. Total.
<S'O29. Twenty-Five States had
troops In the two contending armies
AZ gettysburg, Maryland having COM
mands in both.
=, encouraged by their success at
Onancellorsyille in May. 1863. in ac-
sord with matured plans. the Con-
,,eaerate army drew out of Freder-
eksburg, Va, 15S miles south of the
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-05-26
Advantages of Soiling.

Ia his recent address on the advan-
tages of soiling in the dairy business,
Mason Knox said to a farmers club:
Land has increased in value, labor
is higher and more remunerative re-
turns are necessary to the dairy
farmer. To-day we must bring the
luXuriant grasses to our animals the
whole year. In the winter we use
silage and root crops. In the summer
we must soil our animals. We have
an intense interest in our business,
and who keep the lazy cattle, the
blacks and whites. must fetch the
!ood to them. We keep these animals
o produce milk, not to wander for
'ood. And the Holstein-Friesian is
lot q good forager. When you put
ho food before her as you should,
she will consume it and give you a
large net profit. The importance OF
soiliDg then too depends upon the
breed OF animals you keep. 1t is not
20 important to the Ayrshire to prac'
tice soiliug as il is to the Holstein-
Frieslan man. They can be kept or
the moss of rocky pastures and dc
well, so they say. However, | would
not advocate any such treatment o.
any dairy animal. The Ayrshire is {
wonderfully good little forager anC
for pasture farming has no equal
but TO dairy farmers of this genera
tion who have the land that they can
devote to raising rotating crops sucl
animals have no place in our intensi
fed business.
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SOAP PINCUsHoNS.
How and Why They Were Intro
duced Into Hospitals.

In the operating rooms of hospi-
tails and on the surgical carriages I'M
the wards may be seen a piece or
soap stuck with the varieties of pins
which II pleases the doctor and the
head nurse to most affect.
The black headed pin long associ-
ated with erinoline dressings. retains
still an honored place. says the AL
umnae Magazine of Johns Hopkins
Hospital. The history of the intro
duction of the soap into the hospitai'
is interesting.
Three years ago DR.. r. II. Follis
operated upon patient at the
Church Home. The patient was a
tailor by profession and chanced to
reside at Annapolis. When dressings
were made he observed the difficulty
with which the safety pins were put
through the binder and suggested
trying the method the cadets at the
Naval Academy had evolved to help
In pinning through their stiff ducks.
This simple but most effective de-
vice was piece Of soap as pin
cushion, and he further remarked
that carpenters applied the same prin-
cipie TO screws. DR.. Follis immedi-
ately tried the plan. with such sue
cess that II has been generally adopt
ed In the surgical service.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-05-26

The grown-up brother of the family
often has role assigned him-a role
he does not take up voluntarily
that of matchmaker for his sisters.
And l reckon it is his blissful, uncon-
seriousness that enables him to play
the part to perfection.
= The brotherless girl has fewer
chances of meeting eligible men. and
when she does the opportunity of cul-
tivating and fostering the acquaint-
ance may not be forthcoming.
True, she may have matchmak-
ing mother, but this is often a handi-
cap rather than help.
The unwilling benedict too often
discerns the part that maneuvering
mamma is playing in the affair and
resents it. But when one of his
friends takes him home to dinner or
invites him for a week end visit he
goes without being in the least aware
of the danger there might be in 1t
for a freedom loving bachelor.
The brother is usually blind to the
charms of his own womenfolk; that
the idea of any one falling in love
with them never strikes him, and
when at last he realizes the truth he
does not always approve of 1t.
But the brother has no longer any
part in the matter; his work Is done
Decidedly the girl with brothers
has more advantages, matrimonialiS
speaking, than the girl without. she
has everything done for her without
any connivance or planning on hei
own part.--Elinor Hite, in the Wash
ington Herald.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-05-26

lying down, and are by no means the
cruel appliances some narrow-mindedI
people are inclined to consider them.
We even believe that COW chains givei
the cows little too much freedom.
We have seen cows tied with chains
almost turn completely around in
their stalls. We have known Of other
instances where they have chokedl
themselves to death when fastened in
this manner. . The stanchion prohib-,
its both of these troubles. There are
some stanchions made so that every
COW may be fastened or loosened at
once by throwing q single lever. This
is a time-saving invention which the
dairy farmer appreciates. Every min
ute must be made to count Oh thel
dairy farm. so that labor-saving de-
vices of this sort are also money
savers as we'll as a protection for the
cattle themselves. We know of an
instance where an attendant had an
eye put out by a COW throwing her
head when he was about to put the
chain about her neck. The cow
stanchion does away with this danger.
All things considered, we believe that
the stanchions are far superior to the
chain ties and every practical dairy
man is quick to realize the advan-
tages of this modern convenience for
the dairy farm.--Weekly Witness.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-05-26
Alfalfa Seed.

Alfalfa seed is a difficult thing to
buy and make no mistake.
/. 1t must not come from a warm
er climate.
2. 1t must be fresh to be best.
.. It should contain very few small
or shrunken seeds.
4. It must be free from weed seed.
You will have to look sharp If you
catch the dodder seed in it. These
seeds are 80 small they suggest to-
bacco seed.
Some farmers are so careful to Sc
cure good seed that they write weeks
before needed TO a dozen firms for
samples and sprout hundred seeds
to study vitality. II eighty-five or
ninety OF these 100 grow strong they
have fair seed. To watch for weeds
one should spread 1t on white paper
aud examine with a glass.
On thin soils alfalfa should be pre-
cedcd by q crop of cowpeas or clover
And II the ground is acid 1t will al
most insure a crop 10 SOW two TO foui
tons OF lime per acre. In southern
counties below the drift alfalfa need
fertilizing, But there are many sue
cessiul fields south OF the drift.
Break 10 the spring when dam
enough to plow mellow. Plow deep
Harrow often enough to keep dow
weeds til the last Of June, then soy
twenty pounds per acre. II shoul'
be covered with harrow.
There IS no use to waste seed AM
work on ground not prepared for II
II requires intelligent effort TO grow
alfalfa. Indiana Farmer.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-05-26
Imnroying the Pig Crop.

Many farmers have started out this
spring with the intention of doing
better by their coming crop of pigs
than they have in the past.
BY doing better, 1 mean giving
closer attention to the feed problem
and the care problem, so that the
pigs, when mature, will have made a
favorable growth at low cost, and
at the same time have developed
strong frames. especially in the case
of those pigs which are intended to be-
kept for breeding purposes.
1t will be we'll for every man who,
desires to bring his pigs through the
season in good form and condition to
calculate to supply some of those
foods which are known to have a
favorable influence on the develop
ment of the framework of the pig.
1t is needless to say that corn alone
will not serve the purpose. While it
Is true that corn in conjunction with
good pasture makes o diet for the,
growing pigs which can hardly be inn
proved on, it often happens that the
pasture contains little to attract the
pigs.
In that case they are sure to lie
around the yards and stuff themselves,
with grain in preference to seekingi
the grass and the exercise which they
so greatly need in conjunction, which
| is so essential to the health and thrift,
of the animal.
The best BODYBUILDING foods are
those rich in protein and mineral mat
ter. Skim milk, perhaps, stands at
the head of the list, and it will pay,
to lay in some tankage, shortage, and
| possibly some bone meal, as well as
pure mineral matter.
1t cannot be expected. however,
that the feeding Of feeds bearing
large amounts Of mineral matter.
such as have been mentioned, will
change the conformation of any part
of the skeleton, or, for example, make
a pig stand straight, If he is other
wise. The improvement will have to
be made through selection, using no
male OF, female that is faulty.
II might, too, be urged that II care-
full selection were practiced, it would
be unnecessary to consider the diet.
since strong boned breeding stock
would naturally impress these good
points on their progeny.
On the contrary, 1t might be said
that men have been trying for years
to breed poor hogs out of their herds
without giving attention to balanced
food ration problem, and they are
practically where they started.
We generally find that when mer
feed little or no grain and do not care
: to hasten the growth of their pigs
the quality of the bone is generally
very satisfactory.
But there is a good deal of time re
quired in growing pigs in this man
ner, and while time is nothing to thu
hog, 1t is to the owner, and when h
proposes to force growth, he shoulC
plan to force it evenly; that is, tha
the pig is not made fat at the ex
pense of his growth and health
r. b. R., in Inland Farmer.
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How to Wash a Stable Blanket,

A stable blanket that has been in
use all winter is usually badly soiled
and heavy, as we'll as disagreeable
from a sanitary standpoint. To wash
the blanket is no small task, but by
wise means it may be cleansed with
little trouble and labor. Simply
spread the soiled and saturated
blanket on sod during a heavy spring
rain, and if one rain does not cleanse
put it out during another. AS soon
as the rain ceases and the blanket
can be raised, hang it up, dry it and
take it in.-Weekly Witness.
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Correct Ways to Sign Names.

SOEECtt ways W oiSh -''AAN%N''
Dear Miss Schuyler; !
SHOULD a married woman use
Mrs. in signing letters, or should she
use her maiden name with married
name? would like to know the rule
for all correspondence, business, ac-l
quaintances and friends. l have en-
joyed your articles so much.
"a CONSTANT READER"
Only when brackets are used may
woman write the prefix Mrs" or
Miss" to her name when she is sign.
ing a communication.
If she is corresponding with per-
sons who are strangers, whether the
matter be business or personal, She
may frequently write her note in the.
third person. In business it is all
ways advisable to do this. For in
stance, if a woman wishes an article;
from the grocery or dry goods shop
she should begin the letter by sayingI
Mrs. Howard Van Sluyck wishes, ~
etc. The address is then placed att
the bottom of the note. Should she
write in the first person to shop and
wish to sign her name she may do it
in either of two ways. If she pre-
fers to use her individual name the
signature should read "(Mrs.) Mary
Ellen Van Sluyck" or MARY Ellen
Van Sluyck," putting directly beneath
it in brackets "(Mrs. Howard Van
Sluyck.)"
The latter, that is, both signatures,
is the form always to be employed
when writing in the first person to
social equals who do not know the
name. For example, woman may
have occasion to write to another wo-
man about a servants reference and
the one receiving the letter, being a
total stranger and perhaps never hav-
ing heard of the writer, must be
treated with the utmost formality.
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but of course. as an equal. There
fore, the writer should sign her note
as she would to a friend, putting be-
meath it her married name.
An unmarried woman, having but
one name, would sign hers in full,
putting Miss in brackets beside it.
l can think of no place, save on a
hotel register, or when writing vis-
iting card, that a woman signs her
name with it's prefix, without brack-
cts. When she wishes to use her
married name, that is, her husbands,
her own must be written in full with
the married name beneath in brack-
ets.-Miss Schuyler, in the New York
Telegram.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-05-26

and stems is often embroidered onI
each of the pointed ends of the capeI
and on each side of the cap above theI
rosette.
Whatever Innings you have decided
to use are now basted in, and the
scallop along the edge is worked
through cashmere and lining silk
Delicate blue or pink, embroidered
in self tones, will make a most at
tractive gift for some little stranger
IL the ribbons used for strings and
rosettes are the rich wide variety of
the wash quality in the same shade
| Washington Star.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-05-26

hand has the field been preserved and
embellished. The States, too In
honor of their soldier dead, have
raised beautiful monuments In their
honorable memory. while the veteran
organizations themselves have taken
pride in marking their individual po-
sltions on the battle lines.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-05-26
Abolish the Kiss?

While it is generally asserted by
the serious that there is an excess of
kissing in the world, this little act of
tenderness goes steadily on. AL
though lovers protest that there is
too much wasted sweetness (when
Miriam bestows just one on father) 4,
hearts keep on beating and pulses
throb the same as ever.
Much has been said against the
habit, and science has stormed its de-
nunciations against a mechanical
duty" that disseminates disease, but
she sees little hope of abolishing the
kiss.-New York Press.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-05-26
Bcnented by Cement,

The live stock industry has been
greatly benefited since the use of con-
crete in farm construction has gone
into general use. Its use in barn.
stable and pig house floors enables all
to secure cleanliness and the better
use of disinfectants for insuring the
health Of domestic animals.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-05-26
Com. stanchions or Chains.

We are often asked 20 give cur idea
as TO the best method OF fastening
COWS In their stalls-whether stanch-
ions are more satisfactory than
chains. This is largely a matter Of
taste. although stanchions have ad-
vautGges over cIialn fastenings. Per-
haps the stsnchions are a little more
noisy, but thex give perfect freedom
70 -hs cows either whila feSaina o.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-05-26
If You Want to BE Liked.

Don't be always cornering people
and telling them Of your troubles.
They've quite enough of their own,
and it's only to be expected that your
Friends will like you better If you
bring sunshine when you come to
visit them. Home Chat.
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Wash PettiCoats,

II you expect to make your own
petticoats select white muslin, blue
chambray, tan chambray, white in
sertion or unbleached muslin and
gingham for bands. In making the
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-05-26
Utilize the Waste.

There is waste in farm and garden
small potatoes, overgrown table
beets, roots of all sorts, table scraps,
weeds and weed seeds, meat offal,
cooked or raw, fish waste, and many
bther things.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-05-26

The damaged masonry OF . Ger
msn railroad tunnel recently was re-
paired by injecting liquid cement un-
der pressureof seventy eight pounds
to the suuare inch
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-05-26

M e:
Marshmalow CaleCream hree-fourths of butter
teaspoonful of baking
az with and onehalf sid flour Add grad"
milk, alternating
- of Fold In
egg
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-05-26

On the shining heights they've gained.
We shall meet and greet in closing ranks.
In Times declining sun,
When the bugles OF God shall sound recall
And the Battle of Life be wonl
John Hay
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-05-26
Memorial Day.

In the dream of northern poets,
The brave who in battle die
Fight on in the shadowy phalanx
In the fields of the upper sky;
And, as we read the sounding rhyme,
The reverent fancy hears
The ghostly ring of the viewless swords
And the clash of the spectral spears.
We think with imperious questionings
And we try to track in deaths mystery
The flight of each valiant ghost.
The northern myth comes back to us,
And we feel through our sorrows night
That those young souls are striving still
Somewhere for truth and right.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-05-26

A chosen corps, they are marching on
In a wider field than ours;
Those bright battalions still fulfil
The schemes of the heavenly powers;
And high, brave thoughts float down to III
The echoes of that far fight,
Like the geam of distant picket's gun
Through the shades of the severing nigh
No fear for them! In our lower field
Let us keep our arms unstained
That at last we be worthy to stand wit
them
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-05-26

THIS, the decisive battle of the
American Civil War, was a
struggle between veteran
troops; the Army of Northern
Virginia, enthused by recent victor
ies, deeming themselves invincible,
and commanded by their popular
hero, General Robert E. Lee, against
the grand Army of the Potomac. 1t
MINNESOTA SOLDIERS MONU-
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A Clearing Sale

That means exactly what you expect 1t to.
The most unprecedented, unparallcl price
cutting and sacrificing ever made In Salt
Lake.
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No Phone Orders

On anything In this advertisements Some
quantities limited us protection against
Dealers who would be only too glad to
sweep up all these cntcing Bargains.