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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-04-07
Keep These Twelve Things
in Mind.

The value of time Lost capital may by dill
gent use OF experience time lost is lost forever.
Inc success OF perseverance Keeping eyerlasngy
1t" always brings the hoped-for results
me pleasure OF working The only really unhappy rich
the idle
The dignity of simplicity When the "fris" off the
Is "on"
The worth of character In the last analysis
real value is a clear conscience.
The power of kindness 1t wins when coercive meas
fail.
The influence of example. Practice than pre-
cept, in showing the way.
The obligation of duty Your concern should not be
much what you get as what do for what you get
The wisdom of economy. The who saves makes
than he saves.
waits" 49,
The improvement of talent. is capita
which compounds itself by exercise
The Joy of originating The happest he
the best thing frst.-The Master Printer.
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Keep a record and test your cows
In this manner you will find out the
profitable cows in the herd. Since
you cannot afford to keep an unprof-
liable cow the sooner you learn the
Improbable ones the better for you.
Farmers Home Journal.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-04-07
A Good Dairy Cow,

When you see calf that is every
thing that could be asked for in the
way of gentleness, there is every
prospect that she will make a good
dairy COW. A wild calf can hardly
ever be made fit for the dairy
Farmers Home Journal.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-04-07
THE POOR MANS TOOLS.

mans pick and shovel progression
faster and bring
route mans field Of labor mark his boundaries toll
produce the wealth the bedrock the
The mans pick and shovel loose emancpaons chan
And education the prairie and the plain.
They found the mighty city and the the rich
Prepare the tombs Of mllcnai and dig the ditch
The drill hammer
Bring forth the golden and the priceless worth
They old natures reveal roll.
The knowledge that needed to light to her goal
Laura w. Sheldon in the New York Times
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-04-07

Moving pictures OF the flight OF ias
sects have been made with exposures
or 1-12,ceQ ,econd.
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No Shame,

In Turkey there is no shame at
tached to slavery. Can the same be
said of our domestic service? Should
servant marry a rich man here and
be raised into the ornamental class
would she not find 1t hard to live
down her former state? In Turkey
the mother of Sultan Abdul was "a
slave, as is the wife of the Khedive
of Egypt, and no disgrace attaches
to the fact. 1t Is this which primarily
differentiates Turkish slavery from
what we are accustomed to associate
with the word-this and the fact that
the slaves do not come from an in
ferior and servile race, but from
among themselves. There is no caste
in Turkey. All persons below the
Sultan are equal before Allah. Every
man and woman has chance to rise,
according to his personality-his in
telllgence, charm or beauty.-Metro-
politan Magazine.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-04-07

= CocoaDut Pudding-One of milk,
bspoonfuls onehalf cracker
saspoonul of salt, teaspoonful of vanilla.
separately adding yoks to the milk and then mixing with
cocoanut and sated cracker crumbs;
hour Make meringue of the whites
Put pudding
to to brown. Serve with This
Or cold
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Dressmakers Haunt Picture Galleries.

Dressmakers Haunt Picture Galleries.
Partisan dressmakers are seeking
inspiration for evening modes in the
picture galleries. There is always
more latitude allowed in the fashion
ing OF dresses that are to be worn
by night than in the tailor made, or
even the elegant afternoon gown; and
1t is safe to prophesy that for even
ing the period gown will have sue
cessful vogue. The terms are almost
synonymous, for 1t is the paintings
of the Louis XIV. and XVI. period
that are guiding the modistes.
This means the coming of the
pointed, tight fitting corsage, the
tucks, and the draped skirt.
The vieux rose tints which have
had such long inning are to be al
lowed to have rest. perhaps only a
brief one. A pale amber shade, Gu
riously becoming to both fair and
dark haired women, is one OF the
newest colors for evening. Inciden-
tally 1t is perfect background to the
mass OF cleaning Jet which trims so
many of the smartest gowns. The
delicate mignonette green of the sum-
mer is another shade which shows up
well under the electric light. Blue
is q color that has often been es-
chewed in the past because of the diff
ficulty OF choosing shade which
looks we'll under artificial light.
There are several blues notably the
pastel tones, Serves and Natter.
which can be worn with safety in the
evening.
White Is, of course, always worn.
and the indispensable black evening
gown is. II anything. more delsctabis
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-09-10

and ravines. Day after day the at
mosphere is so still that not breath
Of wind seems to pass over the hills,
but suddenly these periods OF repose
are succeeded by dark and threaten
ing skies and violent tempests. On
the Norwegian coast. fearful and terri
fic storms lash the sea with fury. and
the snow from the mountains Is swept
away in huge drifts hiding almost
everything.
Norwegian railway travelling is very
slow. In three hours just distance
Of forty-two miles can be covered.
The inhabitants are fresh looking
healthy, and strong. Coarse fare,
early rising, and plenty of work In the
open air seems to agree with them.
The Industrious habits of the farm
ers Of Norway are very striking.
Everything is done with precision OF
clock-works. On many Of the farms
bell placed on one af the buildings,
calls the hands to or from work. They
rise at 4 o'clock in the winter and
summer. After breakfast the orders
are given for the day, and everything
is done accordingly.
The people Of Scandinavia always
unite to welcome the stranger who
lands among them and happy days,
spent there by travellers, will never be
forgotten.
Your Junior friend.
Desdemona Eisenbeis, age 10,
OttumWa, Iowa.
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VIDA HEARS FROM JUANITA.

Miss Vida wahle, Ottumwa, Ia.
Dear Junior Friend: received the
pretty post card you sent me and will
1t soon.
When does you school commence? I
don't know when mine will or who will
be the teacher. Our last teachers
name was Harry Christy and liked
him fine. He gave us souvenir the
last day Of school. live real close to
some of the Juniors. Effie and Ruth
Hale and Mabel and Maude Skirvin
Maude and Mabel Skirvin live about
two miles from US. Although I have
never met them feel that would al
most know them If I would see them
and would like to exchange post cards
with them. live about one-fourth of q
mile from the Hale girls, and go to
school with them. What did you do
during your vacation? helped drive
the cows to the pasture and take care
OF little brother Frederick who is two
months old. I would like to exchange
post cards with any Of the Juniors.
Juanita Belveal,
r. No. 2, Floris, Iowa.
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Tommy Plaster, age 5,
Abba, Iowa, South D st.
ELvA HAS MANY CORRESPOND
ENTS.

Dear Editor:
l will write and tell you about my
Junior correspondents. have received
about fifty cards from Juniors. I ex-
change cards with the following Jun
iors: Henrietta Plaster, Josephine and
Frances Norton, Blanche Sullivan,
Maggie Bray, Mabel Root, Lille Myers,
Josephine Oliver, Vida Conger. Leona
Vest, and I have received few cards
from Maude Skirvin, Juliette and
Desdemona Eisenbeis, Walter Trout,
Edna Shrimp, Ruth Foster, Eunice
Gibbs and l write letters to Josephine
Norton, Henrietta Plaster and Mabel
Root. have received one letter from
Hazel Oliver and one card from Ber-
tina Stansberry. I was very glad to
see on the Junior page that I won the
short story prize. would like a story
book for prize.
l think Henrietta Plaster must be q
very important Junior with her Junior
correspondence. I have received one
letter and lot Of very pretty postals
from her I would like to exchange
postals with Hattie M. Allen and
Jeanne holland. I have sent the editor
one card and have received six pretty
ones from her.
Elva Mae Huffman, age IS,
r, No, /, Chilicothe, Iowa.
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Good Night And
Good Mor11i11q

A fair little girl sat under tree,
Sewing as long as her eyes could see;
Then smoothed her work and folded
it right,
And said, Dear work, good night,
good night"
Such number Of rocks came over her
head,
Crying Cav! Caw!' on their way to
bed.
she said, as she watched their curious
flight. ..
"Little black things, good night, good
night"
The horses neighed and the oxen
lowed,
The Sleeps "Bleat! Bleat!'' came over
the road,
All seeming to say with quiet de-
light,
"Good little girl, good night, good
night"
she did not say to the sun Good
night"
Though she saw him there like ball
Of light;
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THE LAND OF THE MIDNIGHT
SUN.

Dear Editor:The contrast is great be.
tween summer and winter in the beauti-
full peninsula of Scandinavia "the land
of the midnight Sum-" In December,
in the far north sunless sky hangs
over the country, for the days Of con-
tinuous sunshine in summer, there
are as, many without the sun, appear
ing above the horizon In winter.
During that time, even at the end
of December, which Is the darkest
period when the weather is clear one
can read from II p. m. to a. m with
out artificial light, but il it is cloudy
or snow is falling lamps must be used.
At times all nature seems to be in
a deep repose; the brook is silent, and
the streams are frozen, long crystal
icicles hang from the mountains sides
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and also the Great Salt lake. From
Salt Lake City we shall go north te
Yellowstone park. Yellowstone parl
is national park, which contains
hundreds of geysers, hot springs
beautiful lakes, canyons, great falls
and lofty mountain peaks. We shall
now go westward to Portland, Oregon
We shall visit the large fisheries, fruit
farms and lumber mills here.
Now we will go south to San Fran
cisco, which is the largest city on the
Pacific coast. Here we shall see the
large redwood trees which are the
largest in the world. We shall also
visit the large fruit farms and the
large California bay is beautiful
scene. We are now going to cross the
Paciflce ocean in a steamboat. While
crossing the ocean we will stop at
the Hawaiian islands for provisions.
There are many volcanoes on these
islands. Next we will stop at Australia
for a day or two. Here we will visit
the large sheep farms and gold mines
We shall take ship from Australia
past the Philippine islands to China.
Here we shall visit the potteries, places
where they raise silk worms and rice
fields The next country we will stop
at is Italy. Here we shall visit the
vatican, the pope's palace; st. Peters
church and the famous ruins. From
Italy we shall go to France. Here
we shall see the River Seine and the
famous paintings in the art galleries.
Our next stopping place is Berlin, Ger.
many. Here we can see the royal
palace and gardens, the famous Rhine
river, and the old ruins. We shall now
travel over the Netherlands and across
the Red sea to London, England. Lon
don is the largest city in the world.
Here we may visit the house OF COM
mons, and Edinburgh castle. There IS
a tower bridge over the Thames river
which is very famous. From England
we will now go down through the
Strait CT Gibraltar to Egypt in Africa.
Here we shall see the Nile river, pyra-
mids, tombs and monuments OF an
cient times. From Egypt we snail
cross the Great Sahara desert until we
come to the coast Then we shall take
a steamboat fer the United States. Al
ter few days we land at Boston,
which is a large seaport, then we take
the train for Washington, D. c., here
we are going to visit the white mousse
and the government buildings. NOW
we will take train for Niagara FANS
and at the same time we can visit the
second largest city in the world, wh1cn
is New York. Then we Will travel
westward to Chicago and then nome
to Ottumwa.
Your Courier Junior Friend,
Hedvig I. Carlson, age Is,
1915 Locust street,
Ottumwa, Ia.
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very picturesque with the state fair

very picturesque with the state fair
grounds near 1t.
next went to Rock Island arsenal
I saw the Punch bowl it is very pretty
The PUNISH bowl is water in the shape
OF bowl. That is how 1t gets it's name
1 saw the old prison hospital 1t Is q
very old place.
Next I went to Minneapolis MINI.
saw the Y. M. G. A. building. 1t is
q large building built of stone.
/ next went to Topeka Kan, I got
of at the Rock Island depot, and went
to the state house. The state house
is very pretty.
visited st. Joseph. Mo-, next.
first went to the court house, then
went to the home of Jesse James the
noted outlaw. His home is located
on the outskirts Of st. Joe.
From st. Joe. went to Yellowstone
National park. first went to "Old
Faithful" geyser. It is very grand
view. I next went to Hot Springs, a
place for invalids.
next went to Meridian, Cal, I went
to Mt. Tallac, and Lake Tahoe. |
next went to the Orange groves.
l next went to Wales, Ireland,
Scotland and England. They are bet.
ter known as 'The British Isles" I
saw many old ruins OF old castles
there. 1 visited London the largest
city in the world.
next went to France. visited
Paris the third largest city in the
world. went to Holland, and saw
many funny costumes there. went to
Genoa and Venice. / saw the famous
are galleries in Venice. I went to
Switzerland. saw the Alps while
there. They are very picturesque.
The funniest thing of all was the Arab
Barber. He is dressed in striped
skirt and waist. He has a small table
on which the man sits with his feet in
the air. He lies this way until the bar
Der cuts his hair.
went to China and Japan. I saw
the tea growing and saw them thresh-
ing rice in Japan. The little Japan
ese girls feed silk worms.
went to Africa and saw many
pyramids in Egypt. These are very
interesting things. They are built OF
stone and in them were put the kings
and queens. There is one of these
called the Sphinx. 1t is large mans
head.
went to Australia but did not see
anything very interesting there. re-
turned home after my long journey.
AS we were nearing the shore Of U. S..
we all sang America and gave
three cheers for the red white and blue.
would rather live in the U. S. than
any Of the other places,
A Junior Friend,
Miss Henrietta Plaster, age II.
eA.ula, Ia, S. D. st.
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THE MOST INTERESTING EVENT
OF MY VACATION,

Dear Juniors:
The most interesting event Of my
vacation was the picnic went to on
July 16, 1910. We were to meet at theI
did not come until late so we did not
get started until 1890. We rode on the
street car out to Caldwell park. After
we had found a nice place to put our
baskets we rested for while.
After we rested we went after water
because all of us were thirsty by this
time. Then we began to play games.
and answers, grunt, hide and go SEEK;
wod tag and another game the name Of
which was, I do not know but wei
formed two sides and then we had q
pillow. Each side chose one side of the
pillow and the leader Of each side
would take turns about throwing the
pillow and the side it fell on, the other
make them laugh, SO, If you laughed
you had to go on the other side. We
played this until we were tired of It
and then we went after water again.
1t was now time for dinner SO we
spread the table cloth and soen had
dinner ready. We had meat balls, sand i
witches, potato salad beans, pickles,
bananas, plums, peaches, cake, cookies
and lemonade. After dinner we rested
for a time and then played some more
games. We then went to the stand for
chums, crackerjack, ice cream, etc.
Some of us received prizes with the
chun1s. After spending the afternoon in
this way, it was getting time for sup
per, so we ate super and then played
games again. BY this time it was get
ting late so We all started for home
on the car. We all parted for our diff
ferent homes ct the waiting room
agreeing that we had had a happy
day.
Fiedveg Carlson, age IS,
1915 Locust ST., Ottumwa, Il
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TRIP AROUND THE
WORLD ON POSTALS.

First I went to Otumwa. I saw the
court house. It is very large build
ing and has clock in the top Of 1t.
I saw the Post office and Y. NJ. G. A.
buildings. They are both large build
ings. 1 was up near the Adams
school and hospital. was in the city
park and saw the gun captured by
Admiral Dewey. Across the road from
the park is the public libary. / also
saw the Episcopal church and high
school. They are very large buildings.
l next went to Des Moines, and saw
the capitol building. l suppose l don't
need to describe that, because every
body knows how that looks. saw the
barracks and Fl. Des Moines. TT.
Des Moines is long building, with
very few trees near it. was in the
Ingersoll park There are very many
flowers there was in the governors
boom in the capitol building. On his
desk were many written documents.
His chair was by the desk. The room
is located in the southeast end Of the
building. It contains many handsome
pieces Of furniture and magnificent
oil paintings of prominent citizens OF
the state.
next went to Iowa Falls. saw the
First National bank. It occupies the
corner Of Stevens st. and Washington
Ave. saw the Palisade park boat
landing. 1t is very pretty place.
went from Iowa Falls to Cedar
Rapids. I saw the union passenger
station. It Is pretty place with q
lane leading to it. saw the Ameri-
can Cereal Mills. They are very large
mills and the Cedar river runs by 1t.
Cedar Rapids Is noted for its break
fast foods.
Next I went to Chicago. l saw
Washington's monument. It is large
monument with horse and Washing
ton on it. l saw the Montgomery and
Ward building. 1t is one Of the lar.
gest commercial buildings In the
world. I saw the Grant monument in
Lincoln park. saw the Chicago
Tribune building. 1t is a very large
building. I had pleasant time while
in Chicago.
I went to Springfield next. saw the
capitol building it is very pretty.
saw the Horticultural building. It is
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HENRIETTA ANSWERS NEvA.

Miss Neva Espy, Darbyville, Ia.
Dear Junior Friend:- read your
letter to me in the Junior and thought
I would answer it. am dark eyed, and
have dark hair. am about 5 feet 3
inches tall. How tall are you?gDo you
know Hilah Mcdonald? She wrote me
a letter, but didn't get to answer it
right away. Do you exchange cards
with very many Juniors? I exchange
cards with fifty six. believe the Jun-
Tor will get tired Of printing about my
Junior correspondence. Every time !
write I tell about my Junior cores
pondence. Have you any sisters or
brothers? I have one sister seventeen
years old, and two brothers, one nine
years old and the other five.
Henrietta Plaster,
Abba, Ia, South D st.
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A TRIP AROUND THE WORLD.

started from New York one morn
ing IN May on steamer bound for
ireland. 1t took us six days to get
there. We had a very pleasant voy-
age. We steamed into Galway Bay
and landed at Galway. / spent q day
there taking in the sights. Then
went on the train to Dublin. There
saw many things Of interest. AS had
many more places to go, I did not
stay very long in Ireland, but l went
on over to England.
l landed at Liverpool, but only
stayed there few hours. l boarded
ship and sailed up the ship canal to
Manchester. l visited the cotton fac
tories and then took the train for
London. While there I went riding on
the Thames river. The scenery along
the banks Of the river was very beau
tiful.
stayed two days in London and
then sailed for France. We crossed
the English channel and sailed up the
Seine river to Paris. visited some Of
the most important points of interest
there
l took the train at Paris and passed
through the southern part Of Germany
and into Austria-Hungar where we
stopped at Vienna to change cars.
took the train east from there and
passed through southern Russia and
part Of the Chinese empire until I
reached Picking, China. I stopped
there for few days. saw the queer
houses Of the Chinese and many other
things.
l took the train to Tientsin on the
coast of the Yellow Sea. boarded a
steamer there and sailed out Of the
Yellow sea into the Japan sea.
l got on train on the west coast Of
Japan and started for Toxic. It was
not long until we got there only
stayed one day there as had to bo
back in New York in another month.
left there on a train and got to Yo-
kohama three hours later. There I
boarded a ship bound for North Amer
lea.
l reached San Francisco and stayed
there while visited some friends
there and then I started northeast
ward toward Montana, as had some
friends there wanted to visit and I
thought would like to see some Of
the cities there.
l passed through Nevada and Idaho
anu ooW HULL USduIllul 6CcuOIy III
passing through the Rocky Mountains.
/ spent one day at Helena, Montana.
and then took train to Bozeman,
where my friends lived. spent a week
there and we went up on some of the,
mountains. went to the Yellowstone
national park, and saw all the animals
and beautiful scenery and took boat
ride on the Yellowstone lake.
went from there across Wyoming,
Nebraska, Iowa and into Illinois.
/ visited in Springfield and Chicago
for awhile, then L took the train to
Columbus, Ohio, where I visited soma
some friends and then started back
to New York.
saw some nice scenery while cross
ing the Appalachian mountains III
Pennsylvania.
Then crossed New Jersey and
landed in New York city after having
a nice trip around the world.
Your Junior friend.
Frances E. Norton, aged 10.
Melrose, Iowa. !
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GENEVlEVE LIKES MARY'S LET.
TER.

Mary Palfreyman.
Dear Friend: I read your letter in
the Courier Junior and drought 1t was
very nice and decided that I should
like to join. How old are you? am IL
years old. My birthday is in May, the
31st day. Will you be glad when school
starts? What grade are you in? I am
in the seventh grade. Do you live in
the country or town? live q mile from
the Abba square. What grade is your
sister In? Have you got your ring yet?
/ hope you will like It. This is my first
letter to the Courier Junior Write me
q letter in the Junior page
Genevieve Raymond,
Abba Ia