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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-31

slaught in the dark of the long winter
nights, the driving from his range of
focks of sheep from the land the
revenge, are treachery. To tho Ona,
fighting against his extinction, 1t is
strategy.
Treachery there undoubtedly is
among them. Not so very long ago
they surprised and killed the men,
bers of surveying party near Use
less Bay within sight of their own ves-
sci, and on the east coast fell upon q
party of adventurous miners, crush
ing their tent down upon them in the
night and stabbing them to death
How many crews wrecked in the vi
cinity of the Strait of lie Marie, reach
ing the coast, have perished at their
hands will never be known. Many of
these episodes were in retaliation for
white mems atrocities. Shooting the
"chunkies" on sight for a bounty as
one might clear the land of ground
rats was the order of the day. Pois-
oning the blubber of stranded whale
were not the worst of deeds COM
mitted by the rangers who crowded
the Ona from the north, the miners
who pitched their tents on the shores
Of his few good harbors, and those
irresponsible nomads of the sea who
happened along his coasts-the wha-
ler, sailor and adventurer. But the
innocent unfortunately often pay the
price for the guilty.
OF the hundreds of beautifully
fashioned arrows have seen not one
was poisoned, and / know of no au-
thentic record of such procedure. Had
this been their custom 1t certainly
would have been employed in the case
OF two white men OF my acquaintance
who were both seriously wounded on
the northern frontier by the Ona Cau-
tempkle. whom I also knew.-Har-
per's Magazine.
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Nasal Certificate REQUIRED.

A mare is never satisfied by either
sight or whinny that her colt is really
her own until she has a certified nasal
certificate to the fact. A blind horse,
recently living, would not allow the
approach of any stranger without
showing signs of anger not safely to
be disregarded. The distinction is
evidently made by his sense of smell,
and at considerable distance. Blind
horses, as a rule. will gallop wildly
about a pasture without striking the
surrounding fence. The sense of
smell informs them of it's proximity.
Others WILL when loosened from the
stable, go directly to the gate or bars
opened to their accustomed feeding
grounds, and when desiring to re-
turn, after hours of careless wander
ing, will distinguish one outlet, aud
patiently await it's opening. The
odor of that particular part of the
fence is their pilot to it.-American
Cultivator.
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Better Methods Needed.

Many dairy farmers are prosperous
and have established the fact that
the dairy industry can be made to
yield good profits. while others, who
seem to have the same opportunities,
fail to find the profitable side. On
a large proportion of dairy farms
many of the fundamental principles
which should be observed in produc-
ing pure milk are almost entirely
overlooked. This is usually due to
lack of appreciation of their import
ance more than to intentional neglect.
In most cases bad conditions are
promptly improved when their dan
gers are known. Special knowledge
is as necessary in conducting dairy
as in other farming occupations.
When one understands something of
the science affecting dairying, the
changes in milk cease to be mys-
terious, and the work connected with
the dairy, instead of being unprofit-
able, uncertain and monotonous, as
some consider it, may become profit
able, interesting and instructive.
The value of milk when it is de-
livered to the factory depends largely
upon the care it has received previous
to delivery, and its condition as well
as its fat content should influence the
price paid for it. Every dairyman
knows that the handling of milk the
first few hours after it has come from
the COW has a great influence on its
quality and the commercial value Of
the products made from it. The care
of milk seems a simple matter, but
better methods in our dairies are of
the greatest Importance to the success
and reputation of American dairying.
1t is in the interest of every patron
of creamery or cheese factory that
the milk used shall be the best and
purest that can be produced.
Anyone who delivers badly contain.
mated milk to a creamery is standing
in his own light. His milk may spoil
the entire production of the day, and
thus decrease the returns to every
patron. Butter and cheese makers
should absolutely refuse to accept
milk that is tainted or unfit for use;
they must do this in justice to them
selves and to patrons who deliver
good milk. The attempt has some-
times been made to estimate the
losses caused by taints or changes in
the milk due to neglect. The express
sion pure milk" should not be taken
to mean simply milk having a normal
chemical composition, but milk free
from all unnecessary contamination;
the word pure" should be under
stood in its broadest sense.-Weekly
Witness.
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new gown for the first occasion. II
was very fine white batiste. Instead
of wearing It she laid II aside. Yell
low was the color for a chrysanthej
mum wedding in November She
bought cheap yellow silk for a prin.
cess slip to wear under 1t, and match-
ing accessories and a great sheaf OF
yellow NUNS" attended as maid at
a quiet home affair.
The next wedding was mauve one,
and she sent her white gown to the
dyers. This she wore over a white
slip. 1t took a slightly paler tint
than was desired, and in consequence
was less satisfactory The next wed.
ding was on the rainbow" order, the
bride wearing white, the four maids
being gowned in pale pink, nile green.
lemon yellow, and mauve. With vic.
lets, violet wreathed hat which she
made for herself, and the previously
worn accessories she made the once
white gown do duty again. The ex,
pense of the four functions was to
her nearly $40 after all her ingenuity
Philadelphia Bulletin.
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struck it such blow with his paw
that l was nearly thrown into the
water. This made me more cautious.
Instead of trying to prod the bear,
now took to rapping the backs of his
paws as he raised them to strike at
the stick. This made him froth with
rage. He struck out with blows that
would have felled a sapling, and
secured his throat and racked his
lungs with his snarling and growing.
81 saw now that the bear would
jump; 1t was only n matter of time
till his rage would make him forget
his fear of the kissing current. I
paused a moment. dropped the butt
OF my pole into niche In the rock
between my feet, and leaned the tip
toward the bear to get the measure.
Il was as wary as wildcat
crouched for springing when l took
up my stick and again began to bait
the bear. drove swift. hard blows
at his paws. alertly watching his ter
rible, blazing eyes.
'All OF a sudden yelled and made
a hideous face at him, reached
through his guard and raped him on
the nose, then crouched, dropped the
butt of the pole into its socket and
leaned the tip over just as the bear
made a furious lunge straight for me.
The tough oak pole bent and snapped,
but it was enough to throw the griz-
ely off his balance
HE whirled half about, and
clutched wildly at the stone platform,
but the water caught him and whisked
him like straw off down the slot to
the rapids. They found his carcass
few days later caught on snag below
the mouth of the canon.
"Manuk came limping down to the
stone platform after a while, and
found me standing on my tiny island,
holding half of the broken pole in my
hand. He was able to hobble off af-
ter help, and before night fell the
men of the rancherias came up the
river in body and took me off my
rock.
THAT ended my slavery days. Ma
nuk set me free, and for many years
We hunted together and went side by
side to the wars. .''-Youth's Compan-
ion.
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EMTsN1'Ness ETs u & $ r.
no VICAR ~ w

Many a gown will have the skirt
made up of a series of rufIles OF vary
ing length.
Dresses of colored embroidery on
white will be among the unusual
gowns.
Large handbags are now out OF
style. The newest are small, and
made of undressed kid.
Handwork more elaborate than
ever before is shown TO advantage on
coats and gowns of wash materials.
Not only are nets, gauzes and gren-
adines sown with beads. but also the
velyets. satins and brocades.
In handsome pair of beaded suede
slippers the openwork design is par
TALLY filled in with the beads.
Some of the theatre bags are of
gold or silver net work with a great
raised flower on tarnished metal.
Hip yokes with pleated skirts be-
low them are very much in evidence
in the newest gowns.
One of the most stunning OF the
haio 10 go hG
or natural colored straw trimmed
with huge white bird.
Net petticoats are of satin meryeil-
leux finished with a fringe of silk
braid quarter OF a yard deep headed
with netted silk,
Such is the rage for tinsel lat the
dressmakers are employing furniture
galloon and fringe as a trimming for
gowns and cloaks.
A new yet simple lingerie blouse is
made of eyelet embroidery. with seal
lops turned upward toward the yoke
and overlapping II.
For afternoon and theatre wear
the popular hat Is the one with silk
or velvet stretched crown. and brim,
either rolling or fiat.
There is an arrangement OF ribbon
and lace on the silk lining OF transpars
ent blouses which has the appearances
OF lingerie corset cover.
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answer to his wife's suit, he has "con-
Quoted himself as a gentleman and
has been bred to treat women with
courtesy and respect" True, diff
culties have arisen, "but they were
only such as occur in every well regu.
lated family, even to the mother-in-
law"
Mrs. Farkas charged cruel treat
ment in her complaint. Farkas, she
alleged, used to stay out late at night.
and when she reproved him explained
that he had been organizing political
clubs and hoped to become a leader.
According to Farkas, the cause OF
all the trouble was that his bachelor
dreams had not been realized. He
had led bachelor life many years.
eating his meals anywhere. for it
made little difference to him. He
yearned for homemade meals. So
when he met his present wife and she
promised to maintain home for him
and devote herself to it he thought
he saw his dream realized They
were married in December, 1908.
But, according to Farkas. he is still
eating out, the only difference being
that his wife eats out with him. In
stead of keeping the house, says the
defendant, his wife gives music les.
sons. but the sweet strains are else
where, while the Farkas home is
dreary. Mrs. Farkas does not have
to work, SAYS Farkas, for he supplies
her with sufficient money.
Farkas' request for homemade
meals, he says, is answered thus by
his mother-in-law:
"If you want clean home, get SER
wants; if you want meals prepared.
get a cook. Your wife is not your
servant. If the home is good enough
for her it is good enough for you -
New York Tribune.
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the sloping stone platform, and was
running like deer before dogs to es-
cape him.
Fright in front of me the freshet
sucked through the crack-like chan
mel. filling it to the brim and making
a sound like the kissing of snakes;
from below came the growing and
gnawing of the waterfalls and rap
ids. | ran straight across the stone
platform without pausing, jerked my
long pole to the front, jabbed its end
down on the tip of the fang, and gave
strong leap forward. The pole bore
me up and. over in an arch, and set me
down lightly on the other side OF the
swishing stream. Spinning round on
my heel, l faced the bear with my
pole held like lance.
"Old Scar-Flank pulled up at the
brink of the stream, nearly tearing
off his toenails to keep from going
headlong into the water. feared
that he would turn back to kill Ma
nuk, and l reached for stones. l
wagged my head; / stuck out my
tongue; l taunted him in Modoc and
in Pitt River. My first stone raped
him ON the shin, and the next grazed
his snout and made his hate blaze up
like a fire sucked through canon.
He crouched for leap, and his eyes
and his teeth and his bristles were so
terrible that my legs strove TO take
me back into the brush. But | held
my ground. thrusting out my pole so
that the bear must leap against 1t.
Then all of sudden he whirled
about and started back for the scrub
oaks. Again filled with concern for
Manuk. sprang for stones. and by a
! lucky throw landed one on the back
of his head. This brought him back
| TO the valley In fine rage. For a
while / kept up stream OF stones
and hard words flying across the
stream, and held the bear crouching
at the edge of the water. Then. just
as was running short OF rocks he
began looking over his shoulder to-
ward the scrub oaks. was desper-
ate then. stepped to the edge OF the
stream, jabbed the end OF my long
pole down on the crown OF the Riy-
er's Fang, threw myself out over the
water. and took a standing position
on the point OF stone that parted the
Kissing current.
From there could reach the bear
with my pole. and gave him lab In
the ribs. This made the grizzly more
! furious than he had been at any time
before. He snapped at the pole, then
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SEfss
Rotting of Tomatoes.

There has been a great deal of COM
plant about tomatoes rotting this
year. 1t is dry, black rot that at
tacks the blossom end about the time
or just before the tomato begins to
get ripe. Some people think it is
caused by too much dampuess when
the tomatoes are close to the ground;
or by the vines being too thick. My
experience is that it is dry wca ther
and hot sunshine that causes them to
rot, instead of the wet weather.
When ] trimmed my tomatoes to a
single stem and tied them up to
stakes, they rotted great deal worse
than they did when l let the vines
run and fall down to shade the to-
matoes. If you have noticed, those
that come up volunteer" around the
fence where they are shaded from
the sun are generally the first ones
to get ripe and rot the least So you
see it is not because they are shaded
that they rot.
What caused the tomatoes to rot
so bad last year, | think, was on ac-
count of the hot sun and dry weather
when they first began to ripen and
before the vines had got thick enough
to shade them. AS soon as the rains
came and the vines got rank enough
to shade the tomatoes and keep them
damp, they quit rotting.
Nature knows what is best and
has given the tomato a vine to cover
her fruit from the burning sun. When
we try to improve on nature by cut
ting away part of the vine to let in
the sunshine, we ruin the fruit If the
weather is hot and dry And the
vines that are not trimmed will bear
fruit of better flavor, the tomatoes
not being so strong and sour as they
are when the sun shines directly on
them.
This is my experience and we never
fail to have plenty of tomatoes even
when our neighbors have none.-sL.
o. H., in the Indiana Farmer
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Selfish, as Usual.

I've got some news for you, dar-
ling" said Mr.. Newliwed, as he faced
his better half at dinner.
"Well. what is it?" said Madame.
i've been spending some money, "
he answered playfully.
THAT is no news" coldly replied
Mrs. Newliwed.
"I'll tell you, precious" beamed
her husband, "and l know you'll be
pleased. / insured my life to-day"
But her pretty face clouded, and an
ominous silence reigned. You don't
seem pleased" he Queried.
PLEASED? Indeed, no. said she In
reproving tones. 1T is another strik-
ing proof of how inconsiderate and
utterly selfish men always are! You
can think of yourself and insure your
own life, but it never occurred to you
to insure mine," says Home Notes.
And it took him quite an hour TO
convince her that he was not so selfish
after all.
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IL PAYS to Rush Pigs.

There are times in the early life o
well-bred hog when he will give
you 100 pounds of gain for 800
pounds of feed; there are other times
later in life when he will charge you
500 pounds of feed for 100 pounds of
gain. The profits on feeding are
greater therefore in early life.
Profits indeed may fail altogether If
the hogs are not developed rapidly to
market size and sold before they have
passed the stage where gains In
weight can be made economically.
The number of pounds of feed re-
quired to make one pound of pork
varies from less than three pounds of
feed to considerably over five pounds,
according to how heavy the hog Is,
when its weight ranges between IF
teen and $50 pounds. Henry COM
piled the figures on more than five
hundred tests that included over
twenty-five hundred hogs and repre-
sented the tests of many stations and
that extended through good number
of years, and found that the average
Is that:
A fifteen to fifty pound hog needs
293 pounds of feed for 100 of gain.
A fifty to 100 pound hog needs 400
pounds of feed for 100 of gain.
A 100 to $50 pound hog needs 437
pounds of feed for 100 of gain.
A $50 to 200 pound hog needs 4s2
pounds of feed for 100 of gain.
A 200 to $50 pound hog needs 49S
pounds of feed for 100 gain.
A $50 to 500 pound hog needs 535
pounds of feed for 100 of gain.
If man will use any of the good
breeds of hogs-and no one breed
possesses all the good qualities-and
will use enough good pasture and
crops that they can harvest them
selves, the feed needed to make a
200-pound hog ought not to cost over
So or Sc; and other weights will
make gain at a cost proportionate
with the figures just quoted. This is
on the supposition that well-bred
hogs are used and that the manage
ment is good all the time.
These figures carry their own
moral; and if a man will not work
with the laws of Nature, they will
work against him.-The Progressive
Farmer.
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New Trade Union.

Mrs Eva Macdonald Valesh Is at
the head of the movement to establish
new trade union among the working
women of America. The object of
this movement is to get rid of the
socialist influence which is alleged to
effect the present Womans Trade
Union League. In an address deliv-
cred recently before the Woman's
Forum of New York City Mrs. Valesh
said: II propose to start a campaign
against socialism. This shirtwaist
strike may be used to pave the way
for forming clean, sensible labor
unions, and / want to enroll every
woman of leisure, every clubwoman,
in the movement. The existing unions
are not doing what they ought to stem
the tide of socialism in this country" ="
New York Sun.
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Wins Divorce Under Old Law.

Judge Martin, of Norfolk, Va, de-
cided the hotly-contested divorce ac-
ton of Mrs. Jennie e. Haynor, now of
Allentown, Pa, against Thomas II.
Haynor, a prominent Norfolk busi-
ness man, by granting the wifes petit
tion, with permanent alimony of SIS
per month.
This is Just such case that pro-
posed divorce legislation now being
fought in the Virginia Legislature
would Directly affect. Under the pres
ent law it is optional with the plain
tin only whether after three years,
application shall be made for per-
manent divorce with privilege of re-
marriage. Proposed changes would
give the defendant similar rights.
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May Cuyler Not Welcome.

Mrs. Ava Astor is far from being
the only victim of the tardy puritan
ism of King Edward. IT is an old
story that the Duke of Marlborough
was omitted from a list of invitations
to dinner of the knights of the Gar
ter because of his matrimonial diff
culties with the former Cousuelo Van
derbilt, and Lord Alexander Thyme,
brother of the Marquis of Bath, also
has found himself persona non grata
at court because his name was
brought into the gossip connected
with the Marlborough case. May
Cuyler of Morristown, n. j., was a
prominent figure in English society
when she still was the wife of Sir
Philip Grey-Egerton, but since she
was divorced and became the wife of
Richard McCreery she has been
barred from the royal Enclosures in
Ascot and Goodwood and has been
notified that her presence is not de-
sired at court.-New York Press.
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Told to Get a COnk.

If Frieda Farkas had stayed al
home and cooked for her husband In.
stead of giving music lessons and il
William V. Farkas had not stayed out
late at night in furtherance of his
ambition to become a political leader
and as his wife says used stimulants
the case of Farkas against Farkas
would not have been on the Supreme
Court calendar yesterday. These are
the chief causes that have led up I'd
a separation suit by Mrs Farkas, who
asked Justice Platzek for an alimony
allowance.
Farkas is well known in the Hun.
garian colony, where he is a member
of literary, charitable and political
organizations. Also, he says in his
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hard to believe the leaders of English
society will hold her to blaHle for the
unhappiness that came to her in her
married life. But King Edward, once
liberal enough in his views on mar
riage, divorce and all kindred ques-
tions, has become a rigid Puritan of
recent years, and he has issued abso-
Lutte orders that no Divorces are to
be received at court. Though it is
beyond doubt that scores of smart
people will flock to Mrs. Astor's re-
ceptions and dinners, those who are
In closest touch with social affairs in
London say confidently the doors of
the Kings set will be barred against
her, at least for year or two.-New
Work. Press.
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THE OPEN WINDOW.


NY tower grimly bulded
With many bolt and bar
And here" thought 81 will keep my life
From the bitter world afar."
Dark and still the floor
Where a sunbeam lay,
And the mold crept up the dreary wall,
With its ghost touch day by day.
One morn, in sulen musings
A luter and cry heard;
And close at the rusty easement
There cung frightened bird.
Then back flung the shutter
That before undone
And kept till it's wings rested
The little weary
But in through the open window,
Which had forgot to close,
There had burst a gush of sunshine
And n summer scent of
For all the while had burrowed
There in my dingy tower,
Lo! the birds had sung and the leaves had dancci
From hour to sunny hour
And such balm and warmth and beauty
Game drifting in since then,
That the window still stands open,
And shall be shut again
Edward Rowland