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The copper era., 1911-09-29
HORTICULTURAL NOTES.

I Manure the orchard and fruit gar den.
 One of the best methods for growing 1 better apples is to prune your orchard.
 Slow decay is just what proves best for supply of potash. phosphorus and lime for the trees. The production of apples is 425 per cent Of a full crop, compared with 43.4 per cent. in 1908. Unless a tree is given a great deal 1 of attention by pruning it often be- 1 comes very crooked and unsymmet- rical.
 A young peach tree needs vigorous pruning, but a bearing tree in good soil needs little, except to remove l dead and surplus branches. The object of pruning is to short en the new growth, leaving approxi- mately the amount of fruiting wood which the vine can safely carry.
 Nursery wires may be choking young trees planted last spring They should be carefully examined and such vines removed before growth starts.
 An operation of orchard culture which is rarely practiced in the home orchard, but very essential to the de- ! velopment of good formed trees, is pruning.
 The old orchard that has trees 12 to 15 years old and older, and already in bearing, will be benefited by heavy applications of stable litter or other fertilizer.
 Secretary Wilson says that the most practical way to fight plant disease Is to use natures method and secure or breed up disease-resistant or im- mune plants.
 Can you spare some of the barn. yard manure for the orchard this winter? Draw 1t out now, mulch the trees well and see if you do not get 6 good crop of fruit next fall.
 Grape vines, planted for foliage as well as fruit, should have the arms evenly placed about two feet apart on the trellis, and the cones cut back to two or three buds.
 While woodpeckers are among our most useful birds on account of their destruction of boring and other inju- rious insects, yet there are three spe- cies known as sapsuckers, which, while they eat many insects, more than offset the good they do by bor- ing into the inner layer of the bark of trees for the sake of the sap which exudes from the wounds.
The copper era., 1911-09-29
Not a Candidate

Wm. Spaw of Clifton has requested the Era to announce that he will not be candidate for supervisor or any public office at the primary election October 24. MT. Spaw has been urged by a great many of his friends to be- come a candidate for supervisor but he has decided that his health will not permit him to enter the race. He throughout Greenlee county for their rendered support but states that he must decline to become candidate at this time
The copper era., 1911-09-29
Army Has a Mobile Priceless Kitchen

JINGLE SAM, like so many other U alert and up-to-date housekeepers, is an advocate of fireless cooking. To further satisfy himself of the efficacy of this feature of preparing meals, he has set aside, through the war depart ment, S5,OO0 for the construction and testing of the equipment of the mobile kitchen. which is the invention of Capt Frederick Stopford. of the coast artillery corps, post commissary at the Presidio of San Francisco.
 This rolling field kitchen is designed to feed men in the field on the march. And 1t is owing to the good service 1t has given, and which elicited praise from the officers in command, that the device is so highly thought of by Uncle Sam The vehicle is equipped with a sufficient number of air-tight Compartments to prepare the rations for two companies of infantry or troops of cavalry, the outfit being ar ranged to mount on any sort of wagon or truck
 These frsless compartments consist
The copper era., 1911-09-29
Commission Was Revoked

One night last week there was a free for all fight in New Town, near Morenci, in which Guy Bates, a dep uty sheriff of that place, was a parti- cipant. Sheriff Eng glish, who was ab- sent at Silver City returned to Cliff ton on Monday evening and learning of the disturbance at Morenci went there on Wednesday, for the purpose of making an investigation. As a result of his investigation the com mission of Guy Bates. as deputy sher- if, was revoked.
The copper era., 1911-09-29
MORENCI DEPARTMENT

Mrs. Gould, local telephone opera tor, was taken to the hospital Friday suffering from an acute attack of in- hamation of the bowels.
 R. Crittendon is spending his vaca- tion in and about Fl Paso.
 Considerable excitement prevailed for a short period Monday afternoon due to the circulation of a report that band of Apaches led by a noted chief were running wild some place between here and Metcalf. However it was soon learned that it was only Ringsmith, Wash Mclean and Joe Murphyareturning from their hunting trip to the Blue. Some Mex ican in passing had evidently gotten good look at Ringsmith's s face with its two weeks growth on and mistook him for bad character. They re- port plenty of game, bringing back not only supply of venison but also the skin of a bear which Ringsmith shot.
 The annual fall opening at the D. c. store was one of the most success ful ever held. The store was very attractive with it's display of the lat est creations in ladies fall suits. hats, etc. To one visiting the store during the afternoon and seeing the crowds and listening to the music it seemed more like being in some large depart ment store in the city than iu an out of the way place like Morenci.
 MT. Krichbaum is Interesting the people of camp in a series of enter tainments that he wishes to bring here during the winter. They are all, five or six in number, most desirable attractions and it is hoped that the people in camp will show their appre- citation of Krichbaum's effort by SUD- porting and subscribing tor tickets to the course.
 Miss Matthews spent Saturday in Fl Paso, returning Sunday evening on No. f.
The copper era., 1911-09-29

of large improved field range with hot water attachments, a large tank for carrying hot water. and compart-, ments for meat and utensils. About three hundred men. or a squadron of cavalry or a battalion of infantry, can be provided for by this kitchen. the manner of preparation being to ar range meals for two companies by first bringing to boiling on the range. and then putting the food into the asbestos-lined compartments or the rear of the platform.
 The rations for two more organiza- tions are next cooked on the range until done, and instead of 20 men, as is usual in company cooking, nine do the work with the fireless.
The copper era., 1911-09-29
Mining Congress- Postponed

Chicago, H., Sept. 27.-In accord ance with the desire of President Taft to attend the fourteenth annual session of the American Mining con- gress to be neld at the hotel La Salle in this city, the date of the conven- tion has been postponed from Sep tember 26 to 29 to October 24, 25, 26, ? and 2S. The president will deliver an address on October 2S.
The copper era., 1911-09-29

Mrs. Frank Rathburn entertained a number of the ladies in a most en- joya ble manner Saturday afternoon in honor of Mrs. DIlatest who is visit ing Mrs. Fred McDougal.
 The Misses Deysiuger, Crozier, Pansing. Appleby, Thurston, Lloyd, Walton and Florence and Messrs. Robson, McMahon and MCCool, ac- companied by MT. and Mrs. A. L. Work, rode out to the New York Ari- zona camp Saturday. After spend ing a few hours there they rode to Eagle and spent the remainder of the day.
 MT. and Mrs. Frank Mclean gave a very pleasant mining party last Thursday in honor of Mrs. Fred Mo DougaPs guest. After their trip through the mines very enjoyable Dutch lunch was served at the Mo Lean residence.
 Mrs. Rod McDougall entertained Friday evening at cards. A most en- joyable evening was spent by those present, Miss Purdam and Chas. Hyde were the recipients of appro- priate souvenirs for their skillful handling of the Cards during the evening.
 Mack Mckenzie returned last week from d most successful trip to the mountains, some venison, he brought with him being greatly enjoyed by members of the Copper mess. On his return trip Mack's horse played out on him near Metcalf, from which place he ''peddled" it.
 Miss Mary Thrum was up from Clifton Saturday shopping at the D. c. M. Co. store
 Mrs. E. .Whittlesey and, son Fred erick left Monday for Fl Paso to con suit an eye specialist.
The copper era., 1911-09-29
Democrats on the Move

Prescott, Sept. 25.-Mark Smith, democratic aspirant for the senate, arrived from southern Arizona yes terday morning and after spending a portion of the day conferriug with friends in the city. left in the after noon for Hiugman, where he will formally open his campaign this evening. He will then go to Flag staff and deliver an address there on Tuesday evening.
 Col. Tom Weedin, who seeks the nomination of Governor, was also in the city last night returning from Mayer and Humboldt. He will leave this morning for Jerome, where he will speak tonight. Colonel Weedin is accompanied on the canvass of the north by Frank DeSouza, his private secretary.
The copper era., 1911-09-29
Miss Murtaugh in Hospital

Globe, Sept. 26.-Miss Mary Mur- taugh, a teacher in the Globe schools was taken suddenly ill with appendi- citis Saturday afternoon and was re- moved to the Old Dominion hospital, where an operation became neces- sary. During the illness of Miss Mur- taugh her place will be filled by Mrs. Clytie Desmukes, who has been en- gagged as a supply teacher by the hoard
The copper era., 1911-09-29
mu.. Be in tn. eeo,nnino.

Declaring for genuine. perma- nent and thorough-going tarin com misston." Senator Beyerdge asserts that we will get 1t in the end" It will have to be in the sbeginning-of a tarin framed for business instead of politics.
The copper era., 1911-09-29

Senator Aldrich proposes, presum- ably as "feeler," not a central bank but a Reserve Association of Amer ica," with a capital of $500, 900, ,OO0 The question is for the present an academic ona
The copper era., 1911-09-29

If you knew of the real value of Cha m berlain's Liniment for lame back, soreness of the muscles, sprains and rheumatic pains, you would never wish to be without it. For sale by all dealers.
The Colorado statesman., 1911-02-11

snake Tall strong 1.-THE and smiling ABE toneu
on as a farm laborer, mule driver, sheep feedel'
deer killer, woodcutter, and, lastly, as poatna,
on the waters of the Wabash and the MISSISSIPPI
Another English writer in describing the pres
ldent is still more realistic than his counrylhan
when he says:
ITO say that he is ugly is nothing; to add that
his figure is grotesque is to convey no adequa'e
impression Fancy many six feet hlgn anu
then out of proportion; with long bony arms and
legs which somehow seem to be always In the
way; with great rugged. furrowed hands, which
grasp YOU like wise when shaking yours; with
a long enaggy neck and a chest too narrow lor
the great arms at its side.
add to this figure head cocoanut shaped
and somewhat too small for such stature, Gov
cred with rough uncombed and uncombable hair.
that stands out in every direction at once; face
furrowed, wrinkled and indented, as though II
had been SCARED by vitriol; high narrow fore
head; and sunk deep beneath bushy eyebrows two
bright dreamy eyes that seem to gaze through
you without looking at you; few irregular
blotches of black bristly hair In the place where
beard and whiskers ought to grow close set,
thin Tipped, stern mouth, with two rows of large
white teeth and a and which have
been taken by mistake from head twice the
size.
"Clothe this figure then, in long, tight badly
fitting suit of black, creased, soiled and puckered
up at every salient point of the figure (and
cry point of this figure is salient), put large.
fingers, and fluffy hat. covered to the top with
dusty, puffy crape and then add to this an air
of strength, physical as well as moral, and
strange look of dignity coupled with all this gro
tesqueness aud you will have the impression left
upon me by Abraham Lincoln"
Ward Lamon, who knew him intimately, goes
more into details He says: Mr.. Lincoln was
about six feet four inches high, the length of his
legs being out of all proportion to that of his
body. When sat down in a chair he seemed
no taller than average man. measuring from
the chair to the crown of his head; but his knees
rose high in front and marble placed on the
cap of one would roll down a steep descent to
the hip. He weighed about 1S0 pounds, but he
was thin through the breast, narrow across the
shoulders, and had the general appearance of
consumptive subject. Standing up, he stopped
slightly forward; sitting down, he usually crossed
his long legs or threw them over the arms of the
chair as the most convenient mode of disposing
of them. His head long and tall from the
base of the brain and the eyebrow" his fore
head big and narrow but inclining backward as
1t
The diameter OF his head from to was
6h inches and from front to back eight inches.
His ears large, standing out almost at right
angles from his head; his cheek bones high and
The Colorado statesman., 1911-02-11

suaded the people that he of them the
moment he made his appearance on the plat
form-hs homeness and his intimate and apt
use of the simple speech they could understand.
There are anecdotes which are intended to show
that even In community of persons not noted
for manly beauty he considered pre-eminently
the reverse Yet, although this was the subject
of tests at his expense. no one thought any the
less of him for it. This homeliness-call 1t ug-
lness If you will-of his face. the awkwardness
of his FORM and the ungainliness of his gestures
and attitudes seemed to the people to go natu-
rally with his goodness of heart and the simple
ity OF his nature
In their eyes when advocating the cause of the
oppressed and when opposing the forces which
would destroy the nation he became to many pos
itivey handsome. AS years afterward one old
man who Enowed" him said:
Lots of 'em will tell you he was homely.
Seems to that's about all some folks around
here has to tell about Abraham Lincoln. Yes, |
knowed him. they say. He was the homeliest
man in Sangamon county Well, now, don't you
make no mistake. The folks that don't tell you
nuthin but that never knowed Mr. Lincoln. Meb-
be they'd him, but they never knowed him.
He want homely. There's no denyn he was
long and lean. and he didn't always stand straight,
and he wasn't pertikeler about his clothes, but
that night up to Bloomington in ten minutes after
he struck the platform, | tell you he was the
handsomest man ever see"
The month after his first election the publica-
tion Once a Week In London printed the follow
ing personal sketch of Lincoln:
abraham Lincoln is gaunt giant more than
six feet high strong and long limbed Hewalks slow,
and like many thoughtful men Wordsworth and
Napoleon. for example). keeps his head inclined
forward and downward. His hair is wiry black,
his eyes are dark gray, his smile is frank, sin
cere and winning. Like most American gentle
men, he is loose and careless in dress, turns down
his Mapping white collars and wears habitually
what we consider evening dress. His head is
massive his brow full and wide his nose large
and heshy. his mouth coarse and full his eyes
are shnken, his bronzed face is thin and drawn
down into strong corded lines, that disclose the
machinery that moves the broad jaw. This great
leader of the Republican party-this abolitionist
this terror of the Democrats'-this honest old
lawyer with face hafRoman, half-Indian, SO
wasted by climate, so SCARED by lfe's struggle
was born in 1909 in Kentucky. Ills grandfather,
who came from Virginia, was killed by the Indi-
ars His father died young leaving widow and
several children. They removed to Indiana, Abe
being at the time only six years old. Poor and
struEgling his mother could only afford him some
eight months rough schooling; aud in the clear
1ngs of that new and unsettled country the
healthy STRIPPING went to work to hew hickory
and gum trees, to grapple with demonstrating
BEARS and look out for the too frequent rattle
The Colorado statesman., 1911-02-11

main He was plain, homely, sau, weai -oohiHS
man to whom ones heart warmed ihVoluntaiiiS'
haoa,sa ba seemed at once miserable and kind
James B Fry, who became intimately acquaiht
ed with Lincoln early in the latters pohIcai Ca
reer, says: Lincoln was tall ana tnin us ,one
homes were united by large joints and he mad lons
neck and an angular face and head Many ike
nesses represent his face well enough Dut hohe
that | have ever seen do justice to the AWKWARD
ness and ungainlness of his hgure' HIS ieel'
hanging loosely to his ankles, were prominent
objects but his hands were more conspicuous even
than his feet-due perhaps to the 1act that cere-
mony at times compelled him to clothe them IN
white kid gloves, which always htted loosely'
Both in the height of conversation and IN tne dep'n
of reflection his hand now and then ran over OF
supported his head. giving his hair haoituay diS
ordered aspect
His expression in repose was sad and dull, but
his everrecurrng hiimor at short intervals, flashed
forth with the brilliancy of an electric light
observed but two well defined expressions IN MS
countenance; that of pure thoughtful hon
est man. absorbed by sense of duty and respon-
sbilitv the other that of humorst so full OF run
that he could not keep it all in His power OF
analysis was wonderful He strengthened every
case he stated and no anecdote or Joke ever los'
force or effect from his telling
Apropos of his large feet there is an anecdote
told of Lincoln when he was In the legslature'
He had walked his hundred miles to Vandalia IN
1926 as he had In 1884, and when the session
closed he walked home again. gentleman OF
Menard county remembers meeting him and de-
tachment of the "long nine" on their way home.
They were all mounted except LlncoHi' VIM hau
thus far kept up with them on foot. If he had any
money he was boarding 1t for more important pur-
poses than that of saving leg WEAKNESS and
leather The weather raw and Lincolns
clothing was none of the warmest
Complaining of being cold to one OF his com
panions this irreverent member of the long nine
told his future president that 1t was no wonder
that he was cold-"there was so much Of him on
the ground" None of the party appreciated this
homely Joke at the expense of his feet (they were
doubtless able to bear it, more thoroughly than
Lincoln did We can imagine the cross fires OF wit
and bumor by which the way envened during
this cold and tedious journey.
The scene was certainly a rude one and seems
more like a dream than reality, when we re-
member that it occurred not many years ago. In
a state which contains hardly less than three
millions of people and 1000 miles of railway.
Cassius M. Clay in describing an address which
he delivered at Springfield in 1856 says: Lincoln
and Browning lay upon the ground whiting sticks
and heard throughout with marked attention
Hurrying on to my appointments. saw him then
no more / never shall forget his long ungainly
person and plain but even then sad and thoughtful
features"
The Colorado statesman., 1911-02-11
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nrominent; his eyebrows heavy and
tutting forward over small suhhen
blue eyes; his nose long, large anu
blunt. the tip of 1t rather ruddy ana
slightly awry towards the right hand
side. his chin, projecting far ana
sbarp. curved upward to meet
thick material lower lip, which
hung downward; his cheeks were
eabby. and the loose skin fell IN
wrinkles or folds; there was a large
mole on his right cheek and an un-
commonly prominent Adams apple
on his throat; his hair was DARK
brown in color, stiff, unkempt, and
as vet showing little or no sign Oh
advancing age or trouble; his COM
nlexion was very dark. his skin yell
low shriyeled and "leathery." In
short. to use the language of Mr'
Herndon. "he was a thin, tall, wlry'
grisly. raw-boned man." looking
woe-struck." His countenance was
haggard and careworn, exhibiting all
the marks of deep and protracted
suffering.
Every feature of the mantle
hollow eyes, with the dark rings be-
meath; the long, sallow, cadaverous
face. intersected by those peculiar
deep lines; his whole air, his walk
his long. silent reveries, broken at
long intervals by sudden and start
ling exclamations, as II to coniouhd
an observer who might suspect the
nature of his thought-showed he
was a man of sorrows-not sorrows
of today or yesterday, but long treas
ured and deep-bearing with him
a continual sense of WEAKNESS and
The Colorado statesman., 1911-02-11

He came of lanky race, gaunt'
powerful people. and capable or
great endurance. Their hard lives
were not conducive to grace OF hg-
ure or motion and their faces we're
often scanned and strongly marked.
Climate, toll and improper or insuf-
ficient food had much to do with
giving to the western and southern
pioneers the peculiarities of form
and action and the facial markings
which identified them geographically
as easily as did their speech.
Lincoln never was ashamed or
these things-at least he never
changed his habits when he came
into national prominence. but his
continuance of them did not arise
from affectation. They were natu-
raj to him and he was not willing to
have one set of manners for Wash
ington and another for the people
back in Illinois.
That he was careless of his ap-
pearance there was no doubt. When
he sat for a photographer he never
Strengthened his tie or smoothed his
unkempt hair, but, like Cromwell
told the picture man to take him
, as he was. He knew that portrait
= of a "slicl1ed up" Lincoln, as he
would have said, would not have
been recognized in Springfield. and
e'didnt want them to think he was
putting on airs because they had
elected him to the presidency.
1t was his LONELINESS which per
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-12
County Must Pay.

Judge Frank Trexler of Lehlgh
County filed an opinion OF State.
wide interest on Monday, decid-
ing the question of payment by a
county for the burial of soldier
who dies IN another county.
The case arose from the death
of Lieutenant Robert Hammersly
of Altoona, who died at the Sol
dlers Home in Hampton, Va
Judge Trexler upheld the coun
ty commissioners in their refu-
sal to pay the bill, deciding that
only those soldiers who die with
In the county are to be buried at
the county's expense.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-12
Saves Two Lives.

"Nelther my sister nor myself
might be living today, If 1t had
not been for DR.. Kings New Dis.
covery" writes A. D. Mcdonald
of Fayetteville, N. G. r. f. D. No.
8, "for we both had frlghtful
coughs that no other remedy
could help. We were told my
sister had consumption. She
was very weak and had night
sweats but your wonderful med
icine completely cured US both.
It's the best / ever used or beard
Of" For sore lungs, coughs,
colds, hemorrhage, lagrlppe, asth
ma, hay fever, Group, whooping
cough-all bronchial troubles
it's supreme. Trial bottle free.
SOC and S1.00. Guaranteed by
Trouts drug store.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-12
Many, Many Thanks.

wish through "THE NEWS"
to extend my most hearty and
sincere thanks. to those of my
friends who kindly remembered
me on Christmas. l received 107
beautiful Christmas cards and a
large Album to put them in. l
also received candy, oranges,
grapes, neckties, &c. To each l
owe many, many thanks. l re-
celved cards from st. Thomas,
Chambersburg, McConnellsburg,
Johnstown, Ambridge, Breeze.
wood, Needmore, Sharp, And
over, Pleasant Ridge and Slpes
Mill.
DAVID HoLLENSHEAD,
Slpes Mill, Pa.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-12
Did Hair Ribbon Garry Fever.

The necessity of great care to
prevent the dissemination OF con.
taglous diseases II demonstrated
by the experience of family
living beyond the corporate limits
of Waynesboro.
Children from a home in which
there had been scarlet fever went
coasting upon Frick hill. One of
them lost a hair ribbon.
Children of another family,
coasting there, found the ribbon
and, not knowing It's ownership,
carried it home. Later they dis
covered to whom it belonged and
returned 1t, but, about the same
time, scarlet fever developed in
the house, aud 1t Is the belief Of
the family that the scarlet fever
germs were carried into its home
by the hair ribbon.