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New Britain herald., 1917-08-04

Rear Admiral Samuel MCGOWAN,
paymaster general Of the navy, nav
ing charge of the purchase of navy
supplies, issued an order calling for
the enforcement of the most rigid in
spection and for the rejection of food
that does not come up to the stand
ard.
Because adequate and satisfactory
subsistence is the very foundation not
only of real efficiency, but of disci-
pine ITSELF" says the order, there
is no class of purchases for the naval
service that needs to be more con-
stantly watched than provisions, our
men being no poison squad but hu-
man beings and American citizens,
for whom we stand in the relation of
trustees in so far as relates to the
question of food. 1t is therefore di-
rected that every effort to try on the
navy any experiments or tests of any
food product whatever shall be
promptly suppressed.
mo provisions will under any cir
cumstances get accepted if there be
the least question as to purity or nu-
tritive value, it being constantly borne
in mind that doubtful food is bad
food and will be treated as SUCH"
Hats which match the boots and
bag create a very good effect.
Low separate collars for wear
u. \
New Britain herald., 1917-08-04
Household Notes

Growing children must be well fed.
succotash makes a good hot dish
for supper.
Even blackberries will make a de-
Iicious shortcake.
Never put bread away until it is
thoroughly cooled.
Every utensil should have it's own
place in the kitchen.
The lightness of pancakes de-
ponds on their beating.
The sandwich with a rich filling
does not require butter.
Small scraps of bread can be
toasted in a corn pepper.
Bacon fat is almost as good as
butter on baked potatoes.
Green peppers make a very good
basis for a summer salad.
Linen is fabric which can be
quite easily dyed at home.
No one can possibly save too
much sweet corn for winter
Currants for jelly should be picked
on a dry, sunny day
If the kitchen range gets a spot
of rust, use sand paper on 1t.
A washable cotton rug is COM
fort in the up-to-date kitchen.
Clean white enameled woodwork
with whiting on a moist cloth.
Every mouse should be regarded
as an enemy to ones household.
EVERY room in the house should
be thoroughly aired once day.
Egg plant is delicious stewed, and
for some people, more wholesome.
Keep fresh vegetables in dry.
dark, well-aired places if possible.
A cloth wet with camphor will
remove white spots from furniture.
The long-handled duStpan Is a
great help to the modern housewife.
Never allow the drain pipe of
your refrigerator to become clogged.
Corn scalloped is quite as deli
cious as other scalloped vegetables.
Common potato salad may be gar
nished with peas and English wal
nuts.
Use vinegar instead of water to
thin paste, and the paste will not
spoil.
Radishes and cottage cheese
favored with onion make good
salad.
Baked apples are far more whole
some and palatable. baked with the
skins on.
A small iron frying pan, such as
Is used for omelets, is best for frying
pancakes.
When canning apples to be made
into pies or sauce, put them up with
out sugar.
Ribbons are used on everything,
New Britain herald., 1917-08-04

no effect, and stood the'pain for twelve
months. Then used Cuticura Soap and
Ointment, and found relief after twenty
four hours and two cakes of Cuticura
Soap and one box of Ointment healed
me-" (Signed) Maurice Levinsky, 796
Pembroke ST., Bridgeport, Conn.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment are not
only wonderful healers but wonderful
preventives of skin and scalp troubles
if used exclusively. The Soap, for
daily use in the toilet, cleanses and puri-
fes, the Ointment soothes and heals.
For Free Sample Each by Return
Mail address postcard: "Cuticura,
Dept. r, Boston," Sold everywhere.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-04
FadS and Fashions

Pleated skirts are in favor. FL
Convertible collars are liked
SasheS are many and varied
Jade pendants are much liked.
Fall hats are made Of panne vel
vet.
Apricot is the newest shade for
lingerie.
Blouses of citron color are fash.
ionable.
Conservative styles are promised
for fall.
Parasols are made of oddly figured
silk
Beaded effects and silk tassels are
favored.
The shoes should match the color Of
the dress.
Most hats of dark color have a.
facing Of white.
There is no sign of the nipped i'm
at-thewaist styles.
Jackets are so straight they are al
most exaggerated.
Waists will match the dark suits
they are wore with
Tailored serge dresses will be as
fashionable as ever.
Children's coats are cut very
much like grown-ups'.
Black velvet shot with red is a
French millinery idea.
Long coats of Scotch mixtures are
excellent for motoring.
The crown of the old felt hat can
be covered with ribbon.
Silk stitching is a favorite dec
Grafton on tailored suits
A white gown worn with a black
satin hat is excellent style.
Linen collars and bright neck
ties are surely fashionable.
Green chiffon wells are now the,
best for sunny motor rides.
In Coats of a 'dressy" kind there
is still a good deal of ripple
Pretty separate skirts are made
of silk with large polka dote.
Dresses of combined materials
will be worn by school girls.
Lustrous satin is very smart for.
simple gowns with long TUNES.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-04
emu for Tomorrow

n Fruit
Mush
Scalloped oPtatoes
coils Coffee
Dinner
Beef Soup
Roast Leg Mutton
Rice Croquette
Green Corn
Tomato Mayonnaise
Watermelon
Coffee
Supper
4 Chees Toats
Layer Cake
Lemon Float
Coffee
asst Mutton--ln roasting mutton
ten minutes for heating through
rom ten to twelve minutes to the
d if liked rare, fifteen minutes
,ound if desired we'll done.
ait Mush-Pick over and prepare
ruit according to it's nature. Mash
Ecessary, and add one-half of it's
OF boiling water and cook slowly
tender enough to press through
I've. Uso this instead of water In
3arinp farifa. Stir in a little SUI
land mold in wetted cups. Serve
New Britain herald., 1917-08-04

Then the blisters turned
into sore eruptions which
were red and infamed, and
itched and burned so that
when l scratched the blood
came. l could not sleep
or eat.
Il tried all kinds of ONT
ments. salves. etc. but with
New Britain herald., 1917-08-04
CUT|CURA HEALED
SKIN TROUBLES :
ThatCaused Itchingand Burn
ing and Loss of Sleep at
Cost of $780,.

''My neck and ears we're covered with
green blisters. thought would go
frantic with the nain which was terrible
New Britain herald., 1917-08-04
SWEARING IN ARMY RECRUITS

ern forts, where this picture was
taken, recruits in patches of fifty take
the oath to uphold their country.
Probably the same procedure will be
followed with all the men enlisted
under the draft law.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-04

Ribbons are used on everything
even collars are made of them
New Britain herald., 1917-08-04

When canning apples to be made
into pies or sauce, put them up with
out sugar.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-05-03
For Oats Smut.

If oats smut is troubling any
of our readers, it may not be too
late to call attention to the cure
for it. For twenty to twenty
five bushels of seed oats, buy at
drug store half a pint of FORM
aldehyde-it will not cost over
twenty-five cents. Mix it with
fifteen gallons of water. Spread
the oats on a floor and sprinkle
with the mixture until all the
oats are wet by turning over sew
eral times with a shovel. Heap
the seed on a pile and cover for
several hours with bags or blank
cts, being sure that the bags are
free of smut. Spread the seed
again and thoroughly dry it to
prevent sprouting. Sow where
ground is known to be free of
smut. A pint of formaldehyde
to thirty gallons of water is right
proportion to mix for oats.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-05-03
Fine ThorObred Stock.

James H. Kendall and his
neighbor Conrad Glszier have
just received from Ohio a thoro-
bred stallion colt that is a beauty.
The colt is nineteen months old
and weighs 1900 pounds. Mr..
Kendall has two thorobred per-
cheron fillies. While it is doubt
full whether there is another COM
munity in the State where farm
ers have been more intelligently
interested in improved strains Of
live stock than in the Cove. yet,
nothing short Of perfection will
satisfy the more enterprising Of
farmers and stock raisers,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-05-03
Good Missionary Meeting.

Last Friday the missionary
workers of the Mercersburg
Chassis of the Reformed Church
met in the Reformed church in
McConnellsburg and held several
sessions, the time being devoted
to interesting phases of their
work.
Miss Gertrude Cogan, the field
secretary of the Woman's Mis-
sionary society of the General
Synod of the Reformed Church
gave a very interesting review of
her work among the Jews in
Brooklyn, N. Y. The reports of
the delegates and superintend-
ents indicate a marked increase
of interest in the woman's mis-
sionary work of Mercersburg
Chassis.
In the evening Rev. DR.. Foust,
who spent seventeen years as
missionary in Japan, and is now
home on a furlough, gave a very
interesting address on the diff
culties and progress of mission
ary work in that country.
1t is the accumulated ef-
forts of thousands of small !
groups of such workers that make
this old world better. They have
done more to civilize nations
than all political legislation COM
bined.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-05-03
Plant What Will Keep.

Fulton county has not yet felt
the pinch Of war, but we will
feel it before peace is declared.
With a few exceptions, Fulton
county families raise their own
potatoes, cabbage, and much 9TH
er common garden vegetable that
are either stored in their natural
state, or preserved in some man.
ner, chiefly by canning. How
ever, there is always an increased
demand for food stuffs in war
times, and we are willing to ven-
ture the prediction that all prod
ucts that may be sold and ship
ped in their natural, raw state
will command high prices next
winter. Among these products
are potatoes-an Fulton county
produces good ones. Another is
cabbage. Beans do fairly well,
although we are a little too far
south to avoid the weevil that
attacks some kinds. New York
is the bean state. Onions
will be in demand, and right
here we stop to say that a patch
of onions can be grown by almost
any youngster, and an eighth of
an acre of onions will bring in as
much cash returns as several
acres of corn, oats, or wheat on
the same quality of soil. Avoid
as far as possible all products
that must be sold and used short
ly after being picked if they in
terfere with staples. No danger
of an over production of staples
that may be kept through the
winter in a raw state. Enough
onion sets may not be had, but
some kinds of onions grow to
large size directly from seed
when sown in rows and seeds
placed several inches apart.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-05-03
County Report on Sheep.

L. H. While, ESQ.,, of Nc Con-
nellsburg, Chief of the Bureau of
Farm Statistics. at Harrisburg,
handed US the following report
for Fulton county. Information
concerning sheep is of particular
interest at this time owing to
the revival of the wool and NUT
ton industry in all parts Of the
United States. The report in
cludes the dog tax for the year
1916.
Number Of sheep killed by dogs
during the year 1916, 2l
Number Of sheep injured by
dogs during the year 1916, IA
Average price paid for sheep
killed by dogs during the year,
1916, $6.3S
Average price paid for sheep
injured by dogs during the year
1916, 1888
Amount paid for sheep killed
and injured by dogs, for the year
1916, including costs, $234.6O
Number of dogs (male and
female) assessed for the year
1916, 1909
Amount Of tax levied for each
male dog for the year 1916, $0.50
Amount Of tax levied for each
female dog for the year 1916 81
Amount Of dog tax collected for
the year 1915, 1858. so
Number Of dogs killed by d.
rection Of the County Commits
sioners and Tax Collectors, SO
Amount expended for the pub
lication of the assessors list Of
dogs in the county papers for
the year 1916, $127. rs
Amount expended for the kill
ing Of dogs by Constables and
Borough Policemen, $4,000
Amount expended by the coun-
ty for dog tags, $4,000
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-05-03
Drove 10 Pittsburgh.

Last Thursday, two men in q
big auto stopped in front of mer-
chant j. X. Johnston's store and
one Of them asked the privilege
of resting on a couch for short
time. Just before leaving Cham
bersburg, he had fallen on a
stairway and by the time he
reached McConnellsburg he was
feeling very ''sore." He pur-
suaded Harry Johnston to drive
the car to Pittsburgh and while
in that city Harry was his guest.
Last Monday Harry was properly
tagged and shipped" back to
McConnellsburg, after having
had a nice time in the Smoky
City,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-05-03
BUILDING BUMPED.
DeraiIes Section Of Train Ran into
Newt Palmsr's Big Feed Store
at Portage.

Portage, April 18. Five load
ed coal cars Of the steel hopper
type jumped the tracks on Mar
tins Branch of the p. r, r. here
yesterday afternoon and crashed
into the big flour and feed store
Of B. N. Palmer, moving the
building Is inches. Mr.. Palmer
was inside the store at the time.
Il thought that the big United
States BattIeship Pennsylvania
had hurled a broadside," said
Mr.. Palmer, 'and | did not
stay in the building very long
after the crash"
The coal train was coming
down the Martins Branch grade
with the locomotive at the rear.
The train was under control, al
though travelling rather fast. At
the Waldorf Hotel, the first five
cars left the rails, running along
on the ties for distance Of about
a square and piling up against
the Palmer store.
The first car struck the build
ing diagonally, ripping out
space of 20 feet long. The car
penetrated the building to q
depth of about six feet. Coal
and flour were Scrambled"
The Palmer building was con-
structed only last summer, ac-
counting for the fact that it
stood up so we'll IS it did under
the onslaught of the coal train.
The building is 26 feet high and
"a feet long and heavily loaded
with grain and -four.
An empty box car standing at
the door of the feed store
was thrown to the other end of
the building.
The wreck was a fortunate"
one. Had the derailed cars struck
the Waldorf Hotel, where they
jumped the tracks, lives probab.
ly would have been lost. The
first floor of the Waldorf Hotel
contains barbershop, paintshop
and the office of DR.. Buzzard.
They would have offered little
resistance and the cars would
have ploughed through them all.
The first five cars broke loose
from the remainder of the train,
or the wreck would have been
more serious. Repairs to the Pal
mer building will cost several
hundred dollars.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-05-03
Buying The New Bonds.

The United States government
is about to begin the biggest fl
nancial undertaking Of the worlds
financial history-that is, to raise
in 3 hurry the sum of 100000
600 on its own bonds. The una
nimity which the loan bill passed
Congress demonstrates that it
will encounter no open opposition.
But there is always the selfish
ness and lethargy of individuals
to be reckoned with.
Some people will say that the
government must expect to pay
as much interest as the private
investor and that they will not
accept a beggarly 81 per cent,
when they can get good 5 per
cent. bonds or stocks that are
still more profitable.
Yet these people may later on
wish that they had taken hold to
help. 1t is the testimony of the
nations with which we have al
lied ourselves, that one of their
first needs is to float their loans
at a moderate rate of interest.
Their previous bonds have been
selling somewhere near a six per
cent. basis. Russian govern
ment, in its present uncertain
condition, would in all probabili-
ty not be able to sell its bonds at
so favorable a rate as six
per cent.
That piles up a crushing bur-
den of interest for the people of
these countries to pay. 1t
strenthens the appeal of all the
plotters and the pacifist elements
that are working to get Russia
and other countries to conclude a
separate peace. II the alliance
should break up it would leave
Uncle Sam hold the bag.
Our best policy is to sacrifice a
little interest money and help
these nations at the earliest pos
sible moment by lending them
money at a decent rate. 1t may
save us some terrible war costs
later on. Every dollar spent in
supplying munitions to a Russian
soldier, may save us spending
five dollars to defend our own
coasts and to send an army to
the French trenches.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-05-03
An Act by While.

l.. H. While, ESQ.,, of McCon.
nellsburg, Chief Of the Bureau Of
Farm Statistics, at Harrisburg,
framed bill Requiring the as.
SCISSORS for taxation purposes to
collect certain agricultural infor-
nation, and fixing the duties OF
the county commissioners in con-
nection herewith"
The bill was introduced on
April End by our Senator Ensley.
Briefly, the contents are as fol-
lows: In addition to their regu-
lar work, the assessors shall,
every three years, report the
number of acres harvested Of the
following farm products: Wheat,
corn, oats, barley, buckwheat,
potatoes, tobacco, and the num-
Der Of acres of grass cut. The
number Of pounds, bushels, and
tons Of the various products shall
be reported.
The number and class Of all
domestic animalsand poultry shall
be reported. Also the number Of
dozens of eggs and the number
of pounds of butter, and the
number Of bushels Of the prin-
cipal fruits. Each farm shall be
reported separately. There is a
fair prospect of the bill being
passed.
There is no question in the
minds,of thinking men that our
agricultural department is q great
benefit. In many outlying dis
tricts its work is only beginning
to be appreciated. Practically
all that we know Of intensive
farming was learned through
that channel. Since the creation
Of Mr.. Wible's Office, a vast and
very valuable collection Of infor-
nation has been collected, and
the demand for it is increasing
with leaps and bounds. More
than seven hundred township
correspondents are now report
ing to Mr.. While.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-05-03
will Do His "Bit."

Mac Morton came home from
State College last Friday to work
for his brother Earl on the Trout
farm a short distance west of
town. Owing to the shortage of
farm help the students at State
College were told that they could
go home and at the same time
receive credit for the studies
that they would have pursued by
remaining at College until regu-
lar vacation time near the latter
part of June. However students
leaving before vacation time were
required to secure positions on
farms where they could engage
in the actual production of food
stuffs. Otherwise they would
receive no credit on their studies.
Mac is Sophomore. The Seniors
who agreed to do farm work dur
ing the busy planting time will
receive their diplomas latter part
of June. Many hundreds of stud
ents accepted the proposition to
leave their studies to engage in
assisting Uncle Sam to produce a
large supply of food to insure
plenty during the war with Ger
many. Students will be paid by
the man for whom they work.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-05-03
Mr.. Brant Getting Well.

w. Scott Brant, near Dane,
has so far recovered from the
effects of a stroke of paralysis,
which he suffered last fall, that
he can ride to town. He and
Mrs. Brant were in town last
Saturday. One week prior to
that time he came to town in his
physicians auto. Many friends
were glad to welcome him back
to health. Will they have turk
eys? Sure! Mrs. Brant has over
one hundred eggs in course of
Matching, with more to follow
and the hens still laying.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-05-03
First Electric Sgn.

The Linn garage, located next
to the City Hotel, has an electric
light sign in front of the store
room. In principle the sign is
the same as those that require
lamps placed inside of them, but
in this instance real electric
lights from the Delco generator
at the garage will illuminate the
lettering. When Mr.. Linn was
operating the garage at the west
end of town, he furnished elec-
trio light for the Western Union
telegraph office.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-05-03

II common potato scab is
troublesome, mix a quarter pint
of formaldehyde with ten gallons
of water and let seed potatoes
soak in the solution for two hours.
Care should then be taken to pre-
vent the seed from coming in
contact with infected bags or
vessels of any kind before plant
ing and the seed should be plant
ed in ground known to be free
of scab disease. The cost will
be but a few cents. From the
foregoing it will be seen that
pint of the disinfectant will make
forty gallons of the mixture.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-05-03
ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW.
Snapshots at Their Ccmings and Goings
Here for Vacation, or Away
for a RestfuI Outing.

Chas. D. Hixson spent the
weekend with his family, on
East Lincoln Way.
Miss Eta Snyder, of Knobs
vile, was shopping in McCon-
nellsburg last Saturday.
Miss Elsie Wagner, Of Knobs
vile spent last Saturday with
Mrs. Henry A. Comerer.
Mrs. j. c. McQuade spent Sat-
urday and Sunday with her par
ents Mr.. and Mrs. David H. Fore
near Knobsville.
Mrs. Allison Sipes and daugh-
ter Miss Ethel and Miss Lillian
Laidig were pleasant callers at
the NEWS office Tuesday.
Judge and Mrs. w. B. Stigers,
of Warford sburg were transact
ing business and calling on
friends in town last Friday.
Postmaster and Mrs. w.
R. Speer, of Everett were guests
of Postmaster and Mrs. B. C.
Lamberson, in McConnellsburg.
Miss Nella Bair returned to
her home on Green Hill last Fri
day after having visited relatives
in Carlisle during the past four
weeks.
Miss Laura Mort, a feeble
minded resident of Bethel town.
ship, was taken to the institution
for that class at Polk, Pa. a few
days ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. w. Hays,
Miss Nellie Hays and Mrs. Geo.
A. Harris motored to Hancock
last Sunday to call on Mr.. Hays
sister Mrs. W. D. Myers, who
with her family, expect to re-
move to Colorado in the near fu-
ture.
Earl Keebaugh, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Keebaugh, Mr.. and Mrs.
W. A. Keebaugh and children
Leslie and Harper autoed from
Hustontown to Fort Loudon last
Sunday and spent the day with
Mr.. and Mrs. John KeebauPh's
daughter Mrs. John Spidle.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. M. Lodge and
children Martha and Robert ac-
companied by Mrs. Lodges uncle
Christ Hoover, drove over from
their home in Saxton last Satur-
day afternoon in their Cadillac
and spent the time until Sunday
afternoon in the home of Albert
Stoner. Mark took Mr.. Hoover
to his home at Burnt Cabins
Saturday evening,