HJLTQN COUNTY NEWS. Published Every Thursday. 13. W. I'LCK. Editor. AtcCONNELLSBURG. PA. Thursday, Sept. 12. 1901. Published Weekly. 1.00 per Annum in Advance. ADVmiTISINd RATKS. i Vi-vi 1 'i:irf n( mini's. 1 t1mf ft V. l or -i.mro iMioh sulie(i!nt. Insertion.... PA A't m! i'i-i immthmkh Inst'rti'd for lew thill, tir-oe inouUi cfiiroil by the square. '. nor. I I' rims, i t yr. 1 -ru'-i..ii:'ltl I'tiimnu.. t tin- t'Hlf eimiHin Kip eolmim 40.00. KMJO. I0.on. Not hltiff Insrrtfcl for Icnn Itiun M. I'ro'eMwionul CunlMone yeikr KING EDWARD YII. King Edward VII of England reigns over about 40,0OO,(XK'i people, or a quarter of mankind. As Prince of Wales his income was about $."00,000; as King he gets about f),0(Hl a day. The King, the Lord Mayor and the constable of the Tower aro the only people who know the pass word of the Tower of London. This password is sent to the Man sion House quarterly, signed by the King and is a survival of an an cient custom. Four men in Londm, all of re spectable standing in society, so closely resemble King Edward in appearance that it is often a sure embarrasment to them. Between January 1 aud Sep tember loflastyear Edward wont to 4:1 public dinners and banquets, to 25 garden parties aud concerts, .SO times to the opera house and theatre, to 2 race meetings; 11 times he was in attendance at the iiouso of Lords, and he fullilled 45 oflioial and charitablo engage ments. -. his own set his favorite topic. t-i c-)..iVersaii(.'U is clothes. The King is an expert shoemaker, u h uiiiicraft he chose tolearn when a boy, being obliged by his royal pa r nits to learn some trade. He :i:ts worn shoe's of his own make. One of the happiest moments of tin; King's life was when lie won 'lie Derby with Persimmon in 1"0, Scooting the King places a-jove all other entertainments that can be oifered him and his principal visits have always been paid- in the shooting season. i'M-;iitii.ig he understands thor oughly. The King is au invet erate smoker. Edward VII is rather a light er.'ier except at dinner, and has never been a great wine drinker. One of the King's treasures is a solid gold dinner set, the most mugniiieeut in the world. It is valued at . H 000,000 and is kept in Windsor Castle. Another unique specimen of its kind be longing to Edward is the state carriage, which cost $40,000. In addition to being tho most ornate vehicle in existence it is said to "oe one of the most uncomfortable. Queen Victoria never used it when she could avoid doing so, as it always gave her a headache. King Edward's champion, the Champion of England, is a young Lincolnshire f irmer named Dy moke. lie is of a studious and re tiring disposition, little given to tho gayeties of the great world. It is said he is somewhat exer cised over the necessity of fulfill ing the duties of his office. This is to ride out of the hall where the banquet is held after the corona tion, clad in steel armor, and chal lenge all comers to deny the title of the new sovereign. Ue then pledges the King in the golden goblet tilled with wine, finally backing his horse from the royal jiresence. Young Dymoko pos sesses this honor by virtue of holding tho manor of Kerivolsby, which his ancestors have held since the time of the Norman Kings. Tho Dy mokes got the manor by marriage more than 500 years ago, and since then have acted ar, Champion at each coronation. New York Sun. O'eo. YV. liane, Pewamo, Mich., writes: "Your Kodol Dyspepsia Ouro is the best remedy for indi gestion and stomach trouble that I ever used. For years I suffer ed from dyspepsia, at times com pelling me to stay in bed and cursing me untold agony. I am completely cured by Kodol Dy fp'psiaCuro. lu recommending it to friends who suffer from iu i igostiou I always oifer to pay for it if it fails. Thus far 1 have nev er paid. " Trout's drug store. Uncle Sam "Would Help Kill the Weetls. During tho past several years ti'furdinary (arm crops have been checked in tlieir growth by the wends which have becomo more conspicuous than usual. This fwt lias awakened particular interest ou the subject of weed eradica tion, and there has been such a demand for accurate knowledge about injurious weeds that the United States Departnieutof Ag riculture has increased its efforts in late years to furnish accurate information on tho subject and j has issued many bulletins and circulars. For tho complete eradication of a noxious plant, the seeds must be prevalent, and if the plant is a bieuuial or a erenuial the root stock must bo killed. The pro cesses by which seed production may be prevotited or rootstocks killed are comparatively simple in most cases, and in no case are they impracticable. If weeds cannot be completely extermina ted they may be brought under subjection. In restricted locali ties this subject may approach so near to extermination as to pre vent any material demand with out requiring extra labor. This is almost the ideal condition for a farm as far as weeds are concern ed. There are all gradations from this condition to that of the farm so weedy that a profitable crop cannot be raised aud that no one will buy the laud at any good price uuless he has some assur ance that wild onions, penny cress, horse nettle, Canada this tle, or quack grass can be killed or controlled. Any species of weeds can be subdued aud con trolled withiu'the limits of the or dinary iai in aud uuless the value of the laud is low from other causes this may be profitably un dertaken. If the weed, like many of our most abundant kinds, is an au nual, reproducing itself from the seeds only and dying root and branch each year, it may be sub jected by preventing seed pro duction. The seeds of many an uuals retain their vitality for sev eral years, so that if they once become abundant in the soil they are likely to germinate at irregu lar intervals, aud thus cause trou ble for a long time, even though no fresh seed is introduced. In cultivating fields the laud thus seeded should first be burned ov er co oestroy as many or tne seeds as possible on the surface. It may then be plowed shallow so as not to bury the remaining seeds too deeply in the soil. The succeeding cultivation, not deep er than the plowing, will induce the gcrmiuation of seeds in this layer of soil and kill the seedlings as they appear. The best methods of killing the rootstocks vary considerably ac cording to the soil, climate, char acter of tho different weeds, and the size of the patch or the quan tity to be killed." In general, however, the following principles apply : The rootstocks may be dug up and removed, a remody that can be practically applied only in small acres. Salt, coal oil, or strong acids applied so as to come in contact with the freshly cut roots or root stocks destroys them for some distance .from tho point of con tact. Crude sulphuric acid is probably the most effective of ! conmarativelv inexneosivn mnUr. ials that can be used for this pur pose, but its strong corrosive properties render it dangerous to handle. Carbolic acid is less corrosive and nearly as effective. Rootstocks may be starved to death by preventing any develop ment of green leaves or other parts above the ground. This may be effected by building straw stacks over small patches by per sistent, thorough, cultivation in fields, by the use of the hoe or spud in waste places, and by salt ing the plants and turning on sheep in permanent pastures. The plants may usually be smothered by dense sod-forming grasses or by a crop of clover or millet that will exclude the light. Most rootstocks are readily de stroyed by exjM.siug them to the direct action of the suu during the summer drought, or to the direct action of fhe frost of win ter. Any cultivation which merely breaks up the rootstocks and leaves them in tho ground, espec ially during wet weather, aids iu I I their distribution ami mutttpiica i tiou and is worse than' useless unless the cultivation is continued so as to prevent any growth above ground. Plowing and fit ting corn ground in April aud May, and cultivating at intervals uutil the last of June then leaviug the laud uncultivated during the remainder of the season, is one of the best methods that could be pursued to encourage the growth of couch grass, John- i son grass, and many other peren- nial weeds. A Sight of Terror. "Awful anxiety was felt for the widow of tho brave General Burn ham of Machias, Me., when the doctors said she would die from Pneumonia before morning," writes Mrs. S. H. Lincoln, who attended her that fearful night, but she begged for Dr. King's New Discovery, which had more than once saved her life, and cur ed her of Consumption. After taking, she slept all night. Fur ther use entirely cured her. This marvelous medicine is guaranteed to cure all Throat, Chest aud Lung Diseases. Only 50c and $1.00. Trial bottles free at W. S. Dickson's drug store. Pneumonia In First Place. To tho average reader the in formation contained in the census statistics iu which is shown the relative fatality of the more com mon ailments to whose ravages the people of this country are subject comes as something of surprise. The disease which leads the list in the number of deaths which are chargeable to I its attacks is not the one which in the general belief has been i ated tho severest scourge. Among tho 15 maladies to which the large number of peo ple succumb consumption stands second, not first. Pnuemonia outranks it in point of fatality, al though only slightly. It, as the Government's latest figures show is the most deadly of all Ameri can diseases. It is the cause of 191.9 of every 100,000 deaths. Consumption is yet but littlo be hind it, however, as a destroyer of humanity. To tuberculous at tacks are attributed 190.5 of the fatalities in each 100,000. Heart disease follows as the third, its average number of victims iu the 100,000 being 134. Following these three most faithful adjutants of the "grim sceptre of the glass and scythe" comes 12 others which in the or der given may be reckoned tho most destructive to life within the territorial limits to which the statistics apply. They are : Di arrheal diseases, kidney diseaso, apoplexy, cancer,. old age, bron chitis, cholera infantum, debility, inflammation of brain and menin gitis, diphtheria, typhoid, prema ture birth. Smallpox, it will be noted, does not appear on the list, although only a comparatively few years ogo it was regarded by the peo ple generally as one of the scourges of whichhumanity stood most in dread. Gratifying re sults due to progress in medical science are evident in the show ing as to the decreased all fatal ity of consumption. Only a de cade ago its victims numbered 124.49 in every 100,000, and that disease ranked as the most dead ly of all. In 10 years, as the fig ures indicate, its destructiveness has been reduced more than 25 per cent, and the present out look gives promise of yet more rapid advancement toward im munity from its ravages. Stood Death Off. E. B. Munday, a lawyer of Hen rietta, Tex., once fooled a grave digger. He says: "My brother was very low with malarial fever and jaundice. I persuaded him to try Electric Bitters, and ho was soon much better, but con tinued their use until ho was wholly cured. I am sure Electric Bitters saved his lifo." This remedy expels malaria, killn dis ease germs and purities the blood; aids digestion, regulates liver, kidneys and bowels, cure consti pation, dyspepsia, nervous dis eases, kidney troubles, female complaints; gives porfect health. Ouly 50c at V. S. Dickson'H drug store. When a man says he has his opinion of another - mim you can put it down as a poor opinion. Longest Sloan Bridge. At Koc.kville, Dauphin county, there Is approaching completion the longest bridgo of stone iu tho world. It is being erected by tho Pennsylvania railroad aud crosses the Susquehanna river at one of its widest points, six miles above Harrisburg. The bridge is being enlarged to accommodate four trackways. A correspondent thus writes of the new monster stouo bridge, which wih supersede the present iron bridge used at that point: "The engineer supervising the work is George Nauman, of Lan caster. Under his eye 300 men are working, 1C0 pushiugoutfrom the eastern shore and 170 from the western. They began work 16 months ago and they expect to see tracks being iaid upon thoir struc ture when next tho snows of win ter descend upon western Penn sylvania. One end is in Dauphin county; theother is in Porry. Its width will be 50 feet, its length a full mile. It will have 48 spans, each 70 feet long. "Of all bridges those of stone are most costly. For that reason, it is said no stone bridge one fourth as long as this will be found on earth or off the earth. It will cost at least one million d"l lurs but it will last until tho day of judgment; nothing short of an earthquake or a cartload of dyna mite will ever budge it, unless the owners decide to tear it down." Many physicians aro now pre scribing Kodol Dyspepsia Cure regularly, haviug found that it is the best prescription they can write because it is the one prepa ration which contains thoclemcnts necessary to digest not only some kinds of food but all kind and it therefore cures indigestion aud dyspepsia no matter what its cause. Trout's drug store. The Mail Delivery in the Country. "Bradstreets" (Iud.) Free mail delivery in the rural districts is one of the principal objects of the postal branch of the Government now aud, judging from some remarks made by the Postmaster General a day or two ago, the service will receive a no table extension in the near future. At a meeting of the State Fair Associatiou, at Concord, N. II., Mr. Smith said that the postofliee had been carried to the doors of 13,000,000 of population who live in the cities and large tons of tho United States, but that the large problem remains of carry ing the mails to the doors of 21, 000,000 Americans who live on the farms. Ho recalled the fact that within the last two years the ser vice had been extended over a territory larger than that of all England. Before the fiscal year is closed the service will have been carried over 8,000 routes, briugjug the post office to the doors of more than 6,000,000 peo ple, and reaching one-third of the population, it is intended to fur nish with the approved postal facilities. ' This is making pro gress with celerity for, of course, the amount of territory to be cov ered by the extension of free de livery in the rural districts is a weighty factor in the problem. It is much easier to reach a million people in thickly populated cen tres than a tenth of that number in sparsely settled districts. Henry Braydon, Harris, N. C, says: "I took medicino 20 years for asthma but one bottle of One Minute Cough Cure did me more good than anything else during that time. Best Cough Cure." Trout's drug store. Persevcrence is the key to pros perity. It is the uecessary attri bute; and unless we have the in itiary wecan never aspire to grand and noble culmination. 9K8 Dyspepsia Cure Digests what you eat. It artificially digests the food and alda Natura Id MrenKtbsnlng and recon structing the exhausted digestive or gans. It is the latest dlacovereddigest aut and tonic. Ho other preparation can approach It In efficiency. It In stantly relieves and permanently cures Dvspepsla, Indigestion, Heartburn, Flatulence, Hour (Stomach, Nausea, Sink Headache, Gastralgia.Oratupnand all other results of Imperfect digestion. Price too. and II. Luge tlie contain 1 time tin all nit. bocktU about dyipupiikiutlladfrv Prepare ty C. C BeWITT CO, Cblsas. Trout's druiftytort). HOUSE FOR BROOD SOWS. Designed Arrommoitlt f If tecs AnlitiHln. A. J. Lovejoy of Illinois furnishes to Mri'iKlcr'n Unsotte plnns fur n house to .Bccominodnto 13 brood sows. In the accompanying diagram A Is the bnspnnnt, 24 by 30 teet, used for feeding and sleeping after the pigs aro old enough to leave the pens in the first, or ground, lloor; B B are concrete floors for feeding, O O portions of the bnsenient for sleeping, to be divided by 2 by 4; D D are set on edge to hold bedding from feed floor. The sleeping pnrt can have either dirt or plank floor. K is an alley four feet wide running through the center of the base ment, with a swinging division either side thnt can be pushed back while feed Is being poured into the troughs. This can be reached from the floor above either by the stairway leading down to tiie basement, or spouts can be made from the feedroom above di rect to each trough. V Is the first, or ground, floor; O room for mixing feed and for a pump, II II feed bins; 1 to 0 are farrowing pens In which sows can farrow and remain with pigs for a week to three weeks; I alley running through build ing from eaHt to west, J alley running north and south. There should be a 7T koouq butww ion ruwa. MX B BROOD BOW HOCBB. window In the south elevation at each farrowing pen, with two In each end elevation, and the same In the north side of the building. K represents the end elevation. While the writer would not have a boghouse under any consideration, I think If I had to have one for the uses named, and where It could be set agnlnst a small hill, this would suit me as well as any. If sows were to far row in cold weather, the basement could be temporarily divided Into far rowing pens by movable partitions. A loft over the first, or ground, floor could bo used for storing bedding. Care of the Horse. If yon come In from a drive and the legs are wet, rub them dry before you leave them. Never leave mud on the legs of horses, whether they are clipped or not. The mud closes the pores of tho skin and checks the Insen sible perspiration, and In a very little time you will have a cose of mud poisoning or scratches, which may be difficult to cure. The mud may be at lowed to dry and then be cleaned off and out of the hair thoroughly, but should never be left on all night An old broom, cut off so It Is stiff and stubby, Is good to take off the thickest, and finish up with a whisk of straw or a coarse cloth. This keeps up a healthy circulation In the logs and makes them better and stronger. Last winter I kept a sow with young pigs In a pen with only the earth for a floor, says a Kansus grower In Prai rie Farmer. When the plga were about a month old, abe began rooting In a manner that, I presume. Is familiar to most of your reader who have sows under similar conditions. About this time I began to feed alfalfa hay to my other hogs. This sow received ber share, and In less than three day she topped ber rooting and did not begin It again, a sure Indication that the wants of ber system were supplied. The past week I cut my alfalfa, intending to pasture bogs on the second crop. Hogs running on a blue grass pasture came around the wagon and ate the falling hay with such avidity that they were given a liberal feed, which they ate up so clean as to prove clearly the value of the hay as a summer feed. In fact I doubt If It will pay me as well to pasture off the next crop a to cut and feed It cured. Fodder Instead of Bar. The corn shredder more than any modern machine ha done more to bring the farmer to realize the fact that he ha been wasting an Immeuse amount of feed, say Prairie Farmer. When the bay crop Is short the farmer with a long crop of corn can cut It up with a harvester and shred It at the right time, and the shredded feed make a very good substitute for bay, and. In fact many farmers aud stock ralbers are now selling their hay crop and ore using corn fodder or straw In Its place. Shade Is an absolute necessity for the comfort of bogs In the beat of the sum mer. It Is as Important to furulnb ahade for them as it Is food. Tne Utile utter. The otter used by Scottish poacher Is one of tho most deadly fluhlng instru ments known. In some waters Is Is far more effective than a net It may be described as a water kite, which serve to tiike out over the water a line bear lug BO or more tiles. The otter itself is a floating piece of board leaded aloug one edge to keep It upright. Tho poach er walks along the side of loth or river, letting out the fly decorated line as he goes, the otter bourd orruduullv wnriiimt out toward the center. An enormous area of water Is fished at one tlm mnA number of flab are killed. 0000 ' t0 . ' ' " NOSI-t I w 1 1 K , K namwm . PttO 4 5 0 I 7 I 0 I 3 SnB WMV II a . Sxin nenclSo g Have you seen our S Spring Stock of l Dress Stuffs? From the way they are moving out, they must be all right.. Among the Special Attractions are the i Mercerised Ginerham 8 New and Handsome b Dimities, Lawns, Piques, &c. We also have a nice stock of Woollens for Dress es and Skirts. Our notion stock is complete w ith all the nov elties of the season, For men and Boys we have a lot of Straw Hats to close out at half-price and less. 25 cent hats going at 12; 50 cent ones at 25 cents, and dollar hats at 50 cents. of them. 35?" Look at this ad next week. Respectfully, fc.G. W. REISNER & CO. 8X0XXXCOX20COOOCK0XX O niTIT T" t t-V T A V r . Manufacturer of - Sash, Doors, Newel Posts, Hand Rails, Stairs Banisters, Turned Porch Columns, Posts, &c. McConnellsburg, Fo. 8 Doors 2 : 8 x 6 : 8; 2 : inches in thickness. Sash 12 x 20; 12 x 24; 12x34; 12 x 30 inch and on hand. v.. Sash four lights to window from 45 cents to 70. o These sash are all primed Both the doors and the sash and yellow pines. CXXXXXXXXXzOOOOCOOC coco Pan-American Exposition Now Open. The Cumberland Valley Rail road Company has now on sale regular Summer Excursion tick ets to Buffalo on account of Pan American Exposition and to Ni agara Falls. The rate from Mer- cersburg is $18.00. In addition special excursion tickets to Buf falo, good to return within ten days from date of issue, will be sold every day until October 31st, at rate of $14.85 from Mercers- burg. lorthe accommodation of vis itors to the Exposition the Penn sylvania Railroad Company has put on two new trains in each di rection, between Harrisburg and Buffalo, with which Cumberland Valley trains make close connec tion at Harrisburg. Noh. 4 and 10 reaching Buffalo at 8.00 P. M. and 7.85 A. M. respectively. Re turning leave Buffalo at 8.00 P, M. and 8.80 A. M. connecting with traina 1 and 0 respectively. The wise man takes things as they come, and if they don't come he generally goes after them, ' "V" ' V .' i ,' ; 'O D '. , I H V Y r v .ti 'a v i . Don't wait. Not many ?' i. i o o o '. "i 6 x 6 : 6; 1 and three-eighth 'v9 X 12 x 28; 12 x 30; 12 x 32; C a quarter, thick always - x and ready for the glass. i are made from best white 13 !; Special I'xcnrsioiiH to lUi;vulo f. r l'uii. American position. The Cumberland. Valley Jl.ul road iu connection with i he Penn sylvania R. R. bus anwiitft'd for .i series of special kovoh lny oxen sions to Buffalo, N. Y. mid return during tho continuance of the P.. i American Exposition. Tic.Uo :s to bo sold for C. V..R. R. tran No. 4 leavin;? Mercorsbui', at A. M. on July !, IS, 28, Au -: 6, 15, 21, 27, Sept. 5, 11, 17, nl 20, 1901 arriving at Buffalo 7. P. M. Rate from Mercersbnry. $10.00 for the round trip, wi.: correspondingly low rates 1'rnVi other stations. -Ticlv-et-i to he . Iron-clad signature Turin, reir . Ing stamp and signature ;f Ji . ;, Agent at Buffalo to validate the for return passage, and will l good only fn day coaches. 1 ; detailed information inouircnf 1 cal ticket agents. Ho who is false to present dm breaks a thread in the loom, ai will find the Haw when he nu have forgotten the cause, Thk Fulton County NKwtn per year. j
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