mnln 0M mm. VOLUME. 5. McCONNl-LLSBURG, PA., JUNE 29, 1904. NUMIiEK U HOT WEATHER FOR JULY With Many Severe Storms, ing Hail. lntlud- PREDICTED BY REV. IRL R. HICKS. A Mirs Cqulnocllal Period Covers Almost the Entire .Month of July and Into August. In Word and Works for July Rev. Irl R. Hicks says: This month begins in the last stage of a storm period central on Juno 2'.)th. Storms and perturba tion of tins period will be well on their way toward the Atlantic by the 1st and 2nd, with fair and cool er weather following from tho west. A reactionary storm period is central from the 4th to the (5th. As the Moon is on the celestial equator on the 4th, we may reason ably calculate on a decided riso in temperature, ending in thunder and rain storms during these reac tionary days. A Mars equinoctial period cov ers almost the entire month of Ju ly, being central on tho 28th and running into August. About tho 11 th to 14th, the cen tral dates of tho second July stocni period, no one should ho surprised by a wave of excessively warm weather, culminating in many threatening storms and violent dangerous blustering. Some local cloudbursts are probable here and there, but we do not believe that sufiicient rains will occur at this time over wide extremes of the grainprodneing regions. Heavy hail storms, especially to the west and north, will most likely attend these disturbances, in which event temporary change to much cooler may naturally be expected. The 12th, loth uud 14th are tho days on which the culminating crisis of this period is to be looked for. Change t. higher barometer, west crly winds and cooler would be the normal order progressively be land or west of the centers ot storm areas. On and touching tho 17th, lJStli and 10th tho temperature will greatly increase, moving like a wave from west to east. Baromet ric unsteadiness and final fall to low readings will accompany the ' warmth, and many threatening storm clouds with thunder and bluster will take up their march eastwardly across tho country. Heavy local concentrations ot rain and hail will touch scattered local ities, but we fear that there will bo serious lack of general, diffused rains. A regular Vulcan storm period ' covers the 21st to the 24th. having its center on the 22nd. The most casual observers and readers of weather reports will see that wave of increased warmth, attend ed by falling barometer and other storm conditions, will organize in the west and pass eastwardly across the country on and touch iu the above days. More threat ening summer clouds, with thun ' der, some ruin and severe bluster, will break out along the paths of uctuul storm areas. On and touching the 27th and osth reactionary storm conditions will return with more than ordina i'v intensity. At this time the earth will be nearing the opposi tion of Saturnthat is,passing be tweeu tho Sun and tho greut plan ot. Saturn. The Moon will also be in opposition with Earth and Sun or at its full, and tho Mars period will ho exactly central. Great warmth will, in every probability 'reach a climax onaud next to these dates. Mr. Kyner ot Cbarobersburg came over last Saturday, and on Sunday returned home occonopa nied by Photographer A. L. Rog era who had been speuding week here. ' Mr. Ernest GroiUhoad of Scho nociady. N. Y., who. easily takes rank with tho m,st urtisttc jo printers la th country, impend ing his summer vacation with bis parents, Mr. uud Mis. Goorge W.Greathead of this place. FEUDS THAT WERE COSTLY. i Within Sight of the White House and Thwarted by Personal Enemies. In a very interesting article in the Philadelphia Public Ledger of the 5th inst., Rufus Rockwell Wilson toils how men who have been apparently within easy reach of the presidential chair, have been compelled to "go way back and sit down" on account of a personal enemy who had been waiting an opportunity to get square, lie told how Burr aud not Jefferson would have been third president, had it not been for Alexander Hamilton; how Clay could not overcome the per sonal influence of Andy Jackson, and thatthe Filmore Weed quar rel made it possible for Prank ?ierce to be selected in 1852. In 00, Greely knocked out Seward, and in 'G8 Tildea broke up the Chase boom, which was revenged efght yearslater by Mrs. Sprague through her influence with Conk ling, making it possible for Hayes to carry away the honors of an office that had been given to an other by over a quarter of a mil lion of the popular vote. But what to us has a local in terest is tho fact that John Cess- a former member of the Pultou county bar, aud well known to the older people of this couuty, was the man who gave Jim Blaine the solar plexus blow that knock ed him out of the race in 1870. When John Cessna was in Con gress, JamesG. Blaine was Speak er of the House, and John wanted Jim to make him Chairman of the Judiciary Committeeof theHouse. Blaine declined and gave the place to another man. When the Republican Natioual Convention opened ia Cincinnati, in 1870, Cessna was a delegate. "I want to be Chairman of the Committee on Rules," said he to tho anti- Blaine men, "and if I don't beat Blaine you can take my head for football." Cessna was made Chairman of the Committee, and in that capacity brought in a rule to tho effect that after any State had cast its vote lor President, that vote could not be changed until the result of the whole bal- ot had been announced. Few in the convention were alive to the import of this rule when it was reported and adopted but it, and it alone, defeated, the nomi nation of Blaine. The original plan of the Blaine men was to force a choice on the first ballot to get enougli changes to their candidate to make his nomination certain before the result was an nounced. The stampede to Blaine could not be started, and he was beaten. "I guess," said Cessna, as he witnessed the operation ot hi-- scheme, "Jim Blaine is not much ahead of me now." This feud was followed up, and in 1880 when Blaine again asked for the nomination, bo persistent was Conkling and his friends that Blaine finally threw his forces to Garfield and abandoned a hope that had been fondly cherished many years that ho would some day be president of the United States; Children Day Services. The annual Children's Day ser vices were bold in the Lutheran church lastFriday evening; in the Reformed church on Sunday morning, and in the Methodist church ou Sunday evening, These services are becoming more popular every year, aud with every year more attention is given to making the program more attractive, and the decora tlons more beautiful. The respective churches were scarcely able to accomodate the large number of persons who ap plied for admission, and on Sun day evening, especially, many persons could not find room in side the church. Mr. Hugh W. Ewing, win re cently underwent an operation in the Children's Aid Hospital at Chambersburg, came home Lint Friday, and says he feels like ''another man" now. ACCIDENT IN HAYFIELD. Oliver McPherson Run Down by Hay Wagon and Arm Broken. Last Saturday afternoon while Morrow Kendall's men were busy making hay, a storm came up, and of course, they were anxious to get as much into tho barn be fore it would get wet as possible. The last wagon was about haif loaded when tho rain began to drop, and they started with the team on a run for the barn. Oliver McPherson, one of the men, ran aud attempted to board tho-wagon, but missed his hold aud fell under the wagon, the hind wheel passing over bis arm, breaking it between the elbow and shoulder, and otherwise bruising his body. Dr. Mosser mended the injured man, but he is not likely to do much more harvesting this year, and is con gratulating himself that it was his arm and not his neck that tho wheel ran over. Annual School Picnic. The members of tho McCon nellsburg Normal school, held their annual picnic in Sheriff Ma son's orchard lastFriday evening. Tho weather was ideal, snd the bright moonlight completed the conditions for making it a most enjoyable occasion. Tho Japan ese lanterns that had been hung around soon fouud that they could not cut much "rigger" in competition with thorouud bright faceof the "free silver" moon, and gave it up and went out. The boys and girls played Bingo, Copenhagen, Drunken Sailor, and other innocent games until mid night, and would have stayed lat er, but the big town clock held up its bauds and told them twelve times to stop their racket. Of course, ttiey obeyed, and went lome happy in the thought that they had had the time of their lives. The girls had baked a lot of cakes, and the boys had f urnishod a generous supply of icecream, all of which were very much en joyed about eleven o'clock. Lookout For Swindlers. The crop of swindlers working in farming districts seem to be greater than ever this Spring, says the Cumberland (Maryland) Daily News. Uere are two of the latest. A number of men are workiug in different states selling stock remedy on this plan. They appoint a local agent and offer to supply him with a stock of the remedy to be paid for after it is sold, but they require a sig nature to a contract ordering a bout $100 worth of the stuff to be shipped prepaid. At the end of a month the farmer agont is noti fied that he is indebted to the concern for the amount of the contract (which by the way is in the hands of the swindler, the farmer agent having been given no duplicate), and suit is brought for a smaller amount so as to keep it in a lower court The other swindler offers to set out an acre or more of troes and take half his pay from the crops of fruit. His scheme is to ask about one-half more than the trees are worth on tho plea that they are some new aud wonderful variety and hence are sold at half (?) price, the other half to be paid, as stat- pid. from the fruit. Suffice it to say this swindler having collected his price for the troes, which are generally ol inferior sorts, uover turus up for his bhareof thecrops, Better confine purchases to local dealers or to men who advertise in papers of reliability and let geuoral agents with wonderful propositions alouo. Marshall McKibbiu, a popular youug salesman for a steel roof ing company in Pittsburg, is spending his summer vacation with his parents, Mr. aud Mrs George McKibbiu in Union town ship. Marshall was In town a day or two this, week, but seemed to be in a hurry to got homo, as he said, to "help his fathur liar vest" 1 FOURTH OF JULY. Big Celebration at Hustontown: Music, ' Speeches, Watermelons and Fireworks, j The enterprisiug citizens of Hustontown will not let the most important of Natioual Holidays friends in Pulton county through go by unobserved, butare making j the columns ot the Nkws. Con preparations to have a big old j shohocken is in the Schuylkill fiiS.ioued time all day on tho Valley, fifteen miles from Phila- "Fourth,"as the following pro gram will show: ! Besrinniiiif at 11. SO. there will be I a grand fantastic parade led by j o - the Darktown band, after which Dr. A. K. Davis will deliver au j address of welcome; and other addresses in the morning, will bo delivered bv Rev. B. A. Salter , and Hon. S. W. Kirk. Time will be given you at the middle of the day to get a good dinner right at the grounds; and then, beginning at two o'clock, addresses will bo delivered by Rev. J. V. Adams and Johu P. Sipes, Esq. For the further entertainment of the great crowd, there will be bicycle and watermelon races, pigeon shooting, sack races, greas ed pole contests, etc., etc. Then, in the evening there will j be an address by Rev. A. B. Wolf, j a grand display of fireworks, a cake wain, and a big festival will j be going on, and there'll be a hot time in tho old town generally. i Everybody is invited to attend aud briug the child ren. You can get plenty to eat and feed for your horses. WELLS TANNERY. t0 an ll0"r ? tllG Sab" bath school every Sunday morn Mr. Samuel Russell of Salt ! in, reading and studying God's Lake City, spent a part of last ! word together. We have a Ladies week with the Wishart families. Ho was on his return from a Law University in Virginia, where he recently graduated. Miss Edith Hall of Huntingdon, is visiting Miss Maud Baumgard - Der. Mrs. John Ashcroft of Texas, and Mrs. Theophilus Houck of Saxton, are gnests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Baker. Mack Stuukard made a hastv trip to South Fork a few days ago. Alfred Stunkard, who has been in West Virginia for several months, has returned home. Ho reports work hard to get there. Mrs. Belle Gracey and Mrs. J. N. Duvall visited in Saxton a few days last week. Mr. Harvey Wishart attended the Convention in Chicago, and visited his son Howard, who is in business there. G. E. Truax and J. A. Wishart have greatly improved their dwellings with new porches aud other additions. Aaron Kelly, Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Wishart, Misses Maud Baum gardner aud Edith Hall attended tho Bedford county S. S. Conven tion in Everett Friday and Satur day of last week. B. G. Horton, successor to Frank Sprowl, serves Evans' Ice cream every Saturday evening. Mr. V. D. ' Schenck was in Huntingdon one day recently to consult Dr. Sears about his eyes, and has been kept in doors for several weeks. Norolief yet. Miss Margaret Stunkard of Enid, spent Sunday with her un cle, W. B. Stunkard. Mr. Kaufman of Mt. Union, made an interesting talk to Ep worth Workers in Pino Grove M. E. church Tuesday evening. Mrs. Margaret Morgert of Shermans Valley is visiting Mrs. George Young andother relatives. Mr. Harvey Wishart returned last Saturday from a two weeks' visit in Chicago. County Superintendent Barton aud C. B. Stevens made a little trip toOrbisouia Tuesday. Miss Mabel Trout is attending tho Commencement exercises at tho Shippensburg state normal this week. Mrs. Rachel Hill spout last week with the family of Frank P. Lynch, and on Saturday went to Hustontown to visit her daugh ter Mrs. Snnoa Fix. C0NSCH0H0CKEN. Rev. S. L. Baugher Tells About Their New", Home In Montgomery County. I Dear Editor: I wish with your permission to speak to my many Idelphia. The Schuylkill River divides the town. On tho east aide of the River there are 5,000 inhabitants and on the wet side, including Wilson town and Rebel Hill, about 2,500. This is a manufacturing town, containing numerous steel and iron plants, carpet and woolen factories, and many other indus- 'tries. It has fine railroad facili- i ties trains running between here and Philadelphia every half hour. We are four miles from Norris town, the county seat of Mont gomery county, a beautiful town 80,000 people, and a "$500,000.00 court house. This couuty has a ten montns term of school. The roads are fine. I counted six automobiles pass our parsonage yesterday in two hours time. vve are very pleasantly locateu. The Gulf church is in a beautiful Placu OQ Kebel "HI, Wlllt a lai'"e Sunday school room seated with chairs; about 1!J0 enrolled in the Sunday school with seven classes-'. I teach one of the classes and Mrs. B. one. It is, indeed, a heavenly privi- Aid socjety 0f 80 members, aud j prayer meeting every Wednesday i njcnt. ! The church building cost 10,- jyoo. I have seven persons to baptlzo next sunday afternoon. , r'h f.hnrf h is hiiilt, with a iiool of - - - i water in it called a baptistry, and the baptism is performed in the presence of the congregation in the church. This church sup ports a missionary in Japan. We have an interesting C. E. society. It is only eight miles from here to Valley Forge. President Roosevelt was the guest of Seua tor Knox at that place last Satur day night, aud on Sunday morn ing made a nice address in the church. This is histm ic ground. About a quarter of a mile from the par sonage is a monument weighing ltJ tons. On one side is inscrib ed : "Gulf Mills. The main Con tinental army commauded by General George Washington en camped in this immediate vicini ty from December 13, to Decem ber 111, 1777, before going into winter quarters at Valley Forge. " 1 have had some pleasant hours making pastoral calls among tho members of my Hock. In every home when the pastor calls wheth er for a half hour or an hour, the family will bo assembled and the pastor is expected t conduct a short service of worship. We appreciate the we jlly visits of tho Fulton County News. I will say to the members of Damascus church that Rev. P. H. Fleming, D. P., of Burliugton, N. C, will be on hand to dedicate tho churcli at tho time set. We hopo that the good editor of tho Everett Press will copy this. God bless all tho readers of the News. Rkv. S. L. Bauchek. Capt. A. Dottermau will hold preaching services on Timber Ridge ot Johu Carbaugh's grove Sunday at 10:!$0 a. in., and at 2:15 p. in.. aUo Uh'i o will bo preach ing soi vice at the Salvation Army church near Big Cove Taunery, at H o'clock p. in. County Supi'i i n teudont Barton returned Saturday evening from Itidiauu, IV, wburu he was on the board of examiners last week for tho Indiana statt normal school. Mrs. Barton aud their little sou George, are visiting Mrs. Barton's parents at Newport, Pa. THE IMMORTAL WASHINGTON. I The Story ot His Lite Familiar to Ev ' ery Nation. Written for the Kulton Count News liy , Churle Henry Wlwucr, The proclamations issued to j the people of tho Philippine Is lands by their leaders during the progress of the war with the United States teem with the name of George Washington. Tlioi'o is something almost pathet ic in tho way iu which appeals were made to the Filipinos to re member the story of Washing ton's resistance to the power of Great Britain and to the Ameri can soldiers to remember that they were enjoying the blessings ot that liberty for which Wash ington fought and that like him they should only bear arms to en free and not to enslave. General Lukban, tho dictator of Samar, issued but few proclamations to the people of that island in which he does not call their attention to some incident in the lite of Wash ington as au encouragement to thein or mention the fact thatthe war being waged upon, him was in direct contradiction to tho teachings aud deeds of "Wash ington's uoble life." In liidO, two American soldiers held as prisoners at Tacloban, Lcyte, under the charge of hav ing robbed the post-office at that place, that separates that Island from the island of Samar joined the guerilla band of Colouel Abuke near the town of Basey. Abuke who was one of General Lukban's subordinates forward ed these deserters to him with a statement that they had display ed a spirit cha? actertistic of "true sons of the m mortal Wash ington. Tho colonel, of course, was ignorant of the fact that these men were but fugitives from justice. As soon as Lukban had interviewed the deserters he published his famous proclama tion to his people in which he urges them to continue the strug gle and tells them of the arrival at his camp of two American des erters whom, he borrowing Abuke's phrase also terms "true sous of the immortal Washing ton." Abuke's note to Lukban and the General's proclamation both fell into the hands of the Ameri cans when Lukban's stronghold was captured in August 1001 and after that time the troops of the United States in the island of Sa mar were accustomed to refer to these deserters in a jesting man ner as "true sons of immortal Washington." One deserter was killed by tho Americans in a fight near the bloody field of Bahngiga and the other by his own com mand of insurgents in the moun tains ot Ley to. While the terms applied to these cnmiuals by Abuke and Luk ban seem ridiculous, yet there is something of tho pathetic about it after all aud one is impressed with the thought that there aro few corners of the world into which tho lessons of the life of George Washington have not penetrated. Muse Hull. The base ball season will open in McConnelUburg on July 4th at J p. in., when the local team will cross bats with Hancock. We aro a little late getting started this year, but owing to tho wet weath er it was impossible to get the grounds into good condition; wo will, however, give the people of the town plenty of ball games through July and August, provid ed that tho people patroni.o lite games. We are at a big expense every time we play ball at home, and in order to inert this we mutt again say that we hopo the people will not watch the games from un outside fence iu order to escape paying ten cents, which amount is tho price of admission. Tho team this season is one of the strongest in recent years, and let every per- son come, out to mo ueia on inu afternoon of the Fourth and welstoti says Fulhm county, Per-i-them win the opening gatno. Ad- j sylvauw, eveu though it doesi't mission, 10 cents; grand stand, 15. 1 have a railroad, is good oiiouj.;h Masaokk. for him. ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW Snapshots at Their Movements, as They Come and Go. NAMES OF VISITORS AND VISITED. Home lor a Vacation, Amy lor to Outlnj, a Trip for Business or Pleasure, You'll Find II Right Here. Mr. Colder Snyder of Gem, was au early caller at this office last Saturday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Hess and son, Master Blair, of Belfast township, were m town last Fri day. Mr. Ed Croft weut over to Mercersburg Saturday to see his mother who has been ill for some time. Miss Millie Huston and sister Lois of Clear Ridge, spent laj-t Friday night with friends at Mc Connellsburg. Mrs. Amauda Mellutt aud son J. W. Mellott of Belfast township, called at thus office a fow minutes while iu towu last Friday. Merchant G. J. Mellott aud Squire Will Peck, two of Gem's most worthy citizens, wore at McConnellsburg last Friday. Miss Stella Sipes, who is down to her last year in a full course at tho West Chester state normal school, is home for her summer vacation. J. Reed Ray, Earl Shives, Roy Grliis and Olive Unger have re turued from the Soldiers' Orph an's school for their summer va cation. Mrs. E. A. Largent of this place, spint the latter part of last week in Chambersburg, visiting her daughter, Miss Barbara, who is employed at that place. Mr. Johu Stoner of Chambers burg, has been spendiug the past week visiting his brothers Wil liam and Albert aud his sisler, Mrs. Auuie Benfurd iu this place. Mr. Johu F. Hess, one of Bel fast's prosperous young farmers, stopped a few minutes in town , one day last week on his return from a trip to the upper cud of the county. Mr. aud Mrs. Frank St. Clair of Steelton, are visiting the hit ter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben jamiu Shinier of this place. They were accompanied by Master Wil lie Teeter of Chatnbersourg. Mr. Johu N. Deavor, who has just completed his second year's work as a student at tho Millers ville State Normal school passed through this place last Friday evening on his way to Ids homo iu Taylor township. Ou Tuesday morning of last week, at tho home of Mr. II. i. liege in Mercersburg, Mr. Harry S. Mosser and Miss Nora R. Remley, both of Morcorsbui .', were married by Rev. R. F. Fi t terolf. Misses Emma Sloan. Zoe Ma son, Nora Fisher and Sophie Huh man, a quartet of McCoinolK burg girls who bad taken the spring term of school at the Ship pensburg Normal came homo last Friday. Prof. Eruest M. Gress, who has just completed another year's work as principal of the graded ' schools at Nicholson, Pa., return ed last week with his family tho latter of whom will spend their summer vacatiou in this county, and the Professor will rest up by taking a six-weeks' course of study down at Ursiuus Collego. He has boon re elected principal of the Nicholson Bchools for next year at a salary of ijWO a mouth. Lieut, and Mrs. J. Walker Johnston, and Mrs. Margaret Kendall aud daughter, Miss Ruth, returned homo Monday nftor having spent two months very pleasantly among friends in Kan sas aud Colorado aud other west ern states. They had a dehsrU ful visit, and saw much atractivo farmlni? country, but Mr. John-
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