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Published Every Thursday.
B. W. Peck, Editor.
McCONNELLSBURG, PA.
,
Thursday, Dec. 20. 1900.
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Tlie Old Folks' Longing.
Don't go to the theatre, loci are or bull,
Hut stay in your room to-night,
Deny yourself to tho friends that call,
And a pood, long letter write
Write to the sad old folks at home,
Who sit, when the day is done,
With folded hands and downcast eyes.
And think of the absent one.
Don't selfishly scribble, "Excuse my
haste,
I've scarcely tho time to write,"
Lest their brooding thoughts wander
back
To many a by-gono night,
When thoy lost their needed Bleep and
rest,
And every breath was a prayer
That God would leuve their little babe
To thoir tender lovo and care.
Don't let them feel that you've no more
need
Of their lovo and counsel wise,
For the heart grows strongly sensitive
When age has dimmed the eyes.
It might be well to make them believe
You never forget them quite
That you deem it a pleasure when far
away
Long letters home to write.
Don't think that the young and giddy
friends
Who make your pastime gay,
Have half tho anxious thoughts for you
That the old folks have to-day.
The duty of writing do not put off;
Let sleep or plea sure wait,
Lest the letter for which they waited
long,
Be a day or an hour too late.
For the sad old folks at homo,
With locks fast turning white,
Are longing to hear from the absent
one,
So write them a letter to-night.
Queer Street Car Line.
In Henderson ville, N. C, is a
novel street car line, described
by the New York Herald. The
track extends from tho resi
dence of Mr. Hickous, who owns
it, to the depot a distance of a
mile and a half. The following
rules are printed and tacked up
in the car:
"1. Passengers are requested
not to hang their feet on the
benches in front of them.
"2. No drumming is allowed in
tho car.
"3. Invalids and all helpless
persons are required to have a
guardian.
"4. Passongersmust not squirt
tobacco juice on tho benches.
"5. No passenger can bring
more than one piece of baggage
without extra charge"
There is but ono car, and its
construction is unique, consist
ing of a plank floor, a shed or top
and no back, sides or front, the
top being supported by two stout
posts. The car contains four
wooden benches, the two front
ones having their backs to the
driver and the two rear ones fac
ing him.
The car is drawn by two very
small mules and the driver is u
white man, a typical Southern la
borer, wearing exceedingly shab
by clothes and a very broad brim
med hat of coarse straw.
The car meets all incoming and
outgoing trains, of which there
are two of each per day, and be
tween train times it will call for
any one living on tho car lino and
wait any length of time not ex
ceeding an hour. There is only
one curve in the track. The driv
er invariably has to got out and
push the car around it. On a re
cent occasion a very fat woman
was tho solo passengor, and she
was forcod to got out until the
car was assisted around tho
curve.
Now is tho time when croup
and lung troubles prove rapidly
fatal. The only harmless remedy
that produces immediate results
is Ono Minute Cough , Curo. It
is very pleasant to take and can
be relied upon. to quickly cure
toughs, colds ana ali lung ais
xis. It will prevent consump
V' 'Trout's Drufj Store.
IIV HK.V. lll(illKIKI.I).
I 1 ilicmncrt that the ureal Judgment morning
hnd (liiwneil.
And Itml. aloud the trumpet hud blown,
I (lrcHiiii d tlutl Mm nations had cathered
To Juili'iunnt heroie the w hite throne.
From the throne eiime a lirluhl Milnlntf nnitel
And stood on .the land and the sea,
And Maid with his hand raised to heaven
That time wus no longer to lie.
Cm i, oh! what weeping and walllnK
When the lost were told of their fate,
They cried for the rocks and the mount
nliis, f
They prayed hut thrlr prayers were too
lute.
H The rich man was there, hut his money
Hart melted and vanished away;
Proper ho stood in the Judgment,
Ills debt was too heavy to pay.
Tho irrent man was there, but his greatness
Was left far behind;
The anii'l that opened the reeorrt,
Not a trace of his (.'rcutness could Hurt.
3 The widow was there, and the orphan,
lort heard and remembered their cries;
No sorrow In heaven, forever,
'lort wipes all (ears from their eyes.
The Kiimhler w as there, and the drunkard,
And the men ho had sold them thelrdrlnk
The people w ho (rave them their license
Together In hell they did sink.
4 Tho moral man came to the Judgment.
Hut his sclf-rltfhteous rutfs would not do:
The men who had cruellled Jesus,
Hud passed ns moral men too.
The soul that had put oil salvation
"Not to-nlnht I'll iret saved by unrt by,
No time now to think of salvation"
Hut at last they had found time to die.
Tells of His Biggest Fish,
"Tho biggest fish I ever caught, '
began the story teller, a. scholar
lylookiug party who evidently
knew more about schoolbooks
than llybooks
"Got away, interrupted a thin
faced little man with a nose like a
shingle.
"I'm uo liar," the story teller
llared up. "This is a true story
and I'm popared to swear to it.
It was in tho year '80, when we
had the hottest Summer "
"I didn't know tho Summer of
80 was so very hot," said a man
in a weat her-beaten straw hat.
"If all you didn't know," said
tho story toller "was piled on top
of you you 'd be flatter than a
flounder and deader than amack
eral. As I was saying, in the
Summer of '80 a party of us went
to Upper Canada on a fishing ex
pedition. It wasn't hot up there
a little bit. On tho contrary, it
was so cold that the ice froze the
first night we got there."
"Gosh!" exclaimed the little
man with a shingle nose.
"As I was saying," said the
story teller, showing genuine
gameness, "it froze the first
night we got to our fishing ground
but we went out the noxt morn
ing just tho same, and I hadn't
beeu fishing more than fifteen
minutes when I got a bite that I
thought was going to pull the
boat under. Let go of my rod
and it went a shooting through
the water, but I soon got it again
and tho fight over the water and
under it began in earnest. I
hadn't been fishing for a long
time and was nervous as the
dickens but I had some sense
left, and I didn't intend to lot
that fish get away if I could help
it. I was so excited that I never
did know how long I tusseled
with it, but in time I landed him
in the boat, and ho Avas the biggest
one I ever caught in my life. I
was so ex "
"How much did ho weigh?"
eagerly inquired the man in a
straw hat, as he drew up close to
tho story teller.
"Exactly half a pound, said tho
story teller, as serious as a ser
mon. "You think you are dorn smart
don't you?" spiffed tho little man
with tho shingle nose, as ho got
up aud walked outsido whero.ho
could get more breathing room.
Washington "Star."
The Century in a Nutshell.
This century received from its
predecessors the horse; wo bej
queath tho bicycle, tho locomo
tive, tho motor car and tho auto
mobile. We received tho goose quill
aud bequeath tho typewriter.
Wo received the scythe and
bequeath the mowing machine.
We received the hand printing
press; wo bequeath the cylinder
press.
Wo received the printed can
vas; wo bequeath lithography j
photography and color photo
graph. Wo received tho hand loom; we
bequeath tho cotton and woolen
factory.
Wo received the tallow dip;
wo bequeath tho electric lamp.
Wo received the galvanic
battery; we bequeath tho dyna
mo. )
DEATH IN TILE VIAL.
THE FIFTH TABLET CARRIED A DOSE
THAT WAS FATAL.
Mhy the Doctor Unit a Premonition
That MUfortnn Ilnil Overtaken a
Wenlthr Planter How the Storr of
the Crime Leaked Ont.
Tho Btory was told by a police com
missioner of n notlior city who was In
New Orion tin recently on a visit.
"The most Ingenious murder I ever
knew anything about," he wild, "was
committed by a younfi physician. He
ivns a rising practitioner at a plneo
where I formerly lived, and, with your
permission, 1 will speak of him simply
ns Ir. Smith.
"About n dozen years ago, ns nearly
as I remember, this young man went
on a visit to a relative In a neighbor
ing city, and one afternoon, on the
third or fourth day of his stay, ho
startled a lady member of the house
hold by remarking thnt ho 'had a feel
ing' that some misfortune hnd over
taken a wealthy planter whom they
both knew very well, and whom I will
call Colonel Jones. The colonel was a
prominent resident of tho doctor's
home town nnd hnd a large outlying
estate, which he wns In the habit of
visiting once a week.
"On the day of Smith's singular pre
monition he wns on one of those tours
of Inspection, but fnlled to come bnck,
nnd the following morning his corpse
was found lying In a cornfield. lie
had evldenty been dead about 24
hours, nnd from the nppenrnnce of the
body seemed to have Iwen seized with
some sort of fit or convulsion.
"Of course tho affair created a great
stir, and the police made a pretty
thorough Investigation, but the only
thing they found thnt merited any
special attention was a small, round
vial in the dead man's vest pocket. It
was about the diameter of a lead pen
cil by four Inches long, and had orlg
InaJly contained a couple of dozed
medicinal tablets, which, lying one on
top of the other, tilled the little bottle
to the cork. A few still remained In
the bottom.
"Upon Inquiry It was learned with
out trouble that the tablets were a
harmless preparation of soda, nnd that
Jones himself hnd bought them at a
local drug store. Thnt ended suspicion
In thnt quarter, and, for lack of any
thing better, tho coroner returned a
verdict of death from sunstroke.
There wns no autopsy.
"Some time nfter Jones had been
burled," continued tho police commis
sioner, "I learned accidentally of Dr.
Smith's curious prophecy, nnd It set
mo to thinking. Eventually I evolved
a theory, but It was Impossible at the
time to sustain It with proof, and for
five or six years I kept It pigeonholed
In my brain, waiting for something to
happen. Meanwhile, to everybody's
surprise. Dr. Smith went to the dogs,
lie began by drinking heavily, grad
ually lost his practice, aud finally
skipped out to avoid prosecution for
cashing a fnke draft After his flight
I learned enough to absolutely confirm
my theory as to .Tones' death. What
had really happened was this:
"Dr. Smith owed the old man a con
siderable sum of money nnd had given
a note, upon which he had forged his
father's nnme as lndorser. The plann
er wns pressing him for payment and
had threatened suit, which meant In
evitable exposure. One day, while
they were conversing, Jones pulled out
a little glass vial nnd swallowed one
of the tablets It contained, remarking
thnt he took one daily, after dinner,
for sour stomach.
"That suggested a diabolical scheme
of assassination, which the doctor pro
ceeded to put Into execution. Repair
ing to his olllee, he made up a duplicate
tablet of strychnine, nnd, encountering
the colonel next day, asked him to let
him have the vial for a moment, so he
could copy tho address of the makers
from tho label.
"Jones handed It over unsuspecting
ly, and while his attention wns brleily
diverted elsewhere Smith put In the
prepared tnblet. Uo placed It under
the top four, thus making It reason
ably certain thnt his victim would tnko
It on the fifth day from that date.
Next morning he left town, so ns to
be far away when tho tragedy was
consummated, nnd some mysterious,
uncontrollable Impulse evidently led
him to make the prediction thnt first
excited my suspicion.
"When I made certnln of nil this, I
locnted Smith In Oklahoma nnd wns
on the point of applying for an extradi
tion warrant when he anticipated mo
by contracting pneumonia and dying.
I thereupon returned the case to Its
mental pigeonhole, where It has re
mained ever since."
"I'ardon me for asking," said one of
tho listeners, "but Is that really a tni'j
Btory, or are you entertaining us with
Interesting fiction?"
"It is absolutely true," replied tho
narrator.
"Hut how did you learn the particu
lars?" "Well," said the police commissioner,
smiling, "Smith was like most clever
criminals ho had one weak spot. lie
was fool enough to tell u woman, f-'lio
blubbed." New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Ate Coume Dinnem.
A woman just arrived from Aus
tralia was recently negotiating with
un ngent In London for u house in one
nf tho newer districts of Kenslugtou.
She asked If It was a nice neighbor
hood. "It Is thoroughly desirable,
madum," replied the house agent.
"They are without exception soup and
fish families."
It Is not correct to say that a girl
"renders" a song. If she lives long
enough to become of some use In the
world, she may some day render lard,
but she can't render a soug. Atchison
Slobe.
"If I walk backward down tho
cellar stars in tho dark I'll see
my future husband."
"Nouseuse: you'll be more
likely to Hoe our family sur
geon." Cardinal Manning met 6ne
day a drunken Irishman on a
Lonnon street, and said! "Pat
rick, I have joined tho temper
auco society." "Perhaps your
reverence needed it," was Pat
rick's reply.
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Overcoats
for MEN as low as 3.i!:; with
capes for BOYS, only i?l.!0.
Men's Overcoats in light grays
and lino blacks.
Men's STORM OVERCOATS
with big collars.
Wo still have some MEN'S
SUITS at 2. 50, frl.50, t.7r, &c.
Underwear.
Men's Underwear-extra heavy,
lleece-hued.
Women's Underwear, llcece
lined, and Union Suits.
Children's Underwear, in Sin
gle, and Union Suits.
Overshoes.
Blankets.
10-1 Gray Blankets, heavy weight 03 cents.
All wool blankets in gray, red and white.
HORSE BLANKETS from 75 cents up.
LAP ROBES from 1.25 to 5.00.
Men's and Boys' heavy winter Caps, and a thousand
and one other articles at very low prices.
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Just Saved His Life.
It was a thrilling escape that
Charles Davis of Bowerston, 0.,
lately had from a frightful death.
For two years a severe lung troub
le constantly grew worse until it
seemed he must die of Consump
tion. Then ho began to uso Dr.
King's New Discovery and lately
wrote: "It gave instant relief
and effected a permanent curo."
Such wonderful cures havo for
25 years, proven its power to
cure all Throat, Chest and Lung
troubles. Price 50c and 1.00.
Every bottle guaranteed. Trial
bottles free at W. S. Dicksou's
Drug Store.
A (irl of Sense.
The National Temperance Ad
vocate tells of tho sensible decis
ion of a sensible English girl.
Some months ago she camo over
here to marry a young man to
whom she was affianced in Eng
land, and who had come to this
country two years before. She
was to marry him at tho home of
a friend of her mother's with
whom she was stopping. During
tho time she wns making up her
Avedding cutlit, lie camo to see
her one evening, when she smell -ed
liquor upon his breath. She
was shocked. She then learned
for tho first thno that lie was in
tho habit of drinking moderately.
She immediately ""stopped her
preparations, uaud told him she
couldn't marry hi in, He protest
ed that she would drive him to
distraction, promised never to
drink another drop, etc. "No,"
sho said, "I dare not trust my
happiness to a man who has
formed such a habit. I came
three thousand miles to marry a
man I loved, and now.rather than
marry a drunkard, I will go three
thousand miles buck again. " And
sho went. It was tho only safe
course to pursue. A girl whro
marries a young fellow who tj'p
ples ever so moderately assuimos
an awful risk. That risk mmy a
girl has thoughtlessly taken., and
then suffered untold agonies
for years to pay for her fMlly.
When perusing news tfnatter in
this paper don't forget. ho adver
tisements of our lij business
men. You can save,' your sub
scription many timts a year by
watching the advertisements and
taking advantage tf tho bargains
offered.
JOHNSTON;
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Men's Over
shoos in tine
Buckle-Arctic,
Alaska, Clotli
lined aud self
acting Sandals.
Many persons have had the ex
perience of Mr. Peter Sherman
of North Stratford, N. II., who
says, "For years I suffered tor
ture from chronic indigestion,
but Kodol Dyspepsia Curo made
a well mau of mo." It digests
what jrou eat and is a certain cure
for dyspepsia and every form of
stomach trouble. It gives relief
at once even in tho worst cases,
and can't help but do you good.
Trout's Drug Storo.
Hit l'rayed for Snakes.
A friend sends this bit of ex
perience, which ho calls a chapter
from the lifo of one of tho most
useful ministers who ever preach
ed iu Southern Ohio:
There resided in a village a
family consisting of a father and
three sons who often laughed to
scorn the pious, if eccentric.miu
istor. One Sunday ono of the
boys was bitten by a rattlesnake,
and it was thought that the
bite would cause his death; tho
minister was hurriedly sent for.
Tho minister promptly respond
ed, and upon entering the room
where tho young man lay found
him very penitent. Then calling
in tho family, tho minister knelt
down and prayed in this wise:
"O Lord, wo thank tlieo for the.
rattlesnakes. Wo thank theo be
cause a rattlesnake Has bitten
Jim. Wo pray theo to send a
rattlesnako tobito 3ohn; send one
to bite Bill; and., O Lord,seud the
biggest kind of a rattlesnake to
bite tho oli mau for nothing but
rattlesnakes will ever bring the
Beuvo'r family to repentance."
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Dyspepsia Cure
Digests what you eat.
It artificially digests the food aud aids
Nature la HtrenKtbsnlng and recon
structing the exhausted digestive or
pans. It lathe latest dlscovereddlgest
ant and tonic. Ho other preparation
can approach It In etucleucy. It In
stantly relieves and permanently cures
Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Heartburn,
Flatulence, Sour Stomach, IJauoca,
Biclc Headache, Gastralgia.Crampsand
all other results of imperfect digestion.
PrlceGAc. and II. LarueilecontMni 34 tlmm
tiualtalM. hook allabomdyipepiUJUtltatrtn
Prpard ky e. C bWlTT CO., Cbleaoo.
Trout' DrtiK Store.
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Lndles'
Copes
In Cloth, Plush,' Fur
aud Coif. Ladies'
Jackets Fu r lined
prices never so low.
Our Large Store Room
proved to bo too small,
and we have been com
pelled to fit up an ad
joining room for
Ladieg' Wraps.
Ladies' and Chil
dren's Underwear.Fas
cinators, Toques and
Ladies'Fur Collarettes,
Scarfs and MulTs. Ask
to see THESE GOODS.
Wo want to call your attention to our
Line of Shoes,
NONE BETTER in Fulton county.
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Children's School Shoes from 8H to !)8 cents.
Men's Shoes in Kidgo, Russian Calf, Seal (high top),
Calf, Patent Leather and Enameled.
Boots from 1.50 to 2.75. Men's and Boys' Felt r.twts
from 1.08 to 2.50.
Elegant lino of Ladies'
Dress Goods
from 13c to tino Henriettas. A full lino of French I'limiiels
50 inches wide, at 00 cents.
. Children's Suits, 2 piece and 8 piece suits, with short
pants. All sizes.
A beautiful line of ladies' and children's llandorcliiofs
from 2c to 1.00 each in cotton, fancy borders, Japanese .silk
and linen.
NSTON.
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IvAlf Cannot
L Push
i Tree." $
s
You cannot drive purchasers
x to any particular store. You
can win them by convincing
arguments.
A convincing argument at
X tractively displayed in the ad
vertising columns of this paper,
will reach the eyes of hundreds
of buyers in this community.
There is no perseverance in the
world equal to that a woman
will show in working for her
church or in removing a freckle.
Tho most effectivo little liver
pills made are DeWitt's Little
Early Risers. Thoy never gripe.
Trout's Drug Storo.
According to Prof Henry, the
work horsos should be supplied
with two pounds of food daily to
each ono hundred pounds of live
weight. Of this, ten to eighteen
pounds, according to the severity
f tho labor, should be grain in
some form. Tho heavy feed
should come at night, when the
animal has plenty of timo for
masticating and digesting his
food.
The minister was at dinner
with tho Chaftio family. Johnny
spoko up and said:
"Can a church whistle?",,
"Why do you ask, Johnny J"'
asked tho clergyman, kindly. ,
"Because Fa owes 12 back
pew rent and he says he is going
to let tho church whistle for it.
After tho clergyman had taken
his departure there was a vocal
solo by Johnny.
Some people are willing to be
good if paid for it, and others are
good for nothing.
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actios' livery Day
shoes nt 1.00.
Ladies' Every Day
shoes, leather lineil.SI.L'o.
Ladies Every Day
shoes, full stayed hack,
solid throughout (War
ranted) 1.50.
Ladies' Kidgo shoes
Kid lined.
"i?- watc1'. 1.75.
CHURCH niKKCTOKV.
Preshytkkian Kov. V. A. We
D., Pastor. ,
Sabbulh school, 11:1").
Preaching service -cm h alln
Sunday morning counting from
12th, nt 10:.-!0, and every Su
evening at 7:.'(0.
Junior Christian Knilciivor at -Christian
Kndeavor at 11:00,
Prayer meeting Wednesday cv
ut 7:00.
Methodist Episcopal Uev. II
Ash, Pastor.
Sunday school at i:.'0 a, m.
Preaching every oilier Sunday ii
ing, counting from Auyiiit 1-tl
'0:.'i0 and every Sunday evenii
7:00.
Epworth League at l:00i. m.
Prayer meeting Thursday eve
at 7:00.
United PitEsnYTEUiAS-ricv. .h
Orovo, Pastor'
Sunday school at !):M a.
Preaching every Sunday nmrn
10:30, and every other Sunday J
ing counting from August V, at
Tho alternate SaWmth eveuin
used by tho Young People's (
tian Union at 7:00 p. in.
Prayer meeting Wednesday ev.
at 7 :ui).
EVAXUEUCAL LUTHKKAN-ReV.
Wolf, Pastor.
Sunday school (1:15 a. m.
Christian Endeavor at "f
Wednesday evening 1'i'ayer nm
at 7:00.
Preaching morning and event;
ery other .Sunday, dating
cemher !), 11 Mil).
nKKOllMKD-Uev. C. M. Sllilh'
tor.
Sunday school at !:'! '"
Christian Endeavor at !
Wednesday evening prayer w
at 7:00.
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