FULTON COUNTY NEWS.
SINCE WE GOT THE MORTGAGE
PAID.
We've done a lot of scrimpln' an' liv
In' hand to mouth, '
Wc'vo dreaded, too, wot weather, an'
we've worried over drouth.
For the thlnjf kept drawln' Int'rost,
whether crops were Rood or bad,
An' raisin' much or little, Hcemod It
swallowed all we had.
The women folks were savin' an' there
ain't a bit of doubt
Kut the things they really needed lots
of times they done without,
So we're breathin' somewhat easy, an
we're foelin' less afraid
Of Trovldenee's workln's since we got
the mortgage paid.
I wish I'd kep't a record of the things
that mortgage ate,
In principal an' In'trust, from begin
ning down to date !
A hundred do.en chickens, likely fowls
with yellow legs,
A thousand pounds of butter, an'
twelve hundred do.en eggs,
Some four or five good wheat crops
nn, at least one crop of corn,
An' oats and rye it swallowed in It's
lifetime, sure' you're born.
Upsides the work an' worry ere its ap
petite was stayed ;
So we're feelin' more contented since
we got the mortgage paid.
We've reached the point, I reckon,
where we have got a right to rest,
An' loalin' aroun' an' visit, wear our
go-to-meetin' best
Negloctin' nothin' urgent, understand,
about the place,
Hut simply slowin' down by bits an'
rcst in' in the race !
In time I'll get the windmill I've been
wantln', I suppose;
The girls can have their organ, an'
we'll all wear better clothes,
For we've always pulled together,
while we have saved an' scrimped
and prayed,
An' it seems there's more to work for
since we got the mortgage paid.
I. K. Green in Wall Street Journal.
PERTINENT AND MINOR MEN
TION. June brides and Junebugs !
A woman's favorito tea is curlsoity.
Every Knight Templar has a air
name. It isn't always the bad cigar that is
foiled.
Even a civil engineer may be gruff
in his manners.
If silence is golden money must talk
in silver tones.
Don't think every man has a gold
brick to sell you.
Whatever else may be said of the
maid, she's tidy,
The moth and the camphor ball are
getting real cheesy.
No man's time is his own after he
has pawned his watch.
The awning man is throwing his
competitors In the shade.
Snmo people drop out of a social set
and some climb out.
Hope is not much good unless it is
backed up by a hustle.
Never bet on a sure thing unless' you
get the right sort of odds.
The automobile seems proving its
right to the title of demon.
Every girl travels under an assumed
name after she is married.
Great poets are not only born, but
most ot them are also dead.
Life is a lizzie to the young man be
hind the soda water counter.
Autoinobiling may be a fine sport, if
you are able to pay the fines.
All is fair in love and war, until
you strike up against a brunette.
It doesn't take three strikes to de
clare the textile workers out.
Should the electricians strike would
the lights go out in sympathy V
If you would be popular, don't tell
the truth unless it is necessary.
The lawn mower doesn't cut any ice,
but it gets there, just the same.
There is always room at the top of
the box for the big strawberries.
Some women are so unconventional
that they never attend conventions.
A sott ansSwor may turn away wrath
but it is different with a book agent.
Some men should employ night
watchmen to guard their reputations.
Some men who tip the scales at 200
pounds refuse to tip the waiter a dime.
Distance doesn't lend enchantment
'.o the view where money is concern
ed. Dou't try to blow your own horn un
less you are sure you can raise the
wind.
A girl may strike a man as a pretty
miss-but hit him later a w an angry
wife.
Some men marry poor girls to settle
down and others marry rich onet to
settle up
The class poem is seldom a classic,
although it sometimes makes the class
sick
The college graduate now goes forth
to show the world how little it really
knows.
Tlio Cynical Dachelor rises to re
mark that the doil's most powerful
allies are women.
The Horse Show isn't quite so noisy
a the Dog Show, for you can't hear
iii" tun bark
Tim averaire man loses slcht of the
'net that he will be an ancestor himself
some day
The follow who talks regretfully of
tho good old days Is generally thluk-
i"g 01 mo nights
A uli l In love divides her time be-
"ixm iR.ing very nappy and belnjf
vry riuerame
'Ph.. - ... 1.1. - - .
- - "" wn "pentiive rana
ma hat generally does a tot of talking
through it.
Nnver strike a man when he Is down
ip.cUlly if you are golnu to strike
"''ii tui- loan,
' .14 ve ;unv wiiko the world go 'round
but it takes something less ephemeral
to push it along.
The average man says it's hard to
lose bis friends: the "good thing"
says it's impossible.
Adam may have had his troubles,
but he didn't have to choose between
a. lot of breakfast foods.
Some people are so conscientious
about loving their enemies that if they
haven't any they are )crfectly willing
to make a few.
ELSIE'S SPELLING.
One day when little Klsio came home
from school her mother asked her
what she had learned that day. Klsle
replied;
"I learned to spell man."
"Tell me how you spell ltdear,"said
mamma. ,
"M-a-n, man," replied Elsie.
"And how do you spell boy?"
"You spell it the same way, only
with smaller letters," replied Klsle aft
er a moment's thought.
KNOWING YOUR BIBLE.
The good old custom of "learning by
heart" has fallen out of use in our
families and Sunday school, and pas
sages of the Bible are no longer mem
orized by the rising generation. Hut
we should at least be able to find a
passage even if we cannot recite It.
Here is a list of passages whose loca
tions should lie familiar to every
Christian.
The Lord's Prayer Matthew .
The Commandments -Ex. 20.
The Beatitudes Matthew 5.
Paul's conversion Acts 0.
Christ's great prayer Jonn 17.
The prodigal son Luke 15.
The ten virgins Matthew 2".
Parable of the talents Matthew 25.
Abiding chapter John 15.
Resurrection chapter. 1 Cor. 15.
Shepherd's chapter John 10.
Love chapter 1 Cor. 13.
Tongue chapter James 3.
Armor chapter -Epheslans l.
Traveler's psalm Psalm 121.
Bible study psalm Psalm Hit
Greatest verse John 3 : 1(1.
Great invitation Uev. 22,17;Isa.55,l
Host verse Matthew 11 : 28.
Workers' verse-2 Tim. 2: 15.
Another workers' verse Psalm 12i:(!
How to be saved Acts H!: .'51.
Should I confess Christ? Horn. 10:i
Teachers's verse Daniel 12: 3.
A SELF-POSSESSED WITNESS.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle told at the
literary dinner recently given to him
in London of his experience as a jur
or in his youth
"I once served on a jury out of cu
riosity," he said, "and what most im
pressed me in that business wus the
high-handed manner of the cross-examination.
There was one witness,
though, a dentist, whom no browbeat
ing cross-examiner could disturb.
"This dentist was being questioned
about a certain woman.
' 'Did you ever have any difference
with the lady?' the opposing lawyer
asked.
"No, sir" replied the dentist.
" 'Now, attend. Didn't you make
her a set of teeth once?'
"Yes, sir.'
" 'Didn't she return them?'
" 'No, sir '
"The lawyer glared. Then he re
sumed:
' 'But you admit, don't you, that
later on she had another set mude by
another dentist?'
" 'Oh, yes, I admit that,' said the
witness.
" 'Ah! You admit that. And the la
dy Is wearing that other set now, is she
not?'
" 'Yes, she is wearing it.'
" 'And she has discarded your set?'
" 'No.
" 'What? Do you mean to tell me
she Is wearing both sets at tho same
time?'
"'Yes, I do.'
" 'Pooli! Nonsense! How can that
possibly lie?'
" 'Why, one is a lower and the oth
er is an upper set,' said the den
tist." MEXICAN ETIQUETTE.
Ladies do not attend funerals.
Children kiss the hands of their pa
rents,
The hostess is served first at a Mex
ican table.
The bridegroom purchases his bride's
trousseau.
Female friends kiss on both cheeks
when greeting or taking leave.
The sofa is the seat of honor and a
guest waits to be invited to occupy
it.
Men and women in the same social
circles call each other by their first
names.
When a Mexican speaks to you of
his home he refers to it as "your
house."
When you move into a new locality
it Is your duty to make the first neigh
borhood calls. ' '
When friends pass each other on the
street without stopping they say 'adl-
on' (goodby.)
Cards are sent to friends upon the
anniversary of their saints' day and
upon New Year's day.
Even the younger children of the
family are dressed In mourning upon
the death of a relative. -
Dinner calls are not customary, but
upon rising from' the table the guest
thanks his host for the entertain
ment. '
Gentlemen tip their hats to each oth
er or at least salute In passing, and
shake hands both at meeting and part
ing, though the interview may have
lasted oujy two minutes, Modern Me
ico.
' WHY THIS COW WAS SICK.
.I.icob Kinder of iicnr Miriill"
tow ti, hail a cow which was sick
for several days and did not oat.
Sho was examined for tlio vari
oim diseases known in tlie cow
kingdom, such as wolf, hollow
horn and poison, but soon found
sho was freo from any of tho
symptoms which follow such dis
eases. Then her pulso was ex
amined and found to he all right.
Finally tho mouth va. i;pir,cd
and there they soon found ilm
cause of the trouble. The entire
mouth was full of ulcers, and ono
of the men called for a pair of
pinchers. They thought he in
tended pulling the tongue out of
the cow s mouth ; but instead of
doing that he pulled out a darn
ing needle which was about six
inches long and which had pene
trated entirely through the
tongue, extending to the back
and lower part of the mouth.
The crowd which stood by were
amazed and said, "No wonder the
cow was sick."
There was a similar occurrence
some years ago, as reported by a
Mr. Vance, who says that he once
bought a heiler that had a lump
on the side of its jaw and looked
very sick. He bought it for eight
dollars and took it home. Soon
after he examined tho mouth and
found that a nail had been forced
into the jaw by the side of one
tooth, which caused all the trou
ble. Afterwards he soid the heif
er for fifty dollars.
A8 TO THE HAIR.
The girl with the high forehead
should wear her hair down low
over her brow.
If she has a low, smooth, white
brow, she should brush her hair
well off tho forehead.
A madonna face may affect the
part in tho middle.
The girl with an intellectual
brow or a fair share of youthful
beauty can afford to draw her
hair .'"back in loose waves, sans
pompadour or parts and on the
neck.
For elderly lady matrons the
pompadour is dignified and state
ly, and it seems to increase the
height of stout women.
Tho round, shapely head looks
well with a soft puff of hair at tlie
nape of the neck.
Every womau should study her
own style. If she looks best with
her hair low, then low she should
wear it, though every other wo
man in the land is piling her hair
on the top of her head .
A wise woman never curls or
frizzes or over-dresses her hair.
NOT SO BADLY SAID.
Farming is no longer the occu
pation of tho mere toiler. It de
mands the trained brain as well
as the strong body, knowledge as
well as physical endurance.
"I shirk systematically, " says
a woman. "I would rather have
some things undone than others.
I would rather feed my mind,
which is going to last forever,
than be a model housowife."
It seems to be easier for some
of us to break our backs undoing
than to lift our little finger doing.
A great secret of success to
day is co operation. All readers
of this paper co-operate with us.
The paper that makes you think
is the paper to tie to.
The average man can endure al
most any amount of pain if it is
inflicted on somebody else.
Pacilic Coast Without Change.
In new Pullman "ordinary"
sleepers, wide vestibuled and
with every modern convenience,
hi charge of competent agent,
from Cincinnati and Chicago via
Louisville, New Orleans, Iloustou
Ban Antonio, El Paso and Los
Angeles to San Francisco, liates
for berths less than half of cost in
regular sloepers. For free de
scriptive matter and full particu
lars, address E. A. RICHTEB.
Trav. Pass. Agent, Illinois Cen
tral Railroad, Park Building
Pittsburgh, Pa.
FARMING
IN THE SOUTH.
The I'asHeuKer Department of the Illinois
Centrul Kitllroud Company In IhhuIuk monthly
elrcuUnt conoerulntt fruit KrowlniT veifetuble
gunleulnu, tock ruMuir. dairying, etc., in the
Slate of Kentucky, West Teunuw.ee, MUtln
alppl. und Louisiana. F.very Farmer or Home
keeker, who will forwurd bin name and add res
to the undernliined, will be mulled free, Clrcii
i are No. 1, 2, 8, 4, and i. and other an they are
published from month to month.
E. A. RICHTER,
TKAVEUNU PASSKNGKa AGENT
PARK BUILDING,
PITTSBURG, PA
Tdw Laxative Dromo Quinine T&tiets.
ScvMictokamioMiaMtfiaaKMata. This ti'tsztnre.
A MIDSUMMJi REALITY.
If ymi wiint a hat or a limnx't,
With llowei's or feathers on it.
lt surf- anil into wii-ncr's i".
Tlie style Is there in plenty,
Your purse yo.i nee;l not empty,
I'or the prices are nil you wish to know.
The embroidery und the luces,
To set oil the pretty faees,
Of the mniclen who munt look so very sweet,
And the applique so new, and theallovertoo
Within everybody's reach.
It makes you luugh they are ho cheap.
Gloves of the very best,
To match up every dress.
Blnck or blue, in fact of any hue.
To suit Uie mowt facetious,
Trimmlnirs, bt aiils mid linings too,
Velvet ribbons shirt waists new.
Brooch pins and shirt wait sets:
Corsets, hose and late style bells,
Pans and turn over collars.
Combs and hair-pins nil sizes und colors:
Safety pins and spool cotton.
Sewing silk and pearl buttons.
Linen table cloths and towels,
Linen crash of various colors,
Dotted swiss for window curtains,
Pancy goods for cushion covers,
AM to make a house-wife wonder
What to do with her old plunder. .
Dainty dimity the sweetest,
India linen from cheapest to dearest.
And the fancy llowered lawn,
All to make the maiden charming,
Last of all unto the wiser
I'rolit by the snge adviser.
T. J. Wiener, Hancock, Md.
SOME
Rouss Racket Store
BARGAINS.
IX HAUDWAUK, We can m you n good double bitted axe, made to st:nd
hnrd wood, at 0c Single bit, "):. Clipper double bitted, 0c. Mann's, VV
inch Hut files lie, ID inch !c: -M inch, slim taper files, .'I to ,"c. Curb JJrMle
bi; s, He, also a good heavy jointed bit at same 'ice. (i inch divider 1 ':,
( Vimpass saw, ilk:, carpenters hummers, H to '.Vk Mann hatchets 4V, lath ng
l.atuhets 4Nc, hand saws .'111, 4"), ti."), 7.1, to $1.&"-Ihe 1.3."i saw U The Simeoi..
Marness snaps 4 for x. and '2 tor c. Horse shoeing rasps 12 inch, lc, 1.1
ir.rh hnlf flip rami. 1H(. 14 neh ilc. ineh '2,ir. shoeinr hammers 20 and 'l'.r ---
(This is a job). Horse shoe nails 11c lb. Blacksmith hammers 24 to.Vc. Liii-.is
carriage paint in full pint cans We have the best steel dirt shovels j ou
ever saw, for 4", and Tide, strapped and socket, und when we say steel, we don't
iTierinn6nITrairtei'nrol)('s ,V," XoJ 1 hiinp globes 4c, Xo. 2, .": Scythe sto:u s
4 and 5c.
TINWARE! TINWARE! TINWARE!
our granite and tinware was never in better shape than now. ti quart tin
bucket Se, 10 quart 12e. in quart dairy pails liic, 10-qt, galvanized, 17c, 12 qt ,
l'.ic, 14 quart 2;ic, 2.quurt covered bucket lie. .'i qt covered bucket No, 4 qt 12c
The dairy milk strainer 2:tc. Tin cups 2c, 4 quart tin stew pans iw, granite
kettles 4 qt 24c, ti qt Mr, H qt lic, 10 qt ."H)c, granits wasli Uasins I'm:, ti quart
water sprinklers 2V, gi unite coffee pots 2 qt, 20e, 4 qt 30c.
Clothes baskets, Xo. 1 Willow Uasket
one don't wait.
We have this spring, so fur, sold 4H do.en Sliippensburg Working shirts
nnd why is it? Meenuse the same shirt that you pay .Vie elsewhere for, we sell
you 2 for X.V. Just think of saving 1-V on two shirts: und we can sell you un ov
erall that sells any where at lid, for "ifle. Moleskin pants 7.1, and The (
ones ure what you pay fcl any place that these goods are sold.
(iive us un eurly call.
HULL & BENDER, PROPRIETORS.
McConnellsburg, Pa.
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When You Come to
Chambersburg
Just go up Maiu street till you unme to Queen street.
Kight at Hloom Urns.' cormir turn to tho west half a
block ami you will como to a modern 3-story cream-
i colored brick building.
the nicest rooms, and tne largest stock of good furni
ture and its belongings, to be seen in the Cumberland
Valley.
You will find many articles here that you do not see
in other stores. There has been a furniture store on this
spot for 75 years and yet there are many of the younger
people and some others who don't know it. That is tho rea
son we are telling you about it.
C About a block farther, on the bank of the Couococheague,
whose water drives the machinery, you will find our facto
ry ; where with skilled mechanics and seasouod lumber we
can make almost anything you may require.
COME TO OUR STORE and look around Much to
see that is interesting even if you don't want to buy. Wo
want you to know what it is and where it is.
Open till 8 o'clock in tho evening now Saturday till nine.
H. SIEEER & CO.,
Furniture Makers on Queen Street,
Chambersburg, Pa.
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