INTERESTING' PARAGRAPHS 01 Local and (icncral Interest, (fathered at Home or Clipped from our Exchanges. CONDENSED FOR HURRIED READERS. Mrs. A. U. Nace is visiting rel atives -in Chambersburg and Carlisle. Mr. Ernest Llixson and his sis ter Miss Grace spont a day or two with the family of John V. Stouteagle, in this place last week. Maynard Sipes who is holding down a good position in Pitts burg, is homo with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. V. Sipes, for a two-weeks' rest and recreation. Mrs. Mary A. Kelley went to Thompson last Wednesday and was accompaniod home on Thurs day by her mother, Mrs. Susan Bishop, who will spend some time in Mrs. Kelly's home. Miss Daisy Polk, who has been spending the last two years at Clearfield has been visiting her old home at Knobsville a week or two. She was at McConnells burg last Thursday. The Hancock Cement Company began quarrying rock on Monday at Dam No. 6 on Randolph's land to use in construction of the kilus. This is the first manual stroke in the direction of a new cement mill on the Bowles prop erty. The work will be pushed with vigor. Mr. J. Frank Fields is in full control of the entire plant. Hancock Star. Statistics show that the aver ago total amount of public school ing per capita in this country is 908 days for each inhabitant if it were distributed around. Fifty years ago the avorage was 420 days, and at the beginning of the 19th century it was but 82 days. The nation gives the school chil dren of to-day 12 times as much schooling as the youngsters re ceived 100 years ago. DOLLAR WHEAT. A number of the farmers of Franklin county, says the Valley Spirit, have received a letter from the American Society of Equity asking them to hold their wheat for a dollar a bushel and not to sell until they get it. This society claims to have an organization in nearly every state. The board of directors consists of men who are crop specialists. There will be winter wheat spe cialists, spring wheat specialists and a specialist representing oats and corn. These men will study the report of local secretaries and from them will compute what should be an equitable minimum price for each commodity. When this price is determined it will be sent to every state In the Union at exactly the same time and no member of the society will sell his grain for less than the price Axed. If the price of wheat is fixed at $1 per bushel that will be the least that any man will take for his crop. The organizers of the move ment claim that by Scptembor, they will have 1,000,000 members who will own such an amount of Brain that when held off the mar ket it will soon reduce the availa ble product that prices will boom. Everyone has the interest of the farmer at heart and would be pleased to see them get the high est possible price for his crops, but we believe the schema of the American Society of Equity will not vork. With the wheat in the hands of the farmers, if all hold out, it would be but a few weeks intil the price wont to a dollar & bushel. Then a few thousand farmers would lot go and get the dollar, aud the dumping of their holdings ou the market ( would Wuse a slump and consequently "o price would drop. This would ccur five or six times during the four and before all had a chance to let go at the one dollar mark there would be, new wheat on the market and some farmers would have last year's wheat on their auds. ,The farmer who holds it ' simply speculating, and like ay othor speculator he is going M get left half of the time. Now wheat is soiling in Cbalborsburg w day at 72 cents per bushel aud ,'ldat78cents. 'Subscribe for tiio News. MRRCRRSIIURO ACADfiMY IN LUCK. . (lift of $5000 toward (lie lliilldlii ol I lie New Dormitory. Hon. Rush (illliift Pro vides lor a Prize. As a token of personal esteem for its president, Dr. Irvine.Mer- cersburg Academy has just re ceived a gift of r),000 in cash from Uou. Thomas N: McCurter of New Jersey, toward the erec tion of the Academy's uew dor mitory which, wheu fully equip ped, is estimated to cost $37,000. The dormitory will be built of brick uud trimmed with lndiiina limestone in Tudor-Gothic style, and will hold 120 boys. The ar chitect is Joseph M. Houston, Philadelphia, who is also the ar chitect of the state capitol atllar nsburg. People who have seen the plans say that it will be one of the most beautiful buildings in Central Pennsylvania. The Hon. W. Rush Gillan. Chambersburg, has promised to give to the academy each year the sum of $20.00 to be used as a prize for the best essay ou some American biographical topic. The subject of the essay will be chosen each year by the academy faculty. W. A. McLaughlin, instructor in Latin at Mercersburg.will give each year in memory of his moth er, Mrs. Elizabeth McLaughlin, two prizes in the sum of $10.00 and $5.00, respectively, for the best delivered two orations at the Mercersburg commencement. THE BOYS THAT CUT AHEAD. Charles M. Schwab, presideut of the United States Stool Cor poration, tells the following sto ries : "I knew an old man in Penn sylvania once, the head of a great manufacturing concern, who went to his foreman and askod him to recommend one of the boys there for a superior position which was vacant. The foreman said that all the boys were good. 'Hut there must be one better than the others,' said the employer. 'It is now five o'clock, quitting time. Tell all the boys to work until six o'clock.' "The ten boys went to work willingly enough, but as the clock pointed near six, nine of the boys began to cast glances at it. The tenth boy was too busy to look at the clock, and he gut the promotion. That boy now controls an establishment work ing thirty thousand men. "Eighteen years ago there was a fifteen-year-old boy employed in carrying driuking water to tho men in a steel works. He did his work so well, however, and al ways had such cool water and was so diligent iu looking after the men's wants that he attract ed the attention of the workmen. A little later an office boy was needed, and this boy was remem bered and rewarded with the job. There he pursued the same poli cy, and in five years a superin tendent's assistant was needed. He was given the place. A little later he became manager, then superintendent, and now he is the president of the Carnegie Steel Company, employing sixty thousand men. That water boy is now President Cory. "I know of another fifteen-year- old boy who was in a manual training school established by me at Homestead, Pa., fifteen years ago. une nignt alter all the other boys had left one of the officials found him experimenting with an electric machine. He gave all his spare time to this ma chine, and his perseverance at tracted the attention of his teach ers, aud ho was given an oppor tunity to go into the works with which the school was conducted. There he pursued the same policy of concentration. He became in time assistant manager. "A few months ago I weut to the works and calling all the heads of the worus together I un folded a great project and asked who was the man to be intrusted with It. To a man they all point ed to this former boy in the train ing school, and he was intrusted with the place, and is uow makiug a name for himself by doing what he had to do a little better than the others. This man is A. L. Dinkey, now general superinten dent of the Homestead Steel Works." Farm for Sale or Rent. Largo limestone farm for sale or rent Inquire of '" J. C. Fork, . Knobsville, Pa. MRS. MARY BARTON. A Nirc l:lcnded Sketch of Mir l ife, nnd In (Halts Connccfeil wilh Ikr Last lilacs. j Mary Greenland Itartou was born in the upper end of Trough Creek Valley, Huntingdon cnun-1 ty. Pa., December 2!), 1832. This j was her home for fourteen yours. Then her parents umvud to l'ul tu comity, to tho farm now own- j ed by Preston Austin, two miles north of Saluvia. Here she lived j till after the Civil War, when she married Philip Barton. They liv- J ed one your in llrush Creek Val-' ley; then bought tho old Evans ! property at Kays Hill. This farm is ouo mile south of tho Juniata Crossings. Philip Hartou died iu January, 1901. Two children were born, both of whom died in infancy. Since tho death of her husband, Mrs. Harton has mado her homo with Mrs. George McClellan, a sister who lives near Rainsburg, ; Bedford couuty. Mrs. Barton's death was very unexpected. Sho had been trou bled with au attack of Indigestion some days before her death. A phvsician was called and she seemed to he rapidly recovering from it. Tho last day or two of life she was quite cheerful and remark ed repeatedly of her gaining strength. On Monday night, Ju ly Gth, she felt quite well when she retired. After eleven o'clock she went to the door of Mrs. Mc Clellan's room aud asked her to get up, saying she had great pain at her heart. Mr. and Mrs. Mc Clellan arose at ouce, but before they could light a lamp Mrs. Bar ton had sunk to the floor. They picked her up and laid her on their bed, but she breathed only twice afterward. Tho parents of Mrs. Barton were Benjamin and Rebecca Greenland, both of Trough Creek Valley, but both died at Wells. Tannery. Two brothers and ! three sisters survive : Miles and Allison, of Wells Tannery ; an in- j valid sister ; Etta, with Mrs. Mc Clellan, and Mrs. Sarah Green, ' of Buda, 111. Mrs. Bartou was a good, relig ious woman, her belief being that taught by the "Old School" Bap- j tist church. For years she has been a consistent member of that church. Sho was buried, beside her husband in the Lutheran cemetery at Rays Hill on Wed nesday afternoon, July Hth. Rev. F. W. Roher of Wolfsburg, preach- ' ed the funeral sermon. The choir j . LA U ... V V.J u j mm I V Are Going Down the Valley One by One." F. W. R. THE FOUNDATION OF HEALTH. Nourishment is the foundation of health life strength. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure is the one great medicine that enables the stom ach aud digestive organs to digest assimilate and transform all foods into the kind of blood that nour ishes the nerves and feeds the tissues. Kodol lays the founda tion for health. Nature does the rest. Indigestion, dyspepsiaand all disorders of the stomach and, digestive organs are cured by the use of Kodol. Sold at Trout's drug store. Fruits and Flowers. The northern slope of a hlliside Is the best location for an apple orchard. The pear will come as near bearing a crop of fruit every year as any other kind of fruit. If the currant worm makes Its ap pearance, dust the foliage while the dew is 'on with white hellebore. In transplanting plants from pots invert the pot and rap the bottom of it sharply, and the plant will come out. An overloaded grape vine will not mature its fruit. If it bears more than it ought It will ripen its fruit late. Ait slaked lime sprinkled on rose bushes when the dew is on will destroy insects without injuring the bushes. Kose plants should have plenty of light and heat. Nothing will blight their buds sooner than shade and moisture. FARMING IN THE SOUTH. The PiiHstmtier Department of the Illinois Cuuu .il Huliroud Curnpuny In burning monthly oli-oulurx oonouruluii fruit siowIuk' vegetable iritnlimluir, nook rulxliiK, dairying, etc., in the bliaen of Kentuuky, Wet TeuneMMte, MIknIm lpui. ami MJuMuua. Kveiy r'uruier or Nome Honker, who will forward hlx nume and sddrei to the underalKuetl, will be mulled free, Olrou u.r No. I, t. i t. nd 6. uud others iu they ure publlnhed from mouth to month. E. A. RICHTER, TKAVKLINil PASSKSUKu AUUNT PARK BUILDING, PITTSBURG, PA Te L&x&tive Ercmo Quinine tj. Scv.a Mutton bozM tol4 in put 13 moatfi!. TL!j ClttZTS. I A MIDSUMMER HEALITY. If yon want u hut or a bonnet, With flowers or fenthrrs on it, lie sure and into W iuinu-'g gi. The style Is there In plutity, Your purse you need not empty, For the prices are all you wish to know. The embroidery and the laces, To set oil the pretty faces, Of tho maiden who must look so very sweet, And the applique so new, and theallovertoo Within everybody's reach, ft makes you laugh they are so cheap. Gloves of the very best, To mutch up every dress, Black or blue, in fuct of any hue, To suit tho most fucetious, Trimmings, brulds and linings too, Velvet ribbons shirt waists new. rtrooch pins and shirt waist sets: Corsets, hose and late style belts, Fans and turn over collars, Combs and hair-pins all sizes and 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, Fany goods for cushion covers, All to muke 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 Profit by the sage adviser. T. J. Wiener, Hancock, Md. SOME Rouss Racket Store BARGAINS. IX HAI'DWAHE, We can sell you a good double bitted axe, made to stand hard wood, at 50c Single bit, 50c. Clipper double bitted, HOc. M tain's, Mo. 8 inch Hat files fie, 10 inch He; 41 inch, slim taper files, ;i to 5c. Curb Bridle bits, 8c, also a good heavy jointed bit ut same price. ) inch dividers 10c, Compass saw, 10c, carpenters hammers, 8 to IIOc, Mann hatchets 48c, lathing hatchets 48c, hand saws 3li, 45, (15, 75, to $1.35 the $1.35 saw Is The Simeon. Harness snaps 4 for 5c, and 2 tor 5c. Horse shoeing rasps 12 inch, 18c, 13 inch half file rasp, 18c, 14 Inch 20c, 15 inch 25c, shoeing hammers 20 and 2:5c (This is a job). Horse shoe nails 11c lb. Blacksmith hammers 24 to 35c. Lucus carriage paint in full pint cans 3Hc. We have the best steel dirt shovels you ever saw, for 45, and 5Uc, strapped and socket, and when we say steel, we don't mean iron. Lantern globes 5c, No. 1 lamp globes 4c, Xo. 2, 5c Scythe stones and 5c. TINWARE ! TINWARE ! TINWARE ! Our granite and 1 nware was never in better shape than now. II quart tin bucket 8c, 10 quart 12o, 10 quart dairy pails lite, 10-qt, galvuni.ed, l"c, 12 qt , l'.lc, 14 quart 23c, 2 quart covered bucket Ik:, 3 qt covered bucket 8c, 4 qt 12c The dairy milk strainer 23c. Tin cups 2c, 4 quart tin stew pans 5c, granite kettles 4 qt 24c, II qt 30c, 8 qt .'18c, 10 qt 50c, granits wash Basins 15c. i quart water sprinklers 25c, granite colTee pots 2 qt, 20c, 4 qt 30c. Clothes baskets, No. one don't wait. 1 Willow Basket We have this spring, so far, sold 40 and why is it? Ilecause tho same shirt you 2 for 85c. Just think of saving I'm: erall that sells any where at ISO, for uOc. Moleskin pants 75, and 8.Scf The KSc 'ones are what you pay $1 any place that these goods are sold. Give us an early call. HULL &. BENDER, PROPRIETORS. McConnellsburg, Pa. ooooooooooo When You Come to Chambersburg, I Just go up Main street till you come to Queen street. Kight at Bloom Bros. ' corner turn to the west half a .block and you will come to a modern 3-story cream- ; colored brick building. the nicest rooms, and tae 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 f.urniture 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 the rea son we are telling you about it About a block farther, on the bank of the Conococheague, whose water drives the machinery, you will find our facto ry ; where with skilled mechanics and seasoned 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. We want you to know what it is and where it is. Open till 8 o'clock in the evening now Saturday till nine. H. SIERER & CO. Furniture Makers on Queen Street, Chambersburg, Pa. PULTON. COUNTY NEWS is the people's paper $1.00 a Year in Advance. To Cure a Cold in Ono Day 38c, No. 2, 43c, Xo. 3, 4!c. If you want do.en Shippensburg Working shirts that you pay 50c elsewhere for, we sell on two shirts; and we can sell you an ov ooooooooooooo Step inside and you will find OOOOOOOOOOt Ortm la Tw D. njb SfJGyr ca every tea. 25c I 1 X000000A00r01r f00 m 00000i V 00000000fA000,g.l000.0.00000000' ! 0, 0 C5 55 REISNER 0. 0 0 8 n 0 0 0 5 '6 0 We cordially invite our friends to see B our stock Dress Goods in white from 5 to 40c; lawns S3 from 5 to color Dress Ging- phams 6, 10, 12 l-2c. 8 A large line of wool- q H en Sutings. Silks for x waists and suits. a A fine "trimmings kind, 0 H stock vv Walking skirts troin stock of Ladies' KuitB Underwear. We will show you the best 5og Vest in town, the range 8 is 5 to 2oc. Look g week. 0 Reisners 7m 8 0 0 I 0 0 0 0 I a w S' 0 of Summer 1 7c. Fast 8 stock of of every the largest B c v c i nau. Ready-to-wear;; 0 aud Dress g $1.75 up. We have a lanjeo 0, for ad next S 0 o il 6 0000
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