INTERESTING PARAGRAPHS
Of Local find (lcncral Interest, Gathered
at Home or Clipped from our
Exchanges.
IIIVINd TIIL: ni-cs.
CONDENSED FOR HURRIED READERS.
Mrs. E. J. Miller of Taylor
spent last Wednesday at McCon
nellsburg. Mrs. Howard Shimer and son,
Master Clair, are visiting rela
tives in tow u.
Mr. George W. Sipos of Need
more is visiting his brother in
Galesburg, Illinois.
Mr. and Mrs. L. M. McEldow
ncy, near Gem, spent last Friday
afternoon in McConuellsburg.
Mrs. Emaline Chesnut of Uus
tontown called at the News office
while iu town one day last week.
Clay Park, the enterprising
merchant at .Three Springs, has
been ill at his home for a few
days.
Mr. and Mrs. Jonas Mellott of
Belfast township visited their
son, Treasurer Geo. B. Mellott,
iu this place last week.
Mr. Milton Mellott of Sipes
Mill came in while in town last
Wednesday and advanced his sub
scription another year.
Mr. and Mrs. George McKib
bin of Buck Valley spent a day
or two last week with Dr. and
Mrs. McKibbin in this piece.
Charlie Greathead has accept
ed a position at the soldiers' or
phans' school at Jumonville, Pa.,
aud left for that place last Fri
day. Mrs. Isaac Morgret and daugh
ter Miss Imogeno are visiting
Mrs. Morgret's daughter Mrs.
A. H. McKinley iu Shepherds
town. James VanDyk'3 and wife of
Philadelphia are on a visit to Mrs
VanDyke's mother, Mrs. Eliza
beth Rexrolh, at the Fulton
Ilouse.
Mrs. A. U. Nace who had been
visiting her son Wilson in Car
lisle, and the family of her brother-in-law,
D. B. Nace, in Cham
bersbursr. came home last Wed
nesday.
Ex-County Superintendent
Potts of Bedford county, who is
now working life insurance for
' the New York Mutual, spent last
Wednesday night at the Washing
ton House.
William Wilds, who operated
. the McCounedsburg and Fort
Littleton stage and mail route for
the past three years, has dispos
ed of tho same to Harry Hamil of
Fort Littleton.
Maynard Sipes, who had been
spending two weeks with his pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. D. V. Sipos,
went back to Pittsburg last Sat
urday. He was accompanied by
Prof. H. E. Gress, wife, and lit
tle daughter Elizabeth left last
Pridav mornins for Jumonvilla,
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fliers' Orphans' School.
Mrs. Elizabeth Baldwin and
grand-daughter, Dorothy Spicer,
of Harrisburg have been visitiug
the families of John and Henry
Comerer and other relatives in
the Cove during the past week.
A new postoffice to take the
place of the abandoned Owl Creek
office has been established in
Licking Creek township, and Dr.
S. S. Hoop is the postmaster.
The name of the new office is An
dover. The County Commissioners of
Bedford county contracted last
week with the firm of Nelson &
Buchanan, of Chatrbertburg and
Pittsburg, for a nww iron bridge
at the Narrows, east ol Bedford,
to be 200 feet long aud 16 feet
wide. The contract price is $7150,
Two other bids were received,
one for $8,00 and the other for
IS.500. This will be pleasing
news to everybody who has been
inconvenienced by tho burning ol
tho wooden bridge at that point
Ktveral months ago.
A young mau, about 80 years
of age, who claimed to be a
cial examiner of the United
States pension department, swin
dled a number ol persons tho
Past week about Hightield and
Blue Ridge Summit. He would
toll each person that there was
Wk pension due him aud that
he could secure him an increase.
They were asked to pay f 3. 75 in
idvanco for this service" aud be
would disappear aftor gettiug it,
The Crooked Creek Philosophy
cluh sat on tho brow of the hill
looking down into the valley be
low and discussing tho weighty
matters that perplex mankind.
Uncle Philo had just givon vont to
his views on the recent utterances
of a preacher who had predicted
the end of the world, when a gong
rang out over the hill tops. The
man with tho billygoat whiskers
jumped up. Ho was from the city
and could think of nothing but
the Allegheny fire alarm, which
still rings out to awaken the whole
ward. Uncle Philo looked toward
the house. The gong rang agiun.
"The bees are swarming he ex
claimed, and started off over the
crest of tho hill above. The phi
losophy club followed, each trot
ting along as fast as his feet und
the weather would permit. A
curious spectacle presented itself
as the wise men approached tho
house. The air was tilled with
bees, flying in a cloud among the
orchard trees that stood not far
from the hives, and the women of
tho place, with dishpansand cow
bells, were trying to attract the
attention of the swarm by making
an incessant diu. There is an old
theory handed down from the
mysterious source of supersti
tion that noises of this sort will
confuse a swarm of bees and load
them to lodge in the nearest tr ;e.
Now, bees have swarmed for
ages, and will continue to do the
same thing for ages to come.
But it is interesting to see a
bunch of wise men work off their
wisdom on such an occasion.
Uncle Philo looked at the cloud of
bees and at the womeu with the
tin pans. Then he directed Cous
in George to run down iu the hol
low where Cousin Frank had gone
with the shotgun to look for wood
chucks. Why Cousin Frank was
wanted when a crowd big enough
to eat the bees was already there
did not appear at the time. It
was apparent later. The bees be
gan to settle on a cherry tree.
Tho veterinary surgeon from
over at the county seat, who had
stopped as he was driving past,
suggested that if the queen were
caught aud put in a box theswarm
would go in.
"Go and catch her," advised
the lawyer, who had come out
from town along with tho horse
doctor for an outing.
Tho bees settled more closely
on the cherry tree. Tho gaug of
spectators drew nearer the tree.
The tree was in a field of promis
ing looking oats.
"Now everybody tramp down
tho man's oats," yelled the dry
goods clerk, who had come up to
stay a week with his uncle, the
farmer.
The gaug drew nearer. The
bees settled on a limb, but the
weight of the swarm pulled the
branch down close to the ground.
"Look out for the dog," shouted
one of the crowd. The dog was
trying to break through J.ho ring
to see what curious creatue had
been treed.
"If he goes up there to monkey
with them bees I won't want to
stay around here very long," was
the promise of another. "Get the
fool dog out of that, " another sug
gested, and the dog was sunt
back.
"Put a box under them and
shake them into it, and you will
have them all right," the dry
goods man proposed.
"Well you go up and shake
them," suggested the lawyer.
"Can't you saw oil tho limb and
stick it do wd in the box?" the in an
from tho city asked.
"Come and saw it off," advised
tho doctor.
"Don't got too close, there,"
admonished Uncle Philo, And
the bees settled more compactly
on the limb.
The advice went around. The
schemes offered were many. A
small boy proved nearly asinceu
diary as the dog, for the boy had
a switch which he persisted iu
striking the air, and he came near
to striking the swarm He was
sent bask with the dog. After
everybody had pourod out nisad
vice in plenty, and no one ven
tured to do more than talk, Cous
in Frank came up out of the hol
low with the neighbor farmer,
who had joined him iu his quest
for woodchucks. ' Frank saw the
situation. He went into the house
put on a pair of gloveo, a straw
hat, and threw a mosquito net
over his head. Then he brought
a hive and a piece of cloth. He
Inlaid the cloth on the ground, and
set the hive on 't. Ho guvo the
briiYich one hard jolt, and the bees
v.'i're knocked from their position.
They fell on tho cloth in front of
the hive, and climbed over each
other in their effort to get into
the box.
Aud the lawyer, who had done
his share of argumcut and sug
gestion, summed up the case.
"Uy grab," he said. 'One muu
who does something is worth a
thousand who only stand back
und advihe." Cousin Fruuk had
hived the bees before, and did
u't need much advice.
Sivt: TW: CHII.DIM-.N.
Ninety-nine of every hundred
diseases that cliildreu have aro
due to disorders of the stomach,
and those disorders are nil caus
ed I)
indigestion.
Kodol Dy-
spepsia Cure is just as good for
children as it is for adults. Chil
dren thrive ou it. It keeps their
little stomachs sweet and en
courages their growth and devel
opment. Mrs. IJeury Carter, 705
Central St., Nashville, Tonn., says
"My little boy is now three years
old and lias been suffering from
indigestion every since he was
born. 1 have had the best doctors
in Nashville, but failed to do him
any good. After using one bot
tle of Kodol he is a well baby.' I
recommend it to all sufferers."
Kodol digests what you eat and
makes the stomach sweet. Sold
at Trout's drug store.
I Mlt3UV.MH Rt.Ai.ITY.
know.
SOME DROLL EXCUSES.
Droll excuses are frequently
written by parents in explanation
of the absence of their children
from school. Here are two speci
mens selected from a number
actually received by a teacher :
"Dear sir, please excuse James
for lateness, 1 kneeded him after
brekfast."
This excuse goes more into de
tails but is none the less interest
ing : "Mister sir, Jason had to
be lata to day. It is hisbizuess
to milk our cow. She kicked Jase
iu the buck to-day when he wasn't
looking or thinking of her actin
so durued sudden', so he thot his
back was broke, but it ain't. But
it is black aud blue, and tho pain
kept him late. Wo would get rid
of that cow if we could. This is
the fourth time sho kicked Ja.?e,
but never kicked him late before.
DEWITT IS Till: NAME.
ff you wuiii a fuit or a bound.
Willi IIowith or fi'iitlnn'8 on it.
Bo Hiiro und Into Wiener's po.
The style Is there In plenty,
Your purso you need not empty,
Vov tho prices are all you wlh to
The embroidery und the laces,
To set otr the pretty faces,
Of the maiden who must look so very sweet,
And the uppliitie so new, and the all overtoil
Within everybody' reach,
It makes you laugh they are so eheup.
Gloves of the very best,
To match up every dress,
ItliM.'k or blue, In fact of any hue.
To suit tho most facetious,
Trimmings, braids und linings too,
Velvet ribbons shirt wuists new.
lirooch pins and shirt waist sets:
Corsets, hose and lal' stylo belts,
Fans und turn over collars,
Combs und hair-pins all sizes and colors:
Safety pins and spool cotton,
Sewing silk and poarl buttons.
Linen table cloths and towels,
Linen crash of various colors,
Dotted swiss for window curtains,
Fancy goods for cushion covers,
All to make u house-wife wonder
What to do with her old plunder
Dainty dimity the sweetest,
India linen from cheapest to dearest,
And the funey (lowered lawn,
All to make the maiden charming,
Lust of all unto tho wiser
Profit by the sage adviser.
T.J.Wiener, Hancock, Md.
SOME
Rouss Racket Store
BARGAINS.
IX HARDWARE, We can sell you a good double bitted axe, made to stand
hard wood, at olc Single bit, ijOc. Clipper double bitted, (10c. Mann's, s."e.
8 inch Hat files ic. 10 inch !)c: 4) inch, slim taper (lies, ."1 to Be. Curb Hridle
j bit9, 8c, also u good heavy jointed bit at same price. (1 inch dividers llic,
I Comnass saw. 10c. carnonters hammers. 8 to ;i0o, Mann hatchets 48c, lathing
hatchets 48c, hand saws :), 4."), ti."), i.i, to fl.3i-the saw is the Simeou
Harness snaps 4 for 5c, und 2 tor 5c. Horseshoeing rasps 12 inch, 18c, i:J
inch half tile rasp, 18c, 14 i.ich 20c, 15 inch 25c, shoeing hammors 20 and
(This is a job). Horse shoe nails 11c lb. lilacksmith hammers 24 to 3.5c. Lucas
carriage paint in full pint cans :fo. We have the best steel dirt shovels you
ever saw, for 45, und 50c, strapped and socket, and when we say steel, we don't
mean Iron. Lantern globes 5c, No. 1 lamp globes 4c, No. 2,5c Scythe stones
und ."c.
TINWARE
TINWARE
TINWARE
Our granite and I nwure wus never in better shape than now. li quart tin
bucket s,:, 10 quart 12c, 10 quart dairy pails Hie, 10-qt, gah ani.ed, l"c, 12 qt ,
lilc, 14 quart 2.1c, 2 quart covered bucket He, 3 qt covered bucket 8c, 4 qt 12c
The dairy milk strainer 2:tc. Tin cups 2c, 4 quart tin stew pans 5c, granite
kettles 4 qt 24c, li qt ItOe, S qt :SSc, 10 qt 5:o, gran its wash Basins 15o. II
water sprinklers 25c, grunlte coffee pots 2 qt, 20c, 4 qt ItOc.
quart i p
Clothes baskets, No.
one don't wuit.
1 Willow Basket IlSc, No. 2, 4:ic. No. 3, 4!c. If you want
When you go to buy V.'itcli Ila
zol Salvo look for the name DeWitt I
on every box. The pure unadul
terated Witch Ilazol is used in
making DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve which is the best salve in
the world for cuts,1 burns, boils,
bruises, eczema aud piles. The
popularity of DeWitt's Witch Ha
zel Salve, due to its mauy cures,
has caused numerous worthless
counterfeits to be placed on tho
market. The genuine bears the
uamo of E. C. DeWitt & Co., Chi
cago. Sold at Trout's drug store.
We have this spring, so far, sold 40 dozen Shippensburg Working shirts,
and why Is it 'i Because the same shirt that you pay 50c elsewhere for, we sell
you 2 for 8.5c. Just think of saving 15o on two shirts: and we can sell you an ov
erall that soils any where at (ill, for 5()e. Moleskin punts 15, and 8fV- The 8c
ones are what you pay 1 any place that these goods are sold.
Give us an euriy call.
HULL & BENDER, PROPRIETORS.
McConneilsburg, Pa.
16-Day Excursions to the Sea Shore Via
Cumberland Valley Railroad.
The Cumberland Valley Kail
road has tixed upon Thursdays
July 2d, loth, 80th, August 13th,
7h and September 80th for
their Annual Mid-Summer excur
sions to the Sea Shore, the tune
allowed on these excursions be
ing sixteen days.
Excursion tickets, to Atlantic
City, Cape May and other South
Jersey resorts will bo sold from
all statious on the Cumberland
Valley Railroad on above dates
for train No. 4 leaving Mercers
burg at 8:00 a. m., at $5.00 for
the round trip, and will be good
to return on ' any regular train
(except limited express trains on
which an extra fare is charged)
within sixteen days, including
date of issue.
For full information call on Lo
cal Ticket Agents.
FARV11NC
IN THE SOUTH.
Tliu t'usKKDh'er Department of the Hanoi
Ceulrul lUllroiid Ooiupuay la Uwulnx mou.lily
olrcuUrs eiinoeriiliiii (rult Krowtnif' venctuble
uanlKUlnu. Mock rali-Inu, ilulrylnii, etc., iu Ilia
Svutes ot Ki'UlucUy, Wont Tennessee. Miwdn
Hlppl. nml LOtiUlunit. Every I'urrner or Homo
keeker, who will forward uin uuuie und ail -lien
to the uuiH'rsUiUMi, will ue mulled froc, Clroil
'ant Noh. I, . 8, f, uud fc und oUient ux they ure
pulUhcd from moutu to Dionib.
E. A. RICHTER,
TKAVKMNU FASSKNOUh AUKNT
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Yhen You Come to
Chambersburg,
Just go up Main street till you come to Queen street.
Right at Bloom Bros.' corner turn to the west half a
block aud you will como to a modern 3-story cream-
, colored brick building. Step inside and you will find
the nicest rooms, and toe largest stock of good furni
ture and its belongings, to be seen in the Cumberland
Valley.
You will find mauy 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 the rea
son we are telling you about it.
; About a block farther, on tho bank of the Conococheague,
-whose water drives the machinery, you will find our facto
ry ; where with skilled mechanics and seasoned lumber we
cau make almost anything you may require.
COME TO OUR STORE and look around Much to
seo that is interesting even if you don't waut to buy. We
want you to know what it is aud where it is.
Open till 8 o'clock in tho evening uow Saturday till nine.
H. SIERER & CO.,
Furniture Makers on Queen Street,
Chambersburg, Pa,
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