Jttltoti CS41C I v k: ( VOLUME 5. McCONNELLSHURG, PA , NOVEMBER 18, 1903. NUMHER 9 DOWN TilH RHINE. . ! Missus Stella and Laura Bard of Interesting Descriptor of What 5ne Sees i p,ftasant Rl(1,0( were pleasant " t:'e ,rip- j callers with the family of W. P. Hart last Friday. SOME QUAINT OLD CiERMAN STORIES j Tmignrer Ga R MeJ1()tt p(ls8. ,. ,, . ', . . v c ! ed through our town last Satur Germans Believe Americans to be Very Super' , etilious. Air. Wolf Meets a Catholic f ries). Here wo are at fair Biugen. was here that the Komau Emper or Vespasian in the year "1 A. D. overcame the German tribe Tre viror, and established Roman rule for the time being. Prom here it ia only one hour's ride by vail, via., Kreuzbach to Obermos chol, the old homo of Philip Sui der of Tod township. About ten miles farther down the river, we come to the tovn of Oberwesel, near which is a big rock where the river uarrows between tho steep hills. Around this rock the water boils and foams and rushes against it and past it, that it is, with the greatest exertion and care only, that boats can be steer ed past it and not bo dashed to pieces. This rock is called tho Lorelei rock. This is the only r.tory about it : Once it was tho home of a most beautiful, but very wicked maiden, who sat up on it combing her golden hair, which we. s so long that it reached to her feet. She sang so enchant ingly that the sailors in the pass ing boats lost all consciousness of their perilous situation and suf fered their boats to be dashed to pieces against the big rock, and so perished with all aboard. Al most every big rock or castle is the subject of some queer and romantic story. There is another big rock called tho Dracheufels. It is said that a big dragon lived there aud devoured a great many persons, especially children, lie was at last couquered and killed by a brave youth named Tiegf ried who became theraoy a great na tional hero in Germany. Where the blood of tho dragon soaked the ground there are now tine, grape growing, the wine of which is called Dragonblood. Maybe you . have your doubts as to the truth of these Gorman stories, and think that the-Germans are very superstitious? Well, one of my old schoolmates in Ger many, while telling me a similar queer story abruptly asked me this question: Henry do you be lieve in ghosts ? I auswered him, no, I do not. Neither do I he re plied, but the Americans believe io ghosts, for they say that the souls of the departed, come back to this earth and communicate with the living. Such stuff I do nob believe. I told him that I did not believe it neither. You can easily see by this that my friend had reference to spiritualism, which origiuatod in America. You will notice in what light this German viewed the psychology of the Americans. Now we are at Coblonz, also an old Roman town. That river flow ing into the Rhine here is the Moselle. That Portress on yon der high rock is Ehrenbreitstein, sometimes called the Gibraltar of the Rhine. It is 400 feet above tho water of tho river, aud is the tinest and strougest also the larg est fort iu all this region. It can nccommodatoa garrison of 100,. 000 men,' but in time of peace has only 5,000. It was used as a mil itary post, eveu before tho days of Napoleon Bonaparte, for in. the year ot 1799 that haughty goner al, in time of peace besieged it, and through starvation, captured its Gorman garrison. Por this - wily act and many others similar to it, the Germans became his deadly enemies, and aided the English to defeat him, and caused his utter downfall, fifteen years afterwards, at the world 'h re nowned battle of Waterloo. As we BtUll go down tho valley to. wards Bonn, we 13 ud no percopti ble change of scenery. It is still vine clad hills, cables aucl towns scattered all alonsf the valley. ' Bonn is au old city of Roman origin, n I was oi.o of tho Ilausa needmore. ! Dr. Gillun, of Greeueastle, and j lion. S, W. Kirk was down oue day last week attending the lum It ! bur sale. Milton B. Bill now sings "A charge to keep I have." No. 2. Elder Punk was summoned to Trough Creek last Thursday to attend the fuueral of Old Mr. Chilcote. The stillness of our village is broken frequently by the "rattlo" of the limestone wagons, which may be see going from break of dawn until the setting of the sun. Mr. Lem Gordon and Ed Simp son spent Sunday with L. W. Punk. Rev. S. L. Baugher closed a series of meetings at Antioch last Wednesday evening. Miss Terapie Snyder spent last week with the family of W. P. Hart und was accompanied home Saturday evening by L. L. Wink. Ted Wink, after spending sev eral days with his parents at this place has returned tohis western home. Aaron Hess loft last Saturday to accompany W. P. Wink to his home on the Eastern Shore, Md. i John Liuu, tho heavy weight notion man of Carlisle, was call ing on our merchants last week. Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Palmer spent last week among friends in Bedford aud Huntingdon coun ties. ,rhe racket in this "neck o' woods" last week frequently re minded the older inhabitants ot the skirmish lines during the OO's. On some instauces it took as many as ten shots to persuade one little squirrel to come down. The gentlemen who did the shoot ing being very fine wing shots. we suppose squirrels travel en tirely too slow for them. Well ammunition was no object to them a&d they were so full of shoot that even the neighbors cats were threatened. - After an extended visit at the home of her son and daughter, Dr. A. D. Dalbey aud Mrs. G. W. Reisner, respectively, of this place, Mrs. M. E. Dalbey return ed to her home at Yeadon, Pa., last Thursday, and was accompa nied as far as Shippensburg by Mrs. Reisner, who, after visiting Mrs. Minnie Marshall, returned home Monday afternoon. towns. After we pass Bonn, a great change takes place in the appearance of tho country. The valley broadens out, the high hills disappear altogether, and you see before you one of the finest look ing valleys on the face of tne earth. As we proceed the coun try becomes more flat, and even the river is seen no more at times. The change is most agreeable to us, after passing through such a wild, romantic aud hilly coun try. At this time I made the ac quaintance of a fellow passenger, Father Benedic Rabensieiu, a Catholic priest (as ho told roe himself) of Koln, counected with tho great Cathedral there, who was so pleasant a compauion, that we became friends at once. Ho had been in tho United States for nineteen years.could talk perfect English, aud was a prodigy in history. Through his kindness I learned very much about Koln, and what was nearest lus heart; the wonderful Cathedral. In re gard to the difference in our faith he recited the words of the Mas ter: And other sheep I have which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice: and there shall bo one fold and one shepherd. John 10 : 16. Look yonder says Father Bene dio do you seo those two slender spires piercing the sky? That is tbe Dome f my beloved church in Kol i. IIenuy Wolf. GEO. SHOEMAKER'S LETTER Has Moved Back to Western Iowa. His New Home. Likes SOME VERY LARGE IOWA PEACHES. Wishes the Readers of the News and Their Families a Pleasant Homegathi-rlng at Thanksgiving. Kldora, Towa, Nov. (i, l'JOIi. Euitou News : Since my List letter to you our conference has been in sessiou, and we find our selves in a new home, having moved back within eighteen miles of Iowa Palls, which place we left ouo year ago. Some of our friends poke fun at us and ; say we are the slowest people they ever knew, for it took us a J whole year to move eighteen : miles. j It is contrary to our custom to j move at the end of oue year, and ! while the people of Maquokela j were very sorry to have us go, conditions were such that we; deemed it best to bo changed to j another lield, and the Bishop and Cabinet concurring, it was so or-1 dered. We are fairly well settled j and are much pleased with our j new home. The weather has j been delightful all during the j month of October and thus far in I kt i .. i -l . ; I iMovemoer. ouustiine auu warm ; weather predominate. The farm- j ers are busy picking their corn, and some of them wish the weath-1 er had more "snap" iu it, as it is almost too warm for comfort in 1 gathering corn. No doubt if Iowa keens ur her record, it will be ' 11 ' i "snappy" enough before spriug. , We who have fuel to buy and no ; on ato pick, are not complaining ! about delay of cold weather. ' During the late summer at Ma-; quokela I had a unique Iowa ex- j perieuce. 1 picked ripe peaches i lrom tho tree. They were beau-: tiful peaches, too, measuring nine ! and some of them ten inches in i circumference and weighing as j much as eight ounces each. Think of it ! half pound peaches in Iowa ! The trees were planted near tho house where they were sheltered from tho north and west, and of course, exposed to the south. The trees came from seeds plant ed and are what would bo called seedlings. One tree yielded enough fruit to make thirty quarts of canued peaches. We planted four peach trees in the yard at Maquoketaand then went off aud left them, but the other man will havo fruit in case they bear, and that will bo worth some thing. This town of Eldora is the county seat, and has about 3,000 inhabitants. The court house is a tine structure, builded of press ed brick with stone trimmings. It is just ono block trom the parsonage, and from my study window I can see the time from the great clock in the tower. The Carnegie hbrarv is just one block from the parsonage, directly south of the court house. We have a good church and parson ago unencumbered, and a very creditable membership for the size of the towu. There are three other churches hnving pastors Baptist, Congregational and Dis ciple, and two buildings Pres byterian aud Universalis! that aro unused. The Iowa Slate Industrial School for boys, commonly called Retorm School is situated here, just oue mile west of the towu. There are five hundred boys, in this institution now. Of this school I will write more at large later. How I would like to see the mountains with their beautiful fall display, but I shall have to be satisfied witii "visions of memo, ry,' at the present at least. I wish for the people who may read this letter, iu all their families a very pleasant "home gathering" at the annual "Thanksgiving Fes tival," Very truly, Oro. B. Shoemakei;. ( Subscribe lor the News. Resolutions of Respect. ' Resolutions passed by tho Ep-1 worth League, Port Littleton M. , E. church on the death of Miss ' Em ma Bare. Whereas, As a League we have been saddened by the death of our young sister, Miss Emma Bare. Whereas, We are remiuded of the surety of death, aud the grave necessity of preparing for it in the days of health; therefore. Resolved, That in the death of sister Emma Bare, our League has lost an active and useful member. Resolved, That we will hold in our memories her faithfulness and conscientiousness, and will endeavor tj emulate every good trait in her character. Resolved, That we heieby ex press our heartfelt sympathy to tho mother, brother aud lriends fervently commending them to the God of all comfort aud grace in their sore affliction, realizing our loss is Iter eternal gaiu. Resolved, That we have these resolutions published in the couu ty papers; a copy be given the bereaved family, and that they bo spread upon minute book of League, and that our charter be draped in mourning for a period of thirty days. Rev. W. M. Cline. Anna Buckley, Mauoaket Ckomek, Committee. NEW GRENADA. Don't forget the Sunday school convention at Bethel church on Thanksgiving day. Dr. R. M. Hunter of Saxton, paid our town a professional visit recently. Dr. R. B. Campbell took in the Hobson lecture at Huntingdon in stitute. Misses Rilla Houck, Letitia Peck, Marion Edwards, Mrs. W. H. Fletcher aud U. C. McClain and family attended the Hunting don county institute. Mr. P. C. McClain of Huston town, who has passed through a siege of typhoid fever, has so far recovered as to make a trip to visit his son Jesse B. McClain in Wells Valley.. C. H. E. Plummer has put a new roof on his dwelling. Mr. Geo. Thomas and family of Wells Valley, visited Mr. Frauk Thomas last Sunday. . Andrew Bohnger, wife and daughter of Taylor, spent Sunday with his brother Scott here. An dy is one of the Hickory Jackson brand of Democrats. Dr. Campbell took a trip over the mountain on Sunday to Hope well, to visit his brother Dr. Frank. If any of the readers of the News have opportunity, it will do them good to call on our towns man P. G. Mills, and have him relate the experience of his tirst courtship, his tirst love and that old silver watch. Thornton Poster is having a new wall built under his dwelling. Arthur Poster left on Monday for Altooua where he has employ ment iu the P. R. R. shops. Sor ry to see you go, .boy. Josso C. Bohnger bought a new Deeriog corn liusker aud shred dor and is making tho husks lly. A delegation from Pittsburg landed on Saturday at William Alloway'a "Central Hotel," tho members of which aro P. M. Dwyer, wife and childrou; John Stahl and wife, Samuel Rori.son, Joseph Murry, and Daniel Hays. They aro all eujoyiug an outing, and the gentlemen are devoting a couple weeks sport in search of gnme. Mr. Philip J. Barton, who with his family moved from Huston town a few months ago, has rent ed a 240 acre farm near Elkhart, Illinois, and Is going into farm, ing in great shape. The crop of corn on his farm this year is yielding GO bushels of shelled corn to the acre. A man can cul tivate 50 acres there with as little labor as 15 hero. Both he and bis family are well and well content ed. ' OUR PHILIPPINE COUSINS Another Installment of Charles Henry Wissner's Articles. MALAYS ARE OF SHORT STATURE. Women as a Rule are of an Attractive Ap pearance. Peculiar Dress of Natives. Their Food, Hablli, &c. ' Wo have neglected to describe ino general appearance ol me Malays. They areof short stature and while not very stout muscular and well developed. Tho women are as a rule very attractive , ap- pearance, neat in dress and what I the traveler would class as beau- ! tiful. Their motions are v.-rv : graceful and as has been well said j every movement of their bodies! is "the very poetry of motion." n., .. , ., . lhe women of ml the tribes ! wear tho Hm loose flowing skirts, either of black, red or white. Tho bodice is separate 1 from the sUirt and has long pu If-i ed sleeves. The material used in j ., f . , , . . . the manufacture of the skirt and ; hnrlifa i rr.uirtrn 11 v insA rtr mnn c"- j j i cloth. The former is a combina tion of silk aud the finer fibers of the hemp plant while the latter is composed of the delicate fib-.-rs of the pine appie plant. The men wear their hair cut short a la pompadour while the i been blind, is in Huntingdon re women wear theirs flowing Joug ; ceiving treatment, and loose down their backs. ' Mrs. Richard Miller aud little The holiday attire of the men 1 son Eugene of Dublin Mills spent is a kind of white cotton goods the past week with her parents, stiffly starched, aud consists of! Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Grove, trousers, coat, aud straw hat. ; Win. Brubaker had au enter Sometimes a shirt is worn, but I taiument of moving pictures in iu that case the shirt is worn out- the hall Friday night, side of the trousers, aud the coat Mr. and Mrs. Scott Wagoner is left oil. Shoes are the sigus ; and daughters Amy and Rutii of of wealth, and are made of can- j Knobsville spent Sunday with vas tops with leather soles and j their daughter, Mrs. Thos. Ram low heels. Shoes are so much ; sey. the sign of wealth in the Islands that of at least one steamship company it is said that the fare is conditioned upon the fact of the passengers wearing shoes or not. The ladies wear a loose slip per about the house, consisting of a piece of cloth reaching from the instep to the toe, with a thin piece of leather for the sole. Stockings are unknown in the Is lands. FOOD. The diet of the Filipino is pom posed of tish, rice, crabs, oysters fruit and occasionally a piece of buffalo meat. Fish of every kind and class abound from the rice fish, which buries itself in the mud and hibernates in the dry season, to the cod, the shark und the man eatiugcayman(crocodiie). Crabs grow to a very large size and form an exceedingly agreea ble article of diet. Fish are pro pared by boiliug never by frying. Tho finest form of fish is the "Bolinao" or sardine The mode I of preparing it for the table is i boiliug in lard. In some parts of the islauds tho natives eat a cer tain species of small tish alive. In Manila in the markets prior to tho arrival of the Americans ' tained supper. After supper the and for some time thereafter ; party, with the exception of Adol thero was offered for sale a food j phus, started for M. E. Berk called "bahnot". This food would Ltresser's store, requesting Mr. hardly appeal to the American Kegrise to remain all uight. Aft taste for it is simply an egg con- er the party had left for the taining a full developed chick. store, Adolphus coucluded ho This is prepared by boiling and would go home, wnich was about eaten hair, head, legs, surround ing serum and all. Tho spectacle of natives openly eating this dis gusting article of diet was too much for the American authori ties and its sale has been forbid- d. en. Rico is tho staple article of diet and is prepared by steaming in j brougut to Hustontown that open earthenware vessels. It i Adolphus Ivegrise was lost ! Ex swells to a largo sia", about the ' citoment quickly ran through the size of our hominy and seem to ! town, which was groatly increas taste better than tho rice ns we , ,l' when the "Painless Extractor eat it here at home. The Filipino ! teeth," Dr. Davis, came to the never adds sugar to his rico or makes it a form of dessert but uses it as a substitute for bread. At rare intervals bread made of wan quickly formed, headed by wheat flour or rolls is to bo found ! Captain Davis, who choso from on tho tablo or rather floor, for 'the party of braves John Wood tables are , almost unknown ' ck and John Cutchall to act as Wheat flour is too costly for com- j lieutenants. They began the monuseasit has to bo brought ' arch a mile west of town and from America. Mrs. Mary A. Logan. After au illws of loss tha1: a wlc iNll"s. ' A. Logan, ,d- OA' of the late William C. Logan, died at her home at Flushing, N. Y aged (M years. Mr. Lo;. in was an uncle of Thomas P., v.i William A. Sloan of this plix-i", practiced the profession of iavv at Bedford a number of years, and had the distinction, as ;i.s- t.t.it.t ltlo.11(,V) ()f prosocuting .he ,my mur(jCr case ever tried iu that county. Before the C.vil War, hs lived near St. Louis, Mo. ownetl slaves, and set them free tor,t,le1 Wft,r ,brolf out .,Afl,er t,,H d;;alh " ,,"s hr Wlfe' h "? U Counellsburg aud I,VC? n lhhou Present cuPed bJ Mr M- rr"uf- , fhf dccca;scd s a PhilaM. ?" y and the daughter of the late A. J. Mckehvay, a promi- , , . , n,eQt P iysciaTa a"d surf?e0Q 111 Light N. J. volunteers .n ti.e , Uf rfm,ams were interred iu ,e, am'1-; lot lh(f cetery at Bed lord lat Sunday. Mr. and m ... J the interment. CLEAR RIDfiE. Our farmers are busy husking corn. Mrs. Huston Hooter, who has Edward Gray and wife of Ty rone were visiting the latter's pa rents, Mr.aud Mrs. Sam'l White, the past week. G.C. Fields and Clareuce Slv.re came home after being employ ed in Pitt burg for some time. Gilbert Kerhn has laid out the foundation for a house on tho tract of land he lately purchaed from Geo. Myers. Mrs. Christopher Wagner and sou John speut Sunday with Cal viu Henry. Mrs. Frank Madden of Mad densville has a carbuncle on her hand and has come home to spend a short time with her pa rents, Mr. aud Mrs. Calvin Ma ker. A very pleasant birthday party was held at Jas. Carmack's Fri day night. All's Well That Ends Well. On last Friday Adolplius Keg rise, accompanied by his son Wil ham and a party os hunters from Irvona, started for Sideling Hill to hunt deer. After hunting all day they returned as far as Dr. A. K. Davis' farm opposite the Fairview church, where they ob 3 miles distant, aud, borrowing a lantern, he started about 8 o' clock p. in. At " o'clock p. m. Saturday he had not yet arrived home. The lamily by (his tune were almost prostrated, as it was known that he was subject to heart trouble. At 2:30 word , font and began telling what had happened forty-seven other poo pio in similar cases. A company pfocoodec to search ou both ACOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW Snapshots at Their Movements, as They Come and Go. NAMES OF VISITORS AND VISITED. Home for a Vacation, Away for an Outing, a Trip for Business or Pleasure, You'll Find it Right Here. Thompson W. Peck of Need more, spent a few hours in towu last Wednesday. Wm. Greer, Sr., of Dublin town ship, has been suffering from a severe attack of pneumonia dur ing the past week. Charles II. Sp:ide and family, a few days ago, moved from near Emmavillo to Purcell, Bedford county Miss Sadie Hann of Chambers burg, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Anna Hann and other friends near Saluvia. Editor Harry A. Thompson of the Tyrone Times, is visiting his mother, Mrs. M. A. Thompson, iu this place. Mahlon A. Barton aud Jacob P. Barton of Brush. Creek Valley each killed a big deer last week on Sideling Hill mountain. Mr. Boyd Elvoy, Mr. John P. Wible, aud Miss Nora Elvey all of Altoona, are visiting their ma ny frieuds iu this county. Mr. George H. Fore of Phila delphia is spending a couple of weeks with his cousins at Burnt Cabius, and takiug Ins annual hunt. Walter Smith, teacher of the advanced school at Wells Tan nery, speut last Saturday and Sunday with his parents, Mr. aud Mrs. John D. Smith, at Em maville. According to the custom of the community, the annual Union Thanksgiving service will bo held Thursday, Noveniher 20th, in the M. E. church at 10:o0 a m., and the sermon will lie preached by Rev. J. V. Adams. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Wilson of Pittsburg, who have but recently returned from an interesting tour through Europe, aro slaying a few days at the Fulton House. Mr. Wilson is the owner of John B. Hoke farm just west of town. George Austin was not the on ly one to respond to Miss Marga ret Daniels' appeal for contribu tions to the Saluvia school libra ry; for a few days ago she got an other $o " william," and this time it was from Mr. William Hanu of Los Angeles, California. George W. Miller of Tod town ship came iu last Saturday the very day his subscripiion expir ed and gave us a dollar for another year. George keeps his eye on the label of his paper, aud never allows himself to get be laud. If everybody would do that yes if they would we would not need to worry about cold weather. John W. Fields spent from Fri day until Monday morning with his father, David T. Fields in this place. John is Director of the Agricultural Station at Stillwater Oklahoma, and was ou his way to Washington to attend a national congress of directors. He says there are still fine opportunities for eastern men in that country. If you do not bud Will Nesbit in his former place of business opposite the Fulton House, don't think he has left town. Just go up to his place diagonally opposite tho Cooper House, and you w ill find nim in one of the nobbiest Btore rooms in towu, with a full lino of stoves, hardware, grocer ies and novelties. sides of Wooden Bridge Creek for three miles, but their search was fruitless. The excitement by this time was something fierce. The Captain then called a halt and a council of war was called; but while debating what course to pursue, a courier (John Martz) trotted in and informed the par ty that the said Adolphus was sittiug quietly at borne behind the stove smoking his pipe. i
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