1 i C01ttf VOLUME 5. McCONNELLSBURG, PA., JULY 27, 190. NUMBER S CROSSED THE PACIFIC. Licking Creek Boy'i Experience in the j Philippines. OIVES A BRIEF SKETCH OP HIS TRIP Corporal. Joseph S. Everts, Son of Mr. and Mri. Martin Everti, was In the Philippine Id 1902, and It now at Fort Asalnnlboine. The friends of Joseph S. Everts will read with interest the follow ing brief outline of his experience in the Regular Army, and will especially envy him his long trip to -the Philippines. The proba bility Is that his experience in camp &ince the close of the Phil ippine War is not half so funny. In writing, he says : 'I left my home in Licking Creek township April 1, 1900, went to Pittsburg, where I stay ed until the 25th of the following September, when I went to Gil man, Iowa. I remained in Iowa until January 1, 1902, when I en listed in the United States regu lar armv for service in the Phil ippine Islands and was sent to San Francisco, where I remained until the 1st day of February, 1902, when I, with 1700 others, set sail on the U. S. transport Thomas for Manila, and arrived at the point of onr destination on the 3d of March. "On our voyage across the Pa cific, we stayed two days and a half at Honolulu to take on coal. Honolulu is, as you know, the capital of the Hawaian Islands, a part of Uncle Sam's newly ac quired possessions, is situate on the island of Oahu, and is a beau tiful city. We also stopped at the island of Guam, which be longs to the Philippine group, and is about seven days sail from Manila. "Upon reaching Manila, our transport remained in the bay three days taking on more coal, when we again Bet sail for north ern Luzon and disembarked at Vigan. At this point I was as signed to the Third U. S. cavalry and joined my troops on the 8th of March. I was not destined, however, to see much service in the Philippines, for our regiment had already oeen ordered home, and on the 5th of June, four troops of us started overland for Manila, where we arrived June 23d. On the 1st of July, we em barked on the U. S. army trans port for San Francisco, went via Nagasaki, Japan, and arrived at San Francisco, August 12th, hav ' ing been on the water forty-three days. After staying about a week in San Francisco, we were sent to our present station, Fort As sinniboine, Montana, where we have now lain for almost twoy ears with very little to break the mo notonv of camp life. It is the lonesomest place 1 have ever struck. There is nothing but one vast prairie all around the fort, WEST DUBLIN. Mrs. George Wagner of Harris burg, has been spending some time with the family of her son, Harris. Joseph Price, the Laidig black smith, has madeover live huudred horse shoes this year, which he will put on at the rate of twenty cent's apiece for number, three .shoes, prices advancingaccording to size of shoe. Harvey Snyder and sister .Or pha witb Cora Funk and sister of Belfast, passed through here last Thursday morning on their way from Wells Valley where Miss Orpha and Miss Cora had been attending school. Cleveland Mellott of Licking Creek, has been engaged the past week in hauling lumber for Jos eph Laidig from Ross King's farm to Joseph Laidig's with the trac tion engine. ' Mrs. French of Trough Creek, has been .visiting friends and rel atives In this vicinity. John F. Johnson started, ou last week with his engine i thresher to thresh. Cleveland Mellott will bcgl ' sawing shingles today (Monday) for Ross King. CHARLIE MAYNE IMPROVING If not Already Removed from the Hos pital, He Soon Will Be. SO WRITES REV. GEO. B. SHOEMAKER. That any One so Seriously Wounded as Rev. Mayne Should Recover so Soon, Is Seemingly Miraculous. Eldora, Iowa, July 20. Yester day I spent an hour with Rev. Charles Mayne at the hospital at Iowa Falls. It seems almost mar velous that he is so rapidly re covering, and will soon be able to be around. The doctors having in charge his case told me that they thought he could go to his home in safety the latter part of this week. Should this be per mitted by his steady improve ment, when the "News" family are reading this letter he will be in his own home in Nevada, Iowa. I Urn told that his physicians say that the condition of his sys tem its freedom from poisons of either liquor or tobacco aided much iu his speedy return to health. Medicines administered to him, not having any poison to overcome, acted immediately, and accomplished just what they de sired them to do. To me, it is a wonder indeed that, with eight perforations of the bowels, a mau should in so short a time be so far along on the road to perfect health. We recognize the skill of the physician, the excellent care of the attending nurses, and the sanitary benefits of a good hos pital, we give, we believe due credit for it all but we still be lieve that the Heavenly Father, who answered the earnest pray ers of his children who cried un to Him in behalf of our brother, saved a valuable life. Out 'of the gloom and shadow that was cast upon the five hun dred delegates of the Iowa State Sabbath School Association, and the people of Iowa Falls and sur rounding community, when Char- ey was shot, we come with shout ing and gladsome praise that he lives. The interest of this community which is 18 miles from Iowa Falls was in this case, intense from the very first announcement of the tragedy. Saint and sinner were constant in their inquiry about the young preacher. One man an ungodly fellow after listen ing to a statement of the case said, "Well I'll be if I ever knew a preacher that was a cow ard. " Perhaps it may be thought that this young man was rash to grap ple with a burglar whom be knew was armed; but I believe that, at least, seventy-tive out of every hundred persons would have done as he did under similar circum stances. As to myself I am in clined to think I would have been one of the twenty-five out of the hundred, for I would have been paralyzed with fear. We are not great for campmeet- ings out in this country, but we are something on the bent of chautauquas. One closed at Iowa Falls yesterday the attraction of the day being Bishop Uartzell of our church who u Missionary Bishop of Africa. Hid address was on Africa, and was a master piece, showing great knowledge of the couutry, and a wonderful insight into its needs for larger and permanent development. Ihe season is rapidly advauc mg. we win soon be cutting oats and other grains. Hay making- tame liav is in its height. Corn is pushing on rapidly and pros pects are good now lor an excel lent cop in this community. Small fruit was a good crop with us. Strawberries are gone and black-cap raspberries are begin ing to ripen. Blackberries will not be pleutiful and are uot yet ripe. Of garden stun we are having home grown potatoes, cabbage cucumbers, cauliflower and all the ordinary varieties of vegeta blea. Spring chickens are ripen ing had some last Sunday, there fore I know. expect, to have some more at a picnic to-morrow, In th early part of June we Church Reception. The reception held by the Unit ed Presbyterian congregation in their church last Friday evening in honor of Rev. and Mrs. WJI. Reed, who had jupt returned from Egypt, where they had spent the last eight years as missionaries, was a very pleasant afTair, and was attended by mem bers of all the other churches in town. After the devotional services which were conducted by Rev. J. L. Grove assisted by Rev. Adams of the Methodist church, Rev. S. B. Huston of the Associate Pres byterian church occupied a period of fifteen minutes in a carefully prepared address of welcome to the returned missionaries. To this address, Mr. Reed re sponded, and held his audience in deep interest as he related in cidents and facts connected with their work iu that far-off land. Mr. Reed expressed hts gratifica tion at biing permitted, after an absence i f several years, to re turn with his family to their na tive homes and to look again into the faces ot loved ones. Perhaps no one ever appreciates the land of his birth to so great a degree as after having spent some time in a foreign land, living among strange people, with a strange language, strange customs and a stranger religion. In all their vocabulary, the Egyptians have no sucn word as home. The idea of home as we have it, does not exist in their minds. Mr. .Reed possesses tine de scriptive powers, is a pleasant peaker, and imparted much that was new and very interesting a bout the land of the Pharaohs. Teachers Elected. The board of Tod towuship, last Saturday, elected the following teachers for their schools: Wood- burn, Miss Rebecca Rotz; Knobs ville, Miss Blanche O. Peck; Mc- Goveru's, Miss Minnie Mock; Scott's, Miss Jessie Gress; Sum mer's, C. C. Rotz. Teachers were elected in Dub lin on Monday as follows: Burnt Cabins, Lewis Harris; Mud Level, Miss Myrtle Stevens; Fort Lit tleton, Levi P. Morton; Smith's, Miss Emma Lyle; Clear Ridge, Miss Elsie Baker; Chesnut's, Harvey M. Sipe; Glunt's, David Chesnut; Battle Ridge, Roy Morton. Salaries $35, except Littleton and the Cabins, which pay $37.50. were happy in having Mrs. Shoe maker's brother, Rev. A. S. Bald win and his wife spend a week with us in our Eldora home. To say that we enjoyed it would be to speak mildly of that event. The pleasure of their stay with us will dwell long in our hearts. Let me tell you of a compliment I received recently. One Sunday morning in the month of May last, the Congregational ministir, Rev. Warner, of Eldora, preached the memorial sermon to a union con- regation. In the afternoon on the same day, and in the same church, befort a union congre gation it was my privilege to de liver the class, sermon for tl e graduates of our high school. A lady who was present at both ser vices was heard to say, "If we could just hear brother Warner and not see him, and could see brother Shoemaker and not bear him, how nice it would be." It strikes me that so far as my part of the above is concerned, it is rather a doubtful compliment, and yet it is worth something to be seen. I enjoy the news from the old home, brought me by "The News" very much indeed, each issue ha? sometbiugin it to great ly interest me. I wonder when "dewberries" are ripe. How would like to go out and gather Home, as I used to do when a boy, 1 wonder will I ever have that privilege? I hope no. ". i ',',' With greetings toall my friends, I am very truly ' . . , 1 Geo. fi. Shoemaker SOME NOTES OF TRAVEL. Kev. S.1J. Houston Writes of Some Tiling H Saw on a Recent i 80iemnized 0n Wednesday even Trip to Kansas. Jugi July 20) ly04 at the home of ' Mr. Amos CIohsit. Knohsville. VISITED DR. AND MRS. R.Yf.McKIBBlN. i, Mit, Hditoh: I shall jot down a few thoughts tlmt nmy possibly he of some interest to your readers. We usually think of Kansus us a dry country, as it is on the bor der of a vast arid region; but in May and June, when the writer was there,it was anything but dry, especially while in the eastern part of the state. Rain fell copi ously und the consequence was de structive floods in many localities. Hundreds of acres of corn were under water. By reason of excess ive rainfall 15,000,000 bushels of wheat have been lost in the state. In the central part the grain fields looked very tine; and sueh fields as we never see in Pennsylvania hundreds of acres lying contigu ously, with scarcely anything oft en times to murk the boundary lines between the farms. Wheat is harvested with headers. Six or seven men with about eight horses will harvest from twenty-fivo to thirty acres a day. That includes "the hauling in."' The writer had the pleasure of spending a little more than a duy at Ft. Riley. This is a very pict uresque spot, situated at one side of a 22,000-acre tract of land be longing to the government. It is about seventy miles west of Tope ku. The Kaw river, formed by the Republican und Smoky Hill a short distance above the Fort, skirts its southern boundary. This is where Dr. 11. W. McKibbin and wife, formerly of Fulton county, are comfortably located und are very happy in their home. There is a cavalry and also an artillery post at this point. Several hun dred troops are hero nil the time. The camp is very tastefully laid out and kept in the best order. There are about eighty-six oflicers' quarters, each built of Kansas limestone, covered with slate, tit ted up with electric lights and all necessary conveniences, costing from eight to ten thousand dollars. Beautiful lawnssurround the build ings and lof tv shade-trees skirt the walks and di ive-ways. There are three large barracks three stories high costing, severally, seventy tive thousand dollars. There are several fine stables which are every way complete, well lighted and ventilated, fitted up with automat ic feeding troughs and watering troughs. An ' elevated place the length of the stable, but on the outside, with a heavy rope stretch ed between posts, is where the grooming is done. iear ty is a commodious corral enclosed with a neat stone wall, w here the horses and mules can recreate when not on duty. Each stable will accom modate ubout seventy-tive horses. A tine stable is being presently erected for a hospital. I saw guard mount the evening I was there and it was substantial ly the same exercise we were put through forty years ago in the sunny South. Uncle Sam lias been lavish in his expenditures in fitting up the fort for the convenience and comfort of his boys and horses. Splendid water, clear as crystal, comes down into all parts of the fort from the reservoir tilled from artesian wells. Near the reservoir is a monolith, erected on a massive pedestal, with a strong iron fence around it. The stone which is probably fifteen feet high bears this simple inscription: "Greeted to the Memory of Brevet Major A. v.. Ocrden." Ihis monument is -- e sayi to be the geographical centre east and west of the United Slates, licst I occupy too much space in your columns, I shall close. Respectfully yours, S. B. Houston Mrs. Virgio Doylo Boldeluiao, of Uarnaburg, spout a few days in town last week visitiDg her grandmother, Mrs. Hannah Gold smith. Recent Weddings. GUNNELS-CI.OUsKR. A pretty home wedding was .a.( wh(M1 i,is daughter, M.ss Minnie May, was united in mar- riago to Mr. Daniel Rush Gunnels by the pastor of the contracting parties, Rev. J. Vernon Adams, of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Miss Mamie Ere was bride's maid aud Mr. Samuel M. Pitt rnan of Altoonu, was best man. Mr. Harry Clouser, brother of the bride, played the wedding march. Those present were, Mr. and Mrs. William Gunnels, Mr. and Mrs. Amos Clouser, Mr. and Mrs. Ueury Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Vauvert Kelso, Miss Daisy Polk, of Clearfield. Mr Samuel Pittman, Mrs. Jane Kerhn, J. B. Clouser, of Altoona and Miss Mamie Fore, Mrs. Elizabeth Sow ers, Mrs. Jacob Sharp, Mr. Geo. E. Clouser, Mrs. JaneGrissinger and Mr. Harry Clouser. After supper was eaten, a com pany of well disciplined young men and young ladies of the town and surrounding country, num bering about seventy-five, under the leadership of an efficient and fantastically uniformed captain, was ushered to the porches, and, with songs and cheers, made their presence known. The new ly married couple appeared, and the captain of the host in a few pleasant sentences introduced them to his followers, who in turn stepped forward and per sonally expressed their best wishes to their newly married frieuds. When this was accomp lishod, the sereuaders withdrew in an orderly manner to their re spective homes. SN YDEtt M ' EL DOW NEY. A very pretty weddiug took place at the h )me of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. William McEldowney, near Gem, ou last Wednesday evening, when their daughter Miss Olive, became the bride of Mr. Corder W. Snyder of the same neighborhood. The parlors were lavishly dec orated with evergreens and flow ers, a large number of merry guests were preseut, the evening was fine, and every thing conspir ed to make it a most delightful occasion. At eight o'clock the bridal cou ple appeared with Miss Mayo McEldowney as maid of honor, and Mr. Harry L. Peck as best man, and with the impressive ceremony of the Primitive Bap tist church, Elder C. L. Funk pro nounced them man and wife. Not the least attractive feature of tne occasion dunug the even ing was the serving of most elab orate refreshments. The bride was the recipient of a nice lot of presents. Of course, the sere naders made their appearance, aud everything passed off most pleasantly. Among the guests present were James P. Waltz and sister Miss Esther, Miss Ida Hann, Miss Thomas, Misses Lula aud Nellie Simpson, Miss Maltie Funk, Mr. and Mr. G. J. Mellott, W. H. Peck and son Ray mond and daugh ter Miss Lyda, Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Morgret, Miss Ida Rich ards, Mrs. Kate Hess and daugh ters, Mr. S. L Wiuk aud II. M. Suyder. ' Rev. W. W. Evans, D. D., pre siding elder of the Juniata Dis trict of the Central Peunsylvauui conferem-p, held quarteily con ference in the Maple tou M. E. church lust Saturday morning. This win tin doctor' flrstnftli-iul laitor siuce ins return irom m gt-uoral conference. Whihi at tending the sessions at Loh Angel es he upturned hi ankle which made threw surgical opuratious ii cosstiry. ' His coudithn Is im proving but he moves about with gn-at difficulty. The doctor ' be ing unable to procure a house at Liwistown, may decide to locate at H'lnliugdon. Mapieton Item A VERY HOT AUGUST. Predicted by Rev. Irl St. Louis, R. Hicks, of WITH MANY SEVERE STORMS. Mar Reigning Plane! and Kven Tnrna doea and Hail May be Looked l or. The Month Will I nd Cool. , Rev. Irl If, Hick, of St. Louis, predictions for Au- nukes tiiese gust: First Storm Period, regular, reaches from the 1st to the ."ith, the disturbing causes being the Vulcan regular, the Mercury equi nox, tne iMurs perturbation una Moon ut last quarter. The Mars and Mercury periods in till proba bility will cause the unsettled, stormy weather prevailing at the end of July to continue into Au gust, but the first days of August will bring decided increase of storm conditions. A low barome ter will puss eastward over the country, attended by great incretise of warmth, ull followed by many black und blustering storm clouds. Heavy ruins will visit sections cov ered by previous rains ut this pe riod. Change to much cooler will follow iu the wake of these dis turbances. Second Storm Period, reaction ary, is central on tne sth una Htli, the Vulcan reactionary und the Mars period being reinforced ut this time by the opposition of Sat urn with Earth und Sun. On the loth of August our little airship passes directly between the planet Suturn and the Sun, which fact must be taken into the calculation for all terrestrial phenomena for a period of at least two wecks.cen- tering on the loth. Cloudiness and return of more or less storminess! will be natural results on und touching the Mh and lth. I'nder existing conditions, whatever per turbations arise ut this reactionary period are very apt to be prolong ed into the storm period next fol lowing. Third Storm Period, regular. The influence of this period will bo felt from the 1 1th quite up to the ltJth. A Venus period, with Moon new on the 11th, in perigee on the 12th, und on the celestial equator on the 14th, all combine to perturb the elements ut this time. One of the heuted terms of the summer is one of the things to be expected about this period. It will come in with very high teni peruture, consequent upon Moon's conjunction with Earth and Sun on the 11th. The wurnith will in crease and the barometer will fall as we advance into the period, and by the 14th may be expected w ide uresis of violent electricul storms. These storms will be attended w ith heavy hail in western und north western sections. Change to ris ing barometer and cooler will nut ur.:lly come in behind these storms. Such perturbations will almost certainly appear before the end of August, aud no one need be sur prised if they develop at this third storm period. About the 11th to 14th may also bo considered a time of probable seismic and earth quake disturbances. Fourth Storm Period, reaction ary, is central on tne xi'tii ana 'z an, being at the close of the Mars dis turbance, and the beginning of the Fourth's uututinul equinox, und also near the center of the Venus period. Very high temperutures, low ba rometer aud sultry, humid atmos phere will be natural at this pe riod, and under such conditions in tense electrical ' storms are very apt to occur. General thunder storms with phenomenal lightning, heavy gules and possible tornadoes, are among the results to bo watch ed for over much of the interior tMiintry. A marked rise of the barometer and change t westerly winds aud cooler w ill push the rear of these disturbances. Fifth Storm Period Regular Extends from the 24th to the 2Sth. The disturbing cuuses are. Earth, , Venus, Vulcan and Moon at full, in upogee and on the celestial equa tor. . Very general and severe storms will also visit the interior parts of the country. As the Mara ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW Snapshots at Their Movements, as They Come and Go. . NAMES OF VISITORS AND VISITED. Home lor a Vacation, Away lor an Oullng, Trip lor Bunlnesi or Pleaaurc, You'll hind it Right Here. Dr. S. R. Fraker of Fort Little ton, spent a few hours in town last Thursday. Mr. R. Sliarpe Patterson of Newville, spent a day or two in town last week. Mrs. Horace Cromer of Pitts burg, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Sarah Woodal in Chambersburg. Miss Jess Dickson and Miss Bess Irwiu are spending a week visiting friends in Merersburg and in Chambersburg. Mr. B. S. Graves sailed from Washington recently for a Europ ean trip. His sisters the Misses Abbie aud Jennie G raves have been iu Europe for several months. D. 13. Nace and family returned to their home in Chambersburg last Wednesday, after having spent several weeks visiting friends iu the West aud attending the World's Fair. Mr. Milton Mellott of Sipes Mill, was in town last Thursday. Milton scved his township seven years very efficiently as constable, but says he much prefers that f. somebody else fill the offices. i Hon. John M. Reynolds of Bed- ford, was nominated as the Re publican candidate for congress in the Nineteenth district, com jwsed of the counties of Cambria, Blair and Bedford, at Johnstown last week. Miss Margaret Cleyengor of West Dubliu, aud her cousin, Miss Bessie Morton, were pleasant callers at the News uiiice last Wednesday evening. Miss Clev enger went to Ocean Grove, N. J. on Thursday. Maurice Troutand Stella Sipes, Nathan Everts and HuV-u Fori), aud Paul Shade aud Mayo Johns ton drove dowu and spent last Wednesday evening very pleas antly at the home of M r. aud M rs. J. Walner Johnston. Ervin B. Fisher of Hancock, has started an automobile livery in that town, aud has two good machines ou hand. There is a tine opening for some euterpris iug mau to do something of that kind in McConnellsburg. After an absence of four yeai"' Mr. S. II. Goldsmith is visitii his mother, Mrs. Hannah Gol , smith, of this place. Sam is a' resident of Polo, Illinois, is engag ed extensively in the merchant tailoring business, aud is one of that hustling town's most cuter prisiug citizens. Miss Isa F. Stevens of Fort Washington, Pa., and Mrs. W. S. Greenland of Philadelphia, came over on the hack last Thursday ' afternoon, and after tafciugdinner at the Fulton House, went up to visit friends in Taylor township. Rev. T. Davis Richards of Ger mautown, Md.. sou of Hon. John T. Richards of Union township, was ou the 14th of inst,, elected a Director in the Mountain Lake Paik Association, oue of the fin est of all thu-AUeghauy mountain summer resorts. disturbances w ill be fading out a)t this time, the sectional conditions that have prevailed during the j present and past mouth will break down, bringing changes In the character of storms und general weather to ull sections. More ruin "i will full in many places than for . weeks pust. Tornudio storms in . many localities should not surprise j the intelligent students of llwr forecasts. Change to very coo, nights will follow, especially shou' heavy equiuoctial storms visit t' south coasts, aud induce cor: ! ponding storms out of the nc i . i. wef-L. iu s'icu c cm, , cou . may follow to the north t' " week in August . At: "1,
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