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McCONNELLSHURG, PA., DECEMBER G, 1905.
NUMP.EU lw
YELLOWSTONE PARK.
Interesting Description of this Beautiful
Territory Its Geysers, Springs, and
Other Curiosities.
MISS DELLA K. BEEOLE, OF EVERETT.
Now for the climb to the Devil's
Kitchen. Without a guide we had
some trouble in finding it, al
though one of our Dumber had
been thvire before. We climbed
over terrace after terrace until al
most exhausted, discovering the
Elephant, a terrace much resem
bling an elephant in a reclining
position; theorangegeyser, which
has not been misnamed, neither
for shape nor color; cupid's cave,
and other interesting formations.
At length we came to aj opening
in the earth about 18 inches wide
and six inches iu length with the
top of a ladder extending above
. the surfacethis was the opening
into the cooking apartment. Not
every person visiting the Park
has the opportunity of going into
the Devil's Kitchen, some are on-,
Jy permitted to lookintoitth rough !
the ever open door for to get into J
this cavern you must not be oer
three feet in circumference, then
too you must be a good climber
for the descent is fifty feet on a
ladder. v
If you can meet the require
ments it is worth your while to
take the trip, for the Devil's Kitch
en is an inactive hot spring and
within its crater is seen some
' beautiful formations made by de
posits of mineral properties in
the water.
' It is now time to retrace our
steps to the hotel for dinuer. Af
ter dinner we made quite a num
ber of acquaintances and had
many pleasant visits, for here we
are as one great family and feel
as free as the birds. Indeed the
crowd reminds me of a flock of
birds, every one was full of life
and if not perched on a comforta
ble rocker chirping the hours
away or listening to the Yellow
stone Park orchestra, they were
flitting from place to place or pos
Bibly stepping to the music.
There is something about this
hotel that makes it reetn like
home, It has been called the cap
ital of the Park because here all
business concerning the park
tour and the park management is
transacted. And it is unquestion
ably the Park home for it is from
here we start on our tour and 'tis
hero we returned to rest and wait
for the train-after our 150 mile
stage coach tour of the Yellow
stone Park,
A new road is contemplated,
however, so that tourists enter
ing from the east may go out by
the western exit and vice versa.
In so doing tourists will not need
to retrace their steps the last
half day of the trip.
Pleasant as it is at Mammoth
we must move on, so after a long
night's sleep in an altitude over
6,000 feet above the level of the
sea, at 8 o'clock a. m., the splen
did Conord coaches with leather
Bprings, giving the rocking chair
effect, ae driven. up to the plat
form and names' are announced
for each load. As the coaches
are tilled they are sent out keep
ing their places in line the entire
trip. Although the coaches move
along very close together yet dust
Is almost unknown. The roads
are sprinkled daily by govern
ment employes for almost the
whole distance.
From Mammoth the drive is
delightfully interesting, an as
cent of '3,000 feet is made in less
than three miles traveling, while
one scarcely realizes an ascent is
being tn ide. As we drive along
' the road about four miles from
the hotel we see the large herd of
buffalo peacefully grazing on the
broad plains.
. On1 the way the Hindoos are
passed, a sight of these topsy
. turvy rocks will never bo forgot
ten. They bring to mind pictures
ve have seen of the ruins of a
walled city for they stand iutlln-
ed at ail Imaginable angle, while
the road winds through the heart
BEAUTY OF THE NEW DOME.
Twelve Hundred Lamps Will Illuminate
Its Exquisite Colors.
Withih a few weeks twelve hun
dred incandescent electric lights
will be glimmering at nightabout
the great dome of the new State
House at Harrisburg. These hun
dreds of lights will be so set that
they will illuminate the magnifi
cent mural decorations to the best
advantage. The eyes of the spec
tator will noi be annoyed by any
blinding glare, for the most part
they will be entirely concealed.
It is beyond the power of the
average fen to describe the beau
ty of the dome. Nothing in Penn
sylvania can well be compared
with it. It must be seen to be
appreciated and after seeing it
once the viower must return
again and again to fully appre
ciate its great splendor.
It is hard to analyze. At first
glance it is one great mass of gar
net and crimson and blue and
green and cream all charged
with gold. Closer analysis shows
spread eagles, gargoyles, heads
of Ceres Hanked by horns of plen
ty, lleur de lis and conventional
designs all set each in its proper
place with such nice proportion
that the size of the whole thing is
lost to the observer. It is only
when one begins to compare the
work with his insignificant self
that the true magnitudo of the
decorations is revealed.
Upon a huge frieze which runs
around the dome on a level with
the legislative chambers are two
quotations from William Penn's
many famous utterances : "There
May Be Room There For Such A
Holy Experiment" and "For The
Nations Want A Precedent,"
Even painted as they are in
huge capital letters many inches
in height, these sentences do not
seem to be composed ot extraor
dinarily large letters, so perfect
is the proportion of every bit of
the decorations. It is the same
way with all of the many individ
ual bits of decorative work which
go to make up the mural beauty
of the dome.
of the chaotic mass. The rocks
are of a silver gray color which
fact gives name to Silver Gate.
Well might it be called a gate for
the silvery rocks extend high on
both sides of the nai row passage.
The next beauty and wonder
to meet our eye was the Golden
Gate, a precipi ous gorge between
Sepulchie Mountain and Bunsen
Peak. This gate is a short, strik
ing rugged, yellowish canyon. If
there is a place in the park that
should be called inspiration point
it is the road through the canyon.
The sides of the rocky walls
rise 200 to 300 feet above the road
way and possibly COO to 800 feet
below while the width is not more
than 100 feet.
My friend and I were sitting
with the driver upon the boot that
day and as we looked down over
the precipice it made us hold our
breath for the horses were trot
ting carelessly along and if they
were to make a misstep or stum
ble, woe to the ones in the coach.
The govern menu has spent
many thousands of dollars to
make this canyon passable. In
so doing it was necessary to con
struct a viaduct of steel and con
crete at one point at an expense
of $10,000. At the west end of
this gate is the charming Rustic
Falls which adds to the beauty of
the spot. The fall is 00 feet over
a series of shallow basins worn
into the dark moss covered ledge,
disappearing beneath the rock de
posited in the canyon from the
construction of the roadway. A
few minutes later weemergefrom
the canyou and Swan Lake Basin
is reached. Here Electric Peak
and the Gallatin Range are pres
ented to our view. Mt Holmes,
Quaurant, Bell and other snow
covered peaks of the Gallatin,
make a beautiful sight as seen
from the road.
Continuing our journey w
reach Appolinaris feprr,r, her
the coaches stop and touni ds
mount to drink of the refroHhinv
beverage so plentifully supplied
here by nature.
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39TH ANNUAL SESSION
Teachers' County Institute la Full Blast
at the Court House this Week.
Large Attendance.
EVERY TEACHER IN THE COUNTY HERE.
Hut a few minutes elapsed on
Monday afternoon after the ring
ing of the Court House bell until
the largo auditorium in the Court
House was well tilled with teach
ers and others bent on enjoying
the benefits and privileges of the
institute from its earliest start.
At precisely half past one o'clock,
Superintendent Burton tapped the
bell for order, when Kev. Adams
stepped to the front and announced
that the audience would ri.se and
join in singing our national hymn,
which they did with a vim.
Rev. A. G. Wolf, pastor of the
Lutheran church then read the 13th
chapter of Romans, and ofFcrcd an
earnest prayer for the blessing of
(rod to rest on the deliberations of
the institute.
Superintendent Barton extended
the usual formal greeting to the
teachers, congratulating them on
the splendid attendance record they
had made at this, the opening ses
sion. "Three years ago," said
Mr. Barton, "all the teachers in
the county were present except
two; two years ago, all but one,
and one year ago, all but one; this
afternoon, all are here but two,
and they are on the way." "It is
not necessary," Mr. Barton con
tinued, "to speak of the object in
bringing the teachers of the coun
ty together in this way. I feel
that you are too broad. i inded, too
fully alive to the responsibilities
thut.you have assumed, to come
here for any other purpose than to
take advantage of every moment
of every opportunity to make
yourselves more capable to dis
charge your duty to your pupils
and patrons in your schools. You
are uot forgetful of the fact that
the time spent here is not your
own; that you are paid for every
hour of this institute, and you can
not any more squander that time
than a farm hand can waste the
time of the employer who sends
him out to the field to plow corn.
"I shall be influenced by your
actions here when I come to mark
up your certificate on practice.''
Mr Burton then referred to the
fact that nearly all of the instruc
tors and lecturers this year were
strangers, but they had been se
lected with great care, and he felt
sure that there would bo no disap
pointment on the score of efficiency.
The next thing on the program
was the address of welcome, and
Hon. Jno. 1 Sipes was introduced.
Mr. Sipes, like most of the pro
fessional men in this county had
the advantage of the training that
comes from teaching in the public
schools. "I am not sure," said
Mr. Sipes to the teachers, "wheth
er you would take an address us will
come off my hands with any very
great degree of seriousness. It
might occur to you that the fact of
your being here was not in re
sponse to any invitntion from Mc
Connellsburg; that, inasmuch as
McConuellaburgis not entertaining
you, hut that you are here on a
business mission, just as a set of
jurors attend court, and that you
are paying your way, you are not
indebted for any special courte
sies." Mr. Sipes said that when
he was a teacher (away back in the
nineteenth century) it was common
on occasions of this kind to hear
State officials and others commis
erate with the teachers on the mea
ger salaries they received, and hold
out a reward for them beyond the
pale where buckwheat cakes and
cotton jeans were a necessity.
Just now conditions along that
line had greatly improved, and
the teacher's service wus receiving
a recognition more in keeping
with its importance.
Mr. Sipes said that be believed
hat the people did appreciate tin
voi k item dn by tho tonehei
even if the toucher did not fn
queut y hear uh expressions
from hU patrous. It is an old
saying that no Dews is good uews,
and this may be applied to the ex
perience of the average teacher,
for if the teacher is not giving
satisfaction to his patrons, he will
not be long in findiog that fact
out.
The response to Mr. Sipes' ad
dress, was delivered by Prof. Gil
bert C. Mellott, ot Webster Mills.
Mr. Mellott said that the teach
ers had no reason to feel that they
were not a welcome body in Ful
ton's metropolis. The kindly
greeting that they always receiv
ed at the hands of our citizens;
the attendance upon the exercis
es of every session of the insti
tute; the enthusiasm shown in
educationaladvancemont-all went
to prove that the teachers were
truly welcome visitors to McCon
nellsburg. Mr. Mellott then re
ferrsd to the responsirulity rest
ing upon the teacher; for, said he,
more than one third of the entire
population of Fulton county, is in
the direct care of the teachers of
the county. He urged with earn
estness the importance of making
the best possible use of this
week's opportunities. Among
tho eighty-four teachers present,
Mr. Meliott said that but six were
in the county institute twelve
years ago at the time he was at
tending bis first, thus calling at
tention to the rapidity in which
the whole corps of teachers may
be expected to change.
After the institute had joined
heartily in the singing of a piece
of music, Prol. W. M. Rife, of the
C. V. S. N. S., took up the sub
ject "The Teacher." Prof. Rife
needed no introduction to the
teachers of this county, as he has
been doing very acceptable work
in the institutes here for several
! T 4V.
.years. iu auawer iu lmv ijut-s-
tion put by Prof. Rife, "The
Teacher: Who Is He?" Prof.
Rife said the teacher is a scholar,
the teacher is a student, and the
teacher possesses culture. The
teacher is a skilled laborer and is
the main factor in the school the
main factor : 1. Because the
teacher holds the pupil to indus
try and hard work. 2. The pro
gress of the school depends upon
the teacher. 3. Because of per
sonal character,
"Love Your Work" was the
basis of a talk by Dr. Byron W.
King. As a lecturer and insti
tute instructor, Dr. King is a past
master. He has been in every
county in the State, either in the
capacity of lecturer, or institute
instructor or both, and would
have been in this county at an
earlier date, but men of the Doc
tor's caliber cost more money
than the average county superin
tendent has been willing to risk.
His talk was, of course, enter
taining, but bristling with points
of the most practical and helpful
nature.
Monday evening Dr. King lec
tured to a full house, and every
one that heard it, voted it first
class.
Tl'KSDAY MOKNIMJ SKSSIOV.
After devotional exercises con
ducted by Rev. Mr. Smith, of the
Reformed church, the first of the
Teachar's Topics was taken up
"Common Sense in Disciplining
and Teaching." Tho subject was
opened by Prof. Thomas, lie
spoke of patience, firmness, jus
tice, self-control, judgment, con
sistency, constancy.
Miss Myrtle Stovnns, of Dublin,
then took up tho subject. Miss
Stevens suggested common sense
in everything in connection with
teaching. Miss Orpha Snyder, of
Belfast, spoke of "Common Sense
in School Management."
Mr. C. C. Uot. of Todd, took
up tho subject, and talked on
"Common Sense iu Classification,
Study, Seating, Thiuking,'&c."
After an intermission of live
minutes and a song, Prof. Rife oc
cupied tho next period His sub
ject was "Common Sense iu(i ram
mar." Prof. Rife said that Gram
mar is difficult to teach because of
he multiplicity of terms for the
same construction.
After the institute had joined
heartily in siugiog for a few min
utes, the next period was ooeu-
WINTER WEDDING.
Miss Nellie M. Oil Becomes the Bride el Mr.
Qeorfe Knotts, a Prosperous Young
Man ot Alloona.
RECEPTION AT THE HOME OF THE BKIDE.
KNOTTS-OTT.
Married at tho Lutheran par
sonage, November ISO, t!l0.", Mr.
Geo. H. Knotts, of Altoona, Pa.,
and Miss Nellie M. Ott, of Tod
township.
The first day of December was
one long to be remembered by
the family and friends of Mr. and
Mrs. John Ott, Sr. It was a day
of festivities relative to the happy
wedding of one of Fulton county's
noble daughters, Miss Nellie M.
Ott. Tho groom, Mr. George H.
Knotts, was a former citizen of
our county, and first learned to
know his bride in youthful days
while attending the pu blic schools.
He is a young man of sturdy hab
its and good business principles.
The occasion was especially in
teresting, and fraught with hap
py memories for Mr. and Mrs.
Ott. because of the fact that t ven
ty eight years ago in their prcs
ent home, they formed the bonds
which made them life compan
ions. The following named guests
were present : Mrs. Mary Ott
and son Daniel, Daniel Mock and
wife, David Rotz and wife, John
Shaffer, wife and grandson; John
P. Conrad and wife, Clyde Ott,
wife and little daughter, and Rev.
and Mrs. A. G. Wolf and son.
Mr. Knotts expects to take his
bride to Altoona where they will
make their future home. The
best wishes of their many friends
follow them. We bespeak for
them a happy, and trust a pros
perous life.
A Gukst.
Found Dead.
On Sabbath morning last the
news that Mrs. Isaac Bunigardner
had been found dead in her home
on Main street was quite a shock
to the community. Mrs. Bum
gardner had not been well for some
time, and recently was quite indis
posed. On Saturday evening she
appeared considerably worse, and
her son William remained with
her until 2 o'clock on Sabbath
morning, when she insisted on his
going home, saying that she felt
much Itctter and wanted to sleep.
Mr. Lewis Clevenger and family
live in tho samo house, and in the
morning, not hearing any noise in
Mrs. B's part called her, and re
ceiving no response opened the
door of her room and found her
lying on the lloor dead. .
'ihe funeral took place on Mon
day afternoon, conducted by Rev.
A. G. Wolf, assisted by Dr. West.
Interment in the Lutheran grave
yard. Her ago was about H" years.
THANKSUIVINU SPORT.
Hurtling Parly Uel a Four-Pronged Buck oo
Sideling Hill Mountalu.
Last Thursday a party compos
el of Levi, Hunter, and Heiry
Ti uax, and N. S. Ed ward nil of
Enid; Reese Green land, of Mitch
els Mills; Chester 8Dd Bei t Mc
Chilian, of Rainsburg; Harry Tru
ax, of Juniata; Charles McClollan,
of Bedford, and Thomas Sipe, of
Sixton, while taking a Thanks
giving day hunt on Sideling Hill
Mountain in Wells Valley, suc
ceeded in bringing down a line
four pronged buck. The animal
weighed 154 lbs., and was the fin
est specimen killed in that vicin
ity this fall.
pied by Pror. II. hi. Griffith, of
Wells Tannery, basing his talk on
the topic, "A Teacher at Work."
From his long experience in ev
ery phase of the common school
work, Prof. Griffith Is especially
wall qualified for giving helpful
advice M tho younger teachers,
and bis talk was well received,
and full of practical thought-
The last period in the rooming
was occupied by Dr. King, and
his address was a fitting climax
to the (splendid work of the fore
noon.
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FARMERS' INSTITUTE.
Extracts From Discussions. Sessions
Interesting and Profitable.
The educational session of the
Institute was opened Tuesday ev
ening with a song by a class of
young ladies under tho charge of
Mrs. G. W. Reis.mi-. This was
well rendered.
Robert Alex under then gave a
pertinent reciUlion.
Prof. B. C. Lamberson followed
with a well prepared talk on "Es
sential Qualifications of Success
ful Teaching.'' It is gratifying
to note that the speaker laid so
much stress ou character and
character building. Among the
principles mentioned to be incul
cated were honesty, truthfuluess,
patience, Industry, tact, and en
thusiasm. After some discus
sion another song was given by
the young ladies, and Norman
Miller gave an interesting dis
course on San Jose scale and oth
er pests of the orchard and their
groat destruction to the orchards
of tho State. Mr. Miller rncorn
mended the lime, sulphur and
salt formula for spraying the
trees. This formula can be se
curod by applying to the State
Department of 'A Klogy for bulle
tin; sent free upon application to
the editor, Prof. H. A. Surface,
Economic Zoologist, Harrisburg,
Fa.
This subject deserves the most
earnest attention of the orchard
ist. One prediction of Mr. Mil
ler was, that unless the farmers
give their orchards early and
thorough attention, in two years,
three-fourths of the Iruit trees
in the State will be destroyed by
San Jose scale.
The audience was then favored
with an address by R. P. Kester
on "Rural Schools." Among oth
er appropriate suggestions, Mr,
Kester spoke of tho need of incul
eating in the minds of the pupils
tho principles of "Virtue, Liberty
and Independence," and present
ed the thought that too little at'
tention is paid to the fundament
al branches, as well as to the
proper respect of the pupils for
age or authority.
For the Wednesday morning
session the program was changed
in the interest of the meeting, and
Prof. Menges took up the topic ot
"Soil Moisture." Speaking of
summer drouths, he. claimed that
the farmer, with proper manage
ment can be independent of the
summer showers; in viewofihe
fact that about one-half the rain-
lall runs off, carrying an immense
amount of soil, the farmer will
see the importance of preventing,
as far as possible, this waste. As
a means of averting this loss, it
was advised to plow deeper, year
by year, with the addition of or
game matter or vegetable growth,
proper tillage and the application
of barnyard manure (as soon af
ter it is made as possible.)
Mr. Kester then introduced
"The Profits in Poultry." With
poultry paying 100 to 300 per
cen,. profit per year the speaker
considers that in conjunction with
other lines of agriculture, partic
ularly dairying, there is nothing
that pays better. For a money
maker the White Leghorn is per
haps the best. For bens that
have a free range corn is recom
mended as a cheap and fairly good
egg ration. For little chicks raw
oatmeal is preferable at first,
later wheat screenings or crack
ed corn, For the cure of gaps
change the range; put chicks on
board floor or sprinkle air slacked
lime over the range.
Wednesday afternoon session.
R. F. Swartz occupied first period
with his interesting lecture "Re
claiming Wornoui Soil without
Manure, or Success with Crim
son Clover," He told of bis own
experience with rye as a green
manuring crop and bow he tried
'crimson clover on land that failed
to produce red clover; his method
was to sow the crimson clover be
fore the last cultivation of the
corn arid plow It under the follow
ing spring; the result wa a sur
prising condition ti e'
ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW
Snapshots at Their Comings and Goings.
Here for Vacation, or Away
for a ResKul Outing.
NAMES OP VISITORS AND VISITED
Miss Myrtle Sipes is spending
the winter in Denver, Colorado.
D. R. Murnma, of Hustontowu,
spent Saturday at the county
seat on business.
Sheriff James G. Alexander
was in Hancock, Md., Saturday
on busiuess.
Walter Fohner, who has been
in Illinois for some time has come
to Ohio, where heexpects to spend
the winter, at least.
Mrs. J. C. Mellott, of Belfast
township, has beon spending the
past week in Chambersburg visit
ing in the family of Mr. aud Mrs.
C. M. Dixon. Mrs. Mellott and
Mrs. Dixon are sisteis.
Ernest Hixson and sister ( ! race
of Crystal Springs, were gnosis
in the home of .). V. Stouteuulo
last Thursday and Friday. Ern
est returned home Friday, but his
sister remained to attend insti
tute. A clergyman who resigned his
pastorate to take up the practice
of law, assigned as one reason f r
his change "that the average mau
will pay more to keep out of jail
for or. e day than he would pay to
keep out of hell for an eternity."
Mrs. H. C. Matthias, ol Fargo,
N. Dak., daughter of Nicholas
Metzler and wife, of Decorum,
Huntingdon county, Pa., was call
ed home by the illness of her fa
ther, Nicholas Metzler. Mr.
Matthias will arrive hero about
the holidays to spend some time
with his and her parents, and
then return with his wife to their
home in North Dakota.
which enabled it to holp the mois
ture in a season of severe drouJi.
Red clover sowed in the spring
on a field of rye made a splendid
growth, and through the use of
these methods his farm soou in
creased ten times in value.
Tho next speaker was Prof.
Francis Menges, who presented
"The Benefits of Corn Breeding."
He stated the average yield of
corn in the State of Pennsylvania
to be thirty bushels per acre, and
by count 8,000 stalks of corn grow
oa one acre, 200 average e.ms
mako one bushel of shelled corn,
tho eight thousand stalks should,
if each pr duce one oar make 0
bushels por aero, or nearly three
times as much as tho present
acreage. To attain this result,,
careful selection and breeding of
the seed com is necessary. Ex
periments should be made to
prove tho vitality and productive
ness of different ears to bo used
for next year's seed. Prof Mon
ges explained tho ratio of fowling
value for stock in different varie
ties of corn.
Ladies' session. WodnoMiay
evening was opened with song by
the High School class, followed
by an exceedingly well rendered
recitation by Miss Helen Kondali.
Mrs. S. M. Cook then read an es
say ou "Heating, Lighting and
Sanitary Arrangement of Coun
try Homes." Tho attention and
applause given were an indication ,
that the paper was highly appre
ciated by the audience. Then af
ter a beautiful socg by the High
School class, R. F. Schwurta-gftve
an entertaining lecture on "Fruits
aud Vegetables for tho Fanners'
lable;" greatly appreciated espe
cially by the many ladies present.
Prof. Menges now ably address
ed the farmers on "The Rotation
of Crops." The Professor, whim
recognizing the former vahyjof
the old five-year rotation, thinks
an easier, quicker system may bo
worked out by the individual
farmer, After a vote of thanks
to the affable and, efficient gentle
man from tho Stato Depart nu-Hit,
the musicians aud ell others w!
ttveaided iu nrzkir " t" -jf - '