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VOLUME
McCONNLLLSUl UG, 1A.. JUNE 27. 1.900.
NUMliLU 0
HOT WEATHER FOR JULY.
Tremendous Downpour of Rain and Cloud
burst With Startling Electrical
Storms. Forscasts
OF REV. IRL R. HICKS, OF ST. LOUIS.
The First Regular Storm Peri
od in July is central on tlie fifth
covering the 3rd to the 8th. The
Moon is in perigee on the 4th, the
center of the Mercury period,
mid at extreme declination south
iind full on the nth, the central
day of the Vulcau storm period.
This is an exceptional combina
tion of disturbing causes, which
in all probability will bring a cris
is of meteorological perturbations
withiusixty hours of noou on the
."th.
By the 3rd the temperature
will be reaching the proportions
ola hot wave in western sections.
By the 4th and 5th these condi
tions will have advanced eastward
to the great central valleys, at
tended and followed by storms of
marked intensity, lu all reason
this is a period when tremendous
downpours of rain aud cloudburst
should, as a rule, be looked for,
with startling electrical storms,
high winds and probable torna
does. The crisis of this period
will fall about Thursday the 5th,
to Satu rday 7th. We believe that
a period of excessive storms and
slurminess will be central during
the Mercury period central on
4th, hence at its crisis during the
present storm period. This pe
riod will be characterized in its
first stages by a phenomenal wave
of humidity and heat, but as the
storm areas pass out of the way
to the eastward, the barometer
will rise rapidly to very high
readings, followed by sudden
change to unseasonably cool.
If storms should not appear
generally on and about July the
Dth a period of insufferable
warmth will settle over most
parts of the country, bringing on
a condition of "hot winds" and
ending sooner or later in seismic
disturbances in various parts of
this and other countries.
' A Reactionary Storm Period is
central on the 10th, 11th and 12th.
The disturbances of this period
will reach their cu'minating
crisis on aud touching Thurs
day 12th, at which time the
temperature will go much higher
generally, and black clouds with
blistering storms of wind, rain
aud thunder will visit many parts
of the country, progressively in
the usual order from west to east
Heavy hail storms will attend
theseaud other July disturbances,
especially in the great, open grain
regions of the west and north.
Rising barometer, with winds
shifting to westerly and some
cooler, will be the natural order
behind the stoi ms of this period
aud lor several days after they
have passed off to the Atlautic.
A Regular Storm Period ex
tends from the 15th to the 19th,
being central on the 17th. Under
normal conditions this period
would result in blustering thun
dor storms on the 17th, 18th and
19th, and such, in all probability,
will be the case; but the high tem
perature and low barometer, and
threatening weather conditions
generally, will notlikelv give way
until we pass the 21st, the date of
new moon at a solar eclipse.
A Reactionary Storm Period is
central on the 21st, 22nd and 23rd,
this period being at the limits of
the Mars and Venus periods, em
bracing new moon on the 21st.
If not continued hot, threatening
and stormy weather should not
lead Into this period from the one
preceding it, thore will be a sud
den return of low barometer, very
high temperature and violent
thunder strrms on the 21st, 22nd
ana 523rd. Such, ;t must be un
derstood, is the natural order, un
der conditions free from the po-
cu.iar, moditylng influences of
Mars. But If the Mara euuinox
should have fasteued upon us a
siormleBS, brassy, burnins? con
dition, we will reach a crisis of
phenomenal heat and drouth, ful
REFORMED REUNION.
Seventeenth Annual Meeting Will be an
Enjoyable One.
The seventh annual Reformed
reunion embraciug the churches
in Maryland, Virginia, West Vir
ginia, District of Columbia, and
Southeran Pennsylvania, will
meet at Pen Mar, on Thursday,
July 19, 1900.
Since the great improvements
made at Pen Mar, and the increas
ed interest in these annual reun
ions are having a good effect on
the Reformed people in these dis
tricts, it is believed that the com
ing reunion will be the largest
and best yet held.
lion. Judge George Kunkle, of
Ilarrisburg, will be one of the
speakers, and Rev. T. J. Hacker,
D. D., of Roanoke, Va., will be the
other speaker. Those speeches
will be good ai.d each only 25
minutes long.
The program committee is pro
viding a souvenir program, con
taining the service, and the hy inns
and tunes for the occasion. The
idea is to get all the people to sing
and thus swell the music on that
beautiful mountain height, till the
valleys bolpw shall reverberate
the sound.
Auy inlor mation desired, cou-
ceiniug trains, rates and meals
for the reuniou, will please apply
or write to the secretary, Rev. J.
B. Shout., Chambersburg, Pa.
Killed by Lightning.
Mrs. JohnF. Long was instant
y killed by lightning while pick
ing cherries in a tree in the yard
of tier home at West Leesport, on
Saturday. The body was hurled
to the ground aud part of the
clothing was torn into shreds.
Mrs. Long was 32 years old.
The shoes were torn from Mrs.
Long's feet and a blue streak was
made down her side from her
head to her foot.
During the same storm, light
ning struck a small mountain in
the vicinity of Montello, Berks
county, and dug a hole in the
ground nine feet long and eight
een feet de?p.
The roar that followed was sim
ilar to that made by an earth
quake, and there was an almost
incessant rumbling under the
earth. People rushed out into
the storm, fearing that their
homes would be wrecked.
We learn through a letter from
Mrs. Mary Melius, that Martin
L. Melius died on June 18, 1906,
at his home at Manchester, Va.
Mr. Meahus left this county sev
eral years ago and moved to Vir
ginia, lie was a son of the late
Amzie Molius, who at one time
owned the farm southeast of town
now owned by Mr. Butterbaugh.
lowed by violent storms and seis
mic disturbances within forty-
eight hours of sunset on the 21st.
No matter what opinions to the
contrary may be held, it is a fact
that the periods of new moon, or
the passage of the moon between
the earth and sun, not only inten
sifies storm and weather purtur-
batious, but seismic disturbances
are alo increased and intensified
at such times. When the path of
the moon ll'js exactly between
eartn and sun, at an eclipse uode,
as is tho case on July the 21st,
the probability of all theso things
is greatly increas?d.
The Last Storm Period for July
is central on the 28th, extending
from the 20th to the 81st. The
moon will cross the celestial equa
tor on the 26th and pass first
quarter oil the 28th. Storm coin
ditions will develop suddenly
about the 20th. Cloudiness, low
barometer, rise of temperature,
followed by thunder Btorms and
severe summer blustering, will
bo the order, progiesslvely from
west to east, from about Friday
I7ih to Monday 80th. The prob
abilities are that a high barome
ter from the northwest, at the
closing of this period, will bring
welcome change to cooler, more
pleasant weather as we pass Into
August. ,
PRCfrY WEDDING.
Miss Sadie Hunn Becomes liic Bride
of Charles Dcshung. I
A vury pretty woddntg occur
red at llm houi uf Mrs. Anna
Hanu ut'ur S.ihiviu, on Wedr-s- j
d iy, Juno 20, HMO, when hor i
daughter, Mis-t Sadie, been me !
the bride of Charles D.'shong late
When the "iig" hand ot the
family clock hud climbed amost
to the hour of high noon, the bridal
party consisting of Mr. George
Hoop and Miss Dorothy Deshong
as attendants, entered the parlor,
which we s well filled v.ith Invited
guests, and took position in front
of the waiting pastors, Dr. West
of the Presbyterian church, aud
Rev. S. S. Pittinger of the M. E.
church, it took Dr. West but a
short time to pronounce the cere
mony that macte the happy couple
husband and wife, aud Rev. Pit
tinger offered a closing prayer.
After cjugratulations had been
given, a delightful wedding din
ner was served.
The groom has beeu in Califor
nia during the post few years,
aid is not decided whether he
shall settle down in the east or
take his bride to the Golden
state.
Tin. Nkws join in wishing the
happy couple all kinds of prosper
ity. Woman's Leap tor Safety Ends in Death.
Chambersburg, June 21. In a
double mule team Mr. and Mrs.
Adam West, of Greenwood, were
driving toward tho East Fayetto
ville station, near here, last even
ing about six o'clock, when the
tongue of the wagon suddenly
snapped. Immediately the mules
became frightened and started to
run. Mr. West fearing for the
safety of his wife, told her jump.
In her arms she held her year-
old baby. Unhesitatingly, the
woman, who was thirty-three
years old, jumped out of the wag
on. She struck tho ground on
her head and broke her neck,
death being instauteous. The ba
by rolled out of its mother's arms
on the ground, unhurt. The
youngster had not even a scratch
on its body.
Mr. West was also thrown out,
but escaped with a few minor
bruises, lie s ill at his farm near
Greenwood, however, and is in a
serious condition, induced by the
shock of the experience, grief at
the disaster and remorse for tell
ing his wife to jump.
The team stopped of its own ac
cord after running only a few
hundred feet beyond the poiut
where the woman jumped.
TUBERCULOSIS IN CATTLE.
About Two Per Cent, of Pennsylvania
Cattle Have the Disease.
According to careful observa
tions and investigations as to the
cattle of Pennsylvania, it has been
found that the percentage of tu
berculosis among cattle is but 2
per cent, the State having been
selected by the government as
representative of the agricultural
lands from the Atlantic to the
Mississippi river, while west i f
the Father of Waters tho percent
age is only a fraction above 1 per
cent. In Germany the percent
age is 18, and that is the country
which first raised the cry against
American meats. Carefully and
honestly compiled statistics show
that of the 2 per cent, of cattle
suffering from tuberculosis in
Pennsylvania, the disease is only
present among animals that are
housed in unsanitary barns, aud
tnat with the spread of intelligent
ideas about the treatment of cat
tle the percentage will become al
most infinitesimal. The figures,
that are proveu facts, show that
the cattle of America are the most
sound on earth, with the excep
tion, perhaps, of southern South
America. There statistics are
unknown, or may mean, accord
ing to the Latin-American con
science, anything that the com
pilers mean them to mean.
DA'L' R FI.0M FLIES.
Dr. Dixon Gives a finely Warning Ty
phoid Fever S; read by Flies Whut
to Di.
State Heahh Cnmniissioner
Dixon this wrek brought to the
attention ofl'io puiili"! ihe dan
gers ptMsibl" frin the pesky!
houso Hi di ufaced hi s wurn
iuy 1-. .-. I'linrr o nnnd ihe fact
that Hi" ai ii one of the greatest
poci .)o nimts of dang. r asdis-
a-.- i . HiiMnuters, but even this
knowledge is not sufficiently
heeded.
'We don't begin to give enough
credit lo the house tly for the
number of typhoid fever cases it
is responsible for. The Ily alights
on some germ laden material, and
then its next stopping place may
be some food that is about to be
served. The fly's responsibility
for the great number of deaths
among the Americansoldiers dur
ing the Spauish American War,
was conclusively shown.
"llow shall we get rid of this
Ily danger? Of course, screens
to keep them out, and fly papers
to catch the insects when they do
get in, are the easy and natural
remedies; but ilics are great
breeders, aad it is most import
ant to look after that end of the
problem. Tho female lly lays
about 130 eggs, and these eggs
hatch in about one third of n day.
the larva stage is three days, the
pupa stage five days, and the fly
rounds to thg full adult lly in
about ten days. There may bo
twelve broods in a summer.
"That flies are an exasperating
annoyance not only to man, but
also beast, no one need ba told.
Moreover, it has beeu found that
! the milk producing power of the
cow is materially reduced by the
annoyance of flies. Now, the first
thing to do is to sea that the ma
nure pit is well screened, and for
this purpose the best material is
a light cheesecloth. A shovelful
of chlorinated lime should he
dusted thickly over the manure
pit every day. It should ber.
memoeredalso that the fly lays
its eggs on all decaying animal
and vegetable matter."
FACTORV INSPECTION.
State Officers Visited Nearly 15,000 Es
tablishments Last 'Year.
Harrisburg, June 21 : State
Factory Inspector Delaney trans
mitted to Governor Pennypacker
to day his report for the year elid
ing December 31, 1905. He says
that the department inspected
14,642establishments, an increase
of 932 over the number of factor
ies and mercantileestabhshments
inspected in 1904. Many of the
establishments were inspected
twice a year and some as otten as
four times.
There were 102 fatal and 923
non-fatal accidents in the estab
lishments inspected, moving
cranes and unguarded machinery
being responsible for the larger
number of the deatns. Besides
the accidents mentioned, Inspect
or Delaney suggests that at least
2U00 persons were killed by acci
dents under circumstances over
which the department has no jur
isdiction, such as in iron mills,
furnaces and in the yards attach
ed thereto.
'It may not be amiss in this
connection to say," the report
continues, "that the injured and
the representatives of the killed
should they find proof of negli
gence in the safeguarding of tho
machinery on the part of the dep
uty factory inspectors of the dis
trict where tho accident occurred
should bring suit for damages
against such inspectors."
There wore Inspected 1,927
bakeshops, employing 11,557 per
sons. The sanitary conditions
wirjofahigh order in all but
three shops, where the oi aiunge
"was ordored to be changed, -he
report says that the boiler inspec
tion law has boon fruitful of good
results and safety almost invar
iably obtained by Itsenforcement.
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THE MILEAGE REBATE CASE.
July II Fixed For Dale of Hearing at
Harrisburg. ,
Harmbursr, Pa., June 21.
Judge Kuukel to day fixed July
11th for argument in tho suit
brought by Attorney General"
Carson to restrain tho Pennsyl
vania Railroad Company and al
lied corporations from collecting
a $10 ? cbato ou each $20 mileage
hook sold. Tins case grows out
of an agitation started last winter
by the "Homeless 20," an orgatii
nation of commercial aud business
men, for the abolition of the Penn
sylvania mileage book system.
The matter was finally brought
to the attention of Secretary of
Internal Affairs Brown who. af
ter hearing both sides, directed
the attorney genera! to bring suit
against the company for the rea
son that the collection of this re
bate was a violation of the state
aud federal constitutions. Mr.
Carson subsequently filed a bill
tn equity against tho Pennsylvan
ia railroal, the Delaware, Lacka
wanna and Western Railroad
Company, the Lehigh Valley Rail
road Company and the E le Rail
road Company.
Each of these companies has
siuco tiled a separate answer in
the suit and after consultation
with tho attorney general aud
counsel for the railroads, Judge
Kunkel fixed July 11 for argu
ment. Since the bringing of this ac
tion the abolition of this 10 re
bate has been made a political is
sue by the Republican, Lincoln
and Prohibition parties making it
a part of 'their platform.
MILLIONS FOR CHARITY-
What the Elks Expended During th
Past Year.
Chambersburg Lodge, No. 000,
B. P. O. Elks, has received notice
of the opening exercises of the
Grand Lodge, which meets in
Denver, Colorado, next July.
The opening exercises will be
held in the evening for tho first
time in the history of the lodge,
as they have generally been held
in the afternoon. There will be
an address of welcome by the
governor of state of Colorado and
the mayor of Denver, and Hon.
Perry A. Clay, a noted Colorado
orator, immensely popular among
the Elks, will deliver the address
of welcome lor lodge No. 17, of
Deuver. There will be aprogram
of vocal and instrumental music,
aud the exercises will in every
way be of a his h grade.
There is most important legis
lation scheduled for this meeting
of the Grand Lodge, although the
program does not say so. It is
generally known among the Elks
that tome effort will be made to
cut down the membership of the
Grand Lodge, which now includes
all past exalted rulers, aud is in
creasing at the rale of one thous
and a year, which would in a short
time make the membership very
unwieldy. There will be other
actions taken on the part of the
legislative body of the Elks to
make the meeting memorable.
The organization is in excellent
financial condition, and . has ex
pended more than a million of
dol'ars iu charity during the past
year.
New Method l or Ihe Deal.
James P. Neff, Carlisle, carries
an aluminum spoon In his mouth
to overcome his deafness. Some
one recently showed Neff that if
he held a piece of cardboard be
tween his teeth ho could hear
persons speaking iu a low toue.
He improved on the suggestion
and bites on the aluminum as peo
ple talk, and hears readily. Noff
was deaf for 45 yoars. Tho vi
bration of tho metal is conducled
by the teeth, etc , to the inner ear,
thus getting around tho obstruc
tions in the outer ear. It is the
principle of tho telephone aud the
phonograph, physically applied.
Jno. Plesslnger and Frank Lay
ton, near Need more, spent a few
hours in town one day last week.
THE BUCHANAN MONUMENT.
Ballimoreons Visit Stony Batter and Look
Over the Land Desired.
For the urposo of carrying
out the terms of the will of Mrs.
Harriet Lano Johnston, that a
monument he eroded at Stony
Batter in memory of President
James Buchanan, Adjutant Gen
eral Lawrason Riggs aud broth
ers, John 15. and Clifford liiggs,
of Baltimore, tame to Mercers
bnrg iu an automobile last Friday
evening, being joined there by
Mou. W. Rush Gillan aud Oliver
E. lihanuou, Esq., of Philadelphia.
The monument is to be a huge
boulder in its natural state with
inscriptions, the enclosure to be
a high iron fence. Tlie will sets
aside $100,000 for the monument
at Stony Batter and one in Wash
ington, and these bequests take
precedence over every other. Tho
Shannons own the land. The visit
of Adjutaut General Riggs, who
is executor of the will, indicates
that erection of the monum jut is
to go ahead in compliance with
the terms of the will. Valley
Spirit.
Fourth of July Accidents.
Just previous to Fourth of July
last year State Health Commis
sioner Samuel G. Dixon through
the public press of Pennsylvania
called the attention of the people
to the great danger of lock jaw
(tetanus) from wounds of toy pis
tols and other explosives, and lie
urged the necessity of immediate
medical attendance in such cases.
That tlie warning was widely heed
ed was shown by the great reduc
tion in the number of tetanus cases
following Fourth of July accidents.
Indeed there were reported only a
few scattered cases throughout the
whole State. Health Commission
er Dixon again sends out a warn
ing message in anticipation of the
coming Fourth.
"The germ which produces teta
nus grows best buried in the flesh
away from the air," says Dr.
Dixon, "and this germ which is
found iu earth, in the dust and in
horse stables, aud sometimes sus
pended in the air in windy locali
ties, lodges easily in the small,
clean cut wound made for instance
by the blank cartridge.
"What 1 wish to impress upon
every one, especially mothers, is
the very great seriousness of these
wounds if they are not promptly
and properly treated by those with
full knowledge of the subject.
Early treatment by a physician
will often prevent the development
of tetanus. Therefore, a doctor
should be called at once to treat a
penetrating wound even if slight,
such as powder or other explosives
are apt to make. In case of pro
longed delay in obtaining the ser
vices of a physician a competent
druggist or trained nurse might
thoroughly wash the wound and
apply hot antiseptics."
TWO-CENT FARE.
Sherman Would Make all Railroads Give
Mileage Good on Any Line.
Uniform passenger rates of 2
cents a mile upon all interstate
railroads in the country are pro
vided for in a bill introduced in
Congrass last week by Represen
tative Sherman, of New York.
Sherman is the newly elected
chairman of the Republican Con
gressional Campaign Committee,
and the sincerity if his purpose
is questioned.
Democrats declare that Sher
man is trying to frighten the rail
roads into making contributions
to his committee.
It provides that all railroads
ehall issue mileage books which
shad be sold at the rate of 2 cents
a mile, and be good on any rail
road in the country.
The books are to be good until
used, aud no deposit is to be re
quired from the purchaser. Rail
roads are required to redeem un
used portions at any time.
If enacted into law, the bill
would prevent the Pennsylvania
Railroad from requiring a deposit
of $10 upon each 1000 miles of
transportation sold.
ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW
Snapshots at Their Comings and Goings
Here for a Vacation, or Away
for a RestfulOuting.
NAMES OF VISITORS AND VISITED
Dr. Hill, of Fort Littleton, was
an early town visitor on Monday.
M rs. G rant Baker aud son Nor
man, spent Sunday afternoon at
Daniel E. Fore's.
Wm. Wink, of Pleasant Ridge,
was a County Seat visitor last
Friday.
Mrs. John Nelson and sou Rus
sel, spent Thursday at Daniel E.
Fore's.
Robert A. Stouteagle, of Alton-
na, spent a few days with friends
in this place.
McConnellsburg Band attend
ed the fair of the Mercersburg
Band last Saturday evening.
The editor, Mr. Peck aud wife,
are visiting friends in Bedford
and Blair counties.
Maurice Trout, who has been
attending a school of Pharmacy in
Philadelphia, is home for a few
days.
Wilson L. Nace and wife, and
Mrs. H. U. Nace and son Donald,
were in Chambersburg on Tues
day. A, D. Hon man, of Indiana, Pa.,
is visiting his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Leonard Hohman, in this
place.
Mrs. James A. Stewart, of
Greenhill, is spending the week
the guest of her daughter, Mrs.
L. H. Wible, at this place.
Mrs. Trout and daughter Ma
bel, who attended the wedding of
Dr. C. N. Trout, at Green Mount,
Adams county, have returned.
Myrtle Stouteagle, who had
been employed in Everettin Miss
Griffith's millinery store, has re
turned to her home at this place.
Mrs. C. O. Bender was called
to Gettysburg on Saturday by
the serious illness of her sister,
Mrj. Cluck. She returned ou
Monday.
W. S. Dickson drove over to
Mercersburg on Tuesday morn
ing to meet his son Mark, wlio is
home from Buffalo, N. Y., for a
short vacation.
Rev. J. S. Decker, of Iowa, is
visiting his fat.ier, Geo. W. Deck
er, of Licking Creek, township.
It has been nine years since the
reverend gentleman paid our lit
tle couuty a visit.
W. A., Sloan and wife left ou
Tuesday morning for Shippcns
burg, to attend the commence
ment exercises of the Normal
school. Their daughter, Miss
Emma, is one of the graduates.
Thursday afternoon, June 14,
190li, at tlie M. E. parsonage iu
McConnellsburg, Mr. Charles A..
rTirchnor, of Altooua, Pa., and
Miss Clemma G. Chne, of Knobs
ville, Pa., were united in holy mat
rimony by Rev. John C. Grimes. .
Harvey Sipe, a former Ftilfon
county teacher, at present a stu
dent of the Commercial Depart
ment of the Pennsylvania Busi
ness College, of Lancaster, Pa.,
in a rapid calculation contest,
which lasted for three days, bo
ginning June 20th, was one of
three to win a certificate in com
petition with nearly a hundred
other students of the same col
lege. Sunday, June 24th, saw a very
pleasant gathering at Squire Dan
iel E. Fore's, in houor of the
Squire's 79th birthday, and it
was a surprise to liim. Those
present were John Lamaater,
wife anJ son Earl; Allie Pheil and
wife, Frank Fore and wife, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Fore, Mr. aud
Mrs. Ira Fore, and Mr. Fred Al
ler. The Squire, received tho
customary presents, and every
one had a pleasant time, and all
invited to come again, There
was plenty to eat, drink and bo
merry on.