era VOLUME 7. McCONNELLSHURG, PA., AUGUST 9. 1900. XUMH1-U 4i FAIRS. Gambling Has all Been Eliminated fie Truly Agricultural. "The country fairs last year in tins slate showed the greatest improvement of any held m the last twenty years," said Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Martin recently, "and I can say that this year's fairs will eclipse those of last year." "The inost marked improve id on t is shown in the encourage ment given to purely agricultural exhibits, and the interest seems to centre in them. Of course there were many simple amuse ments at the fairs, but games of chauce, all kinds of gambling, were eliminated. And last year there were more expert judges, some of them sent out by the de partment, and they not only gave exhibitors the benefit of their good judgment, but they also gave short talks explaining the points ol merits, and the agricul tural classes were delighted and instructed. All of this was an improvement over the fairs that were held before. In fact there more agriculture at the fairs than over before. "(lambling has been doueaway with. No more do we see the sweat boards and the roulette wheels aud the hundreds of other gambling devices against which no man Jiving cau wiu, and which were the cause of so much rob bery of people who attended the fairs for pleasure. I think the worst exhibition of gambling I have .ever seen the most shame less robbery that ever took place, was in Dauphin couuty at the Middletowu fair. Alenwereheld up and robbed in broad daylight right in front otthe judges' stand on the race track and nobody made a protest except the victim and no attention was paid to him. 1 attended that fair two years ago and went away sick because of the flagrant swindling right, in the open. But even this has been done away with aud last year there was no gambling at the Mid dletown fair." Fairs to be held this year are as follows : Grangers' Picnic, Williams' Grove, August 27-31; Carlisle, September 25-28; Mid dletowu, September 4-7; Perry, September 17-20; York, October 1-5. Mason and Dixon Line. Secretay of Internal Affairs Brown has appointed Captain J. 0. Wilson and J. 0. Satterlee, of Cofry, a commission to examine the coudition of the monuments along Mason & Dixon's line be tween Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia. Some ten years ago the raonu ments were examined and a num ber of them were found to have been removed or broken, while others were so badly scarred as to be almost unrecognizable. New ones took their places and these are to be examined to see what coudition they are in, and wheth er any have been removed, de stroyed or injured. The work will take about one month. Shippensburg State Normal School. The Shippensburg State Nor mal School, by reasons of the thor ough and practical instruction and training its graduates receive stands in the front rank of the Normal Schools of the country. A diploma from the Shippens burg State Normal School is ac cepted everywhere in the state as evidence of thorough scholarship aud practical skill in teaching. iwory year more applications come to tne Principal for teachers than ho is able to till. The out. look' for v.oll qualified teachers have no difficulty In securing good positions. One of the best ways to become a good teacher la to taue a complete course at the Shippensburg State Normal School. Write to the DrinciDal. G. M. D. Eckels, Shippensburg, Pa., for a catilogua of this excel- tent school. A GOOD SCHEME. Maryland Jail Prisioners to Work Out Fare. From Hufprstown Mail. Steps will be taken within the next week to enforce the power conferred by the last Legislator upon the County Commissioners to put to work on thecounty roads all able bodied prisioners serving jail senton ces for petty offenses. The county will piovide stone to be broken on its roads on the outskirts of the city, and hire a deputy to keep the men at work ana incidently their ta'kingFrench leave. It is not thought best to ham per the prisioners with ball and chain, assuch sights might arouse public sympathy towards the prisioners, besides interfering to a considerable extent with their work. A crew of live or six prisioners will in all probability be sent out with one deputy, thus enabhug the deputy to see that all keep the hammer moving, besides minimus ing the chances for escape. It is the intention of this act to relieve the county of the onerous burden of caring for a lot of hab itual drunks and worthless whites and negroes, whose jerchant for leisureoften lands them as guests of the Sheriff at the county's ex pense. With the enforcement of this act the county will in a few years be amply recompensed for its ex pense for prisioners by having good suburban roads. This course may also, incidentally, do missionary work in the way of creating an inspiration for work among the habitually tired habi tues of the country jail. Waxes at a Standstill. Statistics collected by the bu reau of labor of the U. S. Depart ment of Commerce and Labor to be published within the next tew days, show that while the cost of living has advanced in the last year, there has been no corre sponding increase in wages. This is the tirst time the bureau has admitted that wages have not kept pace with the advanced cost of living. Furthermore, there is nothing in the situation to indicate that the limit of high prices has been reached. On the contrary, the outlook is that the cost of the nec essaries of life will go to more ex cessive lengths. CLEAR RIUUE. Easton Stinson and daughters Myrtle and Lillian, visited the former's mother, Mrs. Mar.v Stinson, Sunday. Nannie Mort returned home, a few days ago, after spending a few weeks with her sister, Mrs. Susie A. Stouffer. Mrs. Mary Tenenburg pur chased the J. It. Linn property in Maddensville. Consideration $350. Mrs. G. W. Mort, of Sixmile Run, visited her pareuts, C. B, Ramsey and wife, on Sunday. Mrs. Barton Taylor and daugh ter Nellie, visited Abram Hersh ey's on Sunday. J A. Henry, wife and daugh ter visited Isaiah Madden s on Sunday. KNOBSVILLE. There were quite a lot of people attended the sale of Win, Greer on Saturday. Mr. Greer intends startiug for California in a few days. We are sorry to lose"Dad Emorv Glunt attended the Shade Gap picnic Saturday. Ella r.nd Bessie Wagner, of Pittsburg, are visiting their pat ents. Lola Wilson aud Mame Snyder spent Sunday with the formei's grandfather, Rov. D. W. Kelso. Alice Mock speni Sunday with her sister May, who Is employed In the home of Henry Anderson. ' Ira Fore and wife spent Sun day with Alice Long. Mrs. MargaretHamil and daugh tor Virglo. of Hagertoro. are visitingthoir frlenda around here, A TEMPLE OF BUDDHA. One Recently Transported From Jap an. In this free land the pious or the .superstitious may worship anythiniror nothing withoutcaus- ng comment. But we have not yet grown accustomed to the worship of Buddha, aud the sight of Japanese appealing to the gods of their lslaud home is one to cause a national crauing of necks. The shrine that is the mecca for pious orientals is a tenaplo recent ly sot up by Japanese workmen in a shady corner of Fairniount park, Philadelphia. It was never intended as a place of worship, but was set up merely as a cur iosity for American visitors to the park. Just as pious Ameri cans in a foreign land, however, would avail themselves of the privilege of praying and meditat ing in a Christian church, so Japs who live in Philadelphia, or who go tnere on foreign ships, seek the favor of their own gods in the quaint retreat just erected in Fairmount pari. The temple is said to be the on ly one outside of Japan. The Japs are indebted to John II. Converse and Samuel M. Vauclain for the privilege of worshipping Buddha in a foreign land. Once within the sacred portals, Buddhists might imagine themselves beck in the land of the lotus. Wide eyed aud gcntlevisaged goddess es await the coming of the believ er, wonderfully carved symbols adorn the altars, mother of pearl incense bowls are at hand for the faithful, and Buddhist deities in various poses invite a continuance of the homage to which they were accustomed m the land of their origin. It is very interesting, very oriental, and ancient enough to satisfy the most exacting lover of the antique. The temple was built more than 300 years ago at the village of Funmuchi, province of Hadachi, Japan, by Lord Satake Giobu-no-Tayu, of the noble Sa take family, in memory of his fa ther, and for the peaceful rest of his departed soul. It is two sto ries high and resembles an In dia pagoda in its architecture. There is an outside balcony on the second story encircling the structure, which is -15 feet high, 30 feet wide and 16 feet in depth. Its roof is tiled, as are all Budd hist temples, in distinction from Shinto temples, which are always straw thatched. The chrysan themum, which is the Japanese imperial crest, is s-en prominent ly upon the roof. It was allowed to be put there when the imporial tablet was conferred upon the Temple Sciouji. The two Devr kings, Braham and Indra, stand on eithersideof the gateas guards of the temple. Fantastic and fabulous beasts carved out of wood project from every beam aud support, corresponding to the gargoyles of Christian eccle siastical architecture. The old bronze bell, which hangs on the balcony was cast 450 years ago, and was used to summon the de vout to prayer. In the interior of the second floor are the shrines and religious treasures The shrine of the Goddess of Mercy stands in the center, guarded on each side by two sacred dogs which were carv ed 000 years' ago. Hung about are the curious cymbals, gong , bells and drums which are used in the religious ceremonies. On the wall hangs a picture of the Buddhist paradise, painted ou silk. Eternal Buddha is seen in one corner. The mural paintings are by the best artists of the time, and the design is different in each panel. Amoug the regular visitors to the temple are members of the Japanese colony at the Universi ty of Pennsylvania. One student, a devout worshipper of Buddha, is almost a daily visitor to the shrine in the park. Ho is always alone, and is very careful to see that no mocking froshmau or sophomore follows him to 'the scene of his devotion. Only the flesh aud blood guardians of the temple, and Brahma, the tierce looking image who eternally ncowl at the visitors, see the lit tle student burn Incense to the gods of his homeland, SAYS CHARLIE ROSS LIVES. Galveston Police Know a Man Wltn Knows All About It. The Police Department at Gal veston, Texas, has located a man believed to be Joseph L. Douglass, one of the abductors of Charlie Ross, iu July, 174. This man has been a resident of Galveston for many years. It has never been proved thnt Douglass was dead, although it was claimed he was wounded at the time his com rade in the abduction, Wdhani Mistier, was killed while robbir.g a house in Brooklyi:. lie has said that lie could tell something about Charlie Ross in 10 words, but he tears to do so. He says that Ross is still living. The police are confideut that ho was associated in the floss kid napping and they believe he will some day confess. TURKEYS OUT OF NEST COSTS S2.S0. Defence is (lint Domestic Birds Wandered Into Field and Hatched Them. Secretary Ivalbfus, of the State Game Commission was at Wil liarasport recently attending the hearing of the famous test case involving capture of wild fowls for rearing. There is a state law act of June 4, 181)7, which prohib its taking of any game birds ex cept shootirg with a gun. Wild turkeys are held to be game. Abraham Sanders, of Cogan Statiou, took ten turkeys captive to rear them. He was arrested by a game warden on a charge that he had violated the law by taking, them from their nest while but chicks. Alderman Kallen bach gave the hearing at Williams port yesterday. Secretary Knlbfus had as ex perts on the identity of wild tur keys John Crum, of Newport, Perry couuty, aged 72 years, and q. F. Bruner, aged 07 years, of Petersburg. The former testifi ed to having shot 300 wild turkeys in his day and Mr. Bruner said he had killed 205. Both these men. a few days ago, at Cove Station, picked from a flock of domestic turkey chicks the three alleged wild turkey chicks that Warden Berrier con fiscated at Farmer Sauders'place. This they did, tho witnessed ex plained, by the characteristics of the wild bird, small head, bulging eye, bronze feathers and peculiar ly alert gait. Thedefense offered no evidence and Sanders was fined $250, $5 for each turkey chick taken. He has appealed the case, and will not deny the taking, but his con tention will be that the turkeys are the (.offsprings of domestic parents that wandered into the field and nested. The case has attracted much attention among sportsmen. WILL EXPERIMENT. A Test will be Made to Learn More ot Fly In Wheat. Mr. C. B. Hego, of Marion, has secured a fact of land near the railroad station at that place where experiments on the work of the fly upon the wheat will be made by the United States and tho State agricultural depart ments. The tract of land is 514 feet long by K5 wide. A row of wheat will be planted every few days, beginning on August 10th and running up until October. The same seed and same fertilizer will be used ou each row. , The exper iment will be continued annually for teu years. The object is to see just what part of tho year the fly attacks the wheat aud when it does not, sq as to determine the best time to sow, and also oo ascertain whether or not the fly attacks each year or how often it does. The experimeut will bo watched with much interest. J. K. Johnston Is now in the Eastern cities buying hi stock of fall and winter goods, INDEPENDENCE HALL. Will Attract Thousands to Pennsylvania's Exhibit at the Jamestown Exposition. The decision of the Pennsylvan ia state commission to reproduce Independence Hall as its state building at the Jamestown Ter Centennial Exposition, to be hold by the shore of Hampton Roads, near Norfolk, next. year, has been promptly followed by active work ou the construction. The con tract was let a few days after the commission decided to utilize In dependence Hull as a model, mid in all probability Pennsylvania will be the tirst state; to have its building finished. The hall will be reproduced in every detail ex actly as it stands to-day on the north sido of Independence Square in Philadelphia. The thousands who know its general outline from having seeu pictures of it will have an opportunity to seethe famous old building at close rauge. The square white- steepled clock tower at the base of which rests Liberty Bell, the most famous relic of America's early days as a nation, will be one ot the landmarks of the exposi tion. Thus, when tho Liberty Bell goes there next year, it will have a homo in every respect sim ilar to the one it now occupies. Independence Hall is consider ed by architects to oe one of the most perfect specimens of the colonial style iu public buildings. This will put it in perfect har mony with the standard adopted by the designers of the exposi tion. As it is, despite its size, probably one of the most famous buildings in the world, there can be no doubt that the choice of the Pennsylvania com mission was the wisest possible choice. Thous ands will be attracted to Pennsyl vania's exhibit by reason of its building and the added attraction furnished by the presence of tho Liberty Bell, the most venerable and cherishec! of America's his torical relics. WEST DUBLIN. Some snake stories have been promised us later. Here is a sam pie : Nathan Deshong and John Mumma killed twenty-seven in two days. G. W. Foreman and family, of Wells Valley, were the guests of C. M. Brant's family Sunday. Browuio Reeder and Drew Lai dig attended the picnic at Shade Gap last Saturday. t S. II. Bockensmith was some what crippled last Friday while plowing for J. E. Lyon. Yellow jackets stung one of the horses and the team start with more than a double quick movement, throw ing Mr. Hockonsmith about and considerably injuring him. Clarence Hoover, of Licking Creek township, spent Sunday with his mother here. James Edwards, who has been employed in Johnstown for some ttmo, is visiting his parents Jos Edwards and wife. Daisy Hoover spent a few days last week with friends at Huston town. Emma and Luemma Laidig, of Huston town, spent Saturday and Sunday at J. E. Lyon's. Mrs. Jennie Downs and son Glenn, of Clearfield, and Mrs. S. Downed, of Pittsburg, are visit relatives in this township. There was a fair attendance at the picnic and festival held by tho Fuirview Sunday school ou Satur day, aud a fair sum realized for the parsonage debt. Among those from a distance who attended the picnic on Satur day were, Wm. Bender, of Mc Counellsburg; Amos aud Lucy Peightel, and Dou and Joauna Morton all of Tod township, and Floilda Clevenger, of Washing ton, D. O. Thomas Huston spent Sunday at George Taylor's. He taught Pir.e Grove school last winter and has secured a school m Hunting don county for the next term. The Odd Fellows will hold a pic ulc ou top of the mountain next Thursday, DEATHS BY LIGHTNING. Facts and Figures Which Should Reas sure the Timid. Timid people who are afraid ol being killed by lightning should take refuge in statistics rather than in feather bods, says the Boston Transcript. The one vic tim of the i.lorm winch swept ov er Boston recently, was leaning against an iron bar. Yet even in this dangerous environment, his chances of being killed were so remot that the experience might !n safely repented by somebody else thousands of times. The number of people who are actual ly killed by hghtuing, is hard to ascertain, because it is so small that iu most cases such deaths go into tho table as "other causes," or are concealed in some other fashion. -The Boston Board of Health, for example, uses the Bertilhou registry system, and here deaths caused by lightning would be hidden under "electri cal disturbances," which includes also executions by electricity, third-rail casualties, fatal falls from electric light poles and live wires, tatal shocks from dynamo, etc. The registry department, which classifies deaths more cor rectly, does not record a siugle instance of a person being killed by lightning in Boston since 1001. Iu the whole state there appears to have been but three persons killed by electric shocks from the clouds in the last three years. These figures ought to be reas suring to those who always shud der whenever they see a flash of lightning, in the thought that it is bearing death i.i its wake. There is something so intangible about the bolt from the clouds, that tho reasoning faculties of certain people seem to be sus pended during thunder storms. They shrink from the mysterious power, even though it may be shown that more people die from the bite of the common house cat than from lightning. Such has been the case in the past. Another reason for the common fear of lightning is' our unfamil ianty with it. If thunderstorms happen everj' day of tho year we should probably lose our fears. Tuberculosis kills more men thin war, and we do not spend millions for fighting it that we do in pre paring coast defenses and erect ing great navies. People do not like to go to war, because they may get killed, but they run risks just as great in unsanitary con ditions at home to which they give no thought. The deadly microbe is always with us, the lightning seldom. .Moreover, its sudden action gives a dramatic terror to the occasional blow which it de livers, making it vastly more im pressive than are the quiet aud more insidious foes of human life. LUTHERAN PASTOR REMOVED. President of Central Penn. Synod would not Tender Resignation. Middleburg, Aug.. 5. The Rov. D. K. Diehl, pastor of the Luther an church of this place, and Has- singer's congregation, two miles west of here, was removed from tho pulpit of tho latter place this morning. He had been quietly asked to resign on three or four occasions, but he stubbornly re fused. Even during the past week a committee had waited up on him and asked him to resign an i avoid the unpleasant duty of dismissing him, but he would not, aud today the congregation voted unanimously to dismiss him. If the resignation does not fol low now the Middleburg congre gation threatens to follow the ex ample of her sister congregation. Mr. Diehl Is president of the Cen tral Pennsylvania Synod of the Lutheran church which meets here in September. Thecongro gation agreed if he would resign now to take effect after the meet ing of Synod they would not take the proceedings enacted to-day, but to no avail. ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW Snapshots at Their Comings and (mines Here lor a Vacation, or Away for a Restful Outing. NAMES OF VISITORS AND VISHTD John I!. Sipes, of Laidig, spent Friday in town ou business. Thomas Sipes, of Saxtou, was a McCounollsburg visitor Mon day night. James H. Kirk, of Uustontown, spent Saturday and Sunday with friends at Fairvicw. Myrtle Sipes spent Friday and Saturday the guest of her cousin Sallie Hoop at Harrisonville. David Malloy and John S. Har ris were out at Harrisonville last Wednesday fishing for eat fish. ' Harry Figart, of Altoona, who had been visiting friends in Wells Valley, spout Monday night in this place. Levi Morton of Pleasant Ridge, one of Fulton's progressive teach ers, was a town visitor last Mon: day. Jacob Conierer and family, of Morcersburg, were guests of the former's parents, a few days this week. Mrs. L. 11. Wible and son Oram are visiting the former's parents James Stewart and wife at Green Hill. Robert and Scott Alexander of this place, spent the past week very pleasantly with relatives at Charnbersburg. Blanche Morton, of this place, spent a fev days in the family of her uucle, Hiram Clevenger at West Dublin, recently. Mrs. John Hull, of Mansfield, Ohio, has been spending some time with Mrs. Sabina E Mellott at Gem. Miss Sadie Fisher, of Ayr town ship, has been elected teacher cf the Wingert school in Warren township, Franklin county. Mrs. C. B. Stevens and mother Mrs. Hannah Goldsmith, were called to Everett last Saturday on account of the serious illness of the latter's son Harry. Mrs. J. E. Downes, of Clear field, Pa., who is visiting friends in this county, was a profitable caller at the News office early Monday morning. ' P. M. Snider, wife and daugh-Juha.-who had been visiting rela tives in Everett, spent Sunday night in this place, the guests of Mrs. Snider's sister, Mrs. Hays, enroute to the home at Waynes boro. Prof. II. E. Gress aud family, of Jumonville, Pa., are visiting their many friends and relatives in this county. Harry came in and advanced his subscription on the Fulton County News last Sat urday morning while in town. WELLS VALLK. Mrs. V. D. Schenck is visiting friends in Holhdaysburg.' Mrs. S. P. Wisbart is visiting' friends in Mitlhn, Pa. Mrs. Margaret Lyon, of West Dublii., is visiting frieuds here. Harry Figart, of Altoona, is vis iting Prof. Griffith. Thomas Sipe, of Saxton, is cir culating over the valley, saying . hello to old acquaintances. Miss Felton and Miss Bozley, of Woodvale, are guests in tho home cf Will Foreman and wife. Sue Orth, of Fort Littleton, is visiting hor sister, Mrs. J. ,F, Early, Edith Haldoman. of Philadel phia, and Bess Conley, of Everett, are visiting Maude Baumgard ner. The Presbyterian Sunday school held their aunual picnic, Saturday. Everyone reports a delightful time. , Master Frank ' 'Baker spent o part of last week in Saxtou. He reports a big time with the Sax ton lads. Mrs. Jerry Sprowl met with a very painful accident rocently by falling down tho cellar stairs.
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