oivmi 7. McCONNiaLSISUKG, PA., AUGUST 23, 1 i)0(i. NI!)I!!I:R 'IS THE VACCINATION LAW. iiilroiits Teachers, Patrons and School Officials, as acnooin are adohi (o Open. IITN LETTER FROM SUIT. BARTON. 'o the School Directors, Teachers and t'atro'-s of the Schools of lAiltou County: Shortly after the opening of ,ir schools a year -ago, we were ml routed by the ruling of Dr. atnuel (1. Dixon, State Health 'ommissioner or renusyivania, directing that the vaccination law hould b8 rigidly enforced liroughout the State. Our county, like many others, . . - "ai- ii , r nil not comply wiui me law lor wo reasons: first, because the f-chouls had already begun, and n enforcement of the law would lioce.' sarily have meant a break in jiio attendance; and, secoud, be- ause the cold and brittle weathei jwas here and parents hesitated flo have their children vaccinated r fear of colds and such disor ers as are incident to winter front lie r, thus making the vacci nation doubly hard. The question now arises what hall we do ia the matter for the oming term t Section 12 of the Act of June is, IMCi, provides: "That all prin cipals or teachers iu charge of schools are hereby required to refuse the admission of any child u the schools under their charge or supervision, except upon a cer lificate signed by a physician set ting forth that suchchild has been successfully vaccinated, or that it lias previously had smallpox." Suction '21 of the same act pro vides; "That any principal or teacher who fails, neglects, or re- I'usus to comply with said act, shall upon conviction thereof be liable to a tine of not less than $5, i. or more than $100,and in default uf payment thereof shall undergo mi iuiprisiouiiieut in the county :u 1 for a period not to exceed six ty days." Whether the law meets with our approval or not, or whether it be a wise. ruling or not, it is neverthe less a part ot the statutes of our State, and we cannot question its justice. It has been sustained by the Courts, and we, as school of ficials, and as patrons and citizens of the commonwealth, must eith er obey or be prepared to suffer the penalties of its violation. The law makes the teacher wholly responsible for the ob servance or the violation of the same it is the teacher only who is made to suffer where the law i-s not complied with; and, while the law provid3s that no pupil shall be admitted to the schools, who does not possess a physi cian's certificate, yet I feel that by judicious efforts on the part of teachers and school officials, and by the laying aside of pre judice on the part ol patrons, all 'f our boys and girls can be brought to a fulfilment of the law without any being driven from I ho schools. Where we go in advance of pub- lie. sentiment or go contrary thereto, we must meet opposition; hence, my argument for wise ( ouuselhng and tactful presenta tions of the vaccination question, by those in authority so that pub he sentiment may be educated to . the point of cheerful observance I of the law. In three of the districts of the p county, the law was observed last winter; in others, the ' school- I boards have recommended its ob V servance this year; but whether i school boards take action or not, i n, is up io the teachers to meet ; the question and handle it as they tmuK nest. , i trust that parents will give mis question due and fair con ; sideration before tho openiug of j uiobciioois so that no teacher I may be endangered, and uopu pn uepnveu ot an education. Kespectfullv ' Chas. E. Baiiton. i V. S. The question may arise, Must teachers bo vaccinate! y i AUGUST NUPTIALS. The Hot Weather Has not Produced a ' Slump in the Matrimonial Market. ! HARP MHM.OTT. j Last Thursday morning after breakfast,, as Kev. J. (!. Garland 1 was about ready to go to work, lus attention was directed to a party coming up tho lane toward his house. This did not in any way alarm the preacher, for it was not an unusual thing for per sons to travel that road. But this particular party, which was made up of Misses Ida and Laura Bard aud their eldest brother, drove up to the gate, alighted from their conveyance, hitched their horses aud went into the house. Noth ing wrong about this proceeding, and Mr. Garland went into the house to have a pleasaut word with his callers. They had not chatted long, however, until there was the sound of approaching ve hicles, aud when the Reverend went to tue door lie noticed two buggies the first containing Mr. Virgil Li. Bard md Miss Mollie Melllott, and the other, Michael W. Mellottand a western woman. This party, also, stopped" and came into the house. The pastor now begau to think that there was "something up," but he did not have to wait long to have his curiosity relieved, for Mr. Virgil produced certain papers that had been executed under the seal of Prothonotary Harris at McCon- nellsburg, and in less time than it takes to read this yarn, Mr. Virgil B. Bard and Miss Mollie Mellott woae standing with right hands joined, listening to the ceremony that made them legal husband and wife. After the ceremony was over, and congratulations had beeu ex tended, the bridal couple started to si. end a day or two with the groom's sister, Mrs. Louie Mcll- nay, at Yellow Creek, in Bedford county. Ihe other folks went back to their respective homes. kki.no MOCK. On Wednesday afternoon, Au gust 14th, of last week, at 2 o'clock Mr. Curtis Kolso, and Miss Alice Mock, both of Knobsville, were married at the office of Kev. Mark G. Holtzman, pastor of the U. B. church at Hustontown, Pa. We sincerely hope this young couple may be abundantly bless ed with health, prosperity, and a pleasant and profitable journey through life together. M'GKKHK KlNt.KY. On Wednesday, August 15, 1900, at the Washington House, Charnbe.'sburg, Mri Koy McGee- he, son of Chas. McGeehe and wife, of Burnt Cabins, was united in marriage to Miss Grace Fin- ley, daughter of J. D. Finley, of Decorum, Huntingdon county. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Geo. M. Glenn, of the Meth odist Episcopal church. SO CI )KUN Li U KLiOU Y . Edward Souders, son of An drew Souders, of Thompson township, and Miss OliveGregory, daughter of Mrs. Mary Gregory of tho same township, were mar ried at Need more by the Kev. A. G. B. Powers, on Wednesday ev ening of last week. CA IU1 AUU 1 1 M lirXOTT. Ou Monday the Otlt inst., at tho Lutheran parsonage iu this place, Rev. A. G. Wolf uuited in marriage Mr. John A. Carbaugh, sou of John S. Carbaugh, and Miss Osa Mellott, daughter of Nathaniel Mellott. Dr. and Mrs. W. T. McMillan aud their little son Master Wil liam, Jr., accompauiod by Miss Mamo Jones, of Philadelphia, spent Tuesday night at the Ful ton House, on their return to their home la Meyersdale, Pa. The Doctor and his lamily have been out on a thiee weeks' uutomobil ing tour, visiting Gettysburg, At lantic City, Philadelphia, New York ttod Boston. answer yes; the County Suporin tenueut and teachers must us necessarily he vacciuatel us the pupils. THE WEATHER .MAN. How He Eorecasts Atmospheric Condi tions With Much Precision. What the weather man bases ; his foreasts on, how ho is able to tell hours befoi ohtid tin ki"d of weather a certain place will have, and the roanon why his fore casts often prove to be correct, make up a story (if which the general public knows but little. In the first esc forecasts aiu based ou barometric readings, a low barometer indicating a storm, a high barometer tho ontrary. Nearly every one knows this, but comparatively few people know that iu this country all storms, with but one exception move in one direction, and this is true, no matter what the direction of the wind may be. In the United States the gen eral direction of the motion of all storms is from west to east, but they may take any easterly course that is, northeast, east or south east and it is these variations from the regular course that so ofteu upset the weather man's predictions. A storm, therelore, being reported as raging in any locality they in charge of the weather bureau, assumiug that it will take the regular course, pre dict similar conditions for points of that in which the storm is re ported as existing. Ofteu his predictions will come I rue but frequently the storm wH switch its course to some other easterly direction, and then, to use com mon parlance, he is up against it. To this rule that all storms in the United States move in one di rection there is but one excep tion. This is another class ol storm sometimes affecting the country which are called sub tropical cyclones which first move toward the northwest, but about latitude thirty degrees north, curve around toward the north east and move in the same direc tion as ordiuary storms. The winds circulate around thesa storms in a spiral inward course in the opp 'site direction to the movements of the hands of a watch Therefore, if a storm passes north of a place the winds will -first "be southeast, east or northeast with warm, cloudy or rainy weather, and will then shift to northwest, with clearing skies, but if the storm passes south of a station the wind will shift from northeast through north to north west.and the weather will remain cold, at first rainy, while the wind is northeast, thou clearing as it shifts to northwest. The area of cloud and ram ac companying storms is most ex tended ou the east side.ofteu cov ering hundreds of miles in ad vauce of the storm centre; while on the west side the clouds rapid ly break, showing clear sky. The storm centre is the region where the barometric pressure is lowest, usually tne barome ter reads about 30 inches; if it is found to read below ISO (:.",t "i inch es) it is an indication that a storm is present. The lower the ban m- eter.the higher will be the winds, the .more severe the stirm and the heavier will be the rainfall. An interesting feature in con noction with the fact that storms along the east Atlantic coast move from the southwest toward the northwest, is that the direction of the storms in that region was first discovered by Benjamin Franklin in 1750. On one occa sion Frankhu, who lived in Phila delphia, wished to lake observa tions of a total eclipse of the moon; he made arrangements with a brother liv'.ug in Boston to take simultaneous observations there. But a few hours before the time of the eclipse a soere northeast storm with rain set in at Philadelphia, which spoiled Franklin's view of the eclipse. As the wind and rain came from the northeast Franklin supposed, of course, that the stirm came from the northeast, and that it must also have spoiled the view of the eclipse at Boston, but he was surprised to hear 1 iter that ON WHOOPING COUGH. Health Department to Post Warning of the Disease's Presence, Gives In structions How to Prevent Spread of the Disease. I)K. DIXON TO IJEfilN CRl!SADE. State lloilth Commissioner SamuelO. Dixon is after whoop ing cough. By seeing to it that the proper precautions are being taken to prevent tho spread of the disease aud by educating tho people to the necessity of such precautious, he expects to ma terially reduce t!u; number of cases of tins disease which an nually causes the death of so many infants and small children in Pennsylvania, An innovation .which State Health Commissioner Dixon will iutroduca will be the placarding of houses m which a case of whooping cough exists. The pla card will shite, "All persons are notified of the presence of this disease and are warned of the danger of visiting or coming in c.mtact with those sick with it." In the circular of r iles to Vie observed iu tho care and manage ment of cases of whooping cough, Dr. Dixon, s.fter wai riug persons of the. fatal results of whooping cough and its associate compli cations, instructs that children with whooping cough must be prevented lrora coming in con tact with other children as long as the disease. lasts. Special precautions must be taken to prevent the spread of this disease among the s:;hool children, and, therefore, children suffering from whooping cough must be excluded from school during illness, andotho - children iu the infected household must be excluded until it is demon strated that they have not con tracted tho disease. Whooping cough is communi cated direct from the sick to the well through the breath espe cially during the act of coughing. However, there is good reason to believe that the poison may ue harbored about the rooms aud clothing, and for this reason Health Commissioner Dixon calls attention to the necessity of prop er dlSUi fectiul). All bed and body clothing, in cluding handkerchiefs, towels, napkins, cloths, etc., used for the collection of discharges from the mouth and nose of tho patient, should be disinfected before be ing taken from the sick room. For this purpose he suggests a disinfectant made by dissolving oue-fourt l of a pound of chlorin ated lime (bleaching powder) iu eight gallons of water, and allow ing such articles to remain in the solution at least three hours bo fore being washed. Eating utensils should be scald ed and remnauts of food destroy ed by burning. When iu the opinion of the at tending physic.iii recovery has taken place, the patient should bo given a bath and bo provided with fresh clothing. Following the recovery. death or removal of the patient, the sick room and its contents should be disin footed. Mrs. W. L. Sloan and baby Eliz abeth, left this place on Monday for the lr home iu Buffalo, N. Y., after having spent four weeks pleasantly among friends and rel atives here. the sky had remained clear at Boston until some hours after the ochpso. Franklin investigat ed tho matter in the only way then possible- by correspondence with friends and found that the ruin and mrthoast wind had be gun at Washington befi.ro they jr. nehod Philadelphia aud did not reach boston until many hours later. From thin he concluded that the storms move from south west tovard rortheast and that the winds work their way backward. SEPTEMBER 5th LAST DAY. Voters Must Pay Tax One j Month Before Election. I If voters have not paid a state ! or county tax witiiiu two years! next preceding tin; sixth day of j November next, they should call I upon the assessor for their proper district and have themselves ns- psM'd on their occupation so that that they may iputlify themselves to vole. They should do this not later 1 1 1 ii n Wi:imiv. Sitit.m itr.i: ." two months before the election. The nuvuient of ;i lax to iiin!ify as a voter must he made )m: Month lli.toui. i in-: Ei.r. -tion, or initiator than Saturday, October ti. Under the "('onupl Practice Act." no tax can be paid for the voter by a political party, candidate or any individual, nor can a tax receipt he given u voter as a gift. Tho penalty for viola tion of this law is tine aud impris onment. A Terrific Storm lust after the turn of midnight on Sunday morning a torrilic thun derstorm broke over this region. All evening sheet lightning played about the skies but it was late be fore tin; storm began to gather in over us and the storm did not break until about l-J::o. It was one of tin; most terrific and awe inspiring we have ever experienced, hecaused of the electrical phenom ena. Peal after peals, rolls, roars, crashes, long continued rumbles of thunder were heard in quick succession for nearly an hour and vivid bolts of lightning came crash ing earthward, while tho rain de scended iu torrents. We have heard of no damage in this county, but in Franklin coun ty a number of buildings were struck by lightning. On the farm of the estate of An drew Shelly, near ( iipe's School, between Upton and Leamaster, the large bank harn was struck and set lire to and burned ti the ground. The crops just harvested, machinery and a number of ve hicles were destroyed. The insur ance was in the Friendship Mutual Company for s?l,500. A thousand bushels of wheat, lot of hay and corn, wagons and sleighs wont up in smoke. George Robertson, of St. Thomas, saved the three horses, which were in tho barn. He was returning with the St. Thomas Band from a festival in Mcrcersburg. The large barn on the farm of George Goldsmith, near Marion, about throe miles west, was struck and burned down. His crops and some machinery worn totally de stroyed. There was considerable insurance. Caki.isi.k, Aug. .0. A most re markable escape from lightning is that of L. J. McGregor and family, of West South street, on Saturday, night. While the family slept, tho house was struck by lightning and set on tire and yet no serious damage was done to the house or inmates. During the storm, which passed over Carlisle on Sunday morning at about 2 o'clock, there was a flash of lightning instantly followed by tho thunder-clap. Mr. McGregor was not awakened by the shock. Ho is a clerk in one of tho departments at llarrisburg and he just dreamed that the one end of the new Capitol had been knock ed out and he was being carried over the edge. When ho landed on tho lloor ho awoke. Mrs. Mc Gregor rolled out upon the oppo site side of the bed and llioy sur mised that something had happen ed. They began to search. In going into the hall Mrs. McGreg or saw that tho door loading to tho attic was open aud there was light above. Thoy took in the siluittibn at oncu and with tho assistance of tho hoys water was dashed upon the dames and the family bucket brigade soon had tho. lire extin guished. Lightning had, struck the roof, splintered some rafters and tailed a naming tiro of about 10 feet, hut did no further damage, and although the family wore sleeping within 10 foot of the lire, they hud escaped unhurt. di-:ath rrcoko. Names of Those Who Have Been Recent ly Summoned to Their Lonit Homj. t 'ATTI.KTT. Mrs. Mary Flien Cattlett, died in McConucllshurg. Pa., Sunday night, August 1!'. ltidii. Brief Mineral services were conducted by Kev. J.L ! rove, of tin' United I 'resby tor tan church, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. A. F. Little, on Tuesday morning when her re mains were taken to Hie Sideling Hill Baptist church, where con eluding services were conducted by her p isfor, Eld. C. L. Punk, of the Primitive Baptist church, aud interment was made in the ceme tery at, that church. Mrs. ('attlett was a daughter of Win. T. Clevcngei', deceased, of Sip"s Mill, this county, and was boru, July 1.", WS She is sur vived by two brothers, Aaron, of this place, and Samuel M., of Need more; also, by tho following children, namely, Mrs. Florida Brocks, of Bonier Springs, Was.; Elizabeth, wife of P. P. Shives, of Dickeys M(iuntain,da.:LillieMay wife of J. V. K. Fisher, of Groat ( 'a '.upon, W. Ya.; Abbie, wife of D E. Little, McConuellsburg, and Lve, in Thompson township. The deceased was married to Mr. Bazil C. Cattlett, of Freder ick county, Ya., in 1"C7, and 1 re sided most of the time since in this county. She was a member of the Primitive Baptist church for many years. .ion .MANN. .lob Mann died of general de bility at his borne in War fords-bur-, August 8th, 1SKH), aged 71 years and !5 months. He is sur vived by a widow and seven chil dreji, Mrs. Lillie Greer, of Mar- 1 1 usbu r.i, W. Ya.; Charles, of East Liverpool, Ohio; Lemuel (. aud Mrs. Gussie Spotts, of Johns town; Jolui A , of Pittsburg, and Miss Mattioand William at home. June luth. 18(51, he enlisted in Company A., Urd Keg. Maryland Vol., and served until the close of the civil war. Hewas at the bat tles of Autietam, Gettysburg, Fredericksburg, Cold Harbor, aud was severely wounded at Chancellorsville. He was a con sistent member of the Presby terian church at Warfordsburg, and his remains were laid away in the cemetery at that place Au gust 10th. Funeral services were conducted by Kev. D. M. Dibble, ot the Hancock M. E. church. With the exception of the time spent in the military service. Mr. Mann's entire life was spent iu Warfordsburg, aud his neighbors and acquaintances all attest to his kindness and moral character. mooui:. On last Sunday afternoon, Wil liam Heury Moore, who illness has been noted in previous num bers of the News, died at his home iu Licking Creek township, aged ii years aud 10 months. Inter ment was made in the cemetery at the Sideling Hill Christian church. The services were con ducted by Revs. S. W. Foor and S. J. Pittongor, During his last illness, Mr. Moore made a profession of rehg ion. lie was a good neighbor, a kind husband, aud aloviug father. A wife and four children are left to mourn their loss. Mr. Moore was the sixth one of tho children of his father to die. His deatli was brought about by consumption. l.Aioii;. Ou last Sunday afternoon, George, infaut son of Mr. aud M rs. Hiram Laidig, of I aidig, died, aged 1 month and 19 days. Funeral services were conduct ed ny Kev. S. J. Pittenger. Iu torment in the Hustontown cem etery. STO'tTl.KM vi:k. On Friday of last week, John S., ago l 8 months and l.'i days, aud Etta May, aged 8 months and 17 days children of Mr. and Mrs. Denton Stottlemyer, of the Little (Yve, Franklin couuty. ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW Snapshots at Their Comings and (ioins Here for a Vacation, or Away for a Kcstful'Outing. NAMRS OF VISITORS AM) VISITED S. I). Jones, of Fort Litth'tou, was a County Seit vi-.it, ,- Na Ur du. v. G. W. M ii in in, i and son ( 'ha l ies of llarnsotiville, were in town hist Friday. . Mrs. E A Lngent and son Al bert, of tins place, spout a week with her daughter, Mr.-,. Clarence Wilson, iu Chambcrsburg. W. II. Greathead. K: t'-arino Cook- and Emily Greathead, of this place, are spjnding the week the guests of Miss Jan net Zacha rias, In Chambersburg. Mrs. Blanche Martin ;uid Mrs. M a ry S h ea I le r , o f C h a m b e r s b u r g, are spending a few days at tho home of the termor's I'-iUicr, Win. Stoner, of this place. Ellis Unger, of tho place, wa-; one of the number from here who went io Chamborsrurg to soothe elephant in John Kohinson's big show last Friday. Kmtna Sloan, of this place, lias accepted a position as teacher of one of the primary schools iu tho borough of West Fail view,. Cum hoi land county. Tho family of William Jennings returned to their home iu Harris burg on Monday, after havirc spent several weeks at tho Wash ington House. Josephine Kuuyan returned to her home Tuesday, after having spent a week very pleasantly vis iting friends in Chauibersonrg aud Sinppensburg. Miss Phaniah Stephens, who had been visiting in the family of J. Walker Johnston, iu tho Cove, left last week for her home in Groat Falls, Montana. Blanche and Bess Morton and Daisy Wink, Olive and Anus Stoutoaglo all of this place, were among those who attended the Crystal Spring Camp mooting. K. K. oipes, one of Liculug C.eek township's well known ciL izeus, has been confined to his home the past few weeks suffer ing from a dangerous attack of heart trouble. D.C. Hart, thegeuial assistant at Wallen'sGiftStore, leavestom i row for a two-weeks' vacation at the old homestead aj Etnmavill.', Pa. Camden (N. J.) Daily Cour ier. MissBlauche Barton, whoholds a lucrative 'positiou as -stenogra pher with the Curtis Publishing Company, Philadelphia, is the guest of her brother. Supt. Chas. L. Barton, South Second street. Miss Barbara Martin, a lOOO graduate from the Lock Haven state normal school, is visitinu her parents, C. Martin and wire in the Cove. Miss Martin has beeu elected teacher of a school near Tyrone, Blair county. David Malloy, a well known re tired photographer of this place, left Tuesday noon tor tho Sim-., shone Indian reservation iu Wy orr.ing, lately opened to settlers, where he will locate a homestead. He will spend some time en route with a brother at La Port, Ind., whom ho has not soon since W.". May his venture bo successful. Kev. A. Z. Myers, of llazeltou, will deliver an illustrated lecture iu tho Methodist church ou Tues day evening, September 8th, at. 8 . o'clock. His subject will bo "Tho Chrst in Art." Kov. Myers is. an able speaker aud should lie greeted by alaroaudionce. p0p. ular price;.,. James B. Mellott, in coming from his home'over ou lower road through the Meadowgroundslast' Friday, lost Ins pockotbook, con taining about uiuety-seven do!- & lars. He did rot miss it until h!i ' reached Amos Seville's ou t' Trout Farm west of town. r tiudor will receive a libera' ward by returning it to Mr lott.
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