mm V VOLUME 7. McCONNKLLSIHJIU;, PA., SKl'TI-MUKK 20. J00(. rdimii THE ISLE OF PINES. Interesting and Instructive Letter About This Gem ol the West India Islands. nv A FORMER FULTON COUNTY BOY (Continued from lftst week.) old buccaneers that sailed the southern seas. Many are the tales that are told of buried treasures to be lound mi this island. You will hear a st'ry of a Frenchman who in scorch of valuable woods bought !i tract of timber on the south coast lured natives t- cut themahogimy mi d ebonv losrs, and when but half was loaded on the schooner ' jraid his men aud suddenly sailed awiiy to France, leaving nothing but an empty chest and x few pieces of gold and silver coius to lull the tale. To day, .you will tind caves on the Cassas inouutains that are ideal places for hidden treasures, and are supposed to be guarded with Spanish bayonets or by Sa tan himself. The natives hold these ;,avos in awe, and cannot be persuaded to enter one of these grewsome, gloomy places that penetrate far into the bowels of the earth. In the old Pirate town of New Gerong named by the mi of Christopher Columbus on his second landing, with a colony of Spanish Settlers. You will see to day ruins of the old plaza that was once the scene ot gay Spanish revelry; half-ruined pil lars thafpnee upheld statues of pure white marble seats of the same forming an amphitheatre, in the cent: o of which the Bind played on the moonlight nights of the 18th century, in those days Cuba was in her glory days, when wealthy Spaniards kept a room in his casa for the storing of his bags of silver and gold. Wealth was to be seen on every side, and two thirds of all the great wealth i F Spain was collected from Cuba ami the smaller islands in the West ludies. A trip through thse keys and inlets is a sight not often w itness ed; and it is little wonder we nev er have huiricanes or cyclones. It is so well guarded by these green spots set in the ocean like sentinels around i treasure vault. Man o'-war birds, sea gulls, peli cans, ducks and watar fowls of every species can be seen along the coasts. Thousands of beau tiful shells of every shape and size are washed ashore along the Galeia Grande bay, where thous ands of wildly formed coral raco formations are sculptored by the i nk v- blue waters of the Carribean Sea. Lifo is pleasant on the Isle of Pmes, and were it not for a few species of insects that annoy a person certain seasons of the year, lifo would be glorious in deed. The landscape is most beautiful, hut the stately, royal palm, which in no other country, reaches such majestic proportions enhances a scene already charm ing. It Is little wonder that when Iluraboldt saw the Yumari Valley, Cuba, he pronounced it the lovhest in the world. The island is becoming a fam ous health and winter resort for both Cubans and Americans; and if the present health conditions prevail, which seems probable, i his island will be the most fam ous health and winter resort of our continent. The climate is simply beyond comparison fin est in the world; a sweeping state ment, but nevertheless true. The jailing of a young Ameri can girl has warmed the iron that flows in every true, loyal Ameri can's blood, and those that have always been conservative, are now heated to the fighting limit. The moderates and Territorial Utshave fallen in line and are working together "as they should" for the good cause, and it is only a matter of time when "Old Glory" will float over our Wonder Isle. The coming winter will fln4 hundreds of tourist visiting the SMOKEHOUSES RAIDED. Candidates for the Penitentiary Have Been Canvassing in Belfast Towuship. For the encouragement of those who have been losing sleep prowl ing around, and breaking into smokehouses in Belfast township during the past week or two, we wishtostate that Judge Gillau, a few days ago in Chambersburg, gave a fellow six years in the peui teutiary for stealing a few chick ens. Now, if a chicken thief gets six years, the fellow who breaks into a smoke house and takes all the meat a man has stored up for his children, andjhat he has none to fry for his neighbors when they come in to take a meal if that fellow would get into Judge Swope's hands, he would be hang ed ia about two minutes. . These few feeble thoughts have been suggested by information just received that some midnight thief broke into W. F. dart's smokehouse at Need more, last week, and next morniug there was not enough bacon left to grease the buckwheat griddle. The same thing happened at the home of Walk Mellott. Later de spatches say that G. Johnson Mellott, at Gem, was also among the victims, whose family will have to breakfast on fish, and grease the griddle with a potato. it is about time that the Belfast people would arise :ind run down the scoundrels who have been do ing this kind of business. This meat stealing has been going on now for several years, and thj sooner the thieves are in the pen the better it will be for the town ship. Margret Benedict and Mary Neikirk and Anion Ernst, otLeh master, spent several days thn past week the guests of D. L. G ris singer's family. W. N. Stewart, who had oeen spending his vacation with his parents, atGreenhill, returned to Trenton Junction, N. J., Monday where he holds a lucrative posi tion with the P. & R., as assist ant supervisor. Isle, many interested, in planta tions, and hundreds eager to es tablish homes and plantations in this land of congenial climate and most productive soil. You will find scattered over the island hundredsof old plantations, where every variety of native fruits grow in profusion, uncar- ed for at the present time. Bana nas, coffee, oranges sweet and sour, lemons sweet and sour, grape fruit, kola trees, limes, mumas, mangoes,. Rose apples, Marion Young apples, olives, ho bo plums, guavas, paw pawyas, alligator pears, aya cate's, and cocoanuts, are the twenty princi pal fruits raised on a Cuban plan tation. Royal palms in graceful groups send up their columns of burnished silver to mark the spot of some long-forgotten Spanish homestead. The orange and pineapple cul ture is beiny pushed all over the island, as the latter is a quick and profitable crop, while an orange grove of 20 acres in bearing con dition will yield an income of 8,- 000 to $10,000 par year. Thous ands of people in all parts of the Uuitod States, are interested in the rich fields which the Islo of Pines offers to the energet ic and industrious, and hundreds of acres of the most fertile lands are yielding to the touch of the American pioneer. Kuolli of pure while marble are to be fouud in the uorthern part of the isle, and it has been pronounced by experts to be one of the finest qualities of white statuary mar ble. The old town ot Santa Fe has for hundredsof years been noted for its mineral and magnesia springs, and many visitor come yearly to sip of this vivifying wa ter. It is a quaint old town, built with a. typo of Moorish and Span ish architecture, with a slice of American mixed in. 8. M, Hoover. DR. ALBERT S. STEVENS, Of Hancock, Iowa, lias Exciting Experi ence with Du (tliman Full of "Red Liquor." Dr. Albert S. Stevens is a na tive of this county a brother of Contractor Thomas B., aud Dr. Frank K., of tnis place. Ju.-t across tho street from Dr. Al bert's residence in Hancock, Io wa, is the home of August lvrue ger, a farmer worth about !jC0, 000, who retired from the farm about two years ago, and moved into town. Gust is not a bad kind of a Dutchman when ho is sober, but he is "old medicine" when he is drunk. Last Saturday a week, the old man felt like wetting his whistle, aud when he went to his little brown jug, the jug was not there. The old fellow was already pretty well tanked up, and when he could not find his jug, he became fur ious, and at once suspected that his wife had something to do with its disappeaance. In order to help her to make up her mind without any unnecessary delay to return the jug to him, he accom panied his request with a repeat ing double barrel shotgun, which he cocked and pointed directly nt her head. She threw up her hand just In time to cause the load which her husband was dis charging, to go over her head and into the wall. She at once sprang through the door and ran into tho strc.t lor her life. Krueger tired at her again, but providentially, at the moment he fired, she trip ped aud fell prone to the ground, and the load of shot again went over her body. She was prob ably so frightened that she did not at once arise, and persous who witnessed the shooting, sup posed that she had been killed. A few moments later, someone rushed into Dr. Stevens' office, which is some distance down the street, telling the Doctor that Mrs. Krueger had been shot, aud to come at once. Without taking time to put on his hat, the Doctor ran, and when about fifteen yards from the Krueger home, he saw the old man on the poich, and ordered him to put the gun away. Krueger's reply was a load of shot, three of which the Doctor received in the groin and thigh. Thinking ihe sanitary conditions aboutthe Krueger residen;e were not just up to the standard laid down by the State Board of Health, the Doctor thought he might Jive longer by going to an other part of the city. He travel ed; and just as he dropped into a ditch at the other side of the street, bang went old Krueger's gun, and this time Dr. Stevens stopped three more shot three in the shoulder, and one above the ear. By this time citizens came running Irom every point, and Kruger retreated to the inside of the house where he tired on the crowd, and shots were fired from the outside, until the windows were shattered, the doors full of holes, and the whole structure had a Port Arthur appearance. After a bombardment of near ly three hours, firing from the in side ceased, and the sheriff and his followers ventured in here they found the old man lying on the floor not dead, but woundeJ in a tlo.en places. tie was arrested and taken off to the prison infirmary. The woundsof Dr. Steveushad prompt attention, and while the surgeons were able to extract some of the shot, he will have to carry those most deeply imbedded, until his dying day. we&tdulin, Nettie Price has gone back to Altoona whore she will be em ploy ed during the fall. The schools of our township be gau this week. , We hope there may be a good atteudrnce, and great interest on the part of pu pils, patrons and teachers. Nettie and Merlie Price spent afternoon receutly with Daisy Hoover here. t Our farmers are busy cutting buckwheat and corn nnd seeding fall crops, There was a corn cutting at Or land Wagner's last Saturday aft ernoon and a party In the evening. WHEN IS A MAN 21 ? Some Illustration of The Popular Tall nvivn uh IllL yilV-MIIIII 111 t'Ull'!4, NOT TWENTY-FIRST BIRTHDAY. "A man often hears that law is applied common sense," said Prof. John Win tz, of tho Vale Law School, "and while it is truo that lnw principles , originated in common sense, the law itself as the combined experience of many mcu uuiutorestod in la v will agree, is applied common sense. 'Then, there are many ruins of law, which undoubtedly have a common sei.se origin; but, condi tions having changed, history fails to disclose its origin Yet these very rules must lie retain ed in order not to shake person al and property rights. There fore no man can depend on his own uniustructed common sense .;o know the law. "To drive this statement home, I have frequently put to au in coming law class the question, When does an intaut become of age?' The answer is always un animous : "When he is 21 years old.' "The next question appears ri dicu ous to some, and makes them laugh, while others set. their al leged common serse at work, and never with correct result : 'When is a man "1 years old V "One student says: 'On his twenty-first birthday,' but, of course, he does not mean it, for he is about a year out of the way. Another ventures : 'On the twenty-first anniversary of his birt"..' This sounds better, but even if correct, is not specific enough. 'When he has completed his twenty-first anniversary;' 'At the be ginning of that, day'; 'On the twenty-first anniversary, at the precise hour of his birth. ' areoth or answers. "And then I surprise the guess ers by saying that they are all wroug. "In computing time it is a gen eral rule that the law disregards part of a day. Jn applying this rule suppose a man was born just one minute before midnight on January 2, .1880. "At midnight he had lived but one minute, yet the day on which he was born was ended, and the law considered l im one day old. So, in computing the 21 years which a man must live in order to reach his majority, we dn not begin with the moment of birth, but with the commencement of the day of his birth. "Now, since we must start with the first moment of January 2, 1880, this man did not become 21 years old until the close of Jauu ary i, l'.KU. Mathematically speaking, this is true. "Twenty-one years in that sense requires that the last mo ment of Jauuary 1, l'.iOI, should have arrived in-order to make the man of age and, obviously, he was of age at that point of tim?. But here again the rule is applied. "As the man was of age on the lust moment of January 1, tho law disregarding the eutire part of the day intervening between the first moment and the last, and consequently, ho became in law 21 years old on the first mo ment of January 1, 1(101, tho day preceding the twenty-first anni versary of his birthday. "This rule is a part of what is known as the common law, and Is applied in this country in all States whore the common law of England has been adopted aud remains unchanged by Statute. A man mry vote or make a valid will on the day preceding tho tweuty-first anniversary ol his birthday, although the right iu the one case and tho capacity in the other is given only to persons whohavo reached the ago of 21 yours," 1 - ' Fd ward Bender, who had neon spending sometime with hs pn cuts In this place, left lust Satin-, day for Lexington, N. C, whe.o he expects t go into business for himself. ALFALFA AS A FORAGE CROP. Press Bulletin of (lie Pennsylvania Ex periment Station. Wherever alfalfa will make a satisfactory growth and will stand the rigor of the winter, it yields a most satisfactory-crop either for hay it lor soiling, it will pro duce in 1 Vmiiis. Ivanialhreoorfour cuttings during the season which should yield from 2J to Ti tons of hay per acre. As 1 fulfil hil.v is fomowhat richer i.i protein than cli ver hay i's great value as a fod der e.m readily be understood, pa i i leu la rly as the various clast es of farm stock relish it quite as well, if Hot better th in the' do Clover hay. Alfalfa, however, has not proven an exception to the ninny new crops and appliances that have been extensively commended. New things are often praised by enthusiasts fir beyond thatwhu h the average good farmer is able to realize, under what may he called avernge conditions. While per haps alfalfa has not been boomed beyond its merits wjie.ro 'er it will thrive well, yet Us cultivation has been recommended in an iudis eri in mating way V-hich has proven more or loss deceptive without regard to existing conditions. Sutlicieut attempts have been made to cultivate alfalfa to show that if will thrive well on loamy, gravelly, sandy or even limestone clay soils of Pennsylvania that are deep and are well drained. Fairly compact soils have pro duced good crops where the drain age was sufficiently complete. It is most essential in the cultiva firm of this crop to have the land well drained. It does oest on deep porous soils that do not have a tendency to heave. Wherever clover will heave, the soil may be h'tid to be too wet for the success l'ul growth of alfalfa. On damp soils it may thrive fairly well du ring the sum trier but will not stand severe freezing. On account of the more abun dant growth of weeds and grass in tho spring and early summer, late summer or early fall seeding is recainmended. If the land is cultivated during the early part of tho season and seeded to alfal fa in July or August, ideal condi tions, so far as the establishment of the young plants is concerned, will be most nearly approached. August or September seeding may succeed well, if the soil is tine and contains sufficient moisture for germination and for a rapid growth of tho young plant. A moderate application of com mercial fertilizers containing phos p'loric acid and potash has proven satisfactory iu most cases. In hoine instances tho results haye been very marked. It is recom mended to apply the fertilizer at the time ot sowing the seed. A light top dressing of farm manure after seeding will afford some pi o toction to young plants during the first winter and is recommended under ordinary conditions. The most sitisfactory results have been obtained from sowing the seed br. ndcast at tho rate of 20 to 3) pounds per acre. This should bo harrowed in well. From ex periments made on the Experi ment Station farm and also in Lancaster county, Turkestan al falfa has not proven superior or even as good as common alfalfa. The application of lime before seediug to alfalfa has not given uniform results. In some in stances tho lime has proven bene ricial but in other cases negative results were obtained and in one or two iustances decided injury resulted. In uo case in our ex perionce has It been applied to marked advautage. Alfalfa should bo cut eiiher for hay or as green forage whenever it is coming into blossom. Do not wait until it is in lull bloom. At this stage the stalksaretoo woody to be eaten with relish. Cutting should not h delayed Inter than when the plmts tire one fourth m blooii). In coiu'.lasinii it may he said that alfalla should be inuctt more gen orally jvnwu loPonnaylvanlatha-i AUTUMN NUPTIALS. .Inch Front Sits on the Pumpkin Watching the Pranks of Dan Cupid. I.KKV Y- 1 iKSIIONi I On Wednesday the 2!th ult., at the home of the hridu's parents, Christopher and Matilda Deshong in Belfast township, Samuel O. Leevy was married tr Miss Annie Elizabeth Deshong by Rev. W. K. Truax. t DliKK-iiiiKKNLAM). At the residence of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. William t Ireonliirid, near Cherry Grove, on Saturday, September liith, Elder E II. Myers united in marriage, Clarence Coder, of Mapleton, and Miss Annie Greenland. (JOKDON Uiri!AUIN. At the residence of the officiat ing minister, Rev. Lewis Cham bers, at Big Cove Tannery, Wednesday, September , 1000, Miss Ida Richards became the bride of James Gordon, Esq. Both bride and groom are resi dents ;f Ayr towuship, and start out on their matrimonial venture with the best wishes of their nu merous friends. M KLLOTT-I KK HON(l. On Wednesday, September 12, ldOli, at the residence of the offic iating minister, Rev. A. G. B Po ers.atNeed more, Pa., Howard S. Mellott, son of Mr. and Mrs. George S. Mellott, of Sipes Mills, was united in marriage to Miss Annie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Deshong of the same place. Both the bride and groom have been prominent teachers in this county, and the groom has just been elected principal of the pub lic schools at Baden, Beaver coun ty, Pa., at a salary of fifty dollars a mouth. Mr. Mellott, left for his work Tuesday morning. N('HOOUY-I.KNH(..N(.J. A very pretty home wedding was solemnized at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. Mahala Deshong, near Greenhill. this county, on Wednesday of last week, when Miss Dora V. Desh ong became the bride of George Austin Schooley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Vitsou Schooley, of Salu via, la. The ceremony was performed by Rev. S. J. Pittenger, of the M. E. church, in the presence of a large number of friends and rel atives. A delightful reception was held at the homo of the groom's par ents on Thursday. The bride, who has been one of Fulton's mos.t popular teachers, was the recipient ot many beauti ful and valuable gifts. HKKCSTKKSKKU T.ONC. At the M. E. Parsonage, Three Springs, Pa., on Tuesday, Sep tember 11, I.)0(), Rev. Henry K. Ash united in marriage Harry il. Bergstresser, of Warerfall, this county, and Miss Emma F. Long, of Saltillo. The groom is a son of the late Wilson Bergstresser, proprietor of the Bergstresser mills at Waterfall, and tho bride is a daughter of Mr. Adam Long. Both the young people are most highly esteemed, and carry with them tho best wishes of every body. 'Ihey left at once for a wedding trip that will include a visit among friends m Pittsburg, and places of interest in the Mid dle West. H. W. Karper and wife return ed to their home at Chambers burg Tuesday morning after hav ing speut a week in this county. it is at present. It m.iy undoubt edly be grown satisfactorily where at the present time it is quite un kuown. On farms where dairy cattle or sheep are kept, its great value as a forage crop is most ful ly appreciated. When once well established it will yield goodcrops f green forage or hay for m iny years. The increasing difficulty experienced by the farmers ot Pennsylvania ii securing good stands of clover tends to make al falfa a most valuable crop wherev er it can he Krwn. Gf.o. 0. Watson, ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW Snapshots at Their Comings and Guink' Here for a Vacation, or Away foraKestfulOuting;- - NAMES OF VISITORS AND VISITED Mrs.G.W.Ifays, of this place, is visiting relatives at llustontown. Miss Mary llohman, of Cito, was the guest ot her brother Harry over Sunday. Rev. MarkG.Holt.mau, of llus tontown. was a County Seat visi tor Monday. Mrs. Barbara Houpt. spent Saturday the guest of her daugl ter, Mrs. Wink, near Need more. Superintendent Union and Prothonotary Harris spent Tues day in Franklin county's capital. Joseph Shuner, who had been spending a few weeks with his mother, Mrs. Anna Mary Shinier, returned to Lexington, N. C., where he is employed. Mrs. Grant Fix and son Harry and two daughters, were visiting their friends in Jiuck Valley, one week. They enjoyed their trip very much. Mrs. James A. Stewart, of Sa lu via, and son Will, of Trenton, spent last Wednesday night with the former's daughter, Mrs L H. Wible. TEACHER UP AGAINST IT. Attorney General Carson Says Schools Are Open to Vaccinated Children Only. Attorney General Carson last week sent a letter to a Berks county man, who had queried him on the vaccination law, in which h? emphatically declared that the school is no place for an unvaccin ated pupil. The letter is terse, but stronger than those which the Attorney General has issued on the subject. The letter was addressed to Levy N. Christian, Slrausstowu, Herks county, aud s'iys : "Replying to your letter I answer that it is the imperative duty imposed by statute, sus tained by the Supreme Court upon every teacher to exclude an unvaccinated pupil from the schools. I cannot too emphati cally repeat what I have frequent ly said before, that the schools arc open to vaccinated children only, and that any teacher who tolerates the presence of an' un vaccinated child, or fails to re quire the production from a re putable doctor of a certificate of vaccination or a previous case of small pox, is a violator of the law. Tho question as to when the term of the teacher bean is wholly immaterial. WISHART REUNION. Very Pleasant Social Occasion in ! the Home of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Wish- art, in Wells Valley. Last Thursday was a day that meant much to .the Wishart fam ily in this county. While it is their custom to have an annual family reunion, the average age of the brothers and sisters is now ' Go" years, and as each reunion day comes around and finds the lives of all the members spared dunutr another year, there is especial cause for thanksgiviug. The re union is held at the old Wishart Homestead, now the property and resideuce of Harvey Wishart, and no moro fitting spot on this greeu . earth could be selected for such an occasion. Tho boys and girls of more than six decades ago, whose bare feet pattered in the dusty road that passes tho house, or bathed m the stream that flows down through the meadow, were permitted again to be seat ed around the old family board and recallthein.jideutsaud scenes of the days of auld lang sine. Six brothers and sisters wero present, namely, Samuel P., liar vey, Henry S., John. A., Mrs. David Horton, and Aliss Kate. Miss Jessie Wishart, of Pitts burg, and Miss Sadie Dickson, of McDonnells burg, were among tho other iruoats present.
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