l)c jTultott Countg 3Xetus. VOLUME 9 McCONNE LLSBURG, 1A., FEBRUARY 13.1908. NUM1JI R 22 ALICE WISHART COMING HOME. Ha Peen Missionary In India Since 190.1. Will Visit Her Parents Hon. and Mrs. S. P. Wishart at Wells Tannery. Miss Alice Wishart, daughter of Mr. and Mi s Samuel P. Wish a t, of Wells Tanuery, this coun ty, who has been in India as a missionary under the auspices ot the Pr?aoyterim Bo ird of For o:gn Missions, has been granted a loavo of absence from her work to spend a year in this country, and is expected in New York on her return trip during the early part of April. This will be glad news to her parents, to whom the sacrifice of giving up their only daughter to go into a distant land among a Strang? peiple, with strange language and stranger customs, is one that can only be appreciated by par ents. As great as wps the attach tnont between parents and child, the sense of duty to what they be lieved to be the call of God, wa held to be param. unt to any tem poral relations. A letter from Dr. Bortha Cald well, of Johnstown, says: "It was found at their annual con ference that three of their fur loughs would be due in 1910, and that no one would be represented here at home all that time. It was decided that Miss Beach, who is stroug and well, could best remain until 1910, Mary Fairbanks is to be married in 1910, and would like to come home a year before or in 1909. That left Alice free to come is 1908 this year if she felt that she ought to on account of her health, which has not been the b ist this winter. I decided th e if she wanted to come home she should, and wrote her board U that effect, telhug them to cable A.ice at my expense so she could have plenty o I time to get ready Miss Dorcmus wrote me tue Society had met and had done as I wished, aud that they had cabled Alice to come if she felt that she needed to. I had also written Alice to cable me as soon as she had engaged a steamer and the cablegram came this morning (January 25th). I expect her in New York the beginning of the third week in April." Miss Wishart left her home at Wells Tannery for her work in India on the 12th of November 1903, ani reached Allahabad, where she has since resided, about the holidays of that year, luteresting accounts of her work have appeared from time in the News. Growth of the West. Take Texas as an exampl 3. In 1870 it had a population of SIP, 579; In 1880, 1,591,749; 1890, 2, 285 523; in 1900, 3,048,710; 1900 it had grown to 3,586,618; and the mighty tide of humanity lhat is pouring into that great new coun try still rolls on. There is no di ubt whatever that Texas alone could sustain in comfort as large a population as the whole United States holds to day. Another demonstrati )n of the rapid growth of the West lsOkla hooia. The figures given do not include the Indian Ten ltory, now a part of the new state. In 1890 the population of Oklahoma alone was 61,934; in 1900, 898,351; and III 1900 it bad grown to 590,247. Such marvelously rapid growth of population in whole states may veil be regarded as a modern miracle, and the commercial con ditions thereby created and in volved are most unusual and re markable. The needs of these niw com munities so rapidly developing in the West, not alone in Texas and Oklahoma, but over the whole western half of the United States, for manufactured articles of all kluda, have been and are being supplied almost entirely from factories located in the first or uoUieatern si ctiouor subdivision of the Uulted States above desig td. That is the great manufac turlog section of the country. Miracle of Self-Confidence. It was said that Napoleon's presence in a battle doubled the strength of his forces. Half the effectiveness of an army resides in the soldiers' faith in their lead er. When the loader doubts, lies itates, wavers, the whole army is ihrown into confusion; but his confidence doubles the assurance of every man under him. Tne mental faculties, like sol diers, must believe in their lead er the unconquerable will. The mind of the doubter, the besitat or, the wavere the man who is not sure of himself, who thinks he is not equal to what he has un dertaken, is set toward failure, and everything worm against nim. There is weakening all along (he line. In an emergency, as in danger, i man can often perform feats of great strength, which he could not even approximate in cold blood. Arousing a man multi plies his power tremendously. Think of what delicate men and women, even invalids, have accom plished wheu dominated by some supreme occasion or a mighty passion. The impemus "must" give added strength and uuusuai power to all the faculties. So a great self faith, an unwavering self confidence, braces up the en ure man, physically, mentally, morally. It raises him to his highest power, and makes him lo with ease what would be im possible without this wouderful stimulus. An overmastering faith in one self often enables comparatively gnorant men and women to do marvelous things feats which sensitive, timid, doubting people, f far greater ability and much aner texture and uoble qualities, shrink from attempting. 1 know people who havo been hunting for months for a situa Jon; hut they go into an office with a confession of weakness in their very manner; they show lack of self confidence. Toeir prophecy of failure is in then fac es, in their manner. They sur render before the battle begins. They are living witnesses against themselves. When you ask a man to give you a position, and he reads this language in your face and man ner, "Please giv.t me a posiiion; do not kick me out; fat is against me; 1 am an unlucky dog; 1 have lost confidence in myself," he will only have contempt for you; he will say to himself you are not a man, to start with, and he will get rid of you as soon as he can. If you expect to get a position, you must go into au office with the air of a conqueror; you must tl!ng out confidence fiom yourself before you can onviuce an em ployer that you are the man he is looking for. You must show by your presence that you are a man of force, a man who can do things, with vigor, cheerfulness, and enthusiasm. If you carry with you evidence of your power, the badge of su periority, then you will not wan der the streets looking for a situ ation vo y long. Everywhere em ployers are looking for men who can do things, who can conquer by inhereut force and et.ergy.-Success. RECOMMENDS DISPENSARY. And Still They Old So. Mara Twain said at a bauquet recently that it pays to "adver tise." When, years ago, be con ducted a uewsitaper in Virginia City, Nev., a subscriber wrote in tnd said that he bad found a spi der pasted bet wee a the sheets of his paper. "Is this good or bad luck 9" asked the subscriber. Jn bis "Answers to Correspond ents" column the next day, Mr. Twain replied in these words i "The finding of a spider in your copy of the enterprise was neith er good luck nor bad. The spi J.w was merely looking over our pages to nod out what merchant was not advertising, so that it could spin its web act oss his door and lead a free and undisturbed existence forever after.' Mrs. Laura Gordon McCormlck Gets Much Benefit From Treatment at Sanatorium, The Ntjws last week told about the establishmontof a dispensary for Tuberculosis or Consumption, which has been established in McConnellsburg by the State Health Department, tho object of which is to carry the war aguinst tho ravages of that dread disease right into the homes of the peo pie of t hi.- county, and especially to take care of those who may be in poor circumstances. For the encouragement of those who may be suffering from tuberculosis in this county, we take the liberty to pnut part ot a letter which we received from Mrs. Laura, G. McCormick of Path Valley. Mrs. McCormick will be better known to the people in this county as Laura Gordon, daughter of John J. Gordon near B'gCoveTaDnery. and a former teacher in tho schools ot this county. Mrs. McCormick has been at the State Sanatorium at Mont Alto, since last October, until quite rece it ly, with the disease arrested, if not practically cured. in her letter, Mrs. McCormick says: "1 see by the News this mom ing that a grand thing has been done for Fulton county in the es tablishing by the State Health Department of a Dispensary for Tuberculosis in McConnellsburg. If people only knew the good thing it is for them, they would lose no time in taking advantage oT the help the Dispensary of fers. 1 will never be able to say enough good lor ihe Stato Sana torium for what it has done for me. When I weut there last Oc tobor, I thought unless they could help me, I had at most but a few weeks to live. The doctors there also thought I was too far gone to receive much help, but encour aged me to make a tight for my life. Fresh ai., milk, and eggs and regular hours did the work. In six weeks I could walk sever il miles throat trouble almost gone, and cough much better. But I could not stay from the children longer to complete the cure. So the doctors advised me, when they found I could not stay from home longer, to take the children and go to Colorado, where I could be with them and have the benefit of the climate, which they felt sure would com plete the cure. Hence, 1 have de cided to make sale and try to get out to Colorado belore the damp weather of spring sets in. I might just here add, that when I went to the Sanatorium in Goto ber, I weighed only 72$ pounds, and when I came away 1 weighed 95. "4 The Dispensary is open every Tuesday from 1 to 4 p. m. at the office of Dr. Mosser, who is the Medical Inspector for this county. Trying Goat Raising. Among our most prosperous and industrious citizens are the Magsam Brothers George and John? whose farms lie along the base of the mountain oast of town and extending down practically to the borough limits. Their in dustry leads to their prosiority, and their prosperity leads them to bo progressive. It was to their foresight that ground was broken, which led to the laying off in lots tho land oast of town, and the building up of the Exten sion. A short time ago, a "goat" man from Paikt rsburg, W. Va , was here, and it did not take the Mag sam boys long to see that they had the range for that animal. Alter having taken up tho matter from a business standpoint, they ordered a pair of Angoras, and so well satisfied were they of the specimen pair, that they at once ordered a h?rd of sixty more. Last Saturday morning the boys wont over to Mercersburg, re ceived the goats from the railroad company, and had lots of fun driving them over the mountain and housing them in John's new barn. When a goat wants a dainty morsel of food, he selects a thorn bush, or fills his mouth full of blackberry vines or chestnut burs. A goat never thrives so well as whou pastured on ground where there is liltlo else than briars, sumacs, or pine tops. They would bo a good invest ment if kept only to clear up the waste portions of the farm; bu', it must not be forgotten that they J ield a Ihsece each spring of from four to nine pounds, worth any where from thirty to sixty Gents a pound. Th m tho hides wheu properly tanned with the il ieco on, bring from ten to eighteen dollars apiece. There is lots of land in this county well adapted to goat rais ing, and the Magsam experiment will be watched with interest. Judge Morton is taking ten on his farm as an experiment. READ THIS TWICE. Leased Farm In Dauphin Co aty. Heiuz, the Pittsburg pickle man, has leased the Dunbar and Kunkel farms, near Middletown Dauphin county, embracing 250 acres, which he will begin to fertilize at once for crowing vegetables. This means the em ployment of from ICO to 800 men the year round, after the first crop. During the harvest fully 800 will bo required for gather ing, packing and shipping the vegetables. 1 he success of the enterprise depends largely upon the com pany's ability to secure sufrlcient Lbor when it is needed, and up on this also depends in a great measure if a factory is to be lo cated there. If the land can produce vegetables according to the company's requirements, and if labor sufficient to operate it can be employed, a large plant will he erected, and instead f shipping the product it will be handled iu the o sl. Subscribe for tho "News, 1 only $1.00 a yew. A Swindler Abroad. The Mountaineer-Herald is reliably informed that a strauger is traveling around the country districts of nothern Cambria county working a sharp game on farmers who are so careless as to sign their names In a book he carries. This later turns up to be an article ot agreement. He has already caught some suckers, as our informant says in his lot ter: "The above is just what the shareholders of other parts of the county have learned by hav ing dealings with him.' The game, tho writer says, is to form stallion companies and the subscribers are badly misled. He is now at work in Allegheny township. Set the bulldog on him. Eoensburg Mountaineer -Herald. ! BURNT CABINS. We are having tine winter wealh er now. The thermometer regis tered 20 degrees below zero last Sunday moruing. J. H. Baldwin's mill has been closed down for a few days on ac count of the severe cold weather. A few of our young people at tended a dance at Gettys John son's near Knobsville last week, and report having had a fine time. There has been a good deal of sickness in this community dur ing the winter, but most of the sick are getting better now. The revival services have been in progress at the Methodist church sinco Monday evening. Services every evening at 7:30 o' clock. Dici Mi.Gowan, wifo and little daughter wero enjoying the flue sleighing last Sunday. Mrs. Dora Robinson spent a few days among friends in tbis place last week. liev. T. P. Garland will preach in the Sideling Hill Christian Church next Sunday morning at 10 o'clock. important Notice to Subscribers of News papers, Who May be in Arrears. The relation that has existed between the FJitor of the News and his more than two thousand subscribers, has been, and is, most pleasaut. While the labor of getting out a newspaper every week year in aud year out is much more arduous than most people imaglue, this has been more than compensated by the kind words and ready assistance from our subscribers most ol whom the E litor kuows person ally, and in whom he has a deep personal mte'est. Just now it becomes a very un pleasant duty to inform those of our subscribers who may hap pen to be in arrears, that the Post( ftice Department has made a ruling that no newspapers shall be sent through the mails at the second-class postage rate of one cent per pound unless the subscrib tton are paid in advance; and, that subscriptions not paid in advance will not be considered a legitimate list of subscribers; and that pub lishers will be reauired to furnish the postojfice de partment complete informa tion in order that the de partment may determine whether the pnblishers have a legitimate list of subscrip tions. This, cf course means, that we cannot mail the News to you, il you are in arrears more than a year, unless we place a one cent stamp on each paper we send you, and that, you see, would be impossible. We are glad to say that this order will not affect a very large majority of our subscribers, toi they are rlready paid up "hnd paid ahead. But there are a few, who, through negligence, haveal lowed themselves to get behind, aud we hope those persons wiil take the matter, good naturedlv, and come in or scud in and put themseives iu good shape to receive the paper as they have been doing. We should be sorry to have to part company with those who have been with us so long, just for the sake ot the small sum that it would take to put them in good standing. We are up against the United States Government, atd when over the postmaster refuses to send the paper to you, because you are in arrears, the paper, ol course, must stop until the ar rearages are paid. Kindly examine the label on your paper. If it shows that you are paid ahead, thank your lucky stars; but if the label shows that you are in arrears, go down into your jeans, fish out your wad, and come right in and place your self in shape to receive right along your favorite home psper; for do not forget that the same ruling that applies to the News, applies to the Republican, the Democrat, and every other new s paper in the United States. We are sending out statements to those in arrears as fast as time will permit, but by calling and altendiug to this at once, you can save us trouble and expense, and help us to get our hat in shapo to comply with the law. Very truly, ti. W. I'B'K, Dream a Reality. On Tuesday night Miss Emma Wittle, of Manheim, dreamed that a favorite brother, James H. Wittle, was dead, and the dream was of such vivid character that the youug woman was thorough ly alarmed. She communicated her fears to her family, who re fused to share in her alarm. Thursday, however, the family received word from R jading that the youug man had dropped dead on the streets of that city. Wittle, who was a cigarmaker by trade, bad gone to Heading only a week Greatest Lumber Cut. More lumber was cut in the Uuited States last year than in any other year in its history The enormous amount 37,550,73(j wnrd feet was produced, and tlu hi ill value of this was 6S 1 , 1 1,888. In addition, there were 11,858, 260,000 shiugles, valued at $24, 155,555, and 3,812,807,000 lath, valued at 11,490,570. On the whole, it is safe to say that thf present annual lumber cut f tin Uuited States approximates 4(1 oillion feet, and lhat the total mill valuo of the lumber, lath, ind shingles each year produced is less that 700,000,000. Thcsi liguresgive some idea of bow vast is the lumber industry and how great is the demand for it products. A glance at the kinds of lum ber produced shows very clearly the passing of white pine and ak, one the grea.est softwood and tho other the greatest hard wood which the forest has over rown. Sincj 1899 the cut ol white pine has fallen off more than 40 per cent, while that ol white oak lias falleu off mort tlian 30 per cent. To day yellow pine leads all other woods n tmount cut, while Douglas fir ind this will bo a surprise to many-comes second. Since 1899 the cut of Douglas fir has iucreas I 86 per cent. L ui lana is the foremost yellow piue State, with Texas, Mississippi, and Arkansas following in order. Washington produces by far tho greatesi amount of Douglas fir. A comparison of the lumber producing States shows that since 1899 there have been many changes in their relative rank. Washington, which in 1899 stood sixth, now leads, while Wisconsin which eight years ago led all Others, is now thiid. In the same period Oregon, Louisiana, Mississippi, Idaho, and California made great strides as lumber producing States, though, on the other hand, the amount produced in Michigan, Wiscons'n, Minnc sota, Georgia, Kentucky, Tonnes see, Missouii, Indiana, and Ohio fell off any where from 29 to 54 per cent. The highest pricod native wcods are walnut, hickory, and ash, and the cheapest are larch and white fir. From the fact, however, that since 1809 the average increase in the price of lumber has been 49 per cent, it will uot be long before cheap woods are few aud far between. Figures upon the lumber cut of the United States in 1900 are contained in Circular 122 of the Forest Service, which can be had upon application to the Forester, U. S. Departmentof Agriculture, Washington, D. C. ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW Uncle Sam's Stamp Profits. Out of the $lt5,742,fl93 of rtve nue received by the postoffieo de partmont during the last fiscal year from the sale of stamps, stamped envelopes, newspaper wrappers, and postal cards, only $1,035,554 was exp nded in then manufacture, aud ot this total, the postage stamps, which brought iu the largest return by far, cost tho govei nment only $4ii5;585 36 for a year's supply. Stomped en velopes made up $1,041,008 80 for the total cost of mauulacturicg, and postal cards, $104,900 82 Tho United States is one of the few large countries which has uot fallen back on the cheaper pro cesses of printing for the manu facture of its postage 8 tamps. The stamps supplied by Uncle Sam are printed by the "plutd printing" process, v:hich is the most costly as well as tho most perfect of all pi ocesses of taking a printed impression. Harry Clouser took a sled load of young folks over to Loudon, Tuesday evening for an outiug. While there was thirteen in tho party, the unlucky number did not in anyway interfere with the party's having a very enjoyable time. Snapshots at Their Comings and Goings Here for a Vacation, or Away for a Restful-Outing. NAMES OF VISITORS AND VISITED Mr. and Mrs. Corder W. Sny der, of Need more, spent last Fri day night in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Clouser near Back Hun. Mr. Reed Ray who had been spending a few weeks at the home of his mother Mrs. Agnes Hay of this place, returned to Kverett last Friday. Miss Ethel Freeman, who had been spending a few weeks with her grandmother, Mis. J. T. Mye.s, of this place, returned to Philadelphia Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Myers, who live near Delk, Franklin county, spent two or three days with friends on this side of the mouutain last week. Mr. and Mrs. Myers expect to go into one of S. H. Johnston's farms near Mercersburg iu the spring. Mr. W. M. Lodge was in town i day or two the first of tho week. He and his partner, Mr. J, C. Kirk, will be engaged in repaiut ing the Altamonto hotel at Sax con during tho next month or two. Mi. Lodge says the roads in Wells Valley are oadly drifted :n many places as much as eight or ten feet in depth. Death Record. Ai.ta Goldik Bak; Alia Goldie Bard, infant daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Hard, died at the home of its father's parents, Mr. aud Mrs. M. C. H. Bard, of Pleasant Ridge of January 28, 1908, from pneu monia, aged 10 months and 3 days. Besides her parents, one sisters, Deloras, survives. Fun eral services were herd on Janu ary 28, at the Sideling Hill Bap Church, conducted by the Riv. Pittinger. Mus Bar ah Ackehman. Mrs. Sarah Ackerman, wife of John Ackerman, died at her home in Creston, O., December 12, 1907, aged Q9 years, 4 months, and 9 days. Twenty-one years ago, they left Veils Valley for Ohio, where they have since lived. She is survived by her husband aud four sons-Curtis, of Mount Un ion: Wallace, in the West; Romeo aud Judson at home; also, by four grandchildren Oscar, Ralph, Grace and Laona Horton. WELLS TANNERY. There was a surprise party at J. B. Horton 's last Friday night, in honor o.r their daughter Amy's Kilh birthday. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Albert Helsel and two children, James and Dol ly; Mary, Anna, and Willie Deni sar; Nellie, Lena and Jay Stunk ard; Lillian, Grice and Charley Murket; Zola, Roy and Jesse Barn ett; Leta, Ernest aud Rei Sprou); Howard and Clyde Warsmg; Har vey Bevens, Roy Deshoug, Levi Johuson, DeForest Gibson, John Truax, aud John Swopo. They spent the ivouiug in various games. Amy received many use ful gifts. The music was reader ed by John Truax on an accord- iou. Will aud Dorsey Barnett spent Sunday with their pareuts, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Barnett. Oscar Horton, of Creston, O , who spent some time with friends here, returned Monday. James Foote is on the sick list. Mrs. James Truax is speuding some time in Everett. Amos Ritchey and sister. Miss Amy, spent Sunday with their brother Owen at this place. Mr. Palmer is visiting his sis ter Mrs. H. E Spangler. Mr. and Mrs.Geo. Sprowl spent Sunday at tbe Club House. James Helsel spent Saturday night with Oliver Hortou. There will be a lecture in Pine Grove church, February 2iad. Come one and all.
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