INTERESTING PARAGRAPHS Of I cl and General Interest, (lathered t Heme or Clipped Irm oar Exchanges, CONDENSED FOR HURRIED READERS Mrs Sarah Pittman has been right poorly for a week or two. The Franklin county Teachers' Institute is being held in Cham bersburg this week. Senator Alexander has been confined to the house for several days suffering from a severe at tack of rheumatism. Clarenc-J L Sipes, who had been spending a few days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Nel son Sipes, has returned to Pitts burg. Wanted Second hand bags and burlap; any kind, and quan tity, anywhere; we pay freight. Richmond Bag Co., Richmond, Va. 11 12 10. Hon. and Mrs. Jno. P. Sipes and Mrs. S. B. Woollet, drove over to Cham bersburg yesterday morning, spent the day in that city, and returned home in the evening. Mrs. Hattie Kendall, who has been indisposed for two or three weeks, is much better now, and her friends hope she may be in the enjoymeut of her usual good health soon. Thanksgiving Day, as an insti tution, is not observed in every stale of the union, but the spirit which prompted its birth and which it was designed to promote pervades the whole nation. And there is every reason why it should. There is not one of us but has good cause to be thank ful for the blessings bestowed upon us. To be sure there are dark days days of sorrow, trial and bereavement. But take life as a whole, year in and year out, and it will be seen that the sunny days are far more numerous than the dark, and that the joys of life far outnumber its sorrows. 01 course this is true only of the life that is spent wisely, using to best advantage the faculties with which Uod endowed it and recog nizing in Him the Giver of all good. IWR0VINQ MOUNTAIN HOUSE. AT FREDERICKSBURG, VA. The Unveiling of the Monument! to Hum phrey's Division Draws Large Crowd. The unveiling of the monument in the National Cemetery at Fred ericksburg, Va., on the 11th inst., to Gen. Andrew Atkinson Hum phrey's Third Division, Fifth Army Corps and Pennsylvania troops, attracted to that city a large number of people, of which not less than 1500 were Pennsyl vanians. Among the veterans well known here who attended, were Captain Harvey Wishart, Corporal David W. Kelso, Tice Kiesecker, John B. Lesher, Abra ham Hoopengarduer, Abram Bowman, Joseph Sbatzer, and George W. Glenn all of whom were members of Co. B. 126 Reg. Pa. Vol. Prominent among the visitors were Capt. Geo. F. Baer, presi dent of the Fredericksburg Bat tletleld Memorial Cpm mission, Governor Stuart and staff, and Admiral W. 6. Schley. The pa rade, over a mile in length, in which statesmen, military lead era, and private citizens includ mg a large number of men who respectively wore the blue and the gray during the dark days of the rebellion now all marched together as citizens of are united nation. The address of welcome in be half of the Confederate veterans, was made by Judge John T. Goo lick, of Fredericksburg, and the address of welcome to the Union veterans, by Major Robert W. Hunter, representing Governor Swanson, of Virginia The great address of the occa clon, however, was delivered by our own Colonel McClure. Want of space forbids our giving even the briefest abstract. It was in v. . , . uia usuauy aoio sua impressive tyie, auu was wen wortu a jour ney to Fredericksburg to hear. These grand occasions mean much to the old soldier; and how much it would have meant if ev e'y Fulton county veteran could have been there to have the mem ones of his old war days revived. D. W. K. Hon. J. E. Thropp Will Preserve Fulton County Oame. Hon. Joseph K. Thropp bus a number of men at work repairing and altering the historic Mount ain House, on the old Mcllvalne property in Fulton county. A new pipeline has been laid, bring ing pure spring water to the building, a new roof is being put on, the porch changed and im proved, two bathrooms are being put in the house, a small room made into a sitting room and writing roim on the second floor, board partitions replaced by pi as tor, the room 8 will be neatly pa pered, and the wood work, inside and out, painted. The new burn is about completed. Notices are being posted over that and what was formerly the Scott-Gratz land, forbidding tres passing and hunting. In this matter Mr. Thropp is showing no selfish spirit, just tne reverse. He does not intend to kill the game himself, and he wishes to protect it for a year or two so that hunting will be worth while. It is understood that Mr. Thropp may purchase and set free some wild animals and birds in the spring. The people should show their appreciation of what Mr. Thropp is doing by helping him to protect the game and encour age its increase. Bedford Gazette. A Valuable Tip. After exposure or when you feel a cold coming on ta ke a few doses of Foley's Honey and Tar and it will expel the cold fiom your system. It cures the most stubborn coughs and colds, and prevents pneumonia. Trout's drug 8t're. Educational Meetings. The third educational meeting of Licking Creek township was held at Siloam school last Friday evening. The meeting was called to or der by the teacher, Margaret Daniels, after which President Wible took charge. The follow ing subjects we' e discussed i 1. Daily Program; Order of; Num ber and Length of Recitations. 2. How do You Teach Geography Primary and Advanced. 8. Duty of Pareuts, Pupil, and Teacher. The discussions were inter spersed with a number of inter esting songs and recitations by the school; also, music by the graphopbone. Mr. Lamberson was present and gave some very interesting talks on the different subjects. L. V. Hollinshead, Teacher. The third educational meeting of Bethel township, was held at Mount Airy School, Nov. 13th. The meeting was called to order by the teacher, A. C. Garland and G. J. Mellott was appointed president. The following topics were discussed: 4. Local Insti tutes, value of etc. 2. Duty of teacher Patron and Directors. 3. Child Nature, The discus sions were interspersed with a number of recitations and songs by the school which reflected much credit to both teacher and pupils. The following teachers were present, S. L. Barnhard, A. C. Garland, Opal E. Sharpe, and Kathryn E Yonker. Kath ryn E. Yonker, Secretary. BRUSH CREEK. The first snow of the season fell last Saturday, and some of our people were trying the sleighing1 on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Barton, of A k ersville, taae returned from a week's visit to their daughter, Mrs. Seamen, at Newport. Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Williams, af ter spending a few days with their daughter, Mrs. Little, at Saxton, have returned to their home at Akersvllle. Henry N. and Sebert Barton were among the lucky hunters who each succeeded in killing a wild turkey last week. Mr and Mra. Henry Dlshong spent the latter part ot last week with rela tives in our valley. Mr. and Mrs, J. C. Barton spent last Sunday In the home of O, It. Ak ers. '. The painters and paper hangers have about completed their work on the house ot Piper Barton, and it Is uow ready for occupancy. Piper Barton had the misfortune to cut his foot one day last week. ftusse! Carbaugh spent Saturday and Sunday in the home of Henry N. Barton. Mrs. John Bard spent one day last week with her sister, Mrs. Albert Spado. OUR TIME STANDARDS. The Four Sections That Divide the Unit' ed States. tF.vrry nation has its own time standard, but the United States has four. These time sections, as they are called, were introduc ed in the year 1888, chiefly for the railroads, and are known as the eastern, central, mountain and Pacific. The eastern sec tion extends lrom the Atlautic coast to an irregular line drawn from Detroit to Charleston, S. C, the central includes all between this lino and another exteuding from Bismarck, N. D. to the mouth of the Rio Grand river; the mountain extends from here to the western boundary ol Mon tana, Idaho, Utah and Arizona, and the Pacific includes all the remainder of the country to the Pacific coast. The difference in time between adjoining sectious is one hour, so that when it is 12 o'clock in New York city it is 11 o'clock at Chi cago, 10 oclock at Denver and 9 o'clock at San Fi ancisco. The true local time of any place is slower or faster than the stand ard time, according as the place is west or east of the time met i dlan. Thus the local time at Boston is sixteen minutes faster than eastern standard time, while at Buffalo it is sixteen minutes slower. Harper's Weekly. OUR FIRST PRESIDENT. May Go to the Senate. From present indications it looks very probable that Roose velt and Bryan may both be sent to Senate from their respective States. That President Roose velt may be the successor of Sen ator Piatt in the Senate is con sidered by many 'in Washington as not at all improbable. Those who regard this as pos sible declare that they have as su-ance from the President him self that he would not be entirely avers9 to the acceptance of the Senatorial office under conditions as thoy will be after the fourth of March. So far as Is known he had made no recent expressions on the subject, but he has said within the past year that with Mr. Taft as President he would not feel the same hesitancy about entering the Senate that he would feel with some one in the White House with whom his re lations were not as intimate as they are with Mr. Taft. The suggestion that Bryan be made a Senator from Nebraska is also finding 'avor among Demo crats, and if the leaders have their way Bryan will be thrust forward to oppose Senator Burk ett two years hence. They say they propose to clear the track of any opposition candidates within the party and so put it up to Bry an that he cannot refuse. The Democratic idea now is to adopt the Oregon plan at the coming session of the Legislature so that in 1910 Nebraska voters can choose their Senator just as they do their Governor, and the Legislature must ratify their choice. One law sure to be enacted, as it is a platform pledge and insist ed upon by Bryan, will provide a system of bank deposit guaranty for State banks. The Democrats have four fifths of the Legisla ture, and Bryan is expected to submit the bill he desires. A Problem in Numbers. No one is known to have suc ceeded in finding two integral numbers such that the sum of their cubes would produce the cube of a whole number. The cubes of the lit st ten numbers give the following series: 1-8-27-64-125-216-343-512-729-1,000. This series may be prolonged in definitely. The problem would then be to find two members of the series such that their sum is just equal to another number. Adding 125 and 2111, we get 841, which is certainly pretty close to 848. Again, adding 216 and 512, we obtain 728, which is within a single unit of 729, auother mem ber of the series. Another ex ample of being very close, but but not exact, is that 729 plus 1,000 gives 1,729, which is but a single unit more than 1,728, the cube of 12. It will thus be seen that the first twelve cubes yield two cases where the approxima tion is but a unit out of the way. A the possible cubeBare infinite in number, it may seem worth while to proNocute the search. The Averare American Knows Very Little About Washington. Born Feb 22, 1732; died Dec 14, 1799; fought Indians; time and place a little vague. Was he not with Braddock ? Married a widow named Ma'rtha; was com mander all through our Revolu tion; was our first president and had two terms; wrote a farewell add i ess; knew Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson; crossed the Delaware at Trenton just before Christmas and surprised the Hessians; beat Cornwallls at Yorktown and was first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen. These are all public facts. What does the reader know of Washington the man? More than likely it will be as follows : Cut down a cherry tree with a hatchet; owned up to having done so, saying, ' Father, I cannot tell alie;"thiew a stone very far across some river; climbed up the side of the natural bridge and cut his initials; worked hard at school; was steady; was very good all the time, and everybody looked up to bim;of course very brave, of course very wise and a great pa triot: was one of the greatest men in all history; was tall, strong, wore those knee breeches of colonial days and a wig; looked stern; would probably lecture you and tell you to be virtuous and you would be happy. Such, if I mistake not, is the reader's vis ion of Washington as a man cold, austere, unemotional, with out passions, grave, not merely greater than human, simply not human at all a sort of marble statue. A figure to prize, to be proud of as an American, a figure to revure, but not a character to love, to be drawn to, to feel any kinship with in a word, immor tal, yet not living. Everybody's Magazine. Cider Making. The underaignrd is prepared with a flrsl class steam out Ht at his home Dear Jugtown, to do cider making, and hereby gives notice that his mill will be ready for business on every Wednesday until the first of October, and after that time, on Wednesday and Thursday of each week. 8-20-tf. Nick Hohman. Executor's Notice. Letter testumenturv on the estate of John 0. Met.ier. Iut of I.ioklnit Creek towunhlp. Fulton county. en . lU'ceased, huve heen grain ed by the IteKlKter or Wills of Pulton county, to the unler.iiuifl all persons Indelned to said estate arr requested to make Immediate pay ment, and those IhvIiik legal claims against the same will present (hem without delay.. THOS. S. MKTZI.EK. I itor. ' 10-s-St. IlarriHonvllle, Ia. W. M. COMERER, agent for THE GEISER MANUFAC TURING COMPANY, BURNT CABINS, PA. for the sale of Traction and Portable Engines, Gaso line, Separators, Clo ver Hnllers, Saw mills, &c. Engines on hand all the time. C. M. RAY, Auctioneer, Postofllce Address; McConnellsburg, Pa. Fifteen Yeara' Kxperlence. Owing to the In creasing number of calls for my services. 1 have deelded to notify the public in this man ner that I ahall bold myself in readiness for public sales, auctions, Ac. Prices moderate, and satisfaction guaranteed. 4-1-08, ly. M. R. SHAFFNER, Attorney at Law, Office on Square, McConnellsburg, Pa. All legal but neas and collections entrusted will eoelve oareful and prompt attention. FOLEY'S HONEY-TAR The original LAXATIVE cough remedy. For coughs, colds, throat and lung; troubleB. No opiates. Non-alcoholic. Good for everybody. Sold everywhere. The genuine FOLEY'S HONEY and TAR is in a Yellow package. Refuse substitutes. Prepared only by Foley Company, Chicago. ' Trout's Drug Store. Racket Store News Underwear Weil, the time of year is here to he thinking about what kind of underwear you are (jolng to buy, and It has been for sometime, by the way wt have been aelllna: it. You know what that 18 oz. fleece lined goods is. Well, we have sold enouo.li.of that case of 32 dozen, that we have to send an order this day to size up on. Think of buy ing an 18-oz. underwear for 43c. each, or 85c. a suit. Our ladies' are 23c each, or 45c. a suit; boys' heavy fleece underwear -union or sep arate 48c. suit; children's separate underwear, 10c. to 23c.: ladies' fascinators, 24 to 45c.; ladies' fleeced hose, 2 pr. for 26c.; bed blank els, 50 08 82c. to tl.25; horse blankets, 05 and 50c. Talk about Winter Buggy Spreads We think we have one now that beats them all, for the money. It la a double plush robe, weight about 7 lbs., for 12.50. See it. CORDUROY PANTS for everyone. Well, we have sold more of these goods than ever. You may say, Why t Because the farmer and everyone erse that wears them find them the cheapest to wear; and another reason is, we have them. We bought heavy this year. Boya' knee pants, 48 00 75 and !i5c.; boys' long cord pants, 11.15 to tl.75; men'e cord pants l 25--l. 75 $1.88 12.20 $2.45. Those cords are all lined. HOG! HOG!! HOG!!! The time of year is also here for the killing of hogs, aDd we want to say that we have our old line of Butcher Knives again, and at old prices. We have that plain handle 0 in. knife at 15c., and that round handle 5 and 0 in. at 20 and 25c. We have the sorapers at 8 and 9c.; also, lard cans, the same as last year, 50 lb. at 33c. each. Get pric es on Grinders and Stuffers. Geo. W. Reisner & Co. We will give Extra ordinary Bargains in Ladies', Misses', and Children's Wraps. We have tjie largest line we ever had and all new and up to date. SKIRTS! Never was such a line of Skirts shown in this Town, the very newest patterns and fabrics at prices that cannot be beat. Don't fail to see all these goods before you buy. Respectfully, Geo. W. Reisner & Co. SHOES Here is a shoe that we bought 48 pr. of, and it is to be a soliil leather shoe all through. We huve one of them here with the sole cut through and the counter cut through, and we lind both solid leather. Well, we hear you sav that is the sample. So it is; but the manufacturers allow us to say to you that tbey are all to be just like this one, and if they are not, we will get you a new pair for them. The price is $1.75. Bill Well and Walk Over These are two shoea that are growing with us every day. To those who don't feel themselves able to pay 13.50 or $4.00 for the Walk Over shoe, we want to say that we have the best J 50 shoe that over was worn. They are all good, aud can't be beat for wear. Again we say, try our Hilt Well and Walk Over Shoes. We never did sell as many Walk Over shoes as WE HAVE THIS FALL, go far. I A good double bit Axe for 55c.: Mann Axes in two shapes, at 78c.; single bit Axes, 40c. mmm n i Call and be convinced that we save you a good day's wages on your purchase. Respectfully, HULL & BENDER, McConnellsburg, Pa. BOOKKEEPING. Open All The Year, PENMANSHIP. Catalogue Free, i'J; The Tri-State Business College i Cumberland, Md. SHORTHAND. TYPEWRITING m mm-. --' PULTON COUNTY NEWS is the people's paper. $1.00 a Year in Advance. YOU ARE GOING TO BUY Stockers and Feeding Cattle THIS SEASON You want to buy where you can get the best cattle for the least money . Write or wire at once to JOHN J. LAWLER 163 EXCHANGE BUILDING UNION STOCK YARDS, CHICAGO Sound, safe, conservative, strict honesty and a square deal guaranteed. ESTABLISHED OVER 29 YEARS REFERENCES: Live Stock Exchange National Bank, Chicago Any Mercantile Agency Thousands u m satisfied cuatomera We handle more stocker and h eck re than any firm in the world. A big aelectton at all timea. Sales , 40 to 50 loads daily . ' CotM to Chicago and we will noil direct to you, or order ot once by mail or telegram aud we will ship lust what you wantdirect to you at lowest mar ket prices. Write at once for our plan of filling order. We can aav you money. Write ua fot quotation of prices before you buy.
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