INTERESTING PARAGRAPHS
Of I cl and General Interest, (lathered
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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.
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Call and be convinced that we save you a good day's wages on
your purchase. Respectfully,
HULL & BENDER,
McConnellsburg, Pa.
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