For Sale. Hugh Ewing tract of land in Licking Creok township con tains 88 acres, 50 cleared and bal ance in good timber. Can be b ught cheap and on easy terms. Apply, Geo. A. Hakkis, Agent, McConnellsburg, Pa. vpt it irives the stPiulieat, uniform ui ttfldd Light know QTnfSI f 'Family Favorite" LAMP OIL Tmlly Martiu will give you a 5-cent Cinco cigar on Chnstm is. Mr. and Mrs, Corder W. Sny der, of Gein, were in McConnells burg, Monday. If your razor is dull, take it to Martin and get a keen edge put on it. Hidks Wanted. Highest i market price paid for beef hides, horse hides, wildcat skins, and all kinds of grease, at Paul Wag ner's Tannery, McConnellsburg. George and Ralph Powser, of Bedford, Pa., are visiting friends at Pleasant Ridge. HIDES. James Sipes & Sons pay the highest market price for beef hides at their butcher shop in McConnellsburg, also highest price paid for calf skins, sheepskins and tallow. Mr. Henry Shue desires to thank the neighbors and friends for their sympathy and help dur ing the short illness and death of his loved wife. You should always remember that most cough and cold cures are constipating. Yet the most important thing to do when you have a cold is to move the bowels. You cannot promptly cure a cold until you do this. Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup stops the cough by allaying inflammation of the throat and lungs, and it drives the c ld f:om the system by gently moving the bowels. Children like it for it tastes near ly as good as maple sugar. Sold by Trout's drug store. Mrs. Reba Cohen, Dauphin county's oldest inhabitant, died ot old age, last Sunday morning, at the home of her son, John, at Steelton, Pa., aged 104 years. Her mother lived to be 10") years old and her brother was (J'J when he died. Mrs. Cohen, whose maiden name was Reba Katz, was born in Xovna, Russia, in April, 180"). She married Jacob Cohen, a native of the village in which she lived, and resided there until after her husband died, coming to this country m 1889. Have you ever met him? The greatest nuisance in the land is the fellow who knows it all. He is the one who reaches a conclus ion before he has all the facts. He opposes new ideas. He has no faith in the future. He re spects nobody's opinion but his own. He is the same fellow who once opposed the steel plow share because he said it would poison the soil, and condemned the steel railroads because they would frighten cows so they would give no milk. This kink of a man is A blot upou the landscape, and is pretty near always a failure. There is a lesson to office seek ers in the story of a man who lias been a member of the Con necticut Senate and Banking Commission of the State, and, having lost that office, has gone to work stripping tobacco at days' wages. A man of consid erable scientific attainments re signed a college presidency sev eral years ago to lake an appoint ment as Chief of the Weather Bureau. A change of Admin stration threw him out of his of fice, no college offered him a presidency, aud he went to work in a lumber .amp at 1.50 a day. Public office is a pleasant incident to a man who has a business of his own that he can go back to but few men find in a career. On October :J1 last there was trouble in the Speelman school, In Londonderry township, Bi;d ford county. Miss Clara Keis wick, of Cessna, who was the teacher, was correcting one of the pupils when a youth named George Holler is alleged to have interfered. In the struggle which followed the teacher was thrown from the school porch aud severely injured, it develop ing that she had to be taken to a hospital iu Cumberland, whore an operation was performed and the real result of hor injuries is as yet uncertain. Recently young Holler was arrested on the charge of assault and battery with in tent to kill and taken before a justice of the peace, where he gave bail iu the sum ot $1000 for trial at court. a. .... t, v anrini nnil i r.irn'. inn nnf'On. Ui'T iM,wr. - r ;r ",. ; V.nn..ri. Y.. ., ,,,.. ,7". M lo'irwV,o, FamU,F.vc.Ht." w.11 no. .mote. , or BieVfrt wlil not char i-.k or "f fort" n. nn-r. umrwm wmm ,i. ... A jro, .l-... PI UMBIA, n i i it v n:i. Yi;it.n . nriiwiiiii" - - Airto nuikerfc ot Wawly Bpwlal Auto Oil mid Wurwrl Bargains In Hats and Feathers AT HUSTONTOWN -:- EALL STRICTLY NEW GOODS. CAN YOU NOT SAY "NO?" One of The Greatest Things In Life Is The Ability to Be a Master. Nature makes the crab apple, but without man's help she could never evolve the pippen. Nature makes the man, but unless man takes charge of himself he will never evolve into a master. He will remain forever a crab apple man. So nature requires a man to co operate with her. And, of course, by this statement I fully admit that man is but a higher manifestation of nature. Nature knows nothing of time time is for man. And the fleeing quality of time is what makes it so val uable to us. If life were without limit, we would do nothing. Life without death would bo appalling. It would be a day without au end a day with no night of rest. Death is change and death is a manifestation of life. We are allowed to live during good behavior, aud this is what leads men towards truth, justice and beauty, for these things mean happiness instead of mis ery. We 'work because time is short; and through this work we evolve. The master is a man who has worked wisely and in telligently, and through habit has come to believe in himself. Men are strong just ill propor tion as they have the ability to say No, and stand by it. Look back in your own life what was it caused you the most worry, wear, vexation, loss and pain? Was it not because you failed to say No at certain times, and stick to 1 This vice of in ability to say No comes from lack ofconlidence in yourself. You think too much of opinions of oth er people aud not enough of your own. "Put your name right here it is only a matter of form, you kuow-just between friends." And you sign your name. The years go by and there comes a time when you pay for your weakuess in blood and tears. And the real fact is that the good opinion of the best people comes from your saying No, and not weakly yielding and putting down your name to a subscrip tion, a contract or an acknowl edgment which was none of yours. Cultivate self confidence and learn to say No. It is a great to be a man, but it is a hner thing to be a master of yourself. Elbert Hubbard. Sale Register. Saturday, January 2. Henry Shue, intending to break up housekeeping, will sell at his resi dence in the East-end Extrusion, McConnellsburg, all his house hold and kitchen fun.iture, can ned fruit, potatoes, meat, Ac. Sale bojjius at 10 o'clock, a. m. Credit 6 months. tints that were 2.00, now $1 M. Hats that were 1.7ft, now 85c. Hats that were 1. 50, now 75c. Hats that were $1.25, now 5c. Hats that weteSl.OO, now 50c. Baby feps of folt, white bear skin, and silk mbroldered, at HAM' ' TRICK. Feathers of all descrlntlons from 5c. each, up: Soutache Braids, 2c. yd; niching, alover lace, veiling, etc . at lowest prices. Thanking ttie public for past patronage and soliciting a share In the future. Mrs. H. C. McClain. TWO HEADS ARE BETTER THAN ONE! Talk it over with the WIFK. Plan so you can cut down the daily expenaes. Open an account with us no you will have a place for your sav ings where they will be safe, not only from thieves, but from your selvesmoney in the house is a temptation to spend. Have a purpose in your growing habit of depositing in The First National Bank i-iO Stop - Look Listen I 60000000000C , , MID-WINTER TERM BEGINS January 4, 5, and fl. Send for catalogue. 'IiikThi State Bus inkss OOLLBOB, Cumberland, Md. House and Two Lots for Sale IN NEW GRENADA. The undersigned offers at Private Sale, his home io the village of New Grenada, Fulton county, J 'a., situated on Rood street, conisling of two front lots, having erected thereon a two story Dwelling, with a one stoty kitch en attached, Stable, Corn-crib, large Wagon shed, an. other outbuildings. Well of never-failing water, fruit trees, etc. Excellent lots in good state of cultivation. Property convenient to school, church, postolllce, ard only three miles from coal mine. This property can bo bought right, and on reasonable terms. For further partic ulars, call at the premises, w ithin the next three weeks, and see the owner. Ukn.iamin F. Ckiii:h. Santa Claus will visit the store of -:- D. H. PATTERSON & SON, : At Webster Mills, At the Xmas Holidaysand will have a load of Toys with him Railroad Trains, of McConnellsburg, ;? IM KCF.NT COMPOUND IMIKKST. ooocoooooo:oco FULTON COUNTY BANK McConnellsburg, Fa. (ORGANIZED IN 1887.) 3 per cent. Interest Paid on Time Money. Deposit it, when $ Borrow, when you have a ned surplus, with $ 'rom The Fulton County Bank.. n Farm and Store Property for Sale or Rent. With a view of moving to Merecrs hurg I oiler my property for sale or rent, on private terms. It is located (ii miles southwest of Mercersburg, Pa., directly along the public road leading from Mercersburg to Duns Gap, consisting of "hi acres, more or less, good quality of slate land, level, having thereou erected a two-story frame dwelling house with cightiooms, summer kitchen, cellar, store room and wurrliousc, inline nun oarn, ucmi shed, buggy sheds, hog pen, Chicken house and other necessary out-build- logs. Buildings and fences are in good repair, two wens, oesiucs run ning water on the premises. This hus been a profitable store stand for mure than thirty years, widely known as the Uruhaker and Witter store. This property is seldom offered for sale, hence It is worthy the attention of buyers I also have 15 acres of i'lmber land which I will sell at a reasonable price to the purchaser of property. Possession given April 1st, lilO'J. Any person wishing information call on or address, G. L. Woi.it, (on the premises) Route No t, ' Mercersburg, Pa. Sleds and Wagons for the boys and Dolls for the girls, and a large assortment of Candies for the children. All are invited to come and see him. .... There will also be found a lot of Novelties suitable for . . . xms GIRTS Consisting of fancy Glass-ware, Decorated China-ware, Toques, Fascinators, Men's and Ladies' fancy Handkerchiefs; also,. Oranges, Figs, Dates, and Nuts of all kinds. The Irwin Store. MAN'S SHINIMi VIRTUE. Whatever May be His Faults, "Nag." He Doesn't THE NEW BALLOONING. The officers are men with years of practical training in their re spective lines. They are thoroughly competent and exercise pru dence and the utmost care In the management of this institution. They do not have a dollar Invested in stocks pr corporation bonds. Individual liability and security to Depositors of more than :ioo,ooo.oo. W. II. NELSON, - - - Cashier. EIGHTEEEN STOCKHOLDERS DIltECTOHS : J. Nelson Sipes, Chas. It. Spanglcr, A. U. Nace Wm. H. Nelson, J. F. Johnston, Walter M. Comerer, A. F. IJaker GREAT REDUCTION SALE N Men as husbands are not so faithful as women; they are not so tender; thev do not forgive, as women do, conduct which dis graces them publicly; they are not so patient with physical pain thev are not so generous to sins outside of the affections; but they have, says Octave Thanet, in "Hai per's Mazaar," a shining vir tue of their own; they do not nag! It is not like a man to thresh out an old injury after every grain of circumstance has beeu extracted and the flail raisss nothing but dust. Nor is it like a man to tumble into the traps of his own logic and rescue him self by a burst of temper or a Hood of tears. Men 11 y into pas sions over trilles just as much as women, and often more violently. Their language, for instance, in regard to overdone beefsteak, fre quently is not fit for a lady's ears; and it is to be hoped tho waitress does not report it to the cook lady ! And it seems irrational to be upset, as men are, by the mis behavior of collar buttons and lit tie mistakes about wine, such as gfving away the choicest sherry to the poor, sick washerwoman. Still, it may be admitted that while they fly into passions they do not fly into the same passion again and again. And when they forgive, they forgive; they do not imply take tho offense away and put it in cold storage. Subscribe for the NEWS. 11 Takes Courage to Soar Astride a Skeleton Framework. To stand in the canvas house which shelters a dirigible balloon and to examine the craft itself gives one a new idea of the cour age and steady nerves required for aerial navigation. One considers just what it means to mount 600 feet above solid earth, asceudingor descend iug at an angle of 45 degrees, buf feted by breezes which may catch the nose of tho balloon and make it buck like a frightenel horse or fling it against chimney or spire. All the time one is holding on merely by hooking one's heels agaii.st a two inch oak strip) loss support than a stirrup with one hand on a similar bar; it the mer cy of cords, not ropes, half an inch in diameter, and a bubble of Japanese silk and hydrogen gas which may burst or t ake tire, and a gasoline motor, which may sud denly stop running, leaving you to be whirled like a leaf, at the mercy of the winds of heaven. The balloon idea to which we are more accustomed has at least some approach to our beloved earthborn notions of BOlid mater iality, savs a writer iu Fly. The wicker basket has strength aud size, the ropes are heavier, and the larger gas envelope gives one a greater sbnse of safety. Balloonlug of the older type is a fairly well established occupa tion. But to mount into the heavens astride a skeleton frame work, to dive and soar and wheel iu circles, to beat into the wind and keep One's balance in the heavier gusts, with the aid of a lateral rudder, rails for spirit and imagination of new order. We are ready with a Com plete Assortment of . Holliday -:- Goods FOR CHRISTMAS BUYING. Our special effort this season in the direction of Original Novelties and New Features has met with most gratifying success, and we shall deem it a privilege to show you a very ex tensive assortment of . FANCY DECORATED CHINA, CUT GLASS, SIL VER NOVELTIES, SILVERWARE, LADIES' AND GENTLEMEN'S WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWEL RY, BOOKS, FRAMED PICTURES, LADIES' AND GENTS' TOILET. CASES, CARD ALBUMS AND Card boxes, Toys, Dolls and Novelties of all kinds for the Children, Groceries Candies. ...... GOLDEN STAR AND WHITE SEWING MACHINES. We feel confident that the most critical examination of our stock will convince you it is not equaled elsewhere in merit or in price. We invite you to give us your business. ....... THE IRWIN STORE. MILLINERY GOODS ;-; : A T p MRS. A. F. LITTLE'S Prom this time until the end of the season, we will sell all our Hats, Shirtwaists, Baby Coats and Caps, Collars, Bolts, Combs In fact, everything at astonishingly reduced prices. Call early. Store oposite Postoltice. MRS. A. F. LITTLE. The Calendar For 1909. It is always interesting to look over the first calendar one re ceives for the coming year. For 1909 we Hud tho movable holidays fall on the following days: New Year aud Lincoln's birthday on Friday, Washington's birthday on Monday, Memorial Day and Independence Day on Sunday and Christmas on Saturday. Ash Wednesday is Feb 24, Good Friday on April 9, and Euter Sunday on April 11. Jewish New Year (W170) begins at sun set Sept. 13, Labor Day is Sept. (5, election day. spring, Feb. 16, and fall, Nov. 2, Thanksgiving Day is Nov. 25. There will be tour eclipses in 1909. two of the sun and two of the moon, as follows: Total of the moon on June 9, partial 01 the sun on June 17, total of the moon, on Nov. 20 27, partial of the sun Dec. 12. The latter will be visible inthe Antarctic regions onjy. J. K. Johnston's Give a Serviceable Gift. Xmas Give a Serviceable Present. GOODS ARE SERVICEABLE. Farm For Rent. Kodol dyspepsia Cure OlnMts what you sat. In caae the Mill property and farm of Mr. Elijah Baldwin at Fort Littleton is not sold by the first of January, the same will he for reut on advantageous terms. Apply to Elijh Baldwin, Fort Littleton, Pa. Kitchen Utensil. It is the custom cf many house wives to use sandsoap for scour in and cleaning almost anything iu tin or agateware in their kitch en. This is a great mistake, as sandsoap is injurious to some J kinds of kitchen ware. A bottle j of amino na and a bottle of kero j sene ire v. ry useful for cleaus iug some ot the utensils which I vill not stand suqh a strenuous j rubbing. For instance, if you will put a ' few drops of ammonia in your frying pati it will work wonders. You can also put it in the coffee pot occasioually when you are scalding it. Galvanized iron and agateware should be wiped with keroseue, as the sandsoap will In time wear away the enamel. If you burn your agateware pau put a teas poonful of borax or washing soda in the pan with hot water and boil for fifteen minutes. , After this the burut subat&nce can be easily removed. Never, whatever you do, use sandsoap ou an enameled sink.-New Uaven Register. For The Men Neckties, 10 to 50c. Mufflers, 25c to $1.00. Umbrellas, 75c to $1.00. Kid Gloves, 50c to $1,00. Golf Gloves, 25 to 50c. Hosefancy, 10 to 25c. Fur Caps, $1.00 to $1.50 Coat Sweaters, 50c to $3,50. Handkerchiefs; 5c to $1.00. Suit Brush. 25c. Suit Cases, 1.00 to 5.00. Cuff Links, 25c. Pocket Books, 10 to 50c. Fancy Shirts, 50c to $1:00. Shoes or Suits always make a serviceable gift. Hair Brush, 25c. Over-gaiters, 2.5c. Hand Bags, 25c to $1.00. Side or Back Combs 10 to 25c Hair Ribbons, any width or color. Watch Guards. 25c. Patent Leather or Gun Metal Shoes, 1.50 to $3.00. Fur Sets Muffs 1.50, up. Fur Scarfs, 75c to $4.50. Silk Shirt Waist Patterns, any color. A Dress or an Overcoat is a serviceable present. ForTheChildren Subscribe for the "News, 'only f 1.00 a year. For The Ladies Fascinators.25cto$l.50. Wool Gloves and Mittens 10 to 25c. Kid Gloves, $1.00. Fancy Collars, 5 to 25c. Handkerchiefs, 5 to 25c. Golf Gloves, 25c. Mittens, 10 to 25c. Handkerchiefs, Be. up. Hoods, 25c. Toques, 25 arrfj 50c. Leggins, 40 to 60c. Children can always use Hose. 10 to 25c. Fur Sets, 1.25 to 1.60. Dress Coats or Suits are always useful presents. J. KL. JOHNSTON,
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