INTERESTING PARAGRAPHS 01 1 "C$ and Oeoeral Interest, Gathered at Home or Clipped frm our Exchanges. CONDENSED FOR HURRIED READERS Harry Johnston accompanied his brother Paul to Philadelphia last week, and will remain in the City a few weeks. Cyrus J. Barnhart, near Ship pensburg, slaughtered the Jarg est hog in Franklin county,-the animal weighing 725 pounds. Relatives of Dr. S. S. Kring, a Johnstown physician, fear be was one of the unfortunates caught in the destruction of Messina, Italy. John T. Laley, of Belfast town ship, 'representing the Fulton County Mutual Fire Insurance Company, was in tow a on busi ness Tuesday. Wanted Secoud hand bags and burlap; any kind, and quan tity, anywhere; we pay freight Richmond Bag Co., Richmond, Va. 111210. Mr. and Mrs. Roy M. Kendall returned home Tuesday, after having had a very pleasant honey moon trip among friends in the western part of the State and elsewhere. From The Shelby, Iowa, News of Janu ary 1st. I Tuesday evening.December 24, 1908, occurred the marriage of Miss Carolyn Hill to W. Don Morton, of Omaha. The cere mony that made Mr. and Mrs. Morton husband and wife was pronounced by Rev. A. W.Harned at the home jot the bride's pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. D A. Hill on Eastern Avenue. Mrs. Morton is well known in this community as a highly ac complished young lady. Mr. Morton is a stranger to the most of our people, but he is a young man of high character. He is working in the Union Paci fic office in Omaha and teaches Latin and Physics in the Y. M. C. A. Mr. and Mrs. Morton will make their home in Omaha, Ne braska, at 1409 north 85th street. .We wish them a long and happy matrimonial life. BURNT CABINS. H. H. Hertzler expects to take a six-weeks' visit to Philadelphia, New York, Niagara Falls, aud Pittsburg starting next Mon day. The M. E. Basket Social on New Years' eve, was a success. Mrs. Rosa Clark is arranging to visit her sister, Mrs. Pierce Egolf, at Mann's Chjice, . Bed ford county. She expects to be absent about ten days. Quite a number of folks have the mumps. Irvin Wilson and wife, and Wm. Gunnels and wife were visiting W. J. Clineofid wife last Sabbath. Mrs. May Fraker spent Satur day and Sunday with J. W. Frak er and family, at Fort Littleton. ' Delia Brubaker and her best fellow was visiting at Battle Ridge last Sabbath.- Clel Cisney has returned to Winber after having visited his family a week. A New Watch. A new watch has been invented forlbe use of physicians and nurses in counting the pulse. The watch indicates, without ' mental calculation, the number of beats of the pulse in minute. It operates on the principle of as top- watch. -By pressing the push button a large second hand is set In motion, and the counting of the pulsations begins. At the uth pulsation the motion of the hand is stopped by another pressure of the push button. I he dial ac curately indicates the exact num ber of pulsations per minute. A third1 pressure on the push but ton brings the hand back to the starting point The use of this Intr'imentdoes away with the naieasitv of observing the pro gress of the watch while taking the pulse, and in addition insures an absolutely correct record. The Instrument Is also a chrono- graphic correct record. The in strument is also a chronograpbio counter, facilitating the making of observations, which are auto matically recorded in minutes, seconds and fifths of a second. A small dial olaced below the 12 records rmnntea from 0 to 80. The large band records seconds and fifths of a second. LEGISLATURE OPENS. Met at Noon Tuesday, Organized, and Adjourned to Evening of 18th. The legislature met at noon Tuesday and elected the officials nominated in caucus Monday night There was a strict abid ing by the decision of the caucus, ex-speaker McClain and his friends supporting Mr. Cox. In the Senate Chief Clerk Judd presided and after the election returns were read Judge Kunkle swore in the Senators. A. E. Sisson, of Erie, was named by the Republicans for President pro-tern, and Edwaid M. Blewitt of Scran ton, by the Democrats, and Sission was elected 28 to 10. Chief Clerk Garvin called the House to order. After the re turns were read Judge McCarrel' swore in the members. For Speaker the Republicans named J, F. Cox, of Allegheny, and the Democrats, Leopold Fuerth, of Wayne. S. B. Scott, fusionist from Philadelphia, named Mc Clain, whoaskedtobavehis name withdrawn. All the Republicans voted for Cox, who was elected and sworn in. The State Committee will name the various officers . for both branches on the 18th. After the organization had been effected the Governor's message was read. Both branches then adjourned until the evening of the 18th, in order to give the presiding offi cers an opportunity to name the committees. On the 19th, the joint session for the election of a United States Senator will be held, at which Senator Penrose will likely receive the full Repub lican vote. George T. Oliver will not be elected until probably the last week in February, as Senator Knox will remain in the Senate as long as possible. Squire Charles F. Miller, of Fannettsburg, will receive an ap pointment in the House, he hav mg been recommended by the Franklin county members. It is likely he will be made assistant sergeant at arms or assistant postmaster. Great Music Offer. Send us the names of three or more performers on the Piano or Organ and twenty five cents in silver or postage and we will mail you postpaid our latest Popular Music Roll containing 16 pages full Sheet Music, consisting of popular Songs, Marches and Waltzes arranged tor the Piano or Organ including Rid. Knauer's famous "Flight of the Butter files," ''March Manila" and the latest popular song, "The Girl I've Seen," Address, Popular Music Publishing Co., Indianapo lis, Inn. ' Economy la Buying. To the majority of people econ omy means simply purchasing an article for a small-sum of mon ey. It may be that some com parison is made with the price usually asked for the article, but often nb such comparison is mad a. The questions of "value repeiv- ed" and final cost rarely enter in to the calculations. The real cost of an article is not known until those two items are counted in with the original cost Relying on sight or first im pression is responsible for much extravagance with people who mean to save. Not long since I saw meat displayed for sale. It was in small pieces, suitable for a stew, and was marked at seven cents a pound. The first impres sion was that the meat was cheap at seven cents. On having two pounds weighed out I discovered that there was probably a quart er of a cupful of meat and a large quantity of bone. - Seven cents a pound for meat is not dear, but it is quite a good price for bona A shm of veal or lamb is com paratively cheap; so is a cut from the neck or rump. The latter has the advantage in the fact that there is no waste because of bone and gristle. The liver, heart and kidneys of calvos are cheap be cause there is almost no waste, and the first price is also low. In some communities the sweet breads and brains are almost giv en away. They furnish valuable food, and their purchase is true economy because they are all available. Io other communities they are esteemed as luxuries, and the prices are almost prohib itive. The availability is the same in both instances, and would make no difference in the final cost, bat the first cost makes the purchase an economy in one in stance and an extravagance in another.- "Economy in Baying," in The Ladles' World for January, The Shepherd And Iiis Flock. (ilvo th( !:iml;s n wo. A creep in not only a necessity, but to the little fellows It Is a real luxury. The trough la this creep should be smoothly pinned and kept scrupulously clenn and no stale food left to sour. We have found a troiiRh tniide of ight Inmber two Inches high aud a four Inch bottom to be most satisfactory, writes an Ohio breeder In American Sheep Breeder. It should linve a Bolld foundation and a lid hinged on, so as to keep It closed when not In use. The feed should con sist at first of a sprinkle of food com-' posed of ground corn, outs or bnrley.'a little coarse wheat bran, with very lit tle oilmeal. As the lamb grow older the ground feed can be gradually changed to the whole grain. In addi tion to the above, provide good bright alfalfa. You will not have to teach the little fellows to eat alfalfa. Nature has already taught them what alfalfa was made for. Do not be In too much of a hurry to get the lambs out on pasture. Better wait awhile and keep them up until the new growu gruss has to some degree passed Its watery stage. Eveu then It is best to bring them In evenings and let them have the advantage of the creep with a little dry feed aud a nip of alfalfa. After turning to pasture comes the most trying time In the future of the lamb, often turned out with only the care of the mother sheep, farasltes In ell their various forms are ready to prey upon the young and tender off spring. The flock master Is too busy to give the attention be should to tha flock, and through bis negligence at weaning time he hag u hospital full of weak, emuchttcd Inmbs. . What Is the remedy? We have no remedy to give. We prefer a preventive If It can be found. So far In our sheep breeding. SHROPSHIRE BASt. wblcb covers a period of nearly fifty years, we do not remember ever but once having this trouble to contend with, although our pasture for our aged sheep bos been used continuously as a permanent pasture during all these fifty years. Our first experience set us to thinking. We consulted You att, Spooner, Itundall, Stewart and oth ers end made up our mind the thing to do was to exterminate the germs In embryo In the stomach of the ewes, If possible. Sheep, as well as all other kinds of stock, crave salt, and when allowed to partake at will tuke only so much as nature requires. Our method now is to keep constantly before them medicated salt, either commercial or of our own borne mixture, which consists of salt dampened with spirits of turpentlno and a light sprinkle of sulphate of iron. When weaned and we want to wean arly we bring them to the barn and allow them access to their creep. In the evening turn them out on fresh meadow pasture, or, what Is still bet ter, a newly seeded meadow. When the sun begins to grow hot on the fol lowing day they are again driven to the barn, where they remain during the beat of the day. The illustration shows the champion Shopshlre rain at the International lire stock exposition ut Chicago. Breading From Twin. For many years I have kept a small flock of Devon Longwood ewes, and, the singles naturally getting fat, I have always sold tbem to the butcher, keeping o"ly the twin ewe lambs as breeders -Ites a breeder In Farmer and Stoc. -dor. The lust three or four years ... number of twins, trip lets and geueiu ue or two four In my flock bus been very much turgor thun that of my neighbors. But wheth er breeding only from twins be the cause of such au Increase I should not dare to say. The ewes when with the ram are ouly kept, as usual, In ordina ry old pasture, aud only one ram to eighty ewes. This year's record so far promises to keep on the usual HueB, us up to dute twenty-three ewes have bad fifty lambs viz, three singles, fourteen twins, five triplets and oue four. Hints For the Goat Braedar. A speuker at tho Dullas guut show said: We prefer MurcU kids. That is what I nearly ulwuys aim to have. We shear sgmetlmes lu . February, sometimes earlier, sometimes luter. We do uot shear until winter Is past In preparing gouts for show I find that oue of the first thlugs Is to keep them free from lice. But I have found, too, that too much grain Is a detriment. If au animal gets too fat that will top the growth. of the fleece. Why, I don't know. The first time I noticed It I bad one goat in partlculur that I wus taking much pulus with aud ex pecting to get into a very fine show animal. It did not, for It hud too much grain, aud I think' that along thut Hue it affects the goat. A man wants to feed certain umounts, but not to overdo the thing. There Is such a thing as overfeeding, in my goats I look out for their feet particularly. They are subject to foot trouble, and when a goat gets bis feet lu bad condi tion he will not tbrlvt. Always have Kennedy's Laxa tive (Jough Syrup handy, espe cially for the children. It tastes nearly as good as maple sugar. It cures the clod by gently mov ing the bowels through its laxa tive principle, and at the same time it is soothing for throat ir riUtioo, thereby stopping the (wugh. There is nothing as good. Sold by TrouVa drug, stors. Leap Year Party. A very pleasant surprise and loap year party was held at the hospitable home of Mr. and Mrs. Tobias Glaznr near Webster Mills last Thursday evening. Those present were: Misses Mary! Houston, Mary Jane John ston, Bessie Tritle, Grce John ston, Theresa Duffy, Ethel and Fannie Kendall, Maude Rinedol lar, Ruth Kendall, Alice Hayes, Besse Nesbit, Olive, Dessa and Martha Kendall, Nell Comerer, Mazie Mellott, and Messrs Er skine Houston, George Nelson, Alvah and Harvey Mellott, Rus sel Nelson, (Russell 'Runyan, Scott Alexander, John Spangler, Charles Johnston, Harvey Nesbit, Harry Ott, and Robert Johnston. Prize Cups Offered. At the annual convention of the Pennsylvania Dairy Union to be held at Harrisburg, January 26th to 29th, in connection with the State Board of , riculture and the Live Stock deeders' Asso ciation, the Dairy Union will offer four sterling silver cups. One each to the exhibitors of the highest scoring dairy and creamery butter;' certified and market milk. There will be a diploma awarded to each exhibit or scoring 90 or over. There w'll be a cash premium fund divided among the exhibitors of dairy and creijnery butter according to the score. The butter must be In five pound lots, shipped to Secretary H. E. Van Normtn, Chestnut Street Hall, Harris burg, to arrive on or before Jan nary 25th. Certified or market mill! must consist of four quarts in ordinary glass milk jars; must be milked on the morning of Jan uary 18th, and shipped to Secre tary H. E. Van Norman, State College, Pa., express charges pre paid. Bacteriological and chemi cal examinations will be made and the milk scored for flavor and sediment. Entry blanks should be secured at once. HOUSEHOLD INFORMATION. Many houses are set on tire bv lace or other curtains coming in contact with a gas jet or other flames, and miny little children are frightfully burned by their clothes catching from a grate or other exposed tire. - Now a very Bimple and harmless method of rendering the curtains and little dresses fireproof is as follows: At any drug-store get one half pound of tangatate of soda, dis solve in about half a gallon ol I rain water; keep sealed up. When uie curtains are taunaerea aaa a small quantity of the mixture, either in the starch or, if not starched, to the rinsing water. Curtains so treated may hang directly over a flanie and not blaze; they will scorch and be ruined 'or service, but will not ignite. Treat the dresses and night gowns of children in the same way and they will not catch fire. It costs but vry little and may save property or lives. Get a dozen large bottles and fill them with the following mix ture: A strong solution of salt and borax or, better still, ammo nia sulphate. Plac6 one of the bottles in every room in the bouse and two or three in the garret, if one of those bottles is broken on a fire while in its lncipiency it will be put out. They are a fine thing to have at hand while wait ing for the fire department to ar rive. "Household Information and Economics,' in The Ladies' World for January. FOLEYSKIDYCURE N Makes Kidneys and Bladder Right W. M. COMERER, agent for II THE GEISER MANUFAC TURING COMPANY, BURNT CABINS, PA. for the sale'of Traction and Portable Engines, Gaso line, Separators, Clo ver Hullers, Saw mills, &c. Engines on hand all the time. Geo. W: Reisner & Co. We will give Extra ordinary Bargains in Ladies', . Misses', and Children's .Wraps. We have the largest line we ever had and all new and up to date. Racket Store Xmas Presents. We wish to make a few sugges- . tions along this line. We don't handle any toys, but we do handle every-day goods, such as Hosiery, Underwear, Gloves, Hats, Caps, Clothing, Bibles, Stationery, , and in fact almost everything found in a general store. Now if you want to give a useful present come to'our store and buy 2 Children's or Ladies' Handker chiefs for 5c; 5c. each 8c. and 10c. Did you see any of those Men's hand kerchiefs marked to sell at 2 for 25c. that we sell at 2 for I5c; also did you see our Men's 5c. ones? Men's and Boys' Gloves 20c. to $1.25; Red Blankets, 60c. to $1.25. We have Pocket Books 5, 8, 10, 15 and 25c. Then for the little boys we have a beautiful line of Clothing in Suits and pants. Say, Wife, let us help you decide on something for your Husband. What would look nicer than a pair of shoes especially the Walk-over? We have now laid back 6 or 7 pairs of Walk-over Shoes for presents. WE JUST GOT ANOTHER CASE OF 55 DOZ. BEAR BRAND HOSE, YOU CAN SEE HOW they are selling 2 pair for 25c, a nice Necktie makes a good present, or take Granite-Ware, you can buy granite stew-pans at 10 and 15c, granite ket tles 15 to 40c, granite wash-basins 12 and 20c, lOqt blue and white buck et worth 75c our price 55c. 21 qt. bread raiser 75c. Oh, yes, we have a nice line of teacher's bibles 35c to $1.25. THESE ARE WHAT WE CALL USEFUL PRES- ENTS AND THINK BY THE INCREASE IN our November and December trade that more people are buying this kind of goods. Come in and see if we can help you make a selection. HULL & BENDER, McConnellsburg, Pa. PENMANSHIP. 13 - BOOKKEEPING. Open All The Year, Catalogue Free, 1 The Tri-State Business College ! Cumberland, Aid. StiVKfttAnU. SK Never line of IRTS! was sucfh a 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. ReiOoT Hi 1YPEIVRI7ING n i PULTON COUNTY NEWS is the people's paper. $1.00 a Tear 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 iS YEARS REFERENCES! Live Stock Exchange National Bank, Chicago Any Mercantile Agency Thousands o our sutiiuied customers Wt hand! more toe ken and feeders than any fir in the world. A big election at all times. Sales, 40 to 50 loads daily. Com. to Chicago and we will sell dlrectto you, or order at one. by mail or telegram and we will ship just wbt you want direct to you at lowest mar ket prices. Write at once for our plan of filling orders. We can aavo you money. Writ, us for quotations vf prices befor. you buy.
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