INTERESTING PARAGRAPHS
JAPAN'S WAR LOSSES.
Of I rcf 1 and Qeneral Interest, Gathered
at Home or Clipped frm our
' Exchanges.
CONDENSED FOR HURRIED READERS
L. H. Wible, Esq., le.'t for Har
risburg Monday to euter upon
his work in the State Treasurer's
Department.
W. Scott Dickson, who had
been home on the sick list several
days left for his' work in York
cruoty Wednesday.
If you need a pill take DeWitt's
Little Early Kisers. Insist on
them; gentle, easy, pleasant, lit
tle liver pills. Sold by Trout's
drug store.
J. M. Foreman, of Laidig, call
ed at the News office while in
town yesterday and advanced his
subscription into the year 1910.
This is just the time of year
when you are most likely to have
kidney or bladder trouble, with
rheumatism and rheumatic pains
caused by weak kidneys. De
lays are dangerous. Get De
Witt's Kidney and Bladder Pills,
and be sure you get what you ask
for. They are the best pills made
for backache, weak back, urinary
disorders, inflammation of the
bladder, etc. They are antiseptic
and act promptly. We sell and
recommend them. Trout's drug
store.
Miss Gertrude Sloan, who ac
companied her sister Miss Emma
to Johnstown a couple of weeks
ago has returned to her home in
this place.
Fred Mock a prosperous young
business man of Pittsburg spent
a few days last week visiting in
the home of his mother, Mrs.
Elizabeth A. Mock, in this place.
PUBLIC INSTALLATION
Of the Officers of Tuscarora Council,
Royal Arcanum, in This Place Last
Monday Evening.
The strongest and best of all
Iraternal insurance organizations
is the Royal Arcanum, and fortu
nate is the wife whose husband is
thoughtful enough of her comfort
to carry on his own life a policy
for one, two, or three thousand
dollars. The young man of twen
ty-one years may make his estate
good for one thousand dollars
more by paying the trifling sum
of 63 cents a month.
The officers for the current
term of Tuscarora Council, were
installed in Clevenger's Hall last
Monday evening, after which an
address was delivered by M. F.
Thompson, of Carlisle.
The present officers are: Re
gent, Wilson L. Nace; Vice Re
gent, Frank P. Lynch; Secretary,
Dr. F. K. Stevens; Treasurer,
Geo. W. Reisnor; Collector, Mer
rill W. Nace; Orator, Dr. J. W.
Mosser; Chaplain, Hon. John P.
Sipes; Guide, S. A. Nesbit, and
Trustee, Horace U. Nace.
Every man owes it to his fami
ly to carry life insurance, and in
no way can a man carry it so safe
and cheap as in the Royal Arcan
um. WONDERS OF VELOCITY.
)
. A Piece of Thin Cardboard Will Cut
Through Wood.
. Velocity has a great deal to do
with one substance's ability to
break through another, and it is
remarkable what can be accom
plished by a comparatively soft
substance against a much harder
one when the former is given
enough velocity. A bullet made
of a tallow candle would smash
flat if fired' against a board from
a toy gun, but when shot from an
army rifle it will go right through
the board. A stream of water
has been known to have such
swiftness of movement that a
sword was broken in two when a
strong man tried to cut it through.
Cyclones have been known to
drive such frail projectiles as
straws well into a tree.
An interesting experiment
showing what a soft substance
can do may be performed by at
taching a bristol board disk to
the motor of an electric fan aud
setting it to revolving at the fan's
usual rate. It a piece of wood,
such as a lead pencil, for exam
ple, be carefully applied to the
edge of the revolving disk, the
wood will very , readily be cut
through. Of course, if the disk
were to revolve slowly the wood
would soon blunt its edge. Path-
Under.
Estimated to Have Exceeded the Size of
Entire Peace Force.
"According to the information
in the hands of our General
Staff," writes General Kuropat
km in "McClure's," "the entire
peace force of the Japanese army
consisted of 116,000 men, of which
as many as 13,000 were on per
petual leave. The reserve of the
territorial army numbered 815,
000 men.
"Thus their entire force of sol
diers, according to our calcula
tions, consisted of only 418,000
men. But, anoordiog to caluulu
lions mutle on the basis of data
published by the Japanese sani
tary authorities, it is evident that
during the war ovr 1,000,000
men were summoned to their col
ors, which created an extraordi
nary drain on the forces of the
population.
"The losses in killed and wound
ed were very great. In the cem
etery jf honor at Tokyo alone 60,
000 were buried who had been
slain in battle, and to these must
be added 50,000 who died of their
wounds. Thus the Japanese
suffered battle losses of 110,000
men equal to the entire army on
a peace footing.
"Our Josses, compared with our
army of 1.000,000, were several
times smaller than those of the
Japanese. During the war 556,
000 men were treated in the Jap
anese hospitals, 220,000 of them
being wounded. Counting in
with the killed and wounded those
who died from disease, the Jap
anese loss 135,000 men."
Surprise Party.
A very pleasant event occurred
the 24th of January, at the home
of Mrs. Margaret Lynch, at Lau
rel Ridge. Early in the forenoon
carriages and buggies began to
roll in until there were about
thirty persons assembled, bring
ing with them baskets heavily
laden with rich edibles which
were emptied out upon the table
about 12 o'clock. Soon after, the
table waj set and they had every
thing to eat, of which one might
think.
Mrs. Lynch, being curious as
to what was going on, went and
looked up the almanac, and found
that the date was her birthday,
She wished for many more occa
sions such as this, and was sorry
that they did not come oftener.
Mrs. Lynch received many
beautiful presents, and will Ion
hold the day in remembrance.
About 3 o'clock the crowd began
to wend their way homeward,
feeling that the day waa well
spent
Those present were B. F.
Sbives and wife, Jacob Gordon
and wife, John J.' Gordon and
wife, Geo. E. Clouser, wife, and
son George; Biddis Lynch, wife
and daughters Georgia and Pearl;
uimmel Harris, wife and family;
Wm. Bivens, wife and daughter
Helen; Mrs. Thomas Shaw, Mary
and Alice Sbives.
One Who Was There.
The Joke Was On Them.
Two capricious young ladies
planned to have some fun when a
certain young man called to spend
the evening. They thought it
would be great sport to imitate
everything he did. When the
young man entered the parlor he
blew bis nose, which each of the
girlapromptly imitated. Think
mg it a peculiar incident the
young man proceeded to stroke
bis hair. Both girls followed.
Then he straightened his collar.
They did the same, and a few
dimples and smiles began to ap
pear in spite of them. Now it
was the young man's turn. He
was positive of his ground and
calmly stooped down and turned
up bis trousers!
ENID.
Mr. H. C. McClain, of Juniata,
spent Monday night with his
father-in-law Jehu Edwards.
The Misses Edna and Delene
Wertz, of Bedford, are visiting at
J. M. Schenck's.
Miss Martha Black, of New
Grenada, spent a couple of days
with Miss Delia Foster.
Mr. and Mrs. N.NS. Edwards
and daughter Martha spent a few
days in Saxton last week visiting
the latter', father Mr. Dennis
SipeV
Mr. Cloyd Edwards went to
Sax too, Monday, where he has
employment,
A Surprise Party.
Last Wednesday morning, as
Mrs. William Deshong, near liar
risonville, waa doing her morn
ing work up, quito a crowd of bar
neighbors and friends gathered
to celebrate her birthday. They
all bad well filled baskets and
boxes of chickens and cakes, and
all the good things that you could
think of to eat. But the beat of
all Mr?. Deshong had some chick
ens shut up in a coop to sell to
the huckster, but they disappear
ed and to her surprise they came
walking in on Wednesday morn
ing all ready cooked for the din
ner. Everybody snenwd. to eu
jny themselves very inu'-h es
pecially Harry Deshoug, for he
is very fond of coffee and cake,
and what cotlee Harry could not
drink he thought his best plan
wis to pour it on the table cloth.
It fell to Thomas Deshong's lot
to sit between two pretty young
girls at the table, and that took
Thomas's appetite. All left for
their home wishing for many
more such occasions. Mrs. De
shong received many nice pres
ents. Those present were: Mr.- and
Mrs. William Deshong and chil
drenThomas, Clem, Nathan,
Martin, Ethel and Raymond; Mr.
David Kline and wife, Mrs. John
Deshong and children Clyde,
George and Ada; Mrs. Elsie Sipes
and children Helen and Emil;
Mrs. Elias Deshong, Mrs. Brady
Mellottand son Paul; Mr. Ulysses
Deshong, wife and children
MatMeand Ada; Robbie Fix, Har
ry Desheng, Reuben Hann, Hazel,
Rac'ieland Ruth Sipes.
NEbDMORE.
We are having old-fashioned
winter weather now.
The Bick reported last week
are able to be out agun.
The institute held at Cross
Roads Saturday evening, was a
success, as to the entertainment,
but we are sorry to siy that only
four of the nine teachers of the
township were present. More
interest should be shown in this
respect.
Quite a number of the students
of the Normal class werei award
ed diplomas last Sunday.
P. N. Ruayan gathered a half
bushel of persimmons last week
and shipped them to Mountain
Lake Park.
Mr. Gunnings of the handle
factory at Big Cove Tannery, was
over last Saturday and measured
the hickoiy that was in the yard.
They will begin to saw in about
two weeks.
Eld. Funk spent several days
at Great Cacapon, W. Va.. last
week.
BUY the:
Trying To Please Everybody.
Heaven help the man who im
agines h'i can dodge enemies by
trying to please everybody! If
such an individual ever succeeds,
pass him over this way that we
may have one look at his mortal
remains ere he vanishes away,
for surely this earth cannot be
his abiding place. Now we do
not infer that one should be going
through this world trying to find
beams to knock and thump-his
bead against, disputing every
man's opinion; fighting and el
bowing and crowding all who dif
ier irom mm. -mat, again, is
another extreme. Other people
have their opinions; so have you.
Don't fall into the error of sup
posing they will respect you more
for turning your coat every day
to match the color of theirs.
Wear your own clothes in spite
of wind and weather, storms and
sunshino. It costs the irreso
lute ten times the trouble to wind
and shuffle and twist, than it
does honest manly independence
to Btand.
Aolmali Which Rarely Drink.
Naturalists have discovered
many animals which seem to need
no water or which drink only at
rare intervals. There is a certain
breed of gazelles which never
drink, and the llamas of Patagon
ia live for years without tatting
water. There is a particular
class of cattle near Losere, in
France, that rarely touches wa
ter, but in spite of this fact, these
cattle give milk of a rich quality,
Irom which excellent cheese is
made. Many naturalists have
the theory that hares do not
drink or that water Is not a ne
cessity for them, and that the
dew on Itaj grass is sufficient for
their needs.
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Attorney at Law,
Office on Square,
McConnellsburg, Pa.
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This Question Concerns a Great Army ol
American Women.
In certain parts of the United
States the choice of teaching as
a profession is equivalent to a
voluntary sacrifice on the altar of
spins terhood. There is a theory
that men are afraid to choose
wives who have been accustomed
to domineer over boys and girls,
lest the habit of authority be too
firmly hxed to overcome after
marriage, in discussing "What
the Professions Mean .to Women
Matrimonially," Harriet Wasfi
burn Stewart says in the Febru
ary Designer that fate is more a
matter of character than vocation
The advantages to be gained
from this profession depend more
upon the qualities of mind and
heart which the girl brings to her
work, than any other of the pro
fessions open to women, this
writer declares. If she is the
average girl, who has "applied
for a school" because she must
earn her living; and ha no tech
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then she will teach on and on, in
the same town or city, rising pos
sibly from the primary to the
grammar grade, neither gaining
nor losing in social or matrimon
ial opportunities because of her
chosen walk of lite.
But if this girl chooses teach
ing earnestly, reverently, alive to
the high mission to which she is
called, instilling into the minds
of her pupils such ideas and opin
ions as will di as much toward
forming their characters as their
text books will accomplish in de
veloping their mentalities, then
she becomes a powerful element
in the social fabric. She wins
the trust, the warm regard, of
the parents of her pupils; she
makes f r herself a distinct place
in the life of the community m
which she lives, and it is only a
question of time before she is
discovered," aud removed to a
sphere affording enviable social
and intellactual edvantages.
Andrew Carnegie Bought his
wife at a teacher's desk; that is
the reason why his daughter's
governess always speaks, with
an enthusiasm aa just as it is
grateful, of the delicate consider
ation she receives from Mr. and
Mrs. Carnegie and their house
hold.
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