ERESTINQ PARAGRAPHS
,Cil and Oencral Interest, Gathered
ti Home or Clipped Irm our
Exchanges.
JDENSEO FOR HURRIED READERS
ias. B. Stovons has just re
,.d from tlio City with a com-
ie line of Gents' Furnishing
Ids.
VV. F. Sappington, L. W.
lilf. and Kroest u. Mcuiain
k a little spin in Ernest's au-
ioDile over to Hagerstown yes-
Jay.
:f course you want a new hat,
you want the latest. Chas.
itevens has them in wool and
aw.
reduction of from $G to $10 a
was announced on Monday by
United States Steel Corpora-
in the selling prices or wire
wire products, and this was
cce met by tne nctsourg
tl Company and other inde
idents. The new official price
effective at once, gives wire
feat $1.50, plain wire at $1.40
barbed wire at $1.9").
lie annual May Meeting will
fteld at the Tonoloway Bap
SChurcb on Saturday and Sun
I May 15th and 16th. Eld.
lit, of Puns, Id., will preach
sermons on Sunday. The
jeting at Need more will be held
aturday and Sunday, May
and 80th, and Eld. Mottit
bo there also.
eWitt's Little Early Risers,
famous little liver pills, small,
tleandsure. Sold by Trout s
; store.
llis W. Maun went over the
mtain in the hack, yesterday
ning on his way to Trenton,
to accept a position with the
hinson MillingCompany who
iperating a plant in that city
a capacity of 300 barrels a
Uollis is a graduate of the
Coonellsburg High School
s of 1908, and an excellent
jbg mau.
you expect to get the origin
iroolized Witch Hazel Salve,
i must be sure it is DeWitt's
wlized Witch Hazel Salve. It
;od for cuts, burns and bruis
and is especially good for
. Refuse substitutes. Sold
trout's drug store.
nry Rose, convicted Septem
'H, 15)00, in tne Bedlord coun
4urts of the murder of James
jMiller. of Rainsburg, Fa.;
f in the Western penitentiary
Allegheny on Thursday morn-
April 22, at 7:10 o'clock.
ipas sentenced to thirty years
risonment.
iss Nellie Truax, of Hutchin
Kas , is a guest of her broth
er. Jacob A. Truax at Breeza-
jfl, Pa. Miss Truax is a daugti
f the late Andrew Truax,
for a long time was a resi-
of Fulton county, but about
;y years ago moved to Kan-
This is Miss Truax's first
l to the Eist and she seems
tly pleased with the change
jfenery and climate.
r. J. A Aller, the esteemed
esentative of Bliss Herbs in
section, and whose advertise
It appears in another column,
t ms us that a Convention of
is representatives In Great
tain is to be held in London,
;land, in July. While Mr.
does not find it convenient
e among those who will jour
to the gathering, he is proud
ie fact that the world-wide
of the remedy makes Conven
e of its representatives pos
i The Bliss Conventions
I alroady been held m Wash
on, D. C, but thfs will be the
one to take place across the
imuelR. Martin dropped in
:ur sanctum unexpectedly
prday morning to entwine
with the Editor, and Inci
lly to push his subscription
1 along through the year 1910.
l is a former successful teach
A this county. He went to
i several years ago, and went
the turniture and undertak
business in the city of Crest
,' where ho has made good,
iging the brdy of George W.
ver to New Kingston, Pa., for
fraeot last Sunday, he cam
ver to this county, and spent
Bday night in th home of his
uuu, Christian Martin and
, to the Cove.
1
And now Boston is falling Into
line for a world's fair. The year
1920; the three hundredth anni
versary ot the luuding of the
Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock, is
proponed as the dale lor the great
exposition in Yuukcedom.
The next legal holiday is Mem
orial Day, May 31. Th's is a day
that should be observed by eve;y
body to show respect for the
dead heroes, who laid down their
lives to save the grand old Union,
as well as the living veterans who
are now getting feeble with age,
and the roll call is getting less
each year.
Now comes the Indianapolis
News with a strong argument
against the deadly weapon. It
says that everywhere public sen
timent is growing against the use
of revolvers ("guns," the younger
generation call them). Every
murder and holdup is testimony
not only of violence but of the in
fraction of a law against carrying
concealed weapons. We try by
law, to prevent men from harm
ing themselves and others and
yet wo perm't- the sale of weap
ons designed for use in killing,
and even permit their display in
show windows. Perhaps In every
meeting of one hundred men or
more would be found concealed
weapons. It lv monstrous to
think that peaceful and well
meaning citizens will go about
armed w'th a tempter which may
convert thfim, at any moment,
into murderers. The time will
come, and it ought to be at hand
now, when the sale of weapons is
prevented.
Declining birth rates and in
creasing civilization seem to go
hand in hand. Normandy, which
stretches from the Seine to the
Strait of Dover, is probaoly the
most highly civilized part of
France; and France marches at
the head of civilization. The birth
rate in Normandy, is frequently
as low as 15 per thousand per an
num. The highest birth rate in
Europe is that of the Russian
province of Orenburg, on the con
tines of Asia; that jirovince pro
duces GO children per thousand
inhabitants per year. Conges
tion of population has the effect
of reduciug the birth rate, but
only where it is accompanied by
a comparatively high degree of
culture. China and India teem
with humanity, notwithstanding
overcrowding, in England, how
ever, which is now the most
densely peopled of European
countries, the birth rate has de
clined by one fourth in the past
twenty-five years. In Berlin and
other populous centres of Ger
many a sharp decline has also
become noticeable. Unfortun
ately, the decrease is greatest
among the most cultivated -part
of the population in Europe as in
Africa. The civilized nations are
being peifetuated by those who
in the struggle for existence have
proven the least fit.
URAL I RI B MAIL SLkVlCli.
BRUSH CREEK.
A cold wave vicited our section
of the country during the first
few days of May.
A number of our vountr Deo-
pie attended May Meeting on
Sunday last.
A large number of people at
tended preaching service atAkers
ville on Sunday last.
John N. Hixsou spent Sundav
evening with his brother M. W.
uixson, at Emmaville, who is
seriously ill.
Doss Barnes, wife, and little
son, spent a few days with Mrs.
uarnes's lather Mr. Geo. Akers.
Mrs. E E. Akers spent Sundav
evening with Miss Goldie Akers.
miss Delia Whitfield visited
Miss Bessie Akers last Sunday.
Miss Lulu Sieling visited Miss
Ada Hixson Sunday.
Many of our farmers are busi
ly engaged in preparing the soil
to plant corn in the near future.
Akersville Sunday School ex
poets to prepare for a Children's
Service in the near future.
N. B. Hixson 'spent a few days
last week In the city of Washing,
tou, D. C, and accompanied his
sister Miss Viota home on Satur
day. Miss' Viola had been at
tending a Natioual Training
School in Washington for several
months, from which she gradu
ated April 28th, with high honors.
We extend hearty congratula
tions to this brilliant young lady
ofoufValfey.
Suaday school at9e. id. and
prayer meeting at 7:30 p. m., May
9th. All are cordially invited to
attend. At AkersvUlo M. E.
Church. .
Bctliet Township Ha a Route of llcrOwn
Willi Warfordsburg ns a Distribut
ing Print.
"Ask ai.d ,o shall rocolve" is
trm, not only in spiritual things,
but in scfcuring blotter mail ser
vice ns well. Uncle Samuel
micle arrcntreiiieiils to deliver
your mail at your door, ll" yen
care to Imve it don lie, how-nvi-r,
expects that you will ho suT
licientlv interested to make appli
cation for the service. Our neigh
boring counties are away ah.-ad
of us in i his matter, and it was
only last Saturday that a rural
route was established and put in
to operatiou, that lies entirely
within the borders of this county.
This is due to a few 'vide awake
citizens in Bethel township. The
route starts at Warfordsburg,
thence west via. the John U. Fish
er farm to tho Black Oak Ridge
road, thence north via Deneen's
Gap to Amos Lay Inn's; thence
east to P iue Tree, near Mt. Airy
schoolhouse, thence north to Ja
cob L. Hess 's east to -.Milton B.
Hill's thence across the Ridge
by Alpine schoolhouse into Pig
eon'Oove aud back to the "Burg."
The route is 25.1 miles in length,
and supplies more than 75 fami
lies. S. M. Andrews is the carrier.
WULLS TANNERY.
The Commencement exercises
of the Wells Township High
School were held last Friday ev
ening, and were witnessed by a
large number of delighted people.
The exercises were opened by
music, followed by an earnest in
vocation by Prof. H. M. Griffith.
Eleanor D. Sipe delivered the
President's Address,aud the Ora
tion, ''Education," was made by
Rodey W. Gibson. Mabel L. Ed
wards wan the Class Historian
and Prophet (ess), and Charles
Sipe g;i e a recitation entitled
"Nobility of Labor." The Man
tle Oration was made by Laura
C. Edwards; the response by An
na Denisar, and an oration Wil
ham Taft, by Harold Kirk. The
Annual Address wrs made by
John R. Lockard, and Supenn
tendent Lamberson, the address
of tho evening. Everything con
nected witn the exercises was
first class, and the people of Wells
township are proud of their High
School.
Charles Sipe, a member of the
Junior Class of the Wells Town
ship High School, although living
a mile and a half from the school
building, has not been absent
from school a day during the past
six years that is, when school
was in session.
Mrs. Mary Clarke and two
children, of Saxtou, and Misses
Myrtle and May Tinley, of De
fiance, wore guests of Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Gibson last week.
A. J. Schetrompf aud wife, of
Everett, are visiting the latter 's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. O.
Griffith.
Ambrose Bivens, who left our
Valley about eight years ago, re
turned last Saturday. He has
spent most of the eight years in
Colorado.
George A. Stewart has been
very ill for several days.
Uarland L. Wishart, of Mar
quette, Mich., is visiting his pa
rents, Capt. and Mrs. Harvey
Wishart.
Will Swope, of Dunbar, is vis
iting his pirents at this place.
Rev. Walter Stewart, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. A. Stewart,
near Wells Tannery, was married
on Wednesday of last week to a
Miss Myers, of Shirleysburg,
Pa. Walter is a talented young
minister, and another of the many
boys ot which Wells Valley is
proud. Wo regret that we are
not in a position to tell more about
the wedding, as we are not 10
po; session of the lacts in detail.
Gilbert C. Mollott, of Bethel
township, was in town yesterday.
He is busy with new farm build
ing this summer.
TM0U SriALT NOT STEAL.
It May Be Tliat Parent Are Sometimes
Responsible for the Fact That Their
Childrtn Are Dislmnest.
Tho following article taken from the
Wull Street Journal eontnins so much
lni(Mi'iil common sense, Hint it might
he suspee-ted that it was flipped from
tli Presbyterian Manner instead of a
rn ely worldly paper :
"When Keeeiver Whitride-e of tho
Third Avenue. Kailroiid, plaeed the
above eoiinniiiidnieiii in a eonspleuons
positii.n in tho Third Aenue surfuro
ears, it was justly renmiked that It
alight still more pertinently huvejfrien
railed to the uttention of tho men who
had ubused their positions of trust to
plunder tho street railroad. Never
theless anything whieh was done by
the traction exploiters, however inde
fensible, does not excuse theft on the
part of the public. Two blacks do not
make a white now any more than they
did when Moses pave the law to the
children of Israel.
"Some of us have loose Ideas on the
precise degree of honesty lo be ohserv
ed towards a public corporation. The
feminine mind in particular declines
to accept tiio Mosaic ruling unmodi
fied. Here is a case in point. In an
apartment house not far from Colum
bia I'niversity, not in the ''tenements,''
but where the apartments rent at $12."
a month and upwards, dwells a small
family whoso single daughter uses the
surface cars on rainy days for a doz
en blocks to get to school. Her moth
er provides the child with carfare, but
the child is explicitly told to evade
paying the conductor if she can.
"Not only does the child do this, but
she shows that she perceives the moral
wrong she is committing, because she
tells her young companions that when
the street car conduct or fails to collect
her fare she does not return it to her
mother but spends it for her own pur
poses The mother perhaps does not
think she is committing any crime.
The less sophisticated intelligence of
the child sees that there Is no moral
difference between deceiving her moth
er and robbing the street railroad.
"Incredible, says the reader. Not
at all. There is not a public school
teacher or a minister of religion in
any one of our great cities who could
not cap that story with one as bad. It
seems inconceivable that a mother
could deliberately work for the dam
nation of her child's soul, but this
mother evidently never thinks whether
the child has a soul or not. It is all
very well to pillory the traction mag
nates in our popular newspapers and
make moral umbrellas of them to shel
ter tho reader, but it it is by that read
er that tho real effort for betterment
must ultimately be made.
"We are starting at the wrong end.
Too many of us are bringing up chil
dren vitho"t any moral training at
all, and in so doing we are poisouing
our supply of good citizens at the
source. Kvery good citizen ought to
know that J per cent of the evils that
we suffer from, social disorder, con
tempt for tho law, petty ami largo
commercial dishonesty are practically
beyond the reach of legislation.
"Tho law is not obeyed because our
children are not taught obedience from
tho timo they ure capable of receiving
parental instruction. We have lost in
great measure that old fashioned di
rectness which taught that branches of
God's law inevitably meant punish
ment here and hereafter, l-'or that
sound and healthy doctrine we have
substituted a flabby toleration which
expects something positive to be
achieved from a purely negative' atti-'
tude. We ought to know that nothing
can 1m3 achieved that way, but we talk
windy platitudes about "broad views,"
and forget that their breath is like
that of the well-known river in the
West, which is twelve miles broad and
six incites deep.
"Onr last and best resort is to ap
peal to the ministers of religion of tins
country. They at least can reuch the
parent and through the parent the
child, and they should see how far we
are drifting from the plain truths of
our fathers. We are discarding the
sanctions which made men honest and
pure and of good report. We are
teaching children that education can
be acquired easily when we know that
discipline and effort are themselves
the education, and not the thing learn
ed. We are teaching an easy relig
ion which makes the church an attrac
tive Sunday club, where we are to in
sult our Creator with a casual nod of
recognition once a week.
"If we are to have clean govern
ment, if we are to have honest finance,
not merely iu Wall Street but in any
part of America, if we are to enjoy
those rights iualieuable with which our
Doclaration of Independence says that
our Creator endowed us, we must get
back to dotinite religious teaching ag
a part of our children's education, in
the home and elsewhere. No billion
dollar Congress or gigantic crops
make for the true advance of a people.
Now as ever righteousness exalteth a
nation. We have had enough of quack
religious and political cure-alls. Let
us gel back to the Ten Commandments,
and the fear of the Lord which is the
beginning of wisdom."
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chines. Distilled from Fcnit
ylvftfiia Crud Qil lirM in
color, which mtana abtulut
lieedom from carbon.
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thin oil. h1 fiowly IUniicU
any tyllululiutir. and wilt t)t
If you have any duhcuhy in
omaininif
VVaverly Special
from your dealer r gang, com
mimical with ua at onca and wa
will aea that you ara auipllcd,
"Perfect labrkatlas who
ut carbea deeaalt."
Varerly Oil Works Co.
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Chas. R. Steach,
SlKVPSsnr to
Stench V Thompson.
Painter and Paper Hanger,
The partnership so long exist
ing between Dwlght Thomp
M.n and myself has been dis
solved on account of Air.
Thompson's moving to Philadelphia,
and tliis is to notify the public that I
will continue the business of
Painting and Paper hanging,
and guarantee the same satis
faction that we have always
given.
Latest Styles of Paper, and samples
may be seen by calling on me, or by
dropping me a postal.
Chas. K. Steach,
McConnellsburg, Pa.
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M. R. SHAFFNEK,
Attorney at Law,
Office on Square,
McConnellsburg:, Pa.
All lenal bug. new and collections entrusted
will euetve careful nnd prompt uttention.
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LATEST NEWS FROM
The Racket Store
S3
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Having recently had so
many calls for the Warner
Corset, we have added them
to our stock, and are not a
hit sorry for it either, for they
are all that has been claimed
for them.
This 150 style for the av
era go ligure Is line has the
rust-proof stays, is a p(
litter, and costs you onl
cents.
These Corsets are made
in til patterns, and if we do
not have tho style you want
we will gladly get It for you.
The second stylo is more
suitable for every one and
for every day use, and the
price of this is only !i0 cents..
H'hey make another grade
that we sell at 45c, in two styles, which is the best value
we ever had at 45c. Don't fail to see our line of Corsets.
Of course, we still have the Armorsido at 8!e.
rtW V
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v t.-i fjtmrr
SHOES !
We think we have the greatest
line of Shoes that travels
the road; and at prices
that none does match,
if you consider quality. If
you want a cheap Shoe,
we have it; if you want a
little better Shoe, we have
it; and if you want the
best that is made, we have
it--THE WALKOVER.
Ladies' Underwear
We have a nice line of these goods and at
right prices. A Lady's vest at 5, 8, 10 and 13;
Children's at 5 and 8c, and the old and reliable
line of Men's UNDERWEAR at old prices. Have
you seen that Gauze at 43c?
HULL & BENDER,
McConnellsburg, Pa.
New
Goods
it
eisners
We will this week have our spring
goods all in place and cordially in
vite you to see what we have. .
For those interested we have a lo
of Elegant D Quality
Lynoleum,
length from 2 to 5 yards, perfect in
quality, at 25 cts. per yard never
had them at that price before. A
splendid quality, 2 yards wide, 75c.
Carpet
Rui
at any price. Mattings 11 to 30 cts.
bhades and Wall Papers plenty.
Ouir Shoo Stock:
is second to nothing in the County, a fine assort
ment of Ladies' Oxfords from 98 cts. up. Don't fail
to see these goods.
In Men's and Boys' we are just as well fixed. If we
can't sell you a shoe satisfactory to yourself, no one
can.
In ClotHino-.
we will be pleased to show you our Suits for Men
and Young Men. A nicer line was never shown in
this town, and we know the prices are right.
Domestics 5 Dress Goods
galore. Don't fail to see our Summer Suitings a
new, nice line, and all very cheap.
Ladies' Shirt Waists-
an elegant line and all new styles.
Buttons and Trimmings
of every kind. PLEASE CALL.
Respectfully,
GEO. W. REISNER & CO.