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INTERESTING PARAGRAPHS
G I real and Ocoeral Interest, Gathered
at Home or Clipped Ira oar
Exchanges.
CONDENSED FOR HURRIED READERS
Watches, clocks and jewelry
repaired at The li-win Store.
Fare 0119 way between Mer
ceraburg and McConnellsburg 50
cents. Sheets Stage Line.
The Fall election iu Pennsylva
nia was changed from October
to November by the new consti
tution which went into effect in
1874. The last October election
was held in the fall of 1883.
You will find a large assort
ment of Easter Goods at The Ir
win Store.
New millinery advertisements
make one feel that spring is here.
Spring is here, and so is Mrs.
Little with a complete stock of
the latest and best things in the
realm of late style millinery.
Bead her new advertisement
When Fire Insurance is so
cheap, run no risk of loss, write
or call on M. R. Sliaff ner, and get
a policy, on your buildings and
furniture, in one of his big com
panies. Do it at once.
Walter E. Flanders, formerly
of Waynesboro, now the presi
dent of the E. M. F. automobile
company, which has just "been
sold to J. P. Morgan & company,
made profits in this sale of just
$1,000,000, it is said.
' George S. Mellott, of Sipes
Mill, and his son Dr. Albert N.
Mellott of the Maryland Hospital,
Baltimore, Md., spent a few hours
in town yesterday. Dr. Albert
was called home last Thursday
on account of the serious illness
of his sister, Miss Zoe, who is
now convalescing.
Stephen Skinner, postmaster
of Dry Run, died on Sunday,
ag6d over 60 years. He was pop
ularly unown as "Butler" Skin
ner and came from the large and
influential family of that name in
Path Valley.
While making posts on the 3rd
inst, Harry Swartzwelder, a son
of Mr. R. E. Swartzwelder, of
Breezewood, accidentally struck
William G. Whitfield on the hip
with a sharp axe, inflicting an
ugly cut. Dr. Grant Hanks was
summoned and dressed the cut,
and Mr. Whitfield will soon be as
good as ever.
Mrs. Susan Walker, aged 04
years, died Saturday night at her
home at Greencastle. About
three weeks ago, Mrs. Walker
was caught in the Strickler house
fire and was badly burned, and
several days ago broke her wrist
in attempting to .sit down on a
chair. These injuries, it is
thought, caused her death.
George B. Mellott has been
busy during the past month get
ting bis stock ready for one of
the greatest business campaigns
of his life. Mr. Mellott's bust
ness is constantly increasing,
and he is every day becoming
more familiar with the wants of
the people in this county. Read
his new advertisement on the
fourth page of this paper.
Never buy spectacles of men
who come along offering you
great bargains. The chances are
that you will not get fit, and you
will pay more than the glasses
are worth. The eyes are too
precious V) be tampered with in
any such way. Go to some relia
ble man and have your eyes really
fitted. That's the way to do it
Farm Journal
The ladies of this county appre
ciate the fact that they no longer
need make a trip to Harrisburg,
Philadelphia, or New York to get
a beautiful tailor made suit, which
is considered just the right thing
tor all well dressed ladies. They
find they can do just as well and
save a lot of expense by going to
A. U. Nace & Son's store, and or
dering it through them. See
their ad In another column.
The ladies of the Presbyterian
' church will hold a Bazaar and
Supper In the home of Mrs. Alex
Patterson, on Water street, next
Saturday afternoon and evening.
The bazaar will open at 1 o'clock,
and supper will be served from 5
o'clock as long as the chicken and
flannel cakes and gravy and the
other good things hold out. The
upper may be had for the small
sum of twenty-live cents, which
(does not) Include ice cream and
c&ke. Ice cream, 5 and 10 cents;
cake, 5 cents. '
Suppuration.
As with so nianv of the physi
cal ailments which afflict the hu
man race, it is now generally rec
ognized that a boil or a carbuncle
is really a battle royal between
the cells which are our protectors
and the germs which would be
our destroyers. The little mi
crobe, the especial disagreeable
office of which is to excite the
formation of pus, is called In toed
lcme the staphylococcus. When
it gams entrance to the human
body, it at once goes to work at
Its unpleasant Industry.
The immediate results are sig
nals of distress which take the
form of local inflammation, wnh
its accompaniments of itching,
swelling and burning. These un
comfortable symptoms are awarn
ing to the leucocytes, or protect
ing blood cells, that a colony of
staphylococci has formed and set
up a factory, and will presently
do much damage to the surround
ing country unless they can be
checked.
Dame Nature therefore hurries
a great number of leucocytes to
the spot, so many, in fact, that
they are able to cutoff the enemy
from the surrounding tissue, and
after starving them into submis
sion, to throw them out.
When a boil breaks and dis
charges, the inflammation at once
goes down, and this is a sign that
virtue has triumphed once more
the leucocytes have won.
This particular cell seems to
be endowed with almost human
intelligence, as shown by its
knowledge of what to attack, and
when and where to do It Peo
ple who are suffering from certain
weakening diseases, such as
Bright's, are very prone to at
tacks of boils, and so are conva
lescents from exhausting illness
es, and, In fact, any one who is in
a condition of lowered vitality
from any cause whatever. A sin
gle boil will sometimes make its
appearance because of some local
irritation, as, for example, from
the constant rubbing of the neck
by a rough sweater.
Never mind what may be the
direct cause, or how good the
general condition of the sufferer
may seem to be, it is well to take
that boil to the physician, who, if
he sees it early enough, will prob
ably make efforts to defeat it, or
at least to limit as far as possible
the suppuration, or pus-formation.
Any efforts on thj part of
the patient to squeeze it are un
wise; they will not help the boil,
and may lead to local reinfection,
resulting in a continuous crop of
boils the condition known as
furunculosis, a most distressing
affection, which may last for
months, and may ' even run
through a family or a school.
The abortion of a boil in its
early stages is often brought
about by the iniection of a little
carbolic acid into it This, or any
other form of surgical interven
tion, Is of course the province of
tbe'surgeon, who will' exercise
the utmost antiseptic precaution
to prevent local reinoculation.
Youth's Companion.
ENID.
E. W. McClain and. family
move to Robertsdale this week.
Sorry to see them go, for they
were good neighbors.
The stork visited the borne of
Chas. Schenck last Friday and
left them a dishwasher.
Mrs. Isaac Keith is spending
some time with relatives in the
Valley.
D. W. C. Cunningham, of Mill
eraville, Is spending his Easter
vacation at his home.
R. II. Early Is visiting at his
home here for a few days.
Mrs. Or th,, after having spent
the winter with her daughter
Mrs. Jas. F. Early returned to
her home at Fort Littleton last
Sunday, i
Mrs. Geo. Chamberlain and
little daughter Mary Repper, of
Pittsburg, is visiting her father
J. C. Foster. x
Miss Lavina Ellas has gone to
Roaring Springs to make her
home with her sister Mrs. Emily
Gates.
L. W. Cunningham spent Fri
day night in Bedford on business.
Card ol Thanks.
We desire to .extend through
the News our most sincere thanks
to oar many friends and neigh
bors for their kind assistance
during the death of our beloved
brother, James U. Sharpe. Ed
ward Sharpe and Wile.
Gcor
mellott
Still Alive
With a store full of the very best of Hardware, Wire
Fencing, Cream Separators, Washing Machines, &c., at
Prices that Will Meet Any Competition, Quality of Goods Considered.
Double-bit Mann Axea 65 Buggy washer 4
Single-bit or Poll Axe 45 Holdfast Shoe nails 3c. or 2 for So.
Solid Steel Picks 40 Coat and Hat Hooks 6
Solid steel post-hole digger 91.25 Shoe Hammers - 10
Pick Handles 12 to 17c. Horse Rasp 27 to 40
Solid steel 25-lb. Crowbar f 1.50 i Double end taper file and handle 8
Solid stel 30-lb. Crowbar " (1 80 Braces, 10-in. sweep 25 to 85
MAJESTIC WASHING MACHINE $5.75.
Stone and striking hammers 9 Curry combs 8, 10, 15 and 40
Batchelder Forks 65 Scrub brushes 3 and 10
Fork Handles 10 and 18 Buggy whips 10 to 80
Dirt Shovels 35 to 57 Compass saws 10
v But Traces 35 to 47 Keystone Compass saws, 14-in. 22
Trace Chains 50 to tl 20 Kitchen saws, 10-ln. 30
Hand saws 35 Disston Hand saws 00 to $1.60
The Sharpless and Dairy Maid Cream Separator.
Woodsaw blades 27 8-in. Draw knife 40
' Coffee Mills 20 and 50 Wire and Cut nails. 12 55 Bas
Door Rim Locks 20 and 45 Try-squares 45 and 50
Mortise Locks 47 Hatchets 35 to 60
Thumb Latches 4 Bevel squares 27
X-Ray Stove polish 3c or 2 for 6 A full line of first-class Carpenter tools.
Carpet tacks 1000 for 5 Closing out Horse Blankets at cost.
Campbells Varnish Best on Market for stain.
Wire Fence.
I am selling the Page Woven Wire Fence, which has been proven
the very best fence in America.
When you need anything In my line, It will be money In your pocket to give me a call.
Satisfaction guaranteed. Yours tor Business.
GEORGE B. MELLOTT,
McConnellsburg.
BRUSH CREEK.
Our roads have been changed
from ice to mud.
Mrs. Irene Truax, of Emma
ville, spent last week with her
brother Dr. J. G. Hanks, at
Breezewood.
WalterBarton, of A I toon a, spent
last Saturday night and Sunday
with his parents Mr. and Mrs. O.
A. Barton.
Mrs. E. E. Akers, who had been
spending some time with friends
and relatives in Altoona, returned
home last Tuesday.
Mrs. T. R. Starr, of the East
ern Shore, is spending a few days
with friends in the Valley.
E. E. Akers and wife spent last
Sunday with Mrs. Akers's pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Jack
son. Those who spent Saturday and
Sunday at J. C. Barton's were:
Mrs. E. H. Lodge, Mrs. Mablon
Barton, M. E. Barton and wife,
H. N. Barton and wife.
Miss Clara IIix?on spent Sun
day with Lula Mills.
E. E. Hixson and family spent
Sunday at P. D. Hizson 's.
George Lodge went down to
McConnellsburg last Saturday
and was accompanied home by
his sister Miss Jennie.
Bruce and Boss Barton and
Howard Whitfield spent Sunday
with Bussell and James Akers.
William Ott has moved his saw
mill to M. E. Barton's and is now
ready for business.
The teacher and pupils of Buf
falo school deserve mush credit
for the entertainment givea last
Saturday evening. It was great
ly enjoyed by a large crowd.
Allie Simpson has moved back
to Crystal Springs again in the
house vacnted by Christ Spade.
Mrs, W, C. blanks spent part
of last week with friends in Buck
Valley.
Don't Couib, But Live Loaf.
If every cough were cured be
fore it got a strong hold, human
life would be lengthened by many
years. If every coughing suffer
er knew that Kemp's Balsam
would stop the cough in a few
minutes, he would be glad to es
cape the serious consequences,
if any medicine will cure a cough
Kemp's Balsam will do it At
druggists' and dealers', 25c.
W. E. Snyder, whose sale was
advertised by the News office,
has reason to be satisfied with
the result Four of bis cows
brought him over two hundred
dollars; and bis horses 'Sold for
more than a hundred dollars
above what he paid for them five
years ago. At Peter Scheldle
man's sale Tuesday, a "mammy"
pig that would weigh less than
two hundred pounds, sold for
$31,60. it is said that sucking
pigs bring U 50 at sales over in
Franklin county.
The Mao 01 Tbe Hour la Kansas.
Jay E. House in Human Life
for March tells a powerful human
interest story, and the subject
is Governor Stubbs of Kansas.
In a) I the political turmoil and un
rest which has shriven the West
during the past five years, no
other personality so distinctive
and unusual has been disclosed.
He was, so to speak, pitchforked
Into reform broke in over night.
Stubbs, with the hayseed still
in his hair, had never seen the in
side of the Kansas Statehouse
until the first Legislature in
which he sat convened, and in his
innocence imagined that every
member had some sort of voice
ib its affairs. So when, on the
very first day, the machine" got
a majority large enough to do
anything it liked, and proceeded
to distribute the loaves and fish
es; he was amazed and disgusted.
He protested, and his protests
made about as much impression
apparently as a mosquito bite on
a ' Dreadnought. Nobody paid
any attention to him.
BUT
There was a weak spot in the
armor. Tbe "bosses" had ar
oused a sleeping giant in his
wra.th; a typical Kansan tornado
was on the warpath. Knowing
nothing of the political game, so
cially crude and unpohsbed, be
was yet the thunderbolt which
shattered the "old" Kansas ma
chiLe drunk with power into
kindling wood, and prepared a
number of clever statesmen for
the junk heap.
A splendid fighter is Stubbs
at once the most admired and the
best hated J ay hawker on the po
litical horizon of the Sunflower
State today. Governor of his
state, millionaire, ardent reform
er and purifier of politics, the
story of the rise of this unletter
ed farmer boy is one that will
stir the blood of every citizen who
likes to believe that honor and
patriotism and sturdy manhood
are as much a part of our civic
life today as ever they were.
STUBBORN K$ MULES
are liver and bowels sometimes;
seem to balk without cause. Then
there's trouble Loss of Appe
tite Indigestion, Nervousness,
Despondency, Headache. But
such troubles fly beforeDr. Kings
New Life Pills, the world's best
Stomach and Liver remedy. So
easy. 25c. st Trout's drugstore.
Whether his father forgives
him or not, It is to be hoped that
young Mr. Knox will fulfill his
promise to go to work to support
the wife be married without the
I arental consent. That is the
proper thing to do under all cir
cumstances; the way to show him
self worthy to be counted a man
among men. . j
Our farmer friends should be
ware of the barb wire fence fiend,
who puts tbe lightning rod shark
in tbe rear. He proposes to the
farmer to put up an eight wire
fence at eight cents per foot
This seems so cheap the farmer
usually signs the contract, and
when the bill comes in, which it
is sure to do, the deluded farmer
finds he has agreed to pay eight
cents per foot for each wire.
When the scheme works he has
to surrender his farm in part
payment and give his note for the
balance.
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STORE
We have now been handling the WAR
NER CORSET for a year, and we are in a po
sition to talk. For two or three years, people
that have been wearing these goods, would
come, into our store and ask us why we didn't
handle WARNER CORSETS. Now, we are
glad they did, tor the good reports that we are
hearing each day, convince us that we did
the right thing by taking advice from these
people. We still have a few Armorsides that
we Will sell at 75c. each, after which we will
handle only goods made by WARNER
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HORSE GOODS
We certainly are in great shape on these goods this year.
We have had our Team Collars, Work Bridles, Plow Lines,
Hitching Straps, Halters, Front Gears, Buggv Harness, &c, m
tor some time and at prices that are all right. We think it
will pay you to see ours. Team Collars 95c. to 52.60.
AMERICAN WIRE FENCE.
We now have our Carload of wire fencing
in, and a good thing for you that we have,
for since we bought, it has advanced. But
we haven't. We can sell It at old prices
something that they don't all do. We run
out of that 63 and 38c close poultry
fence last year, and could have sold quite
a lot more. This year we have double the
quantity of last year. Call and see these
goods. '
HULL & BENDER.