INTERESTING PARAGRAPHS Ci I real and General Interest. Gathered t Home or Clipped frm our Exchanges. CONDENSED FOR HURRIED READERS Go to Johnston for shoes. Best selection; best stock; best prices. Mr. and Mrs. William Woodall are happy over the arrival of a yoang son that his come to oless their home. Miss Zelpha Fleming, of Clear Ridge, has been ill during the past ten days with appendicitis and gastritis. Fare ona way between Mer cersburg and McConnellsburg 50 cents. Sheets Stage Line. Miss Rella Raker, of Dane, who has been visiting her cousin, Ol ive Mum ma, at Pittsburg, is about to return home. Fresh new line of ladies' and gents' shoes Just received at J. K. Johnston's. The prettiest ladies' pumps ever shown in this town. Miss Jess E. Henry, eldest daughter of John A. Henry, of Clear Ridge, went to Lancaster Monday, where she will take a course of instruction in a busi ness college. , Mrs. Lewis Mellott, of Pleas ant Ridge, is very thankful to the friends who have bo kindly given presents and sent postal cards to her little baby boy, Lee Scott Bennett Mellott, during the past year. Want of space forbids our giving the names of all the donors Professor Frear, of the State college, tasted eighty-three kinds of breakfast food in the course of a government investigation re cently. His survival in good health is a joint tribute to the ex cellence of bis digestion and the nutritious quality of the "sam ples." Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Mellott were in town Monday. They sold their real estate at Gem to A. J. Lamberson, and the store to Walker Mellott, and they pur chased the Amanda Pott property near Big Cove Tannery. Mr. Mellott and family moved to their sew home last week. The News is a welcome visitor in the home of James G. Kline, in Bucks county. He says every member of the family enjoys read ingit. They like their home down there, and say they have good markets 88 cents a pound for butter and 24 cents a dozen for eggs. Aaron Martin went over to Dr. West's old home in Path Valley Tuesday, and brought four book cases and about a ton of books, which the Doctor had left to the Presbyterian church of McCon nellaburg, and which will be kept in the Presbyterian Manse for the use of the ministers who may serve the church. . Rev. J. C. Webster, of Argyle, N. Y., and bis sister Miss Jennie, of Xenia, O., who bad come to Mercersburg last Saturday to be present at the interment of their sister Miss Mary, spent Monday and Tuesday with friends on this side of the mountain. They were guests in the home of Archie W. Johnston, Tuesday night. William W. Largent, a former McConnellsburg boy, in a letter requesting a change In the ad dress of bis "News," says that he is now operating a linotype for the B rattle boro Printing Co., of BratUeboro, Vermont William ays that Brattleboro is a beauti ful little city of 8,000 people, built right op in the mountains. . Hats It means much to get a hat that you need not be askamed to wear after you have it, and to get it at a price that will please you. J. K. Johnston has been fortunate enough this spring . to secure an entire line of sam ples, of the latest and best goods in the Market at a price that will take them like hot cakes. Stiff hats, fur hats, and straws and at about half the usual price. Mrs. Nancy Dlven, of Knobs villa, called at the News office a fe minutes while in town Tues d iy. Mrs. Divens' borne was de troyed by fire on the 6th of last January, and since that time she has been busy rebuilding, and the new house has been completj d and she and. her son-in-law, James Keebaugb, and his family, wed uiW It lit Mcsdjy, An Indignant subscriber re cently wrote to an editor In the west, "I don't want my paper any longer," To which the editor re plied: "That is all right I wouldn't make it any longer if you did, because in that case I would have, to buy a new press. The present length just suits me, and I am glad it suits you." Forest fires are raging, and in fact have been raging in the sur rounding sections of this county for several days past. It is ex tremely unfortunate that these occur. People tramping through the wo'kIs should be careful about fire.' The destruction to the young timber, and vegetation will be large, oftimes the result of somebody's negligence. The editor of the Leader of UNew Holland, O., must be an ex pert on femininity. He asks, "Why is a newspaper like a pret ty woman? To be perfect it must be the embodiment of many types Its form is made up; it is chased, though inclined to be giddy; it enjoys a good press, the more rapid the better; talks a great deal; can stand some praise and is awfully proud of a new dress; it cannot be kept in good humor without plenty of cash." An exchange puts it this way: 'We live in a land of high moun tains and high taxes, low valleys and low wages, big lakes, big fakes, big pumpkins, big men with pumpkin heads, silver streams that gambol in the rfloun tains, roaring cataracts and roar ing orators, fast trains, fast hors es, fast young men, sharp law yers, sharp financiers and sharp toed shoes, noisy children, fertile plains that lie like a sheet of wa ter, and a thousand newspapers that lia like thunder." FOUTICAL ANNOUNCEMENT. A Good Snowing. On the first of April, the Stock holders of the First National Bank received a check tor their usual three per cent semi annual dividend. In addition to paying to the stockholders three per .cent semi-annually, the directors on the first of April placed $2,500.00 more of the net earnings to the surplus, which now makes a to tal surplus of $10,000.00, and they have, besides, 11,052.44 of undi vided profits. See their detailed statement in another column. The Call 01 Ths Blood for purification, finds voice in pimples, boils, sallow complexion a jaundiced look, moth patches and blotches on the skin, all signs of liver trouble. But Dr. King's New Life Pills make rich red blood; give clear skin, rosy cheeks, fine complexiop, health. Try them. 25c at Trout's drug store. WELIS TANNERY. Mr. and Mrs. Craig Beatty, of Leechburg, who bad been visiting J. B. Hor ton's and U. B. Hann's started for home Monday. They expect to move here. Miss Ida Hann, who had been on the sick list, is better. William Horton and family, of Glendale, spent Sunday with his mother at this place. , Mrs. F. G. Davenport, of Potts ville, is spending sometime with friends at Reichley. .. Clyde Horton spent Sunday with Reuben and Russell Daniels Frank Defibaugh, of North Point, spent Sunday with rela tives here. Thomas Horton is having a new house built on Daniel War sing's place. G. W. Adams is the contractor. Misses Leta Sprowl and Kate Horton went to Everett last Sat urday. '.... ' Mrs Daniel Warsing, who had been on the sick list, is better. The Ladies' Aid Society of Pine Grove will meat at Mrs V. D. Schenck's Thursday. Miss Celia Horton left lor Sax ton Monday. Won Thu Bullets. Bullets have often caused less suffer ins to soldiers than the eo eemaUW. Harnman, Burling ton, Me , got in the army, and suffered with, forty years. "But Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured me when all else failed," he writes. Greatest healer for Sores, Ulc9 Boils. Burns. Cuts, Wounds, Bruises and Piles. 25a at Trout's draft tore, . Owlnir to the fuot that the News has by (treat odds the largest circulation of any newspaper in the County, and that it goes into the homes of a large majority of families of both the lead ing political parties, candidates, wheth er Democrat or Republican, who want their names prominently before the people, will find it to their advantage to place their announcement card in this column. FOR CONGRESS. To the Republican voters of the 17th Congressional District: At the Republican primary elec tion to be held Saturday, June 4, 1910, 1 will be a candidate for the nomination for Congress, and most respectfully solicit the votes of the Republicans ot the district Very truly, N Benj. K. Focht. IDD0. The rain that fell on Sunday was very mucn needed. Tne gram and grass look promising for this time of year. Morgan Barton and wife, of Brush Creek were visiting Frank Iless's recently. Wilbert Deshong and wife, of Pleasant Ridge, visited friends around Iddo last Saturday and Sunday. Amos Barber and wile were in Bedford one day last week. Miss Blanch Smith was visit ing Miss Katherine Yonker, of Warfordsburg, from Friday until Sunday. Amos Plessinger started, last Thursday for an indefinite visit among friends and relatives in Ohio. Miss Jennie Truax has return ed home after having stayed a couple of weeks with her uncle, W. F. Barton at Clear Ridge. Miss Danna Smith, who has been poorly for three weeks is convalescing at this writing. Job Truax and wife visited in the home of Henry Garland, near Dott, recently. Adam Wagner was a lucky fel low. He managed to catch a grey fox alive the other day. He says he is gang to start a fox ranch. OEM. Dr. Palmer played stork last Saturday and left a bouncing big boy at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dick Mellott Mrs. Samuel Kline and her son William returned from their trip to Franklin county last week. Reuben Hoiiinsbead put fire in to his limekiln Monday morning. We hope he may get a good "burn" as it takes lots of labor to get a kiln ready for the fire. Thomas Mellott has moved from the B. E. Daniels farm into the Harvey Lynch house in Gem-town. One of our good neighbors who worked the roads last year was put back in last Saturday to work them this year. Make good roads, Andy. Thoughts by The Way. If people only said what they thought, there wouldn't be so much talking. Farm Journal, Always laugh when you can; it is a cheap medicine. Merriment is a philosophy not well under steed. It is the sunny side of existence. Byron. Keep your light a burning Lots of things do not seem to be worth while, but it is not safe to look at them in just that way. Keep on doing. . As to people saying a few .un kind words about ns, we roust not mind that any more than the old church steeple minds the rooks cawing about it A man cannot be s highest and best self without giving out those things which are best in him- Bernard So ell. . A good honest laugh at a good honest joke or bit of sarcasm rubs out the gathering wrinkles or care; but an illtempered joke is like a poisoned arrow, which makes a wound, and leaves - its poison after it is withdrawn. Don't when people say nice things to you, think that they must necessarily be insincere. It is quite as natural for some persons to put their nice thoughts about you into words as it Is for them to breathe. "I am1 not bound to win, But I am bound to be true." Abraham Lincoln. No one can be more profound than be really is. But everyone can learn and strive. Schumann The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden under ground, secretly making the ground green. 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ON SALE AT ALL NEWS STANDS XI ILL tell you something about everything and everthlng about a great many things; the army and na vy, population of countries, States and cities, the new tariff, the 1910 cen sus, progress of Panama Canal work, census of Cuba, prosecution of trusts, party platforms of 1909, rise In prices of principal commodities, aerial navi gation lu 1909, Polar exploration in 1909 discovery of the North Pole, growth of the united States, Sipty first Congress, about warB, sporting events, weights and measures, univer sities and colleges, religious orders in the Untied States," debts of nations, weather, forecasts, fatality tables, commerce, taxes, moneys, banking, in surance, secret societies, prohibition movement in 1909, report of national commissions on country life and con servation of natural resources and 10,000 Other Facts & Figures of everyday interest to everybody. No merchant, farmer, laborer, busi ness man, housewife, school boy or girl should be without a copy of this greatest compendium of useful infor mation ever set in type. On sale ' everywhere 25o. (west of Buffalo and Pittsburg, 30c.). By mall. 35c. Address Press Publishing Co., Pulitzer Building, New York City. F0IYSHONinrTrn Mop tte og;i and lani B. 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 Axes 63 Buggy washer 4 Single-bit or Poll Axe 45 ' Solid Steel Mattocks 45 Keen Kutter Axe 90 Holdfast Shoe nails 3c. or 2 for 5c. American Axe 85 Coat and Hat Hooks 6 Solid Steel Picks 40 Shoe Hammers 10 Solid steel post-hole digger 11.25 Double end taper file and handle 8 Solid steel 25-lb. Crowbar tl.50 Braces, 10-In. sweep 25 to 85 Solid steel 30-lb. Crowbar tl 80 Pick Handles 12 to 17c. MAJESTIC WASHING MACHINE $5.75. Stone and striking hammers Manure Forks Batchelder Forks Fork Handles Dirt Shovels But Traces Trace Chains Hand saws 9 35 55 10 and 16 35 to 57 35 to 47 ' 50 to 11.20 35 Slmond Cross-cut Saws, 5 ft., Curry combs 8, 10, 15 and 40 Horse Hasp 27 to 40 Scrub brushes 3 and 10 Buggy whips 10 to 80 Compass saws 10 Keystone Compass saws, 11-Id. 22 Kitchen saws, 16-ln. 30 Disston Hand saws 90 to $1.00 13.10; 5 ft., $3.45; 6 ft., $4 00. The Sharpless and Dairy Maid Cream Separator. Woodsaw blades Coffee Mills Door Rim Locks Mortise Locks Thumb Latches X-Hay Stove polish Carpet tacks 27 20 and 50 20 and 45 47 4 3c or 2 for 6 1000 for 6 Campbells Varnish Best on Market for stain. 8-in. Draw knife Wire and Cut nails. 12.55 Base Try-squares Hatchets Bevel squares A full line of first-class Carpenter tools. Closing out Horse Blankets at cost. 40 45 and 50 35 to 60 27 Wire Fence. I am selling the Page Woven Wire Fence, which has been proven the very best fence in America. Smooth Wire $2.10 per hundred pounds. I am agent for DEER1NG BINDERS and MOWERS; also, GASOLINE ENGINES and MANURE SPREADERS. 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. Apples Baldwins Apples $500 a Year Income for Life Save 17 Cents a Day $5 a Month Safety With Large Profits Commercial Apple Orchards Read statement or President, boston & Maine K. H ., Iloston Chamber of Com merce, New England Agricultural Col leges, and others, on orchard ax Income producers. 26 nMf-acre Units In Orchard No. 1. (plant ed l(W) at JuO eucb, payable (5 00 per month. Limited to S5 unsold. Orchurds No. t and No. ( will be planted during 1910. half-acre Units, im each. Euch Orchard contains 10 acres 100 half acre Units, no more, no less, conse quently limited. , Can you affo'd to neglect this opportunity to secure an Income for IU0 years? A Fortune In Apples Is the title of an In teresting booklet, Illustrated, tells about thx orchard Industry In New England and bow niany are accumulating an In creased income from little capital. W rite tor the booklet. Applications Oiled In order of priority. Write for full particular. flew England Orchard Company, Inc. 43 Tremont St., Boston. REI3NERS' STORE NEWS FOR APRIL. Mar, M-el Kodol Dyspepsia Cure DigMta what you Mb JEW Spring and Sum mer styles on sale -Now! If anything a little lit smart' er and more exclusive than usual. The hind you see on Paris touJevards - Fifth Avenue too. Every last and leather that a woman could fossilly wanf at any time. FOR SALE AT THE RACKET STORE McConnellsburg, Pa. Now, that the season of House-Cleaning is on, when there will be old car pets to discard, mattings worn out, curtains to be replaced and the dozen and one other things that need atten tion, it will mean much to you to know that REISNERS' have anticipated all your wants, and are ready to furnish you anything you may need for your house-cleaning and Spring work, and at prices that are fair. Notice prices on a few things. Everything else in , proportion. Carpets 12c. to 85c. per Yard. Mattings He. to 35c. per Yard. Linoleum 25c. to 42 l-2c. per Square Yard. Matting Rugs, 50c. 75c. $1.00. Crex Rugs. $1.00. Moquet Rugs, $1.25. Window Shades, 8c. to 60c. bee -Curtains, 35c. to $3.G0 per Pair. SHOES Ladies Shoes either Oxford or Lace at $1.25, guaranteed to have solid in ner soles and counters; $1.45 Oxfords guaranteed. Our $2 and $2.50 shoes are not equaled. We stand by every pair. If not as represented, your monr ey back. ClotHing Dependable Clothing $2,50 to $13.50 suit. Childrens Suits 50c. to,$5.00. ' Be sure to see our Stock of Goods, when in need of ANYTHING. Administrators' Notice. Notice la brDT siren that letters of admin istration have be granted to the undersigned uooa the estate ul K. M. Keudall late of Ayr twp., Kultoo County, fa., deoeaa ad. AU parsons string eletaas against said as tat will praaeat Ibem property auttieaUoatad for settlement, ead tUoteowlag Uie aaiue will please oall aud settle. HOY if. KTNDAIX. J NO. avkNUALL. MoCoanallaburf, AapUfcUWaton. M. R. SHAFFNER, Attorney at Law, Office on Square, McConnellsburg, Pa. All letraJ be Beat sad auUaeUoaa et Will twIV fefainl twd (KVat a. M
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