rl Crl VOLUME 1G McCONNELLSliURG, PA., NOVEMBER 5.1914. NUMBER 7 THE GRIM REAPER. Short Sketches of the Lives of Per sons Who Have Recently Passed Away. Mrs. J. S. Decker After an illness of about eight weeks, Cornelia Decker, wife of Rev. J. S. Decker, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church at Moravia, Iowa, died at the Iowa Methodist Hospital in De3 Moines, on Saturday morning, October 24th, at 4:30 o'clock. Her hus band and her sister Jennie were at her bedside when Bhe passed away. Cornelia, daughter of Jacob and Amy Zimmerman, wa3 born in Thompson township, this county, on March 28, 1873, where she grew to womanhood, and on Feb ruary 2G, 189G, was united in marriage with J. S. Decker. In the spring of 1897 they went to Iowa and went to housekeeping at Fackwood, from which place in the fall of 1898 they went to their first charge under the di rection of Rev. D. C. Smith as Presiding Elder, and from that time till the day of her death, she proved herself a sympathetic and efficient helper in her husband's chosen calling. At the age of 14 years she was converted and united with the Methodist Episco pal church and always remained true and faithful to God and the church. She never possessed a rugged constitution, but her conception of her duties often led her to go far beyond her strength in the performance of them, which fact led to much suffering which was always borne with patience and Christian fortitude. Besides the bereaved husband and little daughter, Helen Arlene, she leaves to mourn her departure three brothers, four sisters and a nostof friends; for all found m her a loving, sympathetic and helpful friend. One of the things of most com fort to the bereaved is a letter written just before being taken to the hospital, in which, besides giving minute instructions for her funeral, she said: "The Lord nev er has forsaken me, and I know He will be with me through this, the severest of trials. It has al ways been the desire of my heart to give the best to the Lord. You have all been so kind to me in my sickness. I have written these ine3 without a fear of death or a fear. I would rather get strong and work longer for God .and the church, but if it is His will, I am ready to go, although it is hard to leave a parsonage home and dear relatives. Dear husband and sis ters, don't grieve for me take good care of dear little Helen Ar-jene-Good-bye to all; meet me n Heaven." The funeral t.nnW nlnpp tit her ' iome at Moravia on the following iuesdayand interment was made n the cemetery at that place. Tne floral offerings were many a beautiful. Among those from distance, who attended the fu neral were: Mrs. W. M. Palmer, J Warfordsburg; J. S. Zimmer j Jn. . Mankato, Kans. ; W. T. Deck Inl Lai?ha,ltwn: G. L. Decker, i S ivv. f. and R. L. Decker. nearick. John Wright. John WricrUt rV,nA U - "ft uiu at LUC liUlllt- James Richards in Ayr town- ' l a" early hour last Friday Sfnjns, aged about 35 years, funeral, conducted by Rev. Trman, took place on Satur- ' u interment was made in cemetery at the Big Cove 2l church Mr. Wright J been totally blind for sever- 4 Von I until the night of his death . ; complained of not feel UL?11; Whe" Mr. Richards I ' Ll) . nhti'n lLJ 1 -ri . 1 morn' uea earlv aay L he found him dead. It I r,.. . "at Doth John's parents 1 assort . . r me nn7ay durin2 the niht I and wero fnnr.A aa : the w Sf John was a son of The Road Hog Got His. A road hog living near Cravat, south of Centralia, got a lesson yesterday afternoon that may do him some good, says the Centra lia Sentinel. A number of auto mobiles from Saiem had been to Mt. Vernon and were coming back by way of Centralia. When near Cravat, they came up be hind a buggy. The road was nar row and the machines could not get by unless the buggy gave a part of the road, which the driv er refused to do. When they came to a place they could get by, the man in the buggy would run his horse to beat them to another place. lie kept this up for some time till a place came where he could not head the cars olF. One ran by him and then the driver proceeded to block the buggy, un til another car got alongside. A couple of fellows hopped out, caught the horse and made the fellow in the buggy get out and get into the car. The horse was tied to the fence and the driver of the buggy brought along to within a mile of Centralia, when he was set out and told to hoof it back and the last seen of him he was hoofing it lively and saying things that would not look right in print. He was fully four miles from where his buggy was left. On The Way 81 Days. Miss Mary Pittman received a letter Monday from her brother Charlie and wife, who are mis sionaries stationed at Tabriz, Per sia. The letter was mailed in Tabriz on the 13th of August, and consequently had been 81 days on the way. They say they have had no mail from America for a long time on account of the Eu ropean war. The American con sul at Tabriz was making an ef fort to have the mail from Amer ica taken by way of Constantino ple, in the hope that they might have better service. Cheer up, Charlie ! There are others. Mail for McConnellsburg reaches Mer cersburg at 8 o'clock, and McCon nellsburgers are lucky if it is placed in their hands before twelve; and yet the distance be tween the towns is only ten miles. Wonder if it would be possible to have ours sent by way of Con stantinople, too. Pennsylvania Has Sand. The production of sand and gravel in Pennsylvania in 1913 was 6,702, 41G tons, valued at $3, 381.G92, against G.509,333 tons, valued at $3,371,513 in 1912, ac cording to the United Statea Geo logical Survey. Building sand is the most important product of this character in the State, but of greater relative importance is glass sand, in the production of which Pennsylvania ranks first among the States. In the value of the sand produced, although not in the quantity, Pennsylva nia ranks first, the precedence in value being due to the high val ue of the glass sand compared to other kinds. Fulton connty has mountains of the finest glass sand in the world, which will be an asset worth while, just as soon as it becomes available for use. The Edisons Here. Thanks to the automobile and the improved condition of the Lincoln Highway, McConnells burg has frequent opportunities to get a peep at America's great men that have been fortunate enough to become great'in spite of the fact they were not born in Fulton county. Last Sunday Thomas A. Edison, Mrs. Edison, and their son Charles, traveling in Mr. Edison's Simplex automo bile, passed eastward through McConnellsburg and spent the night at Hotel Washington, Chambersburg. The Edisons were returning from the Ford factory at Detroit, where he wit nessed a demonstration of the storage battery which he has perfected for use in the Ford automobile. A Victorious War. The European war concerns every American citizen. Nobody knows which side will win. We know that we are not responsible for the terrible struggle. Our national feeling is one of pro found sympathy with the suffer ers, regardless of their nationali ty, because they are human, and thousands of us are related to to them by blood. Indeed in a large sense, they are all our brothers. In recognition of that fact it is our privilege and oppor tunity to do whatever we proper ly may toward restoring the es sentials of ordered life after the conflict shall have ceased. This is the purely human ifide of the case. There is another. It is inevitable that the United States should, in a commercial sense, be the beneficiary of the war. This is an accident which we as the friends of mankind de plore, but which as a nation of producers we are compelled to regard as an extraordinary op portunity for the expansion of our productive industries. Even tually America will be the over whelming victor, because, with her vast resources and uninter rupted activity, she will be re quired to assume the foremost rank as the world's provider. This is a decree of the fates; our hands are clean; we shall profit legitimately, fairly and abundant ly not because of our position and resources. Pending the settlement that cannot be long deferred, our busi ness is to build up and proportion our own industries, so that we may be prepared to accept our responsible position as a produ cer of the commodities which millions of people will expect us to olFer. Such action will re ward the world in general and us in particular. Our first step should be fundamental; agricul ture is our basal industry. At present it is unbalanced, one-sided and unstable. It lacks meat, milk and wood. It has run large ly to starch, and is deficient in protein. It is like a sandwich inadequately buttered or poorly chinked with meat. A self-sustaining agriculture is economical ly impossible without a live stock population sullicient to balance it. It is considerations like these that are fixing the alert eyes of thausands of farmers and stock men and their families in all parts of the country upon a forth coming event in Chicago. It is the International Live Stock Ex position that will occur Nov. 28 to Dec. 5 and an event so impor tant that no one interested in live stock can afford to miss. Kansas "Heap Big State." J. Frank Martin, a former res ident of Thompson township, but now a prosperous citizen of Kan sas, in a letter along with a year's subscription to the News says that the year 1914 has been a banner year in Kansas, crops, and that the prospect for a dupli cate in 1915 is very promising at this time. Ford seems to be a lucky name for a county as well as for an automobile. Ford coun ty is the banner county in Kan sas, and will, this year, market over six million bushels of wheat. Frank says that the entire State will have more than two hundred million bushels of wheat and a hundred million bushels of corn to spare to her less fortunate neighbors. Twenty years ago, McPherson county, 100 miles east of where Frank lives, was con sidered the western line of the wheat belt, now it is known that 100 miles west does not find the limit, and there, is much good land there yet that may be had for from $1,500 to $2,000 per quarter. Bert Hann is well satisfied with trade at the Saluvia store since taking it over from Charlie Mann His daughter Miss Grace readily adapts herself to the business, and we predict success for the new firm. EAT AN APPLE. Heduce The Cost of Living by Eating More Fruit, says State Zoologist H. A. Surface. In replying to the inquiry, "What is the best method of re ducing the cost of living," State Zoologist H. A. Surface replied, "That is easy. Use fruits in abundance while they are so cheap. There have been but few years when fruits of all kinds were so abundant and so cheap as at present. While the last of the peaches are now going out through the markets, apples and pears have just commenced to come to it. Apples of twenty different kinds can be bought in the market, at prices below the cost of any other food commodi ty of proportionately nourishing quantity. There are nearly two hundred different ways in preparing and serving apples. No fruit is so remarkably adapted to different methods of serving and this makes it possible to use a larger quantity in a short time than though they were restricted to but few methods of use. It is not necessary to mention the va rious methods in which apples can be prepared or served, as the good housewife knows all about this. It should be sufficient to call her attention to the fact that this is an apple season, and good home grown apples are more abundant and cheaper than usual Owing to the European war there will not be nearly so many ap plies shipped abroad this year, and prices are consequently low er. The consumer has the bene fit of low prices in fruits this year in this vicinity. To prove this all that is necessary is to go into the markets and see for him self what he can buy with but little money. Any kind of apples on the mar ket will keep a week or two in the temperature of an ordinary living room, and many will keep two months or more. It is con sequently possible to buy a half bushel or a bushel, and use them not only raw, or for dessert pur poses, but also for sauce, pies dumplings, tarts, baking, etc. It does not pay to buy by the small measure commonly called the "quarter" as this i3 really the most expensive method of buying any commodity. Consum ers should learn to buy in as large unit as possible, and thus get it at a much lower price proportion ately. Any food substance that will keep as well as apples can indeed be purchased by the bu shel quantity or barrel for even a small family. In buying fruits it is important to consider the quality that is represented by the name of the variety. At the present time, for example, the good housewife can buy nothing better than the Smokehouse or Baldwin. There may yet be a few of the Wealthy and the Summer Rambo on the market, and these are beyond mention, of high quality. Other like the Pewaukee, Mother and Bonum are excellent at this sea son, while Grimes Golden is one of the best that will be known un til after thanksgiving. At the proper period other varieties like Jonathan, Stayman, Winesap and Paragon will have their respec tive periods of best maturity, fol lowed later by York imperial, Gano, and others that were nev er intended to use as fall varie ties. When the purchaser find3 a va riety of fuuit that suits him, he should learn its name and, as far as possible, purchase according to the varietal name thereafter. In this way he can be assured of quality, as it must be acknow ledged that there some varieties that surely are not as high in quality as others. Not only is economy to be con sidered in the use of fruits, but the preservation of health is like wise an important item. The human system calls for fruit as a large part of its diet. Halloween Party. The Epworth League held high carnival last Friday evening in the Clevenger building. From the invitations issued at the be ginning of the week, you could have expected "somethin' doin." As the guests entered the hall they were welcomed by seven Shades, who ushered them through a narrow passage way meeting all sorts of obstructions in the way of cornfodder, etc., only to be greeted by the witch who had her Place of Mysteries fitted in the chimney corner, and who with assistance of black cats spinning wheel, owls, etc. was able to delve deep into the future for you. The boys and girls were all there clowns, gypsies, witch es, and all sorts of masked char acters; indeed, so well, was their plan carried out that you could not identify them until they were unmasked. Numerous games and myster ies were engaged in, including several musical numbers and sev eral recitations appropriate to the occasion. Refreshments consisting of gin ger bread, cider, apples, etc., were served, and after a hunt for the ring, thimble, and penny which were hidden in the room the guests departed to await the fulfillment of their fortune. Auto Struck Lad. Charlie Walters, a Chambers burg attorney, who figures in the trial of many cases in the Fulton county courts, met with an an noying accident last week. Mr. Walters is a candidate for the legislature in Franklin county, and last Friday, in company with some friends was out in an auto mobile for a last word with the voters. In passing a schoolhouse at Dickeys Station, where the children were out at play, and notwithstanding that he was driving very slowly to avoid run ning into some of them that were in the road, his machine struck the twelve-year-old son of Wal ter Fields. The lad was immed iately picked up and hurried to Mercersburg, where Dr. Swartz welder dressed the wounds and the boy was taken to his home. While the boy sustained a num ber of bruises, he wa3 not seri ously hurt. Airs. Shaffer Home. After having spent about two months most pleasantly among her oldtime friends and relatives in Fulton county, Mrs. Adam Shaffer is back again in her home in Summerfield, 111. Mrs. Shaf fer writes that while we had such a long dry spell here, farmers in Illinois had weather just as much too wet and, on that account, they were kept back with their seed ing, and are just now done with sowing wheat. Feed is being shipped into their neighborhood by the car load oats and baled hay. She says that last Monday she picked a nice mess of string beans and some ripe blackberries, and that they have strawberries in bloom. They had their first frost on the 2Gth. Clevenger Lodge. I Mr. Harvey II. Clevenger and Miss Amy E. Lodge were quietly married in Gettysburg, on Thurs day, October 29, 1914, and left for a two weeks' trip to Pitts burgh and vicinity. Mr. Cleven ger is a son of the late Hiram Clevenger, of Taylor township, and the bride is a daughter of Mrs. Emma Lodge, of McCon nellsburg. Mr. D. B. Nace, of Chambers burg, spent a day in the home of his son, Cashier Merrill W. Nace, last week. One pound of fruit costs less than one-tenth pound of meat and is far more healthful. In fact no kind of food that can be compos ed is mdre healthful than at least an abundant proportion of fruits in the daily ration. The Ox Warvle in Cattle. A Pennsylvania correspondent wrote to State Ziologmt II. A Surface, Harrisburg, asking fjr "information concerning the in sect which deposits her egg un der a cow's llosh." A9 the insect in question is evidently the Ox warvle, which is unusually bad in Pennsylvania this year, causing lumps in the backs of cattle, the reply of Professor Surface will be of value to the cattle owners in different parts of the State. It is as follows: "The insect of which you write is no doubt the Ox Warvle, whLh lives as a larva beneath the skin of cattle, making large Jumps with openings through the skin However, you are mistaken in the supposition that the Warvle larva reaches its place of living and de veloping by being placed there as an egg on or through tho skin of the back. Experiments have been conducted where cattle have been effectively and completely covefed from the possibility of eggs being laid along tho back, and they have- still devoloped the Warvle larva there. "It is well known that this is abundant in certain damp mead ows or pastures. It is believed that tho l!y lays its eggs on vege tation, and that wheu this is cat en by the cow they at onco hatch in the stomach and bore through the other tissues of the animal to the region of the back.whore they make oponings through the skin and there remain until they are grown, when thoy work their way through tho openings and fall to the ground. There they trans form into pupae or chrysalids, aud later in the spring transform into flies and complete the cycle. They are not greatly unlike the Dot flies that cause the bots of horses. There aro different spe cies, one of which causes lumps on the necks of rabbits. "It has been found practically impossible to prevent these pests where cattle are pastured in damp or low pastures, specially during the spring or early sum mer. In the fall this precaution is not necessary, as they do not become active then. "After they are once within the animal they make themseles manifest by the lumps tliey pro duce, and they should be removed at once, as they certainly cause great pain and increase the tem perature of the animal, reducing the milk supply of dairy cattle, makiug them thinner in flesh and Impairing their appetite. The best treatment is simply to press them out of the lumps where they occur. This can be done without breaking them, if the operator will proceed with care and pa tience. A few drops of oil of al most any kind inserted in the opening will kill the larva, and within a few hours it can be pressed out moro easily than if left alive, aJ though it should not be killed aud left beneath the skin, as this makes sores and in creases the suffering." FORT LITTLETON. Oct. 27. George Mayne, of Altoona, is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Mayne, of this place. Mr. and Mrs. Levi P. Morton passed through our town in their auto Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. George Sheffield and sou Harold spent lour days of last week visitiug Mrs. Shef field's sister, Mrs. Wm, Meek, and family, near Hopewell, Bed ford county. Mrs. Charles Richardson, who has boem sick for several weeks, is not much better. Samuel Mayne was home for the first few days of squirrel shooting. Ellis Rosenborry had the mis fortune to loso a horse this week. Mr. Silas Mellott and his grand son, Chester HollisCarnell, stayed a few hours in town last Friday on their way home from a week's visit among friends in Franklin county. "AM I MY BROTHER'S KEEPER?" Liltle Talks on Health and Hygiene ij Samuel 0. Dixon, M. D., LL. D., Commissioner Health. Those who are ever ready to cry out that their personal liberty is being attacked, when the wel fare of their neighbors demands some restriction of their actions, are as a rule among the first to denounce a similar desire for free dom on the part of others. Modern methods of administer ing the health laws of the State and municipalities render strict quarantine necessary for certain communicable and infectious dis eases, and in the case of children this is often followed by exclusion from school for an additional pe riod of time. It would seem obvious to any unprejudiced observer that tore quire this for the protection of the innocent and unprotected fel low citizens is not alone just from the standpoint of man-made law, but the higher mandates of di vine law as well. Strange as it may seem, there are many worthy people who would permit their selfish inter ests to blind them to these duties. Part of this is no doubt due to their ignorance of the dangers which may result from careless ness. Hundreds of deaths annu ally from measles, for instance, might be avoided if parents would not look upon it as a more or less trifling complaint incidental to childhood from which their own and other people's children must inevitably suffer. The child with a sore throat who is permitted to go without medical attention and attend school may prove the source of an epidemic of diph theria which will cost lives and heartbreak. 4 No matter how efficient the ad ministration of the public health laws by the authorities, unless the public is educated to appreci ate the necessity and will co-operate with them by living up to the spirit of the law, it will be impossible to triumph over dis ease. All thinking men.unblinded by patriotism, must deplore the con flict in which so large a portion of the civilized world is now en gaged. The same spirit which prevents the individual from ans wering in the affirmative, the question. Am I my brother's keeper?", when his selfisn desire is to be weighed against the wel fare of his fellows, and apparent ly taken possession of Christian nations. If we do our duty to others, it will redound to the protection and wellbeing of ourselves. Local Institute. The second Local Institute of Dublin Township was held at Chesnuts Oct. 30th and the fol lowing questions discussed. Lan guage; How taught in the pri mary grades. How shall we teoch our pupils to be more self reliant? How do you teach his tory? The teachers present were; Lillian Stinson, Esther Welch, Jennie Cromer, and Ira Teck of Dublin: Ethel Sipes, Olipita Keebaugh, O. V. Wink. W. G. Wink, Wm. Ranck, Fred Lamberson of Tay lor, and John Kelso of Knobs ville. The next institute will be held at Clear Ridge Nov. 13. Jennie Cromer, Sec. Rally Day and Holy Communion. The McConnellsburg Lutheran church will have its Autumn Communion next Sunday morn ing at 10:30 o'clock. Preparatory services on Saturday at 2:30 P. M. Rally Day for the Sunday School in town on Sunday morn ing at 9:15 and for the Big Cove Tannery School at 1:30 P. M., fol lowed by the annual Luther Day celebration. All welcome. T. E. Jackson and C. W. Akers of Akersville, were transacting business in McConnellsburg last Saturday.
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