, - THE TULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBUKQ. rA. -ULTUN u . r- i i i Published tvei WS lay. B. tf , P80K, Editor and Proprietor McCONNELLSBURG, PA. DECEMBER 31, 19H Published Weekly. $1.00 per Annum in Advance. EnUret t till Pottofflno nt MeConnillNbur P uh ii-oond oIukm mull matter. d for a ! repairs WRST DUBLIN. Marjrrpt Kirk wan has ri" attmu- th Sf o' Exrf sion at Jo'iuv C '!? e, u np-i'1 iotf Cbrintma vacation at horn in this townhip ErCieven!rer. of Dublin Mil', wan a visitor to this part of tin t')vr -hip 'i" wpk davh p 'iding uorne thnfiniio. B( m S d L i'h at. M'H'd'i k lit holulavs c th-'i 'imtiM iiar Burnt Cabin. E l " in Brant mikos frpqupt trip Huntingdon county Yi km. I. on- it is when sleighii'g i- F .ink Mp''oU, of Broad Top. . i in 'lii- vicinity n t 'hV rw.rtM' I h H B iii iii '. on Chri-tmm af ..in to k first and ace met p' izrtH, respi'ctiVHly The weather, the latter part ot la9t week, was very cold even tor Christmas. We are glad that it is warmer now, Through the Agee, Feminine Lovell- net Hii Been Regarded an Enemy of (he Soul. It is curious how, from tin im memorial, man bcliui to have asuo ciated the idea of evil with beauty, and Bhrunk from it with a sort of ghostly fear, while, at the samo time, drawn to it by force of its hypnotic attraction, comments Hich- nrd Lc Oalliennc in the Smart Set. Strangely enough, beauty has been regarded as the most dangerous en emy of the soul, and the powers of darkness that are supposed to lie in wait for that frail and fluttering 'sycho, so precious and apparently so perishable, are usually represent ed as taking shapes of beguiling ovelinoss Lamins, Ixreleis, wood nymphs, wid witches with blue flow ers for their eyes. Lurking in its most innocent forms, the grim as cetic has affected to find a leaven of conception, and whenever any refor mation is afoot, it is always beauty that is made the first victim, whether it takes the form of a statue, a i enjoyed stained glass window or a hair rib bon. ir. i: : i i ...n:..n1 x JlUllU'lllll-M IB III' A l IU iluillli-Bn, 11 II I u Id R. Hicks 1915 Almanac. The Rev. irl R. Hicks Alma nac, now ready, grows more pop ular and useful with each passin vpar. It is a fixed necessity in homes, shops and commercial es tablishments all over this conti nent. This famous and valuable year book on astronomy, storms weather and earthquakes should bo m every home and office. Pro feasor Ilicks completes this best issue of his great Almanac at the r.losa of his seventieth year. The Almanac will be mailed for 35cts, Tue Rqv. Irl R. flicks fine Maga zine, Word andWorks, is Bent oce year, with a copy of his Almanac for only a dollar. Send for them to Word and Works Publishing Company, 3401 Franklin Ave, St. Louis. Mo. You will never re gret your investment Try it for 19 IS. 12 3-4L ASSOCIATE EVIL AND BEAUTY G00DBYT0 SUMMER Thus Do Wo Veil the Secrets of Our Hearts. By BARRY PAIN. The season was nearly over. But the unquestionable sea view to be ob- tained irom Jiurneiue buu rumum and visitors said that it was much more pleasant now that it was less crowded. He had made her acquaintance at Burnside on the very day of his ar- rival a fortnight before a happy ' chance of the dinner table. He had 1 escorted her to the ruined castle, he had sat by her side in the ecstatic gloom of picture palace, he had taught her the trudgeon stroke. They had listened together to the perform ance of the Happy Minstrels. I They knew that they liked each other, but he had no idea how much she liked him. She had by no means permitted him at Burnside that com plete monopoly which he would nave Toniirht the last night of their holidays, they strolled out after din ner to listen to the Happy Minstrels. ' I . . .i ill i. iV.- thoueh not officially stated as an ar- ..bhe mid distinctly eiuaeo. two . tide of the Christian creed, has been ono of the most active of all Chris tian tenets. It has always lieen eas ier far for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven than for a glori ously beautiful woman. Presumably such a one might be in danger of corrupting the saints, somewhat un accustomed to such apparitions. BALKED AT DIGGING WORMS English Governese Felt She Had Right to Draw the Line Somewhere. TRANSPOSED BODY OF WATER 1 Engineer Shifted Lake a Consider able Distance in Order to Work Profitable Silver Mine. Romance has always thrown a glamour around silver mining, and .many interesting stories could be told of the doings in the pioneer days of the Dominion at Silver Islet, in British Columbia, and in Ontario. Few stories, however, can exceed in interest that furnished recently by the Carson Lode of the Crown Re serve mine, in the Cobalt district of Canada. The course of the lode lay underneath a lake, and was mined for some distance, until working so close to the bed of the lake rendered further removal of the ore too great a danger to the miners.- Far from abandoning the quest, the authorities of the mine called to thrtr assistance the resources of modern science and pumped the vast body of water in the 45-acrc lake to form another at some distance. The hollow thus made disclosed i deep deposit of mud. Nothing daunt ed, the authorities set up a fresh pumping apparatus, by which the ex polled water was reintroduced for the purpose of washing the basin iclcan. The remarkable spectacle ensued f two sets of pumps at work at the innmn time the one to impel, and Itlie other to expel the erstwhile lake, (Complete success attended these op erations. ADMIRATION. "Have you told your father that j asked you to marry me?" asked khe young man. i "Yes," replied the positive young woman. ."And how waa he affected ?" i "He smiled and exclaimed, 'Brave boy!'" ' GREAT 8TUFF. '1 want another bottle of your Siair tonic." "I thought you'd like it," said the larber. I ... ..... I ill ' - T I "iqs; us tue nest ming i nuvu vcr found to polish tan shoes with." Governesses in England seem to be required to do almost everything from sewing on buttons to guiding small charges through the mazes of primary French, but the dry records of the courts revealed a governess recently who objected to doing at least one duty imposed by her em ployers digging up earthworms for the delectation of a six-year-old boy, says the New York Tribune corre spondent. Tills independent governess, Miss Gertrude Maconwell, sued Dr. Seg wick of Kingston for $17.60 (which, by the way, was what she received for a month's services). Miss Maconwell said that Mrs. Segwick believed her boy showed in dications of being a naturalist, and it was essential that he should have somebody who could lead him in that direction. "He always showed a preference for butterflies and beetles, and I could tell him about those, but I don't think it was part of my duty as a nursery governess to dig up worms and put the squirming things on a hook." The judge thought the plaintiff was right about the earthworms and awarded tho sum she asked for. I - : .ll . . . . V. . . . 1 ,3 l.ni.A aswiimrMinipfl them. They took two deck chairs in tho threepenny or aristocratic section of the audience. The pure treacle of Tosti's "Good ly" rolled out on the cool evening air and was received as usual with rapturous applause. "Perfectly heavenly thing, that," said the girl. Her soft voice had the faintest possible trace of a Cockney accent in it She never misplaced an aspirate, but she was not always. , M me tQ tbo 6alt or mme quite correct with the vowels i and orJinary thig of that Bort, and I "r 3 , I looked up at you. Oh, I didn't make "Very fine," he agreed; " a favor- j kncw j WM dcnd . . T 1 L A tUn.r'll . J lte 01 mine. I wouuer wimt wcy " i give us next." Not knowing, ho said "Sinus," which was wrong astronomically, but satisfactory socially. "There you are again," she said triumphantly. "Of course I do read a bit in my leisure time," he admitted. "What else is a chap to do, sitting all alone in his digs? It's a dog's life." They sat in silence for a few min utes. Then sbe sighed. "What are you thinking of?" he asked. "Oh, nothing much. I was think in(T that I could eniov things so much if I only had a chance. It seems to me sometimes that I only live for just this fortnight in the . it . a: :u. vcar. The rest oi uie nine m uui, life. "It's all right, of course, and I'm sure I don't mind work, and they're as sweet as they can bo to be in Do ver street. But it's not what I want. It's not what I'm in the world for. It's silly, of course, to talk like this, isn't it? Because it's no good grum bling when you can't alter it." "Matter of fact, if, when I showed up at Dover street the day after to morrow the manager told me that my services were not required an) further, I should probably cry alL night." "Poor little girl 1" he said, and; put one hand on hers. Her hand trembled under his. She did not withdraw it. Again she sighed. , "It's all over, isn't it?" she said. "Goodby to summer, Goodby. Good by." "Well," said the man. "It's been a good fortnight for me this year at any rate. I don't only mean the weather, though that's been better than I expected, having to take my holiday late. The very first night after we d sat down to dinner yon SENSIBLE DAY FOR WEDDING COULDN'T BE CALLED HEROIC Good Reaeone Why Monday Is Becom ing Increasingly Popular Among All Claitee of Society, "Why is Monday chosen so often now for weddings?" The question! arose at a women's club, where a party 'of friends were discussing timely events over tea. "And why isn't Friday?" chimed in another voice, which some one silenced by observing: "Because even the 'newest' women have their superstitions and, after all, marriage is rather a too momentous event to' begin with rank defiance of the fates." But about Monday. Monday.is chosen by the quiet wedding faction, which is an increasing one, on ac count of the peaceful day that pre cedes it, the peaceful family day, which the brijle and bridegroom elect can pass with their parents and brothers and sisters. There is something beautiful and homely in tho idea, and a recent bride, although her chosen Monday happened to be the thirteenth of tho month, waived the ban of supersti tion aside and went to the altar on what would a few years ago have been voted an utterly "impossible" day. People with very few holidays choose Saturday because a brief hon eymoon can lw taken until Monday, but many actors and actresses find even that impossible, and, marrying in the afternoon, appear "on tho boards" in the evening. There have been a great number of sensible innovations to chronicle in wedding customs of late, and one of tho most sensible is tho upsetting of old traditions concerning the hon eymoon. WOULDN'T STAND IT But for Presence of Mind During Stampede Spectator's Act Cer tainly Deeerved Recognition. Everyone in the hotel smoking room, v. itb one exception, had been holding forth on his own personal bravery and presence of mind. Every body, with the same exception, bad recounted at least one hair-raising episode in which he figured as the embodiment of cool courage. At last the silent exception was asked if ho had never had cause to exert his presence of mind. "Only once, he replied, yawning. "I had dropped into a circus to pass away a couplo of hours. It was a bright little show, and the perform ing elephants were particularly wonderful. "Suddenly there was a shriek from the women. The biggest ele phant had escaped from his keeper and was making for the most crowd ed part of the tent where I hap pened to be sitting, by the way. There was a stampede of frightened people. The shrieks of women and children filled the air, strong men fainted and pandemonium reigned supreme." The silent one's listeners gasped. "But I m proud to say," contin ued that gentleman, "that I kept my head and, in consequence, es caped unhurt. "What on earth did vou do?' some one asked. 'I? Oh, I just kept on running behind the elephant 1 HAILS THE JOYOUS SPRING "I only hope," said the girl, "that it's not a comic. Yes, I know I like the comics sometimes, but tonight that kind of thing would simply grate on me," The tired woman in pink at the piano radled out a noisy, cntchy symphony. On came the little man in the red w ig. He pretended to fall over his own feet and recovered him self. Loud laughter. He turned to the weary woman at the piano and said in an aggrieved tone, "When you've quite done, miss." Loud laughter. She re sponded with a sickly smile as good as you could expect from a woman who had heard the same thing twice certain it was going to be all right." "What did you know ?" T knvo mpt ladies who had no A liu'w -" " I more effect on me than if they didn't exist. With you from the first mo ment it was quito different. Noth ing else mattered, except you. You and I were together, and the rest might go to the devil. Sweet thought for a man who can't afford to marry, and perhaps would find it useless if he could." She took her hand away. "What's the good of talking like this?" Bhe said a little sharply. "Of course I couldn't expect you to feel the same about me as I do about you." "I don't know how you feel about No, I don't want to know. 1 m sitting here. 1m going me. a day for 92 days, Sundays excepted. t;rc 0f The girl rose from her chair, "l ( back." don't want to take you away from j ye rose, and he walked meekly this if you like it," she said, "but jjy her side, absolutely failing to un- personally I can't stand it. I in go- , dcrstand her mood. ing." Presently, since he was a conver sationalist, he made a remark about CA8TLE UNDER THE SEA. Among certain of the Japanese there is a belief that somewhere un der the sea thero is a wonderful castle in which the beautiful queen f the fishes resides. Sometimes they think this castle rises to the surface and is visible to mortal eyes a belief that probably had its or igin in tho phenomenon of the mi- e. When the castle appears, the superstitious believe, representatives of all tho finny tribes hasten to it o pny homage to their ruler. Somo ime ng", in honor of the fishy iieen aud her subjects, tho (inher it waa seldom that the young man took any less than he had paid for, the beauty of the scene before them and he had only heard three turns tonight; but he felt at once that this was the right and dignified thing to do. I He followed her outside the light ed circle. She carried herself well and her figure waa as perfect as the fashion of the moment would allow it to be; such things are assets in Dover street. "Where shall we go?" Bhe asked. "Let's get out of the crowd up on the cliff." They walked on till the lights of the town were behind them, the girl still humming under her breath the song which she had thought perfect ly heavenly. Up on the green cliff, out of the world, they sat down in the shelter thoughtfully and munici- iiBiitr- --...jji for (i.ni. A month men of Futami made a number of f . u,i i cfnfT.vl gigantic fish of canvas and bamboo, painted in gorgeous colors, which were towed in procession through the water, enormous crowds watching lie curious spectacle from tho shore. Wido World Magazine. with couples seeking solitude and finding it not. Tonight they were alone. - "F.nfin seuls." said the voune man, and suddenly remembered that she ! of fun. A regular scream." T'i anrrv " R IB Said. "I W8S not really in a bad temper with you, only with things I was talking about. You've been very good in looking after me all this time. Thank you." And then the real man in him per forated the imitation nut that he tried to be. "I don't care," he said, "whether it's any use or not. I'm going to tell you. I love you. I love you desperately I love you with all my heart. Now you can tell me' to go if you like." "What are we waiting for, O, my heart?" The words echoed in her brain. She Btood still looking up at him; then her long lushes fell over her eyes. Ho took her in his arms and kissed her passionately again and again. "Well, Maudie," said her friend, meeting her in Dover street. "Any body can see you've been having a holiday. You've goue quite brown. Did you have a nice time ?" "Ton hole." said Maudie. "Lots 1 ' WHERE NOTHING COUNTS, Jones I see that they have not had any weather at all for a week in Minnesota. Smith Nonsense; there must ba some kind of weather. Jones That's what the paper said; zero weather for a week and zero means nothing. HER IDEA. Patience "Will says when he kissed vou last night he noticed you'd been eating onions. Patrice Well, all I've got to say is that a man who will notice onions on a girl's breath when he's kissing her hasu't got his mind on his busi ness. HER ULTIMATUM. "Don't take any notice of the cook, my dear." ' "But, John, I have to take it when she gives it to me." ITS MEANING. "What's phonetic, pa?" "Why, it's all about how to use nhones. mv son. of course. Any fool knows that" did not understand French and re sented the use of it. "What I mean to say is," he continued hurriedly, "that that little chap who does the comics always seems to be a little well, he's clever, of course, but just a little common." "I simply hate vulgarity in any shaoe or form." said the girl. "I'm like that." "You don't need to tell me," he said fervently. "One has only to look at you." "I never heard any song I liked as much as that 'Goodby,' and after that with the moonlight on the sea, too, how any man can come out and make a perfect buffoon of himself well, it beats me. You don't happen to know who the words are by ?" "Man of the name of Melville- Whyte Melville dead, I believe. But he didn't write the music." "You know," ahe said, "I don't think I ever met any gentleman be fore who was as well informed as you are. It doesn't seem to matter what I nsk. You always know." "Just chance," he said modestly. "You happen to have asked one or two of the' things that have come my way." "What's the name of that Btar over ih(T;V" In his office the young man was welcomed by a judicious senior, who hoped that he had enjoyed himself. "Yes, thanks very much," said the young man smiling. "Had a most Bporting time." And thus do we veil (he secrets of our hearts. London Sphere. THE REASON. "What liquid notes that singer has in his voice !" "Yes, he's generally pretty well tanked when he sings." CONTRADICTION. "The worst feature at that wedding-" "Well, what was it?" "Tho best man." He If you'll marry me I'll prom ise never to speak a harsh word. She I see you've sized up my temper already. NEW KNIGHT OF ROMANCE. The modem photographer bids fair to rank as a knight of romance, How grave are the risks which he runs in his efforts to secure the strange and terrible aspects of na ture is indicated by the news from Nairobi that a member of Mr. Paul Eaincy's expedition has been fatally injured by a lion which ha waa at tempting to photograph. Yet the stalking of big game with the cam era is not the only field in which the photographer now displays his courage and Bqmetimcs his rect lessness. He descends into the cra ier 01 Vesuvius Hilling ciujjuuiio, he climbs tho precipices of tho Mat terhorn and poses his comrades upon their exiguous ledges; he forces his way up the icy, vertiginous gullies of Snowdon in midwinter. In an ago that is commonly supposed to 'lie one of calculating prudence there are still human beings who have their hearts in their sleeves and reckon life as a thing to bo "dashingly used and cheerfully hazarded. NO CHANGE. Joe Noticed any change in the railroad sandwiches they're sending out now?" Jake No ; why ? "Well, I see a prize has been won by a Belgian inventor in Italy for an artificial leather made of cotton which is said to be as durable and clastic as the genuine article." THE WRONG ONE, "What's the trouble with the boil ers?" "You see, sir, the boss told the1 engineer to fire the furnace and he made a mistake and fired the stoker." OPTIMISM. "I'm afraid I don't understand that speech." "Don't be afraid," said Miss Cay enne. "Bather, congratulate your self." Frenzied Poet, Temporarily at Liberty, Twangs Hie Lyre In Welcome to Glad 8eaeon. The signs of spring! The signs of spring! It used to be a joyous thing to tootle with mellifluous gU about the blossom and the tree.. The early robin looked so neat with chil bluins on his little feet The buds that braved the sudden gale and made the annual fruit crop fail, the germs, a wild, voracious throng, we hailed with warblings from the heart But now we make an earlier start. The signs of spring are on display where shoppers seek the glad array of fluffs and feathers, fads and frills, Be brave, my lads, and pay the bills, Before the chickens in the coop be gin to cackle and to whoop, before we have quit shoveling snow the signs of spring are on the go. They trip and toddle near and for. 1 hey joyride in a motor car whose shape and decorations fine proclaim it lat est of its line. The signs that once dispelled our gloom, of late like dan cer sicnals loom. Poor father views them wrth alarm and puts a mort caire on his farm. "Philander Johnson," in Kansas City Star. HELPED TO FOUND CINCINNATI John C. Symmes, one of the first settlers of Cincinnati, died in that city 100 years ago. In early life Mr. Symmes resided in New Jersey and helped to frame the constitution of that state. lie served in the Kevo lutionary army and distinguished himself at the battle of Monmouth. He was chief justice in New Jersey and a delegate to the continental con gress. In 1787 ho was one of the purchasers of a tract of 1,000,000 acres on tho Ohio river. Here ho and his associates founded the settle ments of North Bend and Cincin nati. A partial failure of the colo nization plans placed Mr. Symmes in pecuniary difficulties from which he never recovered. Air. by mines mar ried a daughter of Governor William Livingston, and their daughter Anna married William Henry Harrison, who became president of tho United States. BEES RETAIN THEIR SECR Scientists Baffled in Efforts to t Explanation of Homing Power of Honey Produceri. Apropos of the instinct of b, lenry Fabre, the naturalist, tells the Fortnightly Review a characi istic story about Charles Darwin J himself. Darwin wanted to cxpl. the "homing" instinct of bpp indnccd Fabre to begin a series experiments with that purpose view. A regular plan of campa was drawn up. Marked beci , placed in a dark box and can- away from the hive in the in direction from that in which th were finally liberated. The box 4 repeatedly turned about, so that inmates would lose all sense of diri tion. Every possible means was taken render useless any known or o ceivauio meinous oi otitainincr mJ loanngs. 1 he bees were even pla. within an induction coil in the fort to confuse them. The result long and elaborate series of b "was nil so far as any explanation the homing power was concerned. In every case from thirty to fw per cent of the bees found their home without apparent trouble, matter how confusing the trip a from home had been. PROVIDED. "It seems impossible to uplift the stage." "Why, what's the matter with its wings?" CAUSE FOR WONDERMENT. "Pop!" "Yes, my son." ' "What business is that bald-head ed gentleman in who called today?" "He's an exporter of human hair, my boy." "I wondered where all his hair went to !" DREADFUL AFFLICTION. "I am afraid your husband is of a choleric temperament, madam." "Good heavens, doctor, and not one of us has ever had the cholery, either!" DUBIOUS. "Do you approve of the literacy test?" . "Well, I must say there is many a man who could not pass it, and yet could make his mark." HEARTY KIND. HER WORK. PERTINENT COMMENT. "If a man iB always on a lark w "Well?" "ft follows, doesn't it, that he's a birJ?" "Do you give your earnest assent to this movement to suppress Blang in daily talk?" "Well, I should cackle !" GOT A JAR. "Algy was talking about a colj plexion cream. Did he get a jar?K "He got a jar, all right. The sales lady culled him a sisy." "Smith says he is fairly driven to poker." "No wondor, when his wife goes at him with hammer and tongs. THE REAL 8TATE. "Was that fellow as black as he was painted ?" "Hardly, but then he wasn't as white as he was whitewashed. RARELY RIGHT Kidder I should think it io be hard for that fellow's wife to lieve everything he says. Katharine Why so? Kidder Ile'B chief of the lo weather bureau. DIRE WORK OF VOLCANOEl The volcanic eruption, which curred some weeks ago in the X Hebrides, has altered the vholefjj of Ambrym island, according toi port of the steamer Makambo. T! site of the mission Jiospital it t fathoms beneath the sea, while 11 are two miles of hilly country ik previously thero was sea. Dur the eruption the sea was boiling, o turtles and fish rose to the rarta. cooked. Doctor Bowie, princi missionary on Ambrym island, gi a graphic description of tie er: tions. One by one, he says, t! mountains burst into flames, u ten volcanoes were emitting lava. There waa no panic, howev among the natives, who numl 2.500 in the threatened districts the isl and. Most of them were ul conveyed to Malakala, 12 1 A 1 1 HMI away, dui over a nuiiureu jw,, perished. Throughout the proof embarkation tho volcanoes eontint in eruption. Somo of the nafr were drawn into tho streams of bm inu lava, and otherswere blown i in the boats in which they had tai- refuge, and were drowned or in the sea. SEEING THINGS. Yeast This paper says Rock (Ark) citizen the other nw a wnndiTinir alliirntor in a o D near his home. Crimsonbeak If this Little5 man did actually turn over new leaves the first of the year'1 w uc in.j'vi nidi, i. .ia t pened before the advent of WH IN RHODE ISLAND. T.....,i,,T ...i-nioml (he Hi brows are eoinir to leave tl'c ,'J1 I wonder whv? o....,...i..., tu' :.io ( "1 OMUllliujr .1 lie g11"5 'x ,J fnn,l nf tlio fnntrn nnd OVerf "1 . j Z u .iitra!l uiry iivt; n imiiru inu wn.i i in Hit in Massachusetts. Tlit'f ,! nfrnid of iniorshitn entaniilcincnfcl CONTRADICTORY. Tom Your boss is a contra' tory sort of man. TU How so? "Why, he said you were his r hand man. inj i mil, ,, "Go on! You're lcft-han MISQUOTED. Bix See here, what do yuii A l... : i i-ii: .,,nlp 1 '1 vy fiomg arouna icuuig a first-clnss idiot? Dix I didn't say first class. THE DIFFERENCE. "How well the lawyer V1 Inmonl ...ill. nnnnnll t" "Hut iti mnro ttmn he did 'i his client with the jury."
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