Jss!t0t! V0LU3IE 1G McCONNELLSBURG, PA., JUNE 10,1915. NUMBER 38 THE GRIM REAPER. Short Sketches of the Lives of Per sons Who Have Recently Passed Away. Mrs. Jane Keepers. Mrs. Jane Keepers, widow of the late Stephen F. Keepers, of Hustontown, died at the home of Mrs. Mary E. Campbell, of Dub lin township, Monday night June 7, 1915 in her 85th year. The fu neral, conducted by Rev. Reidell, of the M. E. Church, took place yesterday afternoon, and inter ment was made in the cemetery at Hustontown. Mrs. ' Keepers' maiden name wa3 Campbell. She has two brothers and one half-sister liv ing; Robert and Mary, in Ten nessee, and James in Illinois. Since the death of her husband, about ten years, ago, she resided in the home of Mrs. Mary E. Campbell. Her death was due to complications incident to ad vanced age. Recent Weddings. Bill-Teeter. Announcement has been made of the wedding of Miss Estella E. Teeter, daughter of the late Dr. William F. and Annie Teeter, and for several years, teacher in one of the public schools of Cham bersburg. The wedding occur red on the 17th of September 1910, and took place in Wilming ton, Del. The ceremony was performed by L. C, Wolf, a Methodist minister, ihe name of the groom is pr, J. B. Bill, of Harrisburg. Mrs. Bill left Chambersburg last Friday evening to join her husband, who is on a visit to his parents, Dr. and Mrs. G. E. Bill of Harrisburg. They will go to Boston, Mass., where Dr. Bill is a resident physician in Carney hospital. Dr. Bill was graduated in medicine from Harvard uni versity in June, 1914, and has been at Carney hospital since. Next year he will take a post graduate course in Harvard. MENTZER GUTSHALL. At the home of the bride's pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Gut shall, near Rockhill, Huntingdon county, Mr. Russell E. Mentzer and Miss Olive B. Gutshall, were married on Saturday. June 5. 915, by the bride's pastor, Rev. W. M. Cline, of Fort Littleton. The happy event took place at high noon in the presence of a arge number of invited guests, and was a real home wedding. he bride wa3 the recipient of a large number of useful and valu able presents. A sumptuous wed ding dinner was served, and the whole affair was most delightful. he bride and groom are worthy young people and have the best wishes of their many friends. Buggy Upset, Lady Hurt As Miss Rose Mort daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Mort near Clear Ridge, was driving in a Wgy last Sunday near Maddens ville, the buggy upset, and Miss Mort thrown out and dragged some distance. One side of her face was painfully bruised, and one ear almost torn from her head. Dr. H. C. McCIain, of Hus tontown, was summoned, and he succeeded in stitching the ear in place, but the lady suffered much from the shock. Eighth Township Heard From. A party of eight. Brush Creek citizens turned out on Good Roads Day and repaired nearly two ffiiles of road near Akersville. They removed loose stone, and tight stone, cut brush, and work 88 hard and as long as though a two-dollar road tax receipt await d them at the end of the day. They will not wait for the Gover nor's second invitation. This akes eight townships heard from. The law offices of the late W. Scott Alexander are beingused by fta railroad engineers for draft H rooms. More Cattle Die. In addition to the accounts giv en by the News last week and the week before, we learn that George W. Wagoner of Tod town ship, lost two yearlings last week From his account, the symptoms were same as those of others mentioned. First, the cattle be gin to lose flesh, get stupid, and about five days die. The only symptom given by Mr. Wagoner not mentioned by others is, that his sick cattle sometime start off at a brisk walk, go in a straight line and if an obstacle bart the way, they run against it or stum ble over it, indicating that they are either blind for the time be ing, or are dumb." Mr. Wagoner's cattle are not the in brushy pasture, as was case wit!i cz ttle of previous port. Listea'l, they are on tural grass n nadowland which in other years proved to be fine pasture, so that the theory that his cattle were poisoned by oak leaves will not apply. Naturally as in land never cultivated, there are a few bushes; but not more than may be found along fences in any field. His pasture is ad jacent to the barn, and the cattle came daily for their ration of grain, salt, &c. Last week we asked a subscrib er who works in the Sideling Hill Rays Hill, and Broad Top moun tains where hundreds of cattle graze, if any disease had appear ed, and he reported that nothing of the kind wa3 known there, and that he had noted the fine condition of the stock. He has a farm and stock of his own, would have heard of any .unusual out break of the disease. As far as we can learn, the new disease is confined to the Big Cove, where ten head have died. Since putting the Wagoner ac count of sick cattle in type, we have heard of others; also how one man cured his. Becoming alarmed by reports of the spread of the disease, he went to his mountain pasture to see if any might be sick found one very bad, brought it home, fed bran, gave it something to loosen its bowels, and it recovered. It seems that constipation is the first effect of whatever it is that is causing the death of cattle along the foot of Cove mountain in Ayr and Tod townships. Try helping them with mild physic and nourishing feed. To Preserve Eggs. iMany preparations are given for the preservation of eggs. One of them is the use of a liquid com monly known as "Water Glass," that may be procured at drug stores with directions for use. Another receipt that we can vouch for from having used it successfully for many years is as follows: Slack a pint of lime in water, letting it stand for a day or two until cold. Use the thick lime that settles to the bottom to mix with three gallons of water in which a half pint of coarse salt has been dissolved. Gather eggs that you are sure are perfectly fresh; Avoid all that are the least bit cracked, and all that have very thin shells. Place the egg3 carefully in crocks, being very careful not to crack any of the eggs. Pour the mixture very gently down along the inside of the vessel until the eggs are well covered. Set in a cool cellar but not where they will freeze. It is best first to set the crock where it is to remain, before pouring, and do rot disturb, . nor jar the crocks until eggs are wanted for use. If these direc tions are followed, eggs will keep in this manner for a year, and be as good and wholesome as the day packed. Mrs. Lizzie Hill, her sons John and Frank, Miss Carrie Hill, and Mrs. Walter H. Palmer (Opal Sharpe) and little Bon Harold formed an auto party that made a trip to McConnellsburg Mon day, from Bethel township. AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT Muddy Roads Responsible for Harry Price's Touring Car Running ,-. Over Embankment. What might have resulted very seriously, happened last Monday between Robertsdale and Broad top City, when Harry Price and wife and little son, and Cynton Keith and wife all in Harry's touring car on their way to the latter place to attend Memorial services. The roads being very muddy owing to recent rains, Harry took the precaution of putting chains on the front wheels as well as on the rear ones. Just after having passed over a bridge, one of the chains in front became entangled with the fender, and in a mo ment the car was plunging over an embankment. Mrs. Price and Mrs. Keith who were riding on the rear seat, were thrown over the front seat, and the child was thrown entirely over the wind shield, but fortunately escaped with but little injury. The child's mother was less fortunate, and received some spinal injury, while Mrs. Keith suffered only from the shock. Mrs. Price was taken to the home of Dr. McGarrah, where she received medical at tention and was taken to her home later in the day. Mr. Price is a careful driver and is in no way responmbla for the unfortunate occurrence. Crows. When M. G. Kerlin, near Gra cey, was in town last Saturday, he entered his subscription date in the '1G class and told some good stories about crows. He re futod the western iron's story that crows dig about young corn plants for the' cut worms, and, leave the corn untouched. Mr. Kerlin thinks that they must be a different breed of crows from his, since his crows dig for the corn and leave the cut worms, and that an examination of crow stomachs proved his assertion. We have read much about the crows during recent years, and have come to the conclusion that they are pretty smart birds, and that they are the politicians of the Pennsylvania bird kingdom. Like their human brethren in that business, they make a good living off the public without the expenditure of much hard labor; and at the same time, return to the public just enough good to cloud public opinion as to wheth er their tribe should be extermi nated. 4 ', ' ' It is well known that crows de stroy all the bird eggs, and all young birds, and little chickens they find, and that they pull up com, eat cherries, etc, but dur ing the balance of the year, they undoubtedly e'at many bugs, so that like all birds, they do some harm, and do some good; but even our game commissioners are of the opinion that they are harm ful enough to be placed outside the law (f protection and left to fight for their existence. Neighbors Were Kind.' Mr. and Mrs. David N. Ste vens, former residents of this county, hut now living at Repub lic, Ohio, write that the good people of that place were very kind to them durng' the recent severe illness of their little boy Eugene Theodore. Help in many ways, including nice things pre pared ready to cat, and a nice lot of flour, are among the things for which they ask the News to help express their thanks. A glance at our subscription list shows that eight families at Republic take the News, indi cating that it is a center of at traction for former Fulton coun ty people. In the preparation of reading matter, the Editor keeps in mind his friends who have gone out from the County by publishing something about as many home folks as he can; knowing that these distant read ers look upon the News as a weekly letter from home. SOME NEW SCHOOL LAWS. Teachers Must Promptly Report Symp toms of Disease. Quarantine Regu lations Will Increase Attendance. Under the provision of an Act which has received the approva! oi uovernor tsrumDaugh, every teacher, principal, superinten dent, or other person in charge of a public, private, parochial Sunday or other school, will be required to report to the Eealth umcer oi a city, borough, or township, as the case . may be, any unusual rash, skin eruption sore throat, symptoms of whoop ing cough, or any disease of the eye, noticed in any child or per son attending such school, shal immediately exclude such child o r other person from schools pending the action of the Health authorities, and shall report such fact to the Health Officer of city, borough, or township as the case may be. Thi3 Act also provides for reauccion oi tne quarantine pe riod for measles, German measles mumps ar:d chicken-pox, to six teen days if the attending phy sician so requests and certifies to the recovery of the person so af flicted. The quarantine period for these diseases heretofore has been twenty-one days. In discussing the provisions of this new law, Dr. Samuel G. Dix on, Commissioner of Health, said "The provision requiring the school exclusion and the report mg to the Health Officer of skin eruptions, sore throat, symptoms of whooping cough, and diseases of the eye, will unquestionably bo of great assistance to the health authorities in reducing the number of communicable diseas es to which children are suscep A Ml T . I UDie. uniortunateiy, in many cases diptheria in its early stages goes unrecognized by parents who do not appreciate the dan ger of what appears to be a sim pie sore throat. The fact that children are excluded from school will cause them to bring the mat ter to the attention of their fam uy pnysician ana in this way many cases of diphtheria in the in cipient stage will receive treat ment which otherwise would go until the little patients had reach ed a much more dangerous stage of the disease. mi i xnere are several diseases in which skin eruptions appear. Children with mild cases often attend school and infect others who have the disease in a more virulent form.' as tne association in school is the means by which the majority of children contract communica' ble diseases, these additional safe guards it is hoped will aid in les sening the number of cases and further reducing the death rate. " In addition to the provisions aDove mentioned, tne bill pro vides that those residing on prem ises quarantined for scarlet fe ver, measles, German measles, mumps or chicken-pox, who have had the particular disease for which the quarantine has been established, when official records show that they have had it or where the attending physician certifies to personal attendance during such disease, may be per mitted to remove to other prem ises occupied by adults and chil dren having had the particular affection, and resume school at tendance the day after such re moval. Children removed from premises quarantined for any of these diseases who have not them selves had the particular affec tion may only be removed to homes occupied exclusively by adults and may, fourteen days after such removal, be readmit ted to school. Pupils' residing on premises quarantined'for diphtheria, not contracting the disease, if im munised with diphtheria antitox in, may be removed to other premises occupied only by adults and may re-enter school five (5) days after such removal. In all instances, removal from "AL'LD ACQUAINTANCE." Bits of News and Gossio Extracted from the Letters from Our Distant Subscribers. W. L. Berkstresser, Postmas ter and Store Manager, Jacobs, Huntingdon County, Pa. I see in the News of June 3, that you have drunks, in McConnellsburg, same" as in Jacobs, with the dif ference that Jacobs has no of ficers to keep order. A few days ago I walked down to see the men laying rails on the Juniata & Southern railroad, that is now up to Jacobs. In two weeks more, coal will go down over the standard gauge, which runs with in ten feet of our store building, and the railway mail agent call ed to see me with reference to sending our mail over the J & S, The head man remarked to Mr, Bolinger and me, that when they got down into Fulton county, things would look different. Mr, Bolinger said, "Is that where you are heading for?" and he answered "yes." We have had some fine rains; but some frosts too. Boys Earn College Education. When we read that young men go to college and earn their way by working at anything honor able we feel like keeping tab on them for reference. The follow ing report is from State College Students earned $3,500 in the village during the college year. mi. . iney wasned aisnes, worked on farms, cleaned houses, did type writing and clerical work and at tenaea gardens, catering and waiting on table netted about $1,000." ror tne oenent oi young men T .1 f n . m who may not know, we will say; State College is located in Center county, Pa., in a village bearing the same name State College, It was organized a little over fif ty years ago under the name of Farmers' School." It receives support from the State, and from the United States government, ts original purposes were to teach better "farming methods, make experiments, and demon strate up-to-date farm .work of every description. It now teach es not only farming, dairying. horticulture, animal and poultry industry, but other industrial vo cations are taught. Students must pay their own board, buy several books, etc. ; but the cost y up-keep of the college is met by public funds. It is still, in the main, a farmers' school Iere, the young.men from the farm3 meet on a great estate of hundreds of acres; they receive instruction along the line select ed, and they have the opportu nity of putting it into practice on the spot. They see work done as if should be. 'They see and handle best of stock and poultry see and help to make good butter learn the values of fertilizers, earn how to fight pests, in fact, they get a look into a big world of activities never dreamed of by those who never saw anything bigger than the old home place. f they have ambition, they return home with entirely new views of fe in the country, and, like good students, they begin the stern duties of life with a vim and fearlessness that can be gained no other way. We know whereof we speak when we urge all young farmers to take a trip to State College, if but for a day or a week. But if it is possible, remain for at least one session. t will prove one of the greatest pleasures that we can suggest take our interest in you for that statement, and go and see State College farms. It beats any fair yau will ever see. premises takes place as hereto fore, with the consent of the ealth authorities and after tak ing a disinfecting bath and put ting on disinfected clothing. The provisions of this . Bi 1 1 hich permit school attendance under certain restrictions, of chil dren who have already' had the diseases mentioned, will save thou sands of days of school atten dance to the children throughout Pennsylvania. Report of Mass Meeting. The Citizens mass meeting called for last Friday night was attended by about 150- 50 men and 100 women as nearly as they could be counted. Rev. R E. Peterman was elected chair man. He stated briefly that the object of the meeting was to give the people of the town an oppor tunity to discuss matters of pub lie interest. He held before the audience that old cry that ha3 been worn thread-bare, namely, Something ought to be done about it" He denied the often repeated assertion that McCon nellsburg people could not get together" so a3 to see eye to eye, A motion to support the authori ties of the town in an endeavor to enforce laws called outanimat ed discussion. As soon as it was made clear to the minds of ' the audience that the object of the meeting, and the above motion in particular, was not to condemn the Town Council and its agents, but rather, to lend moral support to the actions, enthusiasm ran high, and suggestion and motions from the audience came thick and fast. A motion by Mrs. Win nie Kendall that the League rec ommended to Council a reason able curfew law was seconded and adopted in quick order. How ever, before adoption, some heat ed discussion over the seeming difficulties of enforcing a curfew law in McConnellsburg only re suited in convincing the skeptical that a mud law would result in great good to a class of boys and girls for whom parental restraint is lacking. m Mrs. Rodgers, of New York explained briefly the Parent- Teacher movement which is so rapidly becoming popular through out the country. An effort wil be made to organize an associa tion of this kind in town. Un der the head of "Points of Mis understanding," the following questions were asked: "When is a man drunken enough to be ta ken care of by our authorities?" Answered by District Attorney Kirk by replying "When he is visibly affected." "What are the laws about swearing" was answered by the same gentleman who stated that a State law for bids swearing in public and that any private citizen could make complaint that would bring the offender before a court of justice mi . ine question oi swearing on our streets wa3 the subject of more condemnation at the hands of the men in the audience than per haps, any question that was brought before the house. The coarse, useless habit of inflicting profane language upon men and women who must use our streets and stores was condemned in no uncertain tones, and we think we can promise our readers a sen sation before long. By this time, two hours had been consumed, and the meeting was adjourned to meet again at the same place Friday, June 11th at which time a permanent organization will be effected, and local questions continued. We predict a still larger meeting at that time, because more peo ple now understand the object in tended, and instead of our living in a spirit of fault-finding, the League will be made the medium through which the moral, and by no means the least, the material welfare of the town will be en hanced. Fellow townsmen, and, town ladies, these mass meetings are educators, and would be well worth while if nothing more ever resulted than the mere discussion of public affairs. Turn out to next one you will be amply en tertained and benefited. Action not all talk is surely in sight Won Prize. Wilbert D. Peck, a former Ayr township teacher and now a stu dent at Mercersburg Academy, class of 1916, won the Dr. Charles F. Palmer prize for correct Eng lish and Composition in a 1500- word essay on "Honor in School and College Life." I GAINING WEIGHT VS. LOSING WEIGHT Little Talks on Health and Hygiene by Samuel G. Dixon, M. D., LL. K Commissioner of Health. If the majority of people were as much distressed about the sudden reduction inlheir weight as they are over an addition of a few pounds avoirdupois, the hu man race would be far better off. Vanity unfortunately does not lead the average individual to look upon slenderness of figure as objectionable. If it did thousands of cases of tuberculosis might be discovered in their incipiency. ..One of the early symptoms of tuberculosis is a loss of weight Any decided decrease should be watched with suspicion. It often means that the general bodily functions are not all that they should be. It is certain under any circumstances to demonstrate that one's physical resistance is being lowered and this in itself opens the way to unusual suscept ibility to disease. If this loss in weight is accom panied by failure of the appetite, night sweats, or a persistent cough or cold, a physician should be consulted and nourishing food, plenty of rest, long hours of sleep in the fresh air and such other measures as he may advise should be resorted to in the effort to build up the body. An excess of weight, particu larly when it means an increase of girth, is a danger sign. How ever, while people will wear rub ber jackets, diet and resort to violent exercise to reduce, it is vanity that is responsible in the ' majority of cases. They will ne glect themselves for months when decreasing weight should warn them as surely as the falling ba rometer denotes a coming storm, that their physical well being is in jeopardy. Fulton County Minerals. The writer not only loves to write up short, interesting bits of history about Fulton county, but a3 well, the latest mineral devel opments that will bring thousand of dollars to investors in Fulton county lands. Possibly, but very few people know that there are thousands of acres of coal lands in the County. Some people think that Fulton county has but few minerals that about all mineral measures are barren, and simply because but very little prospecting, and no developments have scarcely been made; but the writer wants to say that this gen eration, and future generations, will see such richness of minerals never dreamed of, and every year, new and valuable minerals will be found until all more ful- understand why our Creator made these lofty rugged moun tains and beautiful, fertile val- eys. The stigma of no railroad in ulton county has been so long attached to it that many ceoDle have been led to believe it; yet those who have been thoughtful enough to look up railroad maps, know that the Eat Broad Top railroad penetrated the county. several years ago at, or near. Wood vale, and in that section lies he coal lands of the County. South and East Broad Top rail road, on Broad Top mountain, in he northern part of Fulton coun ty, a party of capitalists' have been prospecting for the last five months with two diamond drills n constant operation. The writ er has been reliably informed that one of or among the thick est most superior veins of coal on Broad Top mountain has been found there, besides other 6-foot veins of coal. The prospecting will "be continued to find the ex tent of the coal field in the re gion, or at least until the fund $25,000 set apart for that purpose exhausted. Mines will auon , be opened, the East Broad Top railroad extended to them, and the mining of Fulton county coal began. J. A. Stewaet.
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