VOLUME 1 FLORIN, NEWS TOLD IN BRIEF, Local Happenings as Reported by Our Many Reporters. H. L. Stoll was at Lancaster last Saturday, Pleasant Hill school will open next Monday. Harry E. Trout left for Clearfield on Tuesday. Harry Baer is visiting his sister at New Holland. Harry Flowers of Bren Mawr, is vis- iting in town, Mrs. Emma Grosh was at Middle- town on Sunday. Mrs, John Masterson was at Lancas- ter on Wednesday. Mrs. Ed. Gish of Elizabethtown, was in town on Wednesday. Mrs. Harry Lutz of was in town on Monday. Harrisburg, Israel Bossler and wife visited friends near Salunga on Sunday. The base ball team will go to Iron- ville today to play a game. John Hambright will leave for Ann- ville College on AZonday. Miss Mary Bishop and brother Irvin, were at Hillsdale on Sunday. J. D. Easton and John Masterson were at Hockersville on Tuesday. Harry Baer, wife and child of Har- risburg, were in town last Friday. Charles Haas cleaned nine organs for different parties in town this week. Clayton Hertzler and wife were vis- itors at John Hossler’s on Monday. Irvin Kraybill will leave on Zonday for Millersville State Normal School. Who stamped the pike from #Eliza- bethtggvn to Florin on Saturday night ? hawill be preaching at the Cross meeting house, Sunday morning. bes Phoebe: Risser and liinnie y were at Pleasant Hill onWednes 1 F 3ses Ella Easton and Bessie Steig- Lancaster, are spending two weeks town, Samuel Becker is building a fine new bacco press for Clarence Schock of ount Joy Carpenters started work on Wednes- day on theannex to the tohacco shed on the J. 8. Carmany farm. When completed the shed will be 124 feet long. The following from this place were at Atlantic City on Sunday : Mrs. J. D. Easton, Mabel Glatfelter, Emma Baker and Ella Guhl and gentleman friend. Levi Mumma's horse tore loose while tied at a post at Carmany’s store on Wednesday evening and ran up the pike but was soon caught by Irvin Bishop. El. Weaver and wife, Mrs. Albert Fike and Mrs. Frank Brown attended the funeral of the five months old child of Andrew Sheaffer at Elizabethtownon Monday. Mrs. Laura M. Fisher and daughter Ruth, returned to Lancaster Monday noon after spending a month very pleasantly as the guests of J. H. Men- augh and wife. After spending five weeks in town, Mrs. Elizabeth Carmany of Palmyra, returned to her home on Wednesday. She was accompanied by 471s. J. S. Car- many and daughter ary. O. The following persons from this com munity are now visitors at the Pan American Exposition at Buffalo. Misses Annie Charles, Ada Habecker, Chris- tian Habecker and wife, Amos Brene- man, Jacob Staufter, Emerson Rohrer, and Henry Eby. meine ores Narrowly Escaped Drowning. On Saturday evening while Chris tian Rohrer of Sporting Hill, came driving in the Manheim road and was about to cross the Little Chi- ques creek, near Reist’s creamery, the stream had fearfully swollen and when he drove into the water the horse fell and had it not been for the immediate action of Elmer Givens, who waded into about four feet of water, the animal would have drowned. Mr. Givens was offered a reward for his bravery but would accept nothing, rms Afra The Ki ing Co. of ElizaN gan operations five ago now averages cutting four hui¥red pairs a day, and the factory at Annville averages sixteen hundred pairs, making a total of two thousand pairs a day. They employ seventy hands at Elizabethtown and two hundred and fifty at Annville, factur - uly be- Removing Quay’s Barn. Senator Quay has contracted for removing the old stone barn which has stood on his farm at Mount- ville, for more than one hundred years. It was a land-mark of the Lemuel Garber farms. It is Mr. Quay'’s intention to erect a tobacco shed which will house his large crop of tobacco, Afflicted With Malaria. The majority of the residents of Rowenna are afflicted with malaria. There is scarcely a family but that one or two do not have it. ‘The reason assigned for it is the aban- donment of the canal and the im- mense quantity of decaying vege- tation occasioned thereby. The Manheim Trolly Road. The work on the new trolley line to Manheim is progressing rapidly. The grading through the borough and the park is about complete and hundreds of people visit the scene every day. The people of the bor- ough are anxiously waiting the completion of the road, which is promised before the new year, Must Be Abolished. Public notice is hereby given to parents to keep their children from loafing around the depot and thus avoid further trouble. WATCHMAN. s————— Property For Sale. B. B. Eichelberger, administrator RY OF MAN. eautifal Woman n the Lead- art, THE G 2 Is Alw Who | puppens to the ugly cynical gentleman, nced at the newspa- social function to a mes-Democrat man. he most prosaic life hostess is always a The heroine is al- fvoman, and even in ceptions of poesy, ysical beauty gen- ted, the woman is always a beau woman. Evange- line was beauti¥ Lucille was beau- tiful. Lucrece wag beautiful—in fact, all down the lige from Eve's day to this good hour, whenever a woman staggers to the cen'er of the stage in any way, she is a jeautiful woman. I have often wonder¢l what part the ugly woman plays ir life. She does not give any of the bil functions. She is never the president the secretary, or anything else in a1y of the wom- en organizations of t}¢ day. She fis not my sweeheart, nor yours, nor the wife of the other fell(W. These are all beautiful women, Even in the more violent walks of life the ugly woman plays no part. She is never the subject of the des@ning villain, and the measliest pickjocket in the world would not honor her by snatch- ing a purse from her. The fiendish fellow who delights in the mutilation #f human forms would never think of picking out an ugly wom:2 for a sub- ject. He would rather dash vitriol or something equally destructive into the face of a really beautiful woman. He would want a victim who was be- wilderingly beautiful, st 1pendously stunning and all that sort of thing. These reflections have convinced me ¢hat nothing ever happend 10 the agly woman, and she must indeed live a very dull and uninterest™g life. But really I have another sclution of the matter. I do not know the ugly lady, and while I have made RO Spe- cial effort to peer into her Place of hiding and cannot say for | certain whether she is there or nol» yet I am inclined to believe that tp¢re are no ugly women. They are al}! beauti- ful, and I guess this is why (othing is ever put down as happening to the ugly woman,” “Nothing woman,” sal who had jus per notice o New Orleans “She must li imaginable. beautiful won ways a beauti the sublimate where facial a erally is suber Machinery in the United Net Permitted to Last Out of Date, ~ An experienced railroad will offer at public sale, on Friday Missegebsentic and-Alyrtle Sprout of Poville, are visiting at Christian Vachstetter’s, Jacob Watson and family and John Miller and family of Steelton, were in town this week. Watches and clocks repaired prompt- ly by Harry Peopple, Mount Joy, and all work guaranteed. Messrs. Victor Haldeman, Gabriel Easton and Charles Bishop, were at Hillsdale on Sunday. Rev. Henry Sonon and wife of East Petersburg, visited the family of Amos Hambright on Sunday. On Thursday Young Brothers deliv- ered a very fine new style jennylind to Frank Givens at Lancaster. Supervisor Peter Kraybill informs us that the recent rains made considerable work on the township roads. Philip S. Pyle of Mount Joy, was ap- pointed guardian of the grandniece of Philip A. Pyle, late of Mount Joy. Rev. H. M. Miller will conduct the communion services in the Hopewell U. B. church today and tomorrow. T. F. Stoler last Saturday closed the contract with S. A. Stehman of Roh- rerstown, to equip his fine mansion. Messrs. Harry H. Singer of Elizabeth- town and Wilbur M. Beamesderfer of Philadelphia, spent Sunday in town. Misses Carrie Reitzel and Carrie Hipple left on Wednesday for AZiddle- town after spending some time here. John L. Rutt of East Donégal and Mary H. Shenk of Penn township were granted a marriage license on Monday. Messrs. Max and Reuben Nentwig and mother attended the funeral of the formers’ sister at Reading on Monday. John Masterson and family will leave on Tuesday for the Hershey farm near Hockersville, where they will reside in the future. A landslide occurred in the Pennsyl- vania railroad ‘cut’ at Conewago last! Saturday morning, delaying Atlantic Express two hours. S. R. Snyder and H. G, Stoler of Mount Joy. captured a fine crane on Tuesday and while driving through | Rabbers effecte Another Robbery. the summer kit wright in this place, and carried off a pound of butter, a pound of meat, one dozen eggs, pair of trousers, 2 hats and about one dollar in change. They gained an entrance by breaking down the garden fence and forcing a rear window. eens QR eens Death of Harry Bortzfield. Harry Bortzfield, an old resident of this place, who had been a salve agent for the past few years, took sick near Lancaster and was cared for by friends until deathcame last Saturday. Deceased was about 80 years of age. The funeral was held on Tuesday at Kraybill’s meet- ing house with intermentin the ad- joining cemetery, 2 Death in East Donegal. Annie, aged three years and thir- teen days, died at the home of her parents Ezra Zercher and wife, in East Donegal, on Sunday and was buried in the Cross Roads burial grounds on Tuesday forenoon at 10 o'clock. She was the oldest child of the family. Were at Williams’ Grove. The following persons were at Williams’ Grove on Thursday : John Shoemaker and Miss Mae Raymond, Irvin Kraybill and Miss Lizzie Beatty, Mrs. J. D. Easton, Mrs. Mary Ann Easton and Misses Mary Easton and Harriet Baker. el Sessinie i Died at Silver Spring. Adam Daron of Silver Spring, for many years superintendent of the Chestnut Hill Iron Ore Mines, died in that place on Monday morning aged sixty-three years. 3 i rr Pe Pension Granted. George Ulrich of Elizabethtown, has been granted an original pen- sion of six dollars a month, through town, dropped tf bird. {the agency of M. V. Kilburn, September 27, dm Ylorin, a lot of| story frame house, hog sty, etc, ! —— WHAT WE ARE TOLD. In India and Persia sheep are used as beasts of burden. Belfast is the richest populous city in Ireland. The price of medicine in Prussia is regulated by the state. A six months’ cruise will decrease the speed of a ship 15 per cent. There are 11,700 hotels in Paris, in ‘which there are on an average 240,000 guests. Backwoodsmen of China still use the bow and arrow as a weapon and do very effective work with it. Most civilized nations begin the day at midnight; astronomers and navi- , gators since the time of Ptolemy be- gin it at noon. On some of the foreign steamship lines the captains are naval officers, and, in case of war, would retain their commands. The Arabic vernacular furnishes a singular illustration of the popular- ity of war in the east. .It has over 50 names for the sword. Remonstrating with policemen, cab drivers and street car conductors is a serious offense in Austria, as all those persons are rated as public officers, to insult whom means impris- onment and fine. FOOTLIGHT NOTES. The Paris theaters give away an average of 8,500 free tickets daily. London people spend on an average seven shillings a year in theater tick- ets. It is said that Pietro Mascagni, the Italian composer, has signed a con- tract for an eight weeks’ tour in this country with an Italian orchestra, be- ' ginning early in the fall, for which he is to receive $90,000. Mme. Melba is a great lover of the River Thames, and for the third year in succession has taken a charming little house at Marlow, above Lon- don, in the Quarry Wecods, with a lawn which runs down {0 the Tharaes. and most rm ems Apert Pool Table For Sale. A good second-hand pool table, size 414 by 8 feet. Also a full set of ivory balls and full rack of cues. All to be sold very cheap. Apply at this office. .. Farm For Sale. Saturday, September 17—One-fourth mile west of Florin, on the premises of the un- signed, a farm of 87 acres of gravel land the following to say regardi lish railway methods, says Smith, in the New York Pre SA dig : =r wh hi 1 ores QL groom on which is ereCTelra Qlie = Singulac, t0 a the least, English railway manageis discovered that American locomotives consume more coal, use more oil ¢nd require more repairs than those | of their home make. If this is a fact, it could have been demonstrated 12 a trial lasting a month. Over here ¥© wouldn’t accept an English locom?* tive as a gift. It would be regarde as an antiquated monstrosity. I feaf that the British are beginning to feel a trifle sore over America’s commer” cial invasion of all the markets oi the world, and the Midland railway with imnprovements by Fanny Hambright, { - - people are trying to knock us on our locomotives.” MOUNT JOY ITEMS. a Condensed Form, Sunday, their first appearance on our streets this week. cattle at public sale on Monday in this place. Arthur Brown’s new mansion on completion. fine sorrel ponies died very unexpects= edly on Sunday. A varty will be held one-fourth mile east of Maytown, in Cassel’s park on Saturday evening, The calithumpian band tendered Mr. and Mre. E. R. Barcloy a serenade on Monday evening. The P, R, R. carpenters repaired the platform at the passenger depot in this place on Tuesday. Plumber Joseph Gantz just finished putting in the water fixtures at C. K. Bennett's slaughter house, C. L. Eby ’s horse fell on Manheim street on Monday noon and broke the shafts and tore the harness. The local base ball team defeated Ironville in this place on Thursday afterzoon by a score of 15 to 2. A car load of mustang ponies ar- rived hereon Wednesday which are being broken by two cowboys. A reception wag held at the residence of Henry Shelly of near town on Sat- urday in honor of his gon Paris: The Mount Joy baseball team de- feated the Colambia Juniors on Sat. urday at this place by the score of G-2- A lawn sociable was held at the home of Jeremiah Landis at which about 200 young people were present. Mr. Landis resides near East Peters- burg, Isaac Simons of near town; received a new jenny lind from Sears Roebuck & Co., of Chicago, on Thurs day. D. H., Epgle secured the contract to furnish the church pews for the Men= nonite church at Ephrata which is now beirg built, A lawn sociable will be held at the residence of Daniel Forry, one-fourth mile north of Newtown, on Saturday evening, September 7, The fresh air lady who had been staying with Rev. Ephraim Nissley, & short distance south of town, left last Monday for New York. The Oriental Troubadors are draw ing large erowds nightly and they cer tainly deserve it. Don’t miss the 1 cake walk on Saturday night. A lawn sociable will be held at the residence of Isaac Brubaker, one mile west of Sporting Hill, on Saturday evening, in honor of his daughter Annie. Clinton Geib, a prosperous farmer, Continuing, the official said: “The Inear Sunnyside school house, is hav- chairman of the Midland made one \ing #n addition built to his barn by impressive statement, namely: ‘We tend our engines carefully, rest them, clean them and do everything to make them last.’ In this country we rest nothing, not even ourselves. Bishop Cumberland’s familiar saying: ‘It is better to wear out than to rust out,” has taken hold of us, body, soul and breeches. The Englishman rests his hats, shoes, trousers, coats, horses, carriages and whatever else he may own, animate or inanimate, A few advanced Amerieans have re- cently adopted the practice of ‘free- ing' their shoes for a rest, and the result is longer wear without losing shape. Some of our locomotives are never allowed to cool from one year's end to another. Little wonder they do not live to be classed among the antiques.” Sensible Course of Action, ‘A pedantic pedagogue had taken a few of his pupils to the zoo. While the lions were being fed he asked the keep= er: “If one of these gigantic and fe- rocious carnivora should contrive to emancipate itself, and should hurl its prodigious strength into our midst, what steps would you take 2” “Long uns, sir,” answered the boy.— Tit-Bits. Began to Economize, She-~As we are to he married next month, don’t you think you ought to begin to economize ? He—Oh, I've begun already. That very thought occurred to me thigevca- ing as I was coming here. She—What did you do? He—Passed the candy store without stopping.—N. Y. Weekly. Hygienic Enough. Lady (seriously, to policeman in Central park)-—Officer, did this walk- ing through the wet grass according to Father Kneipp ever really cure anything? Officer ness)—Shure, ma’am! (with enthusiastic hearti- Dirty feet.— acob Shenk and his force of assist nte, Jacob Loraw’s horse was scared by 4+ passing train at the New Haven greet bridge oa Monday and it was daly due to the good management of | it. Loraw that the animal did not ri off. 3y an advertisement in another coumn it will be noticed that the reg- ular term of September quarter ses- giop3 Will be held during week of Sep tepoer 9 four-horse team loaded with whe}t. belonging to Benjamin Musser of TRnegal Springs, sank into the mudfjon Market street, opposite Brapft’s mill, last Tuesday noon. The wagcll was stalled over an hour &nd in ord to release it from its position the coftents of the wagon had to be taken iff. a — Dan Music is Played in Church. In a Qirring address at the woods meetinft Ephrata, Rev. Harry M. Lengel Reading, deplored the in troduct@i! of unpaid choirs,Commun.. ion cupfiud automatic speakers in the chuiies of today.” He said that in some@feading churches, ‘‘dance music wased by the organists, and they weiihaking a great mistake : of course thiiwould not be willing to admit it Jil the judgment day. The News of our Neighboring Borough in Many people from town attended colored camp at Mumma’s Grove on River melons and cantalopes made C. K, Bennett sold nineteen head of South Market street, is fast nearing Ons of Councilman C.N. Momma's ‘THE MID] Will be One of tf This The Second Annu} dletown Fair Associa September 10 to 13, w far eclipse last year. be baloon ascentions Wednesday and Friday @ be other attractions to ani ple. There are on the gro of the best horses in the no} we have every assurance thal ses will be filled. The even Wednesday, 2.30 class trot a trot and pace and one-half mill ing. Thursday 2.35 class trot and Friday 2.15 class trot and pace, class county horses that have owned in county 45 days before ri running race, 1 mile heats, The PhY adelphia and Reading railroad w run a special train every day during the fair, leaving Hummelstown at 11.30 in the morning. The Pp, R. tickets good fo 10 to 14 inclusive a mile. 11 issue excursicm days from Sept: rate of two cents Seren QI we—— For a Large Convention. The locating committee of the Ger man Baptist Brethren Conference met yesterday at the home near Manheim for the purpose of selecting a place for the the great gathering of German Baptist Brethren from the United States next May or June. Harrisburg, Columbia, Lebanon and Lancaster are after the meeting. General Manager F. 8. Given, of the Conestoga Traction company, and Manager H. B. Griffith of Rocky Springs. were present at the meeting to offer inducements to have the meeting held in Lancaster. A com munication from Mayor Muhlenberger setting forth the advantages of Lan caster, was algo read before the com mittee, The committee heard the proposi tions offered by each city for the meeting and they will arrange to vis it each place, A¢ the meeting next month they will make a report and the place of meeting will be decided upon. It will be the first time tf has been held east of Ch many as 25,000 representati these great meetings, and days the attendances is 40, meetings continue for six w CATERPILLAR P Caterpillars are not only you but everybody else—in™ casvern Pennsylvania. Not only trees, b also plants and vines have been at— tacked und denuded of their foliage Experienced menwho have successfully baffled against this pest say that the only way to get rid of the caterpillar is to spray the trees with paris green, but this turns the leaves to a bronze solor. It kills the worms, however, and the tree will be all right in anoth- er year. The caterpillars have lately taken to invading houses, and crawl through open windows and make boulevards of the hallways and rooms. The following from the National Dictionary may give you some addi- tional information on this interesting little creature. CATERPILLAR~-The larva or larval state of a lepidopterous insect. Its body has thirteen segments. In this state it is like a worm, generally with numerous feet, but sometimes with none. The anterior feet are si-joint- ed; the others, called pro-legs, are fleshy and without joints. From the caterpillar or larva stage it passes into a pupa, chrysalis. or nymph, and lastly it becomes a perfect active in- sect, with wings and antenz, mm — I a ———— Marriages, At the United Brethren parsonage, Florin, by Rev. H. M. Miller,” August 15, William B. Snavely and Mies Mar- gie F. Hilt, both of Elizabethtown. At the United Brethren parsonaga, Florin, Rev. H. M. Miller, August 20, H. Clinton Neagley, of Kiilinger Dauphin county, and Miss Minnie A Grosh of Milton Grove. rt PT TE——— Champion Corn Husker, Elijuh Barnhart, 45 years York, claims that he is the corn husker of Eastern Pen mM Not Peddle Beer. r sessions court of York Bittinger directed to investigate of beer hts of the gua) county Jo stable Wils leged pedd wagon in W ble on being tosay ¥ reet o Judge, pe Cn af co He had put out a standing { of fifty dollars tg erin t At the dining of the August term h
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