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.
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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, !
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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,

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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

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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