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VOL. 2.
MAPLETON DEPOT, PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1890.
NO. 17
BUSINESS   CARDS.
T   G. SPANGIaEB, M. D.,
•—PHYSICIAN & SURGB05f,-*
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House. ___-___-__._--_______-__.--—----.
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—JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.—
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prope* attention, ^-leftions -Bade and Immediate retftrns given. Legal-ii-il-tog promptly executed.
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Husttsigbon, Pa.
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■VST   H. & 3. 8. WOODS,
ATTOBNEYS-AT-LAW,
JSTo. 327 Penn Street.   Opposite First National
Bank.
KoiSf-riNaDOS, Pa.
CHURCH VERSUS LODGE.
Alarm at tUe Inroads Made Upon
the Church hy the Secret Societies.
T   P.WILSON,
—dx-xsr IU*—
ANTHBACITE. BITUMINOUS, &
OANNELCOAL, & C0NNELL8-
VILLE CBUSHED COKE*.
,•?_*#-All orders promptly filled at the lowest
prices possible.	
<Q P. STUBBS,
" —CARPET WEAVER.—
and dealer In all kinds of Carpet Chain and
Materials.
Prompt attention to business and satisfaction guaranteed.   Charges reasonable.
O. M. Green.   H.B. Green,    w. D. F. Green.
G. IVLGreen &Sons,
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All Kinds of Lumber,
and Manufacturers of
Flooring, Doors, Sash,
Frames, -Lath,
Shingles, &c, &c.
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•oar, until a change of price at the
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(Net Tons)
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Nut,
Stove,
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the office.
Main Street Near Depot.
Heavy Hauling.
J.be undersigned, having two Heavy
Four-horse Teams, solicits heavy
hauling.
M. L. BEX.
"New Stage Route
——BETWEEN———
Mapleton & Cassville.
Tri-weekly—Monday, Wednesday,
and Friday. Leave Cassville, on each
of the above named days, at 7.30
o'clock, a. m., arriving at Mapleton
at 11 o'olook, a. m. Returning, leave
Mapleton at any time to suit convenience of passengers. Fare, 50 cents.
Merchandise carried at reasonable
rates. W. A. HIGHT.
Cassville, Pa., July 3,1889.-.1
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A recent number of the Oongre-
tjationalist speaks as follows upon
a subject which is attracting much
attention:
What shall be the attitnde of
the Church toward the secret orders which have multiplied so rapidly throughout the country daring the last few years! With
many of our churches no problem
is more serious or beset with greater complications. The problem,
would be simplified somewhat if
these organisations were made up
entirely of men wbo bave professed no allegiance to the Church •
bat the place which the lodge
holds in the affections of many a
church member is what gives rise
to great anxiety. Sad though the
confession is, it must be acknowledged that some men whose names
are on the church roll habitually
give precedence to the secret society over the Church. If the meetings conflict, the successful competitor for their presence is the
former. They have no time to
spare for the great religious gatherings, like those ot Saratoga, but
they will go a long distance to be
present at a conclave of their fraternity.
At the last meeting of the Yer.
mont Opngregationalists at Rutland, the subject aroused the liveliest discussion of the whole session. Resolutions mildly deprecating the absorption of some Christians iu such interests were set to
one side, because a few thought
that the the formal protest would
be considered a declaration of war,
and would embarrass them in
their efforts to counteract the baneful influences of these societies.
.Yet not a man who spoke failed to
admit that Christian concerns in
his own community were suffering
on account of.them. Several who
live in towns of only a few thousand inhabitants reported from
twenty to forty thriving orders.
We believe that Yermont is not
exceptional in this respect. Tbe
lodge—using the term to include the meetings of the various
secret orders—will be found strongly intrenched all through the conn-
try, growing in numbers and power, and everywhere detaching the
devotion of Christian men from the
Chureh, and too often, we fear,
from the straightforward service
of their Master. Recent figures,
carefully compiled, show that Boston has 243 ohnrches to 599 lodges;
Brookly, 355 ohnrches to 695
lodges; Washington, 181 ohnrches
to 316 lodges; Chicago, 384
churches to 1,088 lodges, and the
same proportion obtains in other
cities.
The fact that some of these orders employ a chaplain and have
au ornate ritual, that they conduct
religious services and preside over
funerals, does not make them religious, least of all Christian, and
he who finds his religion and his
Christianity at a lodge room and
never feels the need of a church,
is woefully defective in his idea of
what religion and what Christianity are.
stand it any longer.' Referring to
the wounded federals lying in front
of onr breastworks, be said: -Those
poor fellows yonder are crying for
water—they are perishing for water—and I came to ask yonr permission to go out there and carry
them some,'
<(Said I: Kirklan, yon know it
wonld be almost certain death:
" 'Yes,' said he, 'bat I will risk
it for humanity's sake.'
" *I don't think I ought to give
you permission to go,' said I, bnt I
was so struck with his heroism that
I let him go. He gathered some
canteens, filled them with water,
and went over the breastworks. Be
got a few steps, and came running
back. I thought his courage had
failed him, but he came to the and
asked if be might pnt np a white
handkerchief.   Said I:
"'No, Kirklan; we don't purpose
to use any flag of trace on this occasion.'
"He got his canteens, and went
over to the breastworks agaiu, and
went about from man to man giving the wounded water. At first
the enemy fired at him, but as
soon as they saw bis purpose, of
coarse, they stopped, and he remained ont there until he had given water to every one of those poor
fellows."—Atlanta Constitution.
TWO GA.TlBIaEKS.
Tlie Parson Knew  the Value ef
Blue Chip.
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A Confederate's Humane Acts
"It was the closing day at Fredericksburg," said General Kershaw
"when a man by the name of John
Kirklan came rushing into headquarters and said -General, I can't
I heard a story of two gamblers,
the point of which is sharp enough
to excuse a narrative on such a
subject. Two --sports," who lived
in an Eastern town, dissolved partnership, one because his health
was poor and the otber because a
.revivalist had convinced him that
he had been a wicked man. They
divided their money, and the one
who was in poor health went West
and took along a gambling outfit.
The other joined the church and
was sincere in his reformation. After several months the gambler
who went West, improved in health
and enriched in pocket, took a trip
back to bis old stamping-ground to
see how his ex-partner got along.
He arrived on Sunday, and, upon
going to his friend's house, learned
that he was at church. So he
went to the house of worship and
was gfren a seat in the rear of the
middle aisle. Jnst before tbe sermon he was surprised to see his
old partner coming down the aisle
with a plate in his hand taking np
the collection,
As the reformed gambler approached the other thought of old
days, and, as they recognized each
other, the unregenerate one mechanically-drew from his pocket a
bine chip and dropped it in the
plate. The good gambler tried to
shove the chip under the pennies,
but it remained on top in plain
sight. He was unable to hide the
disgraceful chip from tbe congregation, but be made up his mind
tbat the minister should not see it,
so as he approached the pulpit be
slyly picked oat tbe chip and replaced it with three silver dollars.
He thought he had been deft, and
so he had, bnt not deft enough, for
the minister had seen tbe exchange
and as he took the plate from the
ex-gambler's hand he whispered:
"Deacon, tbe blue chip calls for
five dollars."—New Yorfa Star.
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—The Pennsylvania State Sabbath
School Convention will be held at New
Castle, Pa., September 30, October 1
and 2. Ira D. Sankey will conduct the
music.
Tell as not in mournful numbers
that the town is full of gloom,
for the man's a crank that slumbers in these bustling days of boom.
Life is real, life is earnest, and the
grave is not its goal, every dollar
that thou earnest helps to make
the old town roll. But employment, and not sorrow, is our destined end or way: if yon have no money borrow—buy a corner lot each
dayt Lives of great men all remind us, we can make our town a
name and by aiding home industries we can get there just the
same. In this world's broad field
of battle, iu the bivouac of life, let
us make tbe dry bones rattle—bny
a corner lot for your wife. Let us
then be up and doing, with tbe
heart for any fate, still achieving,
still pursuing, booming early, boom-
ins late.
Cnasville.
Smith Viiley.
Hay-making will soon be over.
Hon, G. W. Owens, candidate for the
Legislature, delivered quite an interesting speech on Saturday night*
Rev. Adams and wife made a few
short calls in Smith Valley during the
week past.
Miss Milda Chilcote has gone to spend
a few weeks at the Rockhill school.
Miss Blanche Wright came home last
week to visit her parents.
W. H. Dell, who came home to help
his father harvest, has gone back to his
work in Mapleton.
Miss Mary Wright, who is employed
at Cooks' station, came home last week
on a visit.
Miss Laura Chilcote bas gone to Cassville to spend a part of the summer.
Miles Smith and wife made a short
call in our valley on Sunday last and
were the guests of R. F. Smith.
On Thursday, July 17,1890, Miss Ro-
setta Dell, one of Hare's Valley's best
young ladies, was married to Samuel
McDonald, of Mapleton. We wish
them a happy voyage over the sea of
life.
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Mill Creek.
Miss Elsie Wakefield who is attending school at this place, spent Saturday
and Sunday at her home.
Miss Dessa Wright was compelled to
stop school last week on
sickness.
Mrs. Menald and son went to Harrisburg on Saturday and before returning, weut to see "The Last Days of
Pompeii."
Miss Rachel Kelly, an aged resident
of this place, has been seriously ill for
some time. We are glad to note some
improvement at present.
The young people of Sugar Grove
bad a social picnic near Sugar Grove
school-house on Saturday. A number
of our young people responded to an
Invitation to be present. They report
a pleasant time.
J. H. Tate went out on Monday afternoon to try his luck at angling. He
came back with'quite a fine string of
bass.
According to orders from the head
department, the track foreman on Monday tore up the railroad crossing at the
upper end of town. This will necesi-
tate the use ot the overhead bridge entirely, and wui greatly inconvenience
drivers.
Under the late pension act, a number
of our deserving veterans are applying
for pensions. They fought bravely for
their country and well deserve all tbey
wfll receive.
The weekly ice-cream festival has
come again.
One by one the farmers hereabout
have gathered in their sheaves until
now scare, a bundle of golden grain is
seen in the fields.
COPPERAS   ROCK.
For the benefit of those who may be
interested in this community and'to cal.
the attention of others not in this community, has led.me to write, to you of
this rock, specimens ot which I Bend
and which will oniy give you a generat
idea. No. 1 is Pocona sandstone; Nos.
2 and 3, the same, though darkened by
organic matter, as it is near a coal
seam* Nos. 4 and 5 are the gray to blue
and black shales, which are also near
the coal beds. On Nos. 2 and 3, you
notice a green substance, which is copperas, or green vitriol, which is ferrous
sulphate with water, originating from ths
oxidation of iron pyrites, FeS2, which is
disseminated in small particles through
many sandstones, shales, and coal beds.
The sulphur of the FeS2 takes oxygen
from the atmosphere, together with H2
0 and makes sulphuric acid, H2SO4,
which may unite witb the iron, to make
ferrous sulphate. But, when all of the
sulphuric acid is used up in uniting with -
aluminum, magnesium, etc., present, thi.
Fe also oxidizes to Fe203, hematite,
which,with moisture, forms limoaite, yellow ochre, and it is tbis that colors Nos,
1 and 5. The silvery spangles in No. 3
are white mica. 1 have not enough
chemical apparatus to analyze all of
these exudations, which, when the sun
shines, so many brilliant colors are re*
fleeted from, and which, to the student, I
are so instructive and interesting.
Tbe coal seams belong to the Devonian age, when flags, rushes, ferns, plants
of rare beauty, the Coccosteus, Pterich*-
thys, and Holoptychius, flourished.
This Pocona sandstone underlies the
Mauch Chunck red shale of Trough
Creek, also the conglomerate and coal
measures of Shirley's Knob. This sandstone was made in a shallow sea, the
grains being fragments of quartz and
mica, derived from the wearing of older'
rooks. The strata were folded up oh
each side, to make the Trough Creek
barrens. The eastern outcrop forming
Sideling Hill, and, the western, the Terrace mountain escapement.
This rock is seven miles nearly northwest from Cassville and one mile north
of Paradise Furnace. The receding
waters, in their effort to escape, gorged',
and, for several miles above this rock,
Trough Creek has made some wonderful cuts through the spurs of Terrace
mountain. In many places,, on either
■■n ount of I 8-de* are '"i?'1 aD(* vertical rocks, showing the fearful force; natural cascades
exist, and, from the top of tbe spurs
which vie in altitute with each other,
have been precipitated most ponderous
fragments of rock into the stream below.
Many varieties of fish are found in
Trough Creek in the vicinity of the
rock, and to the north and south, within sight, are two beautiful trout streams.
Grand water pours ionh to quench the
thirst of a million, but only the cattle,
wild deer, turkey, pheasant, partridge,
rabbit, squirrel, bear, wildcat, etc, seem
to find their way to it. What a place •
for a Nimrod! The huge laurel, bracing pines, mighty oaks, chestnut, grapevine, tralling-arbutus, wild lily, rose,
daisy, fringed gentain, and - many blossoming trees are seen during their season. What a--Paradise," in truth, for an I
invalid! The rock Is on the eastern
margin of the stream, and is 350 feet
—The annual reunion of "sixteenejs"
will be held at Williamsport on the 19th,
20th and 2ist of August.
long, parallel to the stream. It has an
awntng-shaped projection over the I
stream, which, If the stream were away,
would shelter 500 people. As it is, it
would'shelter 250. A great place for
a picnic,—natural fables and shelves.
The top of the rock Is 75 feet above
the water, and, when you drop a stone.
It would be beyond the power of a professor of acoustics to describe the
sounds produced. The rock is four miles
from tbe depot at Marklesburg, and a
splendid drive could be made along
Trough Creek. I agree with <<Ex-Gov.
ernor C," who was one of a party of
four to visit this rock a few weeks ago,
"that some syndicate is only losing time
by not making a summer resort out of
this." Thfnkl Mountains, trees, rocks,
flow-ers, natural parks, views of distant
landscapes, gams of all kinds, pure water, bathing, driving, wild fruits, and all
advantages of the best products of the
farm, right around you! IJ.
. Cassville, Pa., July 29, 1899,
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