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WASHINGTON LETTER.
Special to The C »mumer cial.
The response to the call for Progress-
ive Volunteers sent out last week from
National Progressive Headquarters in
New York, is exceeding even the ex-
pectations of the founders of the vol-
anteer movement. The cali, which
was issued by Hon. Oscar S. Straus
of New York; Senator Miles Poindex-
ter, of Washington; Hon. Albert J.
Beveridge,of Indiana, and ex-Govern-
or John M. Parker, of Lou.siana, ask-
ed for one thousand loyal Progressives
from all sections to volunteer for a
vitally important seryice to the Nat-
ional Committee. The exact nature
of this service the directors of the
movement declined to reveal, stating
that it would not require any expense
nor interference in any way with any-
one’s business or daily work. The
unusual character of the movement
aroused considerable curiosity in pol-
itical circles, and has occasioned wide
comment in the press; with the result
that Progressives from almost every
state in the Union are answering the
call. -
Among the many hundreds of letters
already received at the Progressive
Headquarters in the FortysSecond
Street Building, New York City, more
than sixty different occupations are
represented. They express the up-
most confidence in the future of the
party and a willingness to do anything
within the power of the writers to as-
sist in the work of organization that
is being energetically carried forward
by the National Committee.
Senator Poindexter, referring to
the results thus far, says:
““In issuing this call for one thous-
and volunteers for a special seryice,
we did so with the desire to enlist a
body of loyal, earnest Progressives,
regardless of whether they had had
any yelitical experience or not. The
purpose we have in view, while re-
quiring very slight individual effort,is
nevertheless vitally important, and
we believe that the Progressives will
exert a powerful and far-reaching in-
fluence.
‘‘The answer which comes to the
New York Headquarters from forty
different states in response to the eall
are remarkable for the spirit of readi-
ness and determination which runs
through them all. All types of men
are represented, — farmers, lawyers,
clerks, salesmen, doctors, manufac-
turers, mechanics and engineers, in-
deed it seems as though every impor-
tant occupation is shown in the list.
As fast as possible these lists are being
classified and letters of acknowledg-
ment are being sent out to each one.
The announcement of the total enlist-
megt will be made on September 1st.”
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yet the most marvelous thing is the
reports of chronic cases of eczema
that haye been cured by this simple
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TO THE HOUSEKEEPER.
An easy way to polish solid silver
and plated ware is to rub the tarnish-
ed places with a piece of raw potato,
dipped in common baking soda. This
is quickly done and the silver does
not incline to retarnish so soon as
with other polishes. .
Try wiping the matting on floors
with a mop wrung out of salt water
before sweeping. Rinse as often as
necessary to take up the dust. Then
it requires only a moment to sweep
up and you have no dust flying.
Socks and stockings should be darn-
ed on the right side, so that the
smooth part of the mended place
will come next to the foot, thus
preventing irritation.
It is much better when cleaning
rugs or Brussels carpets to lay on
the grass right side down, beat thor-
oughly then turn on to a clean place
and sweep well, as it does not wear
them so much as to whip them on
a clothe line. :
A Tittle vinegar in water will clean
and brighten windows better than
anything else.
When eggs are broken and can not
Le used at once, remove from the
shell and keep well-covered in a
cool place. This will preyent the
3 olks from hardening. /
The Metz Twins,
The Metz twins, Irene and Lillian,
who are probably the best known
girl autoists in the East, are going
on the Glidden Tour. This will be
good news to their fellow employees
at the Metz factory, at Waltham,
Mass., who eyen though they envy
the girls’ long and delightful trip
from Minneapolis to the Glazier Na-
tional Park, are nevertheless happy
in the thought that the twins have at
last secured the permission of Mr.
Charles Metz, the manufacturer of
the famous little Metz car, to accom-
pany the team of three Metz cars on
the Twin City contest for the Glidden
and Anderson trophies.
The girls had expected to go on the
trip, but a series of circumstances in-
terfered up to the last moment, and
there was, as a natural consequence,
much disappointment at the factory.
The girls were so determined to
make the trip that even after their
pleadings with Mr. Metz, were ap-
parently in vain, that they attempted
to smuggle their own car aboard a
freight train instead of one of the
cars entered in the team.
It was discovered at the last mo-
ment and the girls’ little ruse did not
work. Both girls had selected their
vacation time so that they could
make the trip, and they thought that
if they succeeded in getting their car
shipped to Minneapolis no further ob-
jections would be made to their driv-
ing it on the tour.
However, Mr. Metz, after consider-
ing their case, decided that he would
allow the girls to go by train to Min-
neapolis, and there take charge of the
car driven over the road by his son,
Walter Metz, from Boston to Minnea-
polis, and gave his permission for
them to accompany the Metz team
on the tour.
The girls have made elaborate pre-
parations for the long run across the
wild country betweeh Minneapolis
and the Glazier Park, and are going
to take with them a light, but com-
plete camping and cooking outfit and
witl rough it across the country.
Both girls will be dressed in real
cowgirl style, with sombreros and
suits of deer skin, with heavy leg-
gings, “and will be able to stand any
kind of weather conditions that they
will be apt to encounter at this sea-
son of the year.
They are not only expert drivers
but are good horse women and good
shots as well, and they look for some
splendid outings after game and fish-
ing during the trip.
The girls are most attractive look-
ing and look doubly fetching in the
western costumes which they will
wear.
Both are fond of outdoor sports and
both are rugged and healthy so that
they look forward to the trip asa
deliehtful vacation time without a
thought or care as to the danger of
incidental hardships.
Both girls being single, there has
been much speculation as to whether
or not Mr. Metz was wise in permit-
ting the trip as they are two of the
most valued employees at the oxecu-
tive office of the Metz factory, and
he would hardly care to lose them
through the machinations of Dan
Cupid.
The girls are bound to give a good
account of themselves -on the trip
‘and while they will not be figured as
actual contestants with the three
Metz cars entered for the tour, they
will, no doubt, make the controls
with as clean a score as the other
drivers of cars.
Back in Waltham, Mass., there are
a couple of sad eyed youths who do
not take quite so kindly to the trip as
the girls, and they haye tried to per-
suade them from making the trip by
picturing all sorts of dangers, such as
being abducted by roving bands of
Indians, daring cattle rustlers, or the
picturesque free booters,ketter known
perhaps, in the East, through the
medium of some of the “Yellow Lit-
erature’’ of other days.
The westerners along the route of
the tour will have the satisfaction,
however, of knowing that all the
girls in the east are not to be classed
with the obnoxious western term
‘Tender Feet.”’
The girls are looking forward with
exceptional pleasure to an opportuni-
ty to test their prowess astride of real
cow ponies, and hope to be able to
add lariat throwing or roping to their
other accomplishments before coming
back east, as their vacation has been
extended for a week after the tour
ends.
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SUNDAYS(T00L
LESSON
(By E. O. SELLERS, Director of Even-
ing Department The Moody Bible In-
stitute of Chicago.)
Second
National
LESSON FOR AUGUST 3
THE PLAGUES OF EGYPT.
LESSON TEXT-—Ps. 105:23-36 wy, Ex.
7:8-11:10.)
GOLDEN TEXT-—'“Whosover shall exalt
himself shall be humbled; and whosoever
shall humble himself shall be exalted.”—
R. V. Matt. 23:12.
‘While this Psalm is a succinct state-
ment of all that is contained in Exo-
dus, chapters 7 to 12, still no teacher
can judge himself as having made
proper preparation who has not stud-
ied carefully the earlier record. Be-
ginning with those of discomfort the
plagues become more and more se-
vere until the last and the crowning
one, the death of the first born, caused
the Egyptians to thrust out the Israel-
ites’ with haste and gladness, laden
with an abundance of “spoil.” Pharaoh
trusted in the superior greatness of
the Egyptian gods, he also had great
pride in his absolute power and hated
to lose the profitable service of his
Hebrew slaves. Over against this was
God's right to demand the wor-
ship of his chosen people, God’s pro-
fuse warnings to the proud Egyptian,
and the inevitable outcome of the
man, tribe, or nation who sets up hu-
man will in opposition to the plans of
an Omnipotent God. True thanksgiv-
ing and praise are based upon “His
marvelous works” (v. 5 R. V.)
Israel Made Strong.
I. The Induction of Israel Into
Egypt, vv. 23-25. By “Israel” in verse
23 the Psalmist does not refer to the
nation but rather to the supplanter
who became “Israel, a prince.” His
induction into Egypt was in accord-
‘ance with God’s purposes and plan,
yes, his specific command, Gen. 46: 2-7,
Acts 7:9-15. God increased the de-
scendants of Israel greatly in the land
of Egypt, see v. 24. At the same time
God made those same descendants
stronger than their “adversaries” on
account of the fact that Jehovah
fought on their side, see Rom. 8:31.
Il. The Exodus of Israel From
Egypt, vv. 26-36. Now the Psalmist 1s
referring to the nation. In Exodus
there are recorded ten plagues, here
there are mentioned but eight. The
plague of the murrain of beasts and
the plague of boils, the fifth and the
sixth, are here left out for some rea:
son best known to the Psalmist.
God saw the afflictions of Israel but
‘sends relief through human agents.
Moses was God’s “servant” (v. 26)
and Aaron “His chosen” (I Sam. 12:6)
80 also is every true believer. Their
work has to “shew” (v. 27) God’s won-
yders in the land of Egypt (Ham).
‘They were to shew “His” wonders,
signs, the “Words of His signs” (R.
V. marg.), and none of their own. In
other words they were to be the vis-
ible embodiment of ‘God’s character
and power.
Worshiped the Nile.
- The Psalmist then turns to the first
of the historic plagues. The Egyp-
tians were so dependent upon the Nile
that they personified it and worshiped
it. They had shed the blood of the
Israelites and were given blood to
drink, see Rev. 16:5, 6 and Gal. 6:7.
The third plague was directed against
‘the goddess “Hekt,” queen of two
worlds, and who was represented by
a frog-like figure, see Ex. 8:8. It was
‘after this calamity that Pharaoh tem-
porized. The third and fourth plagues
are grouped together in verse 31. God
often uses very little things to humble
the great ones of earth. Life is made
up of trifles, but life is no trifie. Pha-
raoh had proudly boasted of his agnos-
ticism (Ex. 5:2) but when he sought
to try conclusions with God and said,
“Neither will I let Israel go” God let
him wrestle with frogs, lice and flies.
We thus see a man setting himself
against God who is not able to over-
come these smallest of pests. As we
have mentioned, the fifth and sixth
plagues are omitted from this record,
hence the plague mentioned in v. 32
is in reality the seventh (Ex. 9). It
was a rebuke to the God of the air,
and from Rev. 8:7 and 16:21 we learn
that it is to be repeated in the end of
time.
Though Israel was free from the
eighth, the plague of locusts (v. 34)
they did suffer from a like experience
in later days, Joel 1:1-7. These small
pests can turn a fruitful land into a
barren waste.
But the culminating plague (v. 86)
was the smiting of the first born. Even
Israel could not escape this calamity
except by the previous shedding of
blood, Ex. 12:3-18. God gave Pharaoh
ample warning, Ex. 4:23. Refusing to
yield under the lesser judgments, God
brought this supreme penalty, smiting
all the first born, “the beginning of
all their strength” (R. V. marg. v. 36).
Ili. The Teaching. Before the
plagues Pharaoh was warned; before
the second one he was given an op-
portunity to repent and because of the
suffering thereby he relented and ask-
ed for a respite. Refusing to declare
God's greatness (Ex. 8:10). “he
(Pharaoh) made heavy his heart” (Ex.
8:15), an aet of his own, not an act of
God. No warning is given of the third
plague for Pharaoh had broken
faith. The acknowledgment upon the
part of his magicians of a power great-
er ttn their own did not serve as a
warning and he continued in his re-
beilton.
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TEACHERS ELECTED.
LARIMER.
The Larimer township school board
met on Monday in the Wittemberg
school house and elected the follow-
ing teachers. There were thirteen
applicants for the six schools. The
schools will be [taken care of by
teachers holding certificates as fol-
lows: —1 permanent, 3 professional
and 2 provisional. These are the
teachers:
Walter Tucker—Wittemberg.
John Leibeau—Pine Grove.
Clarence Miller—Sand Pacth, gram-
mar.
W. A. Hay—Sand Patch, primary.
Ross Witt—Geiger.
Miss Webeck— Witt,
Schools open September 22nd.
GREERVILLE TOWNSHIP,
The school board of Greenville
township met on Saturday and elect-
ed the following teachers:
George Deitle—Pocahontas.
Mary Hostetler—Hostetler’s.
“Minnie Rembolt—Miller’s
Edgar Hostetler—Sprucedale.
Alma Sass—Engle’s.
Dallas Baer—Baker.
F. McKenzie—Blue Jay.
All the teachers elected are from
Greenville township.
SUMMIT TOWNSHIP.
The Summit township teachers
were elected as follows:
Dalton Handwerk—Glade City.
Estella Miller—Glade City.
Lloyd Shumac—E. Lichty.
Luella Baker—Keystone.
" Cora Witt—Peck.
Frank Fike—Summit Mills.
E. R. Hay—Sandy Hollow.
Alverta Growell—Lick Run.
Albert Maust—S. J. Miller, ad-
vanced.
Lillian Seibert—S. J. Miller, inter-
mediate.
Mary Fike—S. J. Miller, primary.
Ruth Commons—Shaw Mines.
Esther Shumaker—Walker.
Velma I. Gnagey—Handwerk
John Schrock—Gnagey.
Orpha Meyers—Burkholder.
Nettie Maust—Sand Spring.
Sadie Schrock—Cross Roads.
Harvey Saylor—B. Miller.
Of these they hold certificates as
follows: —13 provisional, 1 permanent
and 5 professional.
SOMERSET COUNCIL
FILLS VACANCY.
At a meeting of town council on
Thursday night, Jacob S. Picking,
Sr., was elected a member of Council
to succeed Clarence E. Pyle, who re-
signed to become superintendent of
the water works. Mr. Picking isa
Democrat. The six members of Coun
cil who elected him are Republicans.
John H. Beerits, president of the
Board of Trade, had been elected to
succeed Mr. Pyle two weeks ago, but
declined to serve
By a unanimous vote the ordinance
opening North Columbia avenue was
passed. This street will occupy a
considerable strip on the west side of
the playgrounds, and petitions pro-
testing against it were circulated by
the women who have charge of the
playgrounds. The petitions were
sighned by several hundred citizens.
It is said that the effort to prevent
the actual opening of the street will
be carried still further, probably in a
court of equity.
Daniel E. Keller was employed as |
superintendent of the street vaving |
CHURCH SERVICES.
Evangelical church, L. B. Ritten- |
house, pastor—Sunday school’ at 2:00 |
p- m. Preaching at 7:45 p. m.
Methodist Episcopal church ser-|
vice, Rev. G. A. Neeld pastor—Ser-
vices at 10:30 a. m. Sunday sehool 9:30
a. m. Epworth League at 6:45 p. m. |
Evening seryice at 7:30.
Church of the Brethren—Preaching
10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday |
School, 9:30 a. m. Christian Workers
Meeting at 6:30 p. m. Bible Class, |
Saturday evening, 7:30 p. m. Teacher |
Training classes meet Monday evening |
7 and 8 o’clock, respectively. Sunday
School Workers’ Meeting, Friday |
evening, 30th inst., at 7:30. |
At the A. M. E. Zion church Sun-|
day School at 3:00 p. m. Preaching
at 11 a. m. Christian Endeavor_ at
7:45 p. m.
. Evangelical Lutheran church, J. A. |
Yount, pastor— Sunday school next |
Sunday at 9:30 a. m. Morning ser-
vice 10:30. Evening services 7:30.
Luther League, 6:45p. m. Mid-
week service Wednesdny 8:30 p. m.
SS. Philip and James
At the Christian church, J. A.
Hopkins, pastor. Bible school 10 a.
m. Preaching 11 a. m
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To Destroy Snails.
A lady in Eastern Pennsylvania
wrote to State Zoologist H. A. Sur-
face, Harrisburg, saying that in the
morning she would find plants eaten
which she had set out the evening
before, and that she could not grow
plants. By vigilance she found that
the depredators were snails, and ask-
ed for a method of preventing dam-
age by these pests.
Many persons find that snails are
particularly injurious to cabbage,
lettuce and other garden produce,
and will, therefore, find the following
answer of Professor Surface timely
and useful:
‘You can destroy snails and worms
by giving them poison bran mash as
described in the “enclosed . circular,
also by dusting freshly slaked lime
abundantly around the places where
they inhabit you can drive them
away. Mix one fortieth part of Paris
green or dry arsenate of lead with
the lime. Also, if you will spray
your vegetation with an ounce of
arsenate of lead in each gallon of
water you can destroy them in this
way.
‘They can also’ be killed by poison-
ing them, dipping fresh slices of po-
tatoes into a mixture of one part
Paris green and thirty or forty parts
Depository of the
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church, Rev. J. J. Brady, pastor.— |
Mass next Sunday 8:30 and 10 a. m. |
flour, and placing the slices where
the snails will feed upon them. Asa
rule, however, the lime is sufficient,
and this is also good for sanitary pur- |
poses and for the soil.” |
ee me |
State of Ohio, City of Toledo] |
Lucas County, {ss .i
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that |
he is senior partner of the firm of |
F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business |
in the City of Toledo,4 County and |
State aforesaid, and that said firm |
will pay the sum of One Hundred |
Dollars for each and every case of |
Catarrh that cannot be cured by the
use of Hall’s Catarrk Cure. |
|
FRANK J. CHENEY. |
Sworn to before me and subserib-
ed in my presence, this 5th day of |
December, A. D. 1886. |
A. W. GLEASON, |
Notary Public. !
When harvest is over you will be f
entitled to a little rest before seed-
ing time. Get yourself a
TALKING MACHINE
and see how immensely the whole ;
family will enjoy the fine musie. |
Have a regular concert at home.
You get one with the purchase of
$25.00 worth of merchandise, such !
as you need every day.
Everything in
GROCERIES
Choice California Peaches, 20¢ ;
Peas, Corn, Sauer Kraut, 10e 4
Baked Beans, per can, 10c to 15¢
Bacon, per 1b., 20c; Ham, per 1b.,21c |
4 1-2 pounds choice H. P. Navy
Beans, 25¢
rowed
Ladies’ Hose, per pair, 7e to 25¢
Children’s Hose, 1ue, 3 for 25¢
Boys’ Shirts, 25¢ to 45¢
Boys’ Knee Pants, 40c to 50¢
Men’s Work and Dress Shirts, 45¢
to $1.00.
Star Overalls and Jumpers.
Tablets and Box Paper.
Pencils, 1c to 10c¢
Pearl Buttons 2¢ and 3c per dozer.
Safety Pins, 2c per dozen.
Tobacco and Tobies than any two
stores in the town.
Wagons for the boys and girls. f
Binder Twine, best standard. 4
Come in, we can save you some
money on your purchases.
Green Trading Stamps.
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Felt Nails,
Valleys,
Ridging and
Spouting,
Stock always on hand at Meyersdale and
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Council proposes te construct durin rg
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will be started as soon as possible. |
John F. Trimpey was awarded a
contract to set curbing along the
proverty of the Patriot street school
house, at 75 cents per foot. Under
the school code the school board is
not liable for the cost of street pav-
ing and curbing.
Children Cry
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